Disclaimer: See first chapter.
A/N: I am very happy with this chapter. I had half of it written yesterday but I was out most of the day, and then when I sat down to type it up four hours ago I got distracted because I kept singing Taylor Swift songs. It was just one of those days, and apparently it still is as I am singing as I'm typing this :) ...(five minutes later)... Okay. I'm focused now. haha. This is written only slightly differently than the other chapters because I thought the entire song really fit nicely with this, but I had to pick only a few lines. I like the song Enchanted. A bunch of my favorites are coming up too.
Enjoy!
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Enchanted
Across the room, your silhouette
Starts to make its way to me
The playful conversation starts
Counter all your quick remarks
Like passing notes in secrecy
And it was enchanting to meet you
All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you
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Never had she had a professor that she was more interested in the sound of his voice than the words he was saying. His piercingly blue eyes would capture her attention and not let go until she found herself just staring at him with a dreamy look. When she heard herself sigh happily at a daydream, she resorted to keeping her eyes on her paper.
When Grissom dismissed the class everyone scrambled for their things, shoving textbooks and papers into their backpacks and rushing out to meet friends or to get to their next class. Too quickly was everyone gone and she found herself alone with him, separated by just a few rows of seats. She continued packing her belongings, taking more care with the school material than her classmates had displayed. As she slid her textbook into her bag she felt the shift in the air around her as he approached.
"So, how boring was it?" His voice sounded lighter and more casual directed at her. She looked up to find he was leaning against the back of a seat a row ahead of her, two seats to her left. She made a point not to stare into his eyes for a long period of time.
"It wasn't boring at all," she said.
"I think I counted twenty three kids asleep," Grissom countered.
"In a room of five hundred? That's nothing," Sara said. The corner of his mouth lifted at her comment, and she found herself smiling back because she was the cause of that half smile. "Actually, I have a few questions, if you don't mind." She flipped her notebook opened again to a page full of her messy handwriting where she had jotted down quick thoughts about parts of his lecture and some specific facts.
"Sure. Ask away," he said, settling into a seat beside her at the sight of her long list of questions.
Sara was no longer listening to his answer, after all, she already knew the explanation. She'd only asked the complex question to know that it would give her enough time to sort through the thoughts that had been buzzing around in her head since he'd walked into the lecture hall.
Just say it. Open your mouth and say it.
It's just another question.
Eight words. Just eight words.
Would you like to have dinner with me?
Would you like to have dinner with me?
Would you like to have dinner with me?
She saw him glance at his watch mid-explanation and worried that she had kept him from something, something more important than discussing his lecture with her. But she was pleasantly surprised by the next sentence out of his mouth.
"Why don't we grab a coffee? Then you can ask me all the questions in that notebook of yours." She was momentarily speechless. He was asking her to have coffee with him, asking her to go somewhere else so they could talk. That was basically the college equivalent of a date, and she was shocked that that was the first thought that came to mind. And she was nodding her head before she could even get any words out.
"That'd be great, I know a good place right off campus," she offered.
"Perfect. Let's go." She was giddy with excitement as she returned her notebook to her bag. Somehow she knew that this, whatever it was that had suddenly developed between them, was not going to end with just coffee.
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This was the very first page
Not where the story line ends
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A/N: My thoughts will echo your- hahaha sorry ;) I hope you liked this chapter as much as I did, I think its my favorite so far. Maybe. Please Review!