The sun
had set and the evening was beginning to cool off. Clay and Faith were walking
home slowly, hand in hand. Faith was laughing at her own joke, Clay shook his
head, a smile on his face.
“It’s
probably a good thing we left, I didn’t realize you were such a light weight.”
He commented.
She
looked shocked. “Light weight? We had like seven of those muppit things, This
is your fault.” She poked him in the ribs playfully.
“They’re
called moppits and you kept beating me so technically this,” He waved his
finger around her face. “Is your fault.” He finished.
Faith
thought it over and then nodded. “Fine, it’s a draw. We are both at fault.” She
decided. They walked together in silence for a while. “It was really nice of
you to walk me home.”
His smile
got wider. “My pleasure, Besides, we live in the same dorm.”
She
nodded. “yeah I know, I’m just kind of surprised that a Rhosig would walk a
girl home.”
“Why’s
that?” He asked.
She
shrugged her shoulders. “Before tonight the only thing I knew about Rho Sigma
Gamma was that you were Really Stupid Gangsters.” She felt stupid repeating the
nickname for the fraternity.
Clay
nodded as it was a very common nickname. “Heard that before.”
“So…is
that why you asked me out?” She asked nervously.
“Is what
why I asked you out?” He asked.
“Well I’m
in Nu Tau Delta.” She clarified.
“You
worried I was hoping you Never Turn Down a guy?”
Faith
nodded slowly.
Clay
shook his head. “I asked you out because we were having fun in the Library. I didn’t
even see your shirt until after I asked you to dinner.”
Her smile
came back. “Who knew that we could actually get to know each other despite
negative stereotypes.”
Clay
shrugged. “Truthfully I wish it wasn’t such a big deal. We are supposed to
define our letters, not the other way around.”
Faith
nodded and they walked the rest of the way to the dorm in pleasant silence.
When they
arrived at Faith’s dorm room door she turned to face Clay. “Wanna know a
secret?” She asked.
Clay
nodded slowly, she leaned in kissed him quickly. He closed his eyes
instinctively but the kiss was quick enough to make it nothing more than a
overly pleasantly blink. He smiled at her. She stopped pulling away from him
and nearly whispered. “Pick me up Friday at seven, dress nice.” She turned and disappeared
into her dorm room.
Alone in
the hallway Clay couldn’t help but smile ear to ear. He made his way down back
to the elevator, when his phone vibrated. He checked it and found a text from
Faith. “Next time don’t lose on purpose. Btw stole your number, night.” Clay closed
his phone and kept walking, feet barely touching the ground.
Faith was
leaning against her door, equally ecstatic. Lacey, her roommate was sitting on
her bed, writing a research paper on her laptop. “So, who was that?” She asked
without taking her eyes off her laptop.
Faith
gets up of the door and moves to her own bed, still in a good mood. “None of
your business Lacey.” She answered.
Lacey
deleted a poorly written sentence as she replied. “I’m not trying to be nosy or anything, just reminding you how Tanya feels about unsanctioned
relationships.”
The mention
of Tanya causes Faith to bristle. “Tanya can blow me.” She nearly growled.
Lacey
nodded as she typed furiously on her paper. “Can I quote you on that?” She asked.
Faith
threw a small pink pillow at Lacey, as she was looking down at her laptop it
hit her square in the face. She looked up at Faith and held up her left hand. “No,
stop, you’re being creepy.”
Faith
pretended to cry. “Oh! You’ve hurt my fragile self-esteem!” Both girls doubled
over with laughter.
When they
had calmed down Lacey was back to her paper. “So, do you like him?”
Faith was getting ready for bed, she was staring at herself in the mirror, a pleasant smile on her face. “Yeah, I do.” She confirmed as she put her toothbrush in her mouth.
