Falsettos College AU

Whizzer & Trina Talk (Again)

Trina

Winter break comes and goes, and soon we're all back at school and ready— well, no, not really ready at all— to learn. To tell the truth, I'm drained from seeing my family. I actually forgot how excited I was to go to college last year until I found myself counting down the days until I got back. Anyway, we're here and we're tired.

"How did it go with your family?" I ask Mendel as we're weaving our way through the crowded hallway. I actually didn't expect that many people to show up considering it's our first day back, but I was proven wrong.

"I didn't visit them," he answers.

I glance at him. "Friends, then?"

"No. I didn't visit anybody. I stayed in my dorm for two whole weeks." He sounds like he's telling the truth, but I still check his expression for any hint of sarcasm. There is none.

"Why did you do that?"

He shrugs. "It's kind of boring when I go home. This way I got to do a lot of studying."

That doesn't sound appealing at all, studying for two weeks straight in a small dorm, but it sounds a little better than visiting home. "What a eight your roommate?" I want to know.

"Gone all two weeks. It was just me and my work. Kind of peaceful, actually."

I nod. I should be taking notes for spring break. Anything would be better than having to explain to my parents why I'm still upset about the breakup with Marvin, which I came close to having to do this time but managed to change the subject before I could get to the part about him and his boyfriend going to my school.

I talk with Mendel a little longer, and it's nice to just catch up instead of how we usually talk. You know, me being a mess and him trying to be helpful but not knowing where to start. Soon he has to go and I'm left alone in the hall— though not exactly alone, because it's still packed.

How many months are left now? I think we get off in April or May. Not too long. I wish I could go those next few months without even thinking about my ex, but that's probably not going to happen. Not just because of circumstance, but because there's a part of me that doesn't want to. Our relationship might be well past over, but we're not.

Then I think about Cordelia and Charlotte. They've both been really nice, and I'm secretly glad to have made more friends than just Mendel. The problem is, they're friends with Marvin, and Cordelia literally lives with Whizzer. But maybe it's time to move past that.

In fact, I see Whizzer just leaving his classroom, and I start working up the nerve to go and talk to him. If you don't do it now, Trina, you never will. You two haven't even spoken since Halloween. It's been two months. Go talk to him.

So I do. "Whizzer!"

"What?" He turns fully and then spots me. "Oh! Wait. Trina. Hi."

"Hi." It doesn't take a genius to figure out he's already uncomfortable. And maybe he has reason to be. I wasn't exactly friendly to him the last time we met, because I was still holding the whole Marvin thing against him. But like I said before, it's time to forget. "I feel like we haven't talked much. How was your break?"

He looks away. "It was fine. I guess. Not too eventful. Well, I should probably be heading to my next—"

"Whizzer, wait," I sigh. "I know this is awkward. And I know you'd rather be doing anything else, and honestly, so would I. But we can't have this tension between us forever. Let's forget about Marvin for a second."

He rubs the back of his neck uneasily. "I've been trying to forget about Marvin for the past two weeks. We had a fight, actually— God, he was being so stubborn."