They sit for a few minutes, shoulder to shoulder and the tension between them is thick.
Fuck the thesis, he thinks, as he lifts his finger for another drink. Only alcohol can help with these circumstances.
He turns to look at his opponent and is fascinated at how angry and attracted he can be at the same time.
Her dark hair, put up in a bun in class, is now in dark tumbles down her back and skin is literally like porcelain. He can't see a single flaw on her and that just fuels the anger inside of him.
"You didn't have to do that in class." She raises her eyebrow at the sound of his voice.
Alright, he wants to talk now.
"Do what? I did what I wanted to do. Freedom of speech, I would have thought a future lawyer would understand that."
God, this girl! Did she have no regard for anyone else?
"I do understand that but that right doesn't really apply to people who bully."
"Me? A bully? Exactly, how? I was just stating my opinion."
His pent up anger spilled out, it wasn't a rational decision and the words flew out of his mouth before he could stop it.
"What a spoiled brat."
Her head turns sharply and she just glares at him for a few seconds before reaching into her pocket and shoving money onto the table.
She turns to look at him.
"Anyways, this really made me night, being insulted. So I'll see you around then."
Her voice never wavered and nor did her eyes, that made him feel guiltier by the second.
She walked over to her sister and whispered into her ear.
Sybil looked up with concerned eyes and motioned to the door but Mary shook her head, and with one more cold look tossed behind her shoulder, she walked out of the bar.

"You should have seen him Anna! He was such a tosser! He called me a spoiled brat."
Mary licked the ice cream off her spoon.
"Well I mean you sort of are.."
Mary rolls her eyes and shoves her friend.
"I know I am and you know only you're allowed to call me spoiled but still, the nerve. He doesn't even know me."
Anna sighed, this was going to be a long night.
"You were sort of harsh Mary."
"Well I'm not in college to be soft on people am I?"
"Come on Mary, you have every right to be mad at him but don't you think he also has the right to be mad at you?"
Mary glares at her before shoving her head into her hands.
"Do you always have to be right, Anna?"
Anna grins, "Yes. Or else you wouldn't listen to me."
Mary leans her head onto Anna's shoulder and sighs
"Please never move out. We could just live together forever and you can take care of me and I'll let you borrow all my clothing."
Anna laughs before turning off the TV.
"Come on, before long, some man will come calling for a date."
"Who needs men! They should all just bugger off."

Tom groans as Matthew taps his fingers against his laptop.
"Matty, it's 4:30am, just go to sleep!"
"I can't! I keep feeling so guilty about what I said and I have to finish this thesis and I can't think!"
Tom rubs his eyes and sits down next to him.
"Alright, what's the thesis on?"
"Corruption in American politics."
"It's bad, it shouldn't be in politics and we'd be all better without it. There's your thesis, now go to bed."
Matthew grimaces, taking a sip from his coffee mug.
"You know I can't do that. If it were only that simple."
"Okay, let's go the other way. Tell me your feelings about Mary."
"I just feel so bad for calling her spoiled. Like alright, I know she was rude to me in class but that's no reason for me to be so uncivil towards her."
"Then just apologize tomorrow whenever you see her!"
"But I really don't want to, Tom. I mean she was being rude towards me and she never apologized."
God, Matthew was always bad at making decisions. His morals always got in the way.
"Matty, just be the better man in this situation. You always are."
"I guess you're right."
Tom let out a sigh of relief, "Now go finish your thesis alright, your loud clacking is giving me a headache."