It was 11:40 and I had zoned out more than half of this class.
Even now I was staring out the window, thinking about the drawing I started this weekend.
I had drawn the garden, taking inspiration from a picture I took. I was debating if I should include color when I heard our professor ask the class a question. My head turned towards him,
"Can someone tell me why we multiply these two variables?"
Silence. I didn't dare look at him any longer in case he thought I knew the answer so I glanced down at my empty notebook page. All it had was the date, January 15th and our class name.
'Yes, Kallias"
Kallias?
My eyebrows furrowed in question. I turned my head and without fail, sitting in the back middle of our classroom, was Kallias.
You have got to be kidding me.
I rolled my eyes, turning back to my desk and let out a soft exhale.
What was up with this day?
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(Kallias)
The bell rung, and I stuffed my backpack down with my laptop and notebook, carefully glancing up to notice Maya, already headed towards the door.
"Where are you headed now?" Anna asked.
"To the library" I replied, shifting my attention back down to zipping my backpack.
"You?"
"I've got to help my mum set up for my dad's birthday. I JUST can't wait" she said, her eyes wide along with a false excitement in her tone.
"Well, it's better than cramming all your homework on a Monday afternoon"
"I'd take my chances" she said, I huffed a laugh.
"See you Wednesday Artino" Anna paced out of class, seemingly in a rush to head home.
She sometimes called me by last name for fun, something that she did to most of her close friends. I headed towards the door but before I walked out, I heard my name.
"Kallias"
I turned to my professor, standing behind his desk, organizing some papers.
"Yes Mr. Hutchins?"
"There are a few new students here...I need them to get caught up on a few subjects and I think you'd be a perfect candidate for them"
"Oh uhm I don't-"
"No need to be humble. You are in the top 5 of the class Kallias" he said, looking up at me before sliding his papers in his leather bag.
"Anyway. I've arranged a list of students to pair up. You are on the bottom of the list"
He handed me a piece of paper. "NS is new student"
Tracie - Georgia (NS)
Ellis - Ivonne (NS)
Eric - Olivia (NS)
Thomas - Maya (NS)
Kallias - Winslow (NS)
I blinked.
"Can I request something? If it's not a bother of course"
"What is it?" he asked.
YOU ARE READING
Unmatched
RomanceMaya is on her study abroad trip in England, planning to have no love interests until she meets Kallias, a student also studying in her program, and who is also living on her floor. Both witty and sarcastic, Kallias and Maya find it hard to connect...
