College, a place for academics and people with lots of money who just want to party, go and sit in long lectures that cost twice their rent. Sure there was more to it, like diplomas and the future, but for Ari, it was a place for her to embarrass herself in front of every pretty person she met.
There was that girl from the party who waved then Ari decided to proceed to inform her on the many different kinds of frogs that lived in the Amazon rainforest. She had just gotten into the dietary habits of the red-eyed tree frog when she noticed the woman was gone.
So Ari didn't have the best track record when it came to flirting, we all have our weaknesses. Except Ari had been cursed with one of the worst weaknesses known to man- or to her gay ass, women.
In this case, she was paired with Anthony Doxx for her English project. Usually, she would be fine, but Ari had the most painfully obvious crush on the poet since they met freshman year. Yes, they had only talked three times, one of those times being Anthony asking her to borrow a pencil (which she never returned).
So here Ari was, sitting at an empty library table waiting for the potential love of her life so they could discuss Shakespeare. Definitely not a disaster waiting to happen.
"Hi."
Ari looked up from her book to find Anthony standing in front of her, holding a copy of Hamlet.
Ari's heart started pounding in her chest. She could feel her palms beginning to sweat. All she had to say was hi, or what's up? Maybe even a what's shakin' bacon? Okay maybe not the last one, but there were so many other options than-
"....did you know the uterus can fall out if the pelvis's muscles aren't strong enough?"
Fuck, Ari mentally cursed. She had to do it, scare away a cute boy with who she could have a future by stating vagina facts. Ari would like to say this was the first time, but it wasn't even close to it.
Ari was preparing to run out of the library at the speed of sound; for a nerd, she was quite fast. She was picking up her book when Anthony smiled back.
"Cool!"
It wasn't a pity smile, Ari knew the difference by now. Anthony's smile was genuine, he must have found the fact actually interesting. What was wrong with him? Commitment issues? Clingy? Shoots way below her level? There was no way Anthony Doxx found that 'cool.'
"C-cool?" Ari asked, her voice several octaves higher than normal.
"Yeah," Anthony grinned, "Now I know to incorporate pelvic exercises in my workout routine."
Ari blushed more. Not now gay thoughts.
"Yeah, it's, uh, always a good idea."
Anthony nodded, then sat down and opened his book. "So... Ohm's law?"
Ari didn't even want to correct Anthony that they were studying English, not physics. The brunette couldn't decide if this was the most embarrassing or best moment of her life.
***
"You did what?!"
Ari slammed her head against her desk repeatedly. The bruise already forming on her frontal lobe was the least pain she had felt all day.
"I told a cute boy that the uterus can fall out of a person's body if their pelvic muscles aren't strong enough."
The two women sat in silence, the only sound was Ari's headbanging on the desk, eventually, Olivia had to make her stop before she got brain damage.
