"There's only so many times I can put my heart back together"
"Why are you so sure I'll break it again?"
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No one said university would be easy, but between assignments and relationships, it gets a little too messy.
Nicole doesn't do feelings...
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A sea of students gathered outside the university buildings, most of having a break to have lunch. Steps echoed all over campus as a wave slid down the stairs, all trying to escape the suffocation of several hour lessons.
Alice zigzagged between students, slowly, since she had little idea who she was going to have lunch with. Going home wasn't even an option because having to walk that far would only make her loose time and she would likely be late to her following class.
She snatched her phone off her bag and started dialling Nicole's number. The annoying noise coming from the other side of the line distracted her from her way and she ended up pacing back and forth in the middle of the crowd, being pushed once in a while by some clumsy person.
"Hey," Nicole answered cheerfully, which surprised Alice. "What's up?"
"Not much, just wanted to know if you wanted to grab lunch?"
It was almost certain that she would agree. She didn't really have anyone to have lunch with either, since Carolina and Lucas were eating together. The difference between them was that Nicole didn't mind eating alone, even if she got weird and pitying looks from other people, whilst Alice couldn't stand the paranoia of people thinking she had no friends.
"Can't, sorry. I'm covering Nelson's shift," she explained, and then added in a less joyful tone, "Here 'til three. Yay!"
Alice sighed and said goodbye before hanging up. All her options had plans, which meant calling the last resource. Just thinking about it made her shudder.
She scrolled up on her list of contacts. There weren't that many, so not that far away from Nicole on her list. Her thumb lingered over Miguel's name as she questioned herself.
"Dude, that project he asked for the other week is killing me."
"I swear I'm so close to giving up. I finished the code, but it's not working and I don't know where I got it wrong."
Computer nerds. Alice thought with a sneer.
"See you later, man," the one who messed up whatever the code was said goodbye. He was walking backwards, so he didn't see Alice walking around.
They crashed. Although he stopped, turning around, Alice was still walking around with her eyes on her phone and didn't see him approach. Her phone almost flew away from her hands, but both of them grabbed it desperately.
"I'm so sorry!" she apologised, looking at his slender fingers that gripped hers loosen slowly.
Her eyes turned away from the phone as soon as his hands dropped to his sides and she looked up. Luck was definitely not on her side when she stared at his green eyes. She staggered away, taking a moment to collect herself after the harsh collision.
"A-Andrew," she stuttered. "I didn't see you."
"Obviously." He shoved his hands deep inside his pockets, something she noticed he did a lot when he was standing up. It was as if he didn't know what to do with his hands when they weren't typing on his keyboard. She liked it, though, made him cool and nonchalant.
