Fallen in Love

3 - Modern Day Cain

March 25, 2008. Bently has gotten settled in and started his classes. In some, he's sat beside or near Malik. In others that Malik isn't in, he sits near the back of the room. In only one of his classes, though, he sits next to a british girl from god knows where. Ashlyn Price. Bently has absolutely despised Ashlyn from day one. Why? Well on the first day of classes, Bently got a bit lost. "Come on, I'll show you the way" Malik said. Bently nodded and followed him. As soon as they stepped into the door, Ashlyn grabbed Malik and pulled him into her arms. Bently hated it. He'd heard rumors of Malik being in a relationship, but he didn't believe them. They were just rumors after all...right?
The day he saw the two together, the shadow came back. It got a little closer to Bently, before disappearing a few seconds later. Bently took a deep breath and walked past the "couple", bumping into Ashlyn on the way. "Oops. Sorry." He said in a bit of a sarcastic tone. Ashlyn shot him a glare, then turned her attention back to Malik.
"What's your deal?" Malik asked, sitting beside Bently. "Nothing." He said, letting out a soft huff. "Wait..do you think...do you think Ashlyn and I are a thing?" Malik asked, turning Bently's head to face him. Bently didn't respond. Malik sighed and turned away.
Bently sighed. He hated French class. One, it was extremely boring, two, he had to sit next to Ashlyn for a solid 30 minutes, which felt like an eternity, and three, he never planned on going to France nor was he French, so why'd he need to learn the language? He didn't understand it. To him, it was just bullshit. He just ignored Ashlyn most of the time, not like she even noticed him anyway. But that day, there was a note in his seat. "Hm?" He softly muttered as he picked it up then sat down. "Read it." Ashlyn whispered with a smirk. Bently sighed and opened the note.
"Meet me in the bathrooms after class, handsome ;) -Ash"
Bently sighed again. Just great. Who knows what she'd do to him. Or say to him. "Is this supposed to be your way of threatening me?" He asked. She glanced at him and nodded. "No? Why would I threaten you? You seem so sweet and...fragile." She replied. He just rolled his eyes. "Look. I don't know why you don't like me but get over it. I won't hurt you. I'm not a murderer." She said. Then she dropped her voice to a whisper and whispered in his ear. "Unlike you, I'm not a murderer." Those words made Bently want to cry. He thought back to the fire, the funeral, the trial...everything. "And just so you know, I'm only wanting to talk. Maybe we can get past our..differences and be friends." She added.
After class, Bently headed towards the bathrooms just like Ashlyn's note had said. He could see the shadow out of the corner of his eye. Ashlyn saw Bently slowly approaching, and waved to him. "Hi." She softly said. He simply nodded and went into the bathrooms. Ashlyn followed. The two sat on the counter together and talked for what seemed like an hour. 'Maybe she's not so bad after all.' Bently thought. The bell rang, signaling it was time for the students to head back to their dorms. "Oh and by the way." Ashlyn said. Bently stopped at the door and turned to face her. "Yeah?" He slowly asked. "Thought you might want to know, there's a new student coming in...tomorrow actually." She said, jumping down from the counter. "What're they like?" Bently asked as the two walked to their dorms. "Mm...tall. Male. Brown hair and eyes. He's Chinese. Gonna be funny to see a Chinese guy try to learn French." She said with a slight giggle. Bently turned away slightly. "Anyway, you'll probably meet him tomorrow. Think he's in some of your classes." She said, going into her dorm.
Once Bently got into his dorm, he flopped on his bed and...screamed into his pillow. "Uh...are you okay?" Malik asked. Bently looked up. "Has Ashlyn told you anything about a new student coming tomorrow?" He asked. "Um...yes. Why?" Malik replied. "She told me a bit about him and..." He started, trailing off. "And?" Malik asked.
"And she perfectly described Cain."