Unknown Beginning

Part 33

Feeling relieved that James had agreed to be discrete, Riley felt she could now focus on getting through finals week then head home after her last final Thursday morning.

After Riley finished her chemistry final Wednesday she headed to Russ' room to study for their last final. Both Riley and Russ were majoring in Exercise Science so they were taking almost all the same classes and had a few of them together. Although Russ was a few years older, they were both second-years since Russ had spent some time playing Junior Hockey after high school before starting college. His roommate, Zander, on the other hand, was 19 like Riley but often thought like a 16 year old boy in Riley's opinion. And since Riley often hung out with Russ in his room, she was subject to Zander's never ending quest to make Riley blush as often as possible (something she did easily and had always hated). Last time she was over Zander had joined them in the living room wearing only a towel around his waist and sat on the couch while making comments that drew attention to his near-nudity. So it came as no surprise when Zander made a playful but suggestive comment about the tight, mid-thigh length skirt Riley had paired with a sweater today. As anticipated, Riley's cheeks flushed crimson which signaled success to Zander and he left them in peace to continue studying.

This peace was short lived since Russ gathered his supplies thirty minutes later in preparation to leave for a final. Which left Riley to trudge back to her own suite to study, lest she be left alone with Zander and his antics. Riley had only taken a few steps into her suite when she heard a familiar voice. Contemplating returning back to Zander, Riley weighed her options before deciding to go to her room and hoped she would go unnoticed.