Lab Partner

Chapter Four

KNOCK KNOCK. KNOCK KNOCK.

"Ariel are you in there? Open up your door girl!" I woke up with Cindy's voice screaming and shouting.  I quickly woke up and opened the door with the same clothes from yesterday.

"Finally, geez!" Still sleepy, I just let her inside. "Ariel, what is going on? I have Zack calling me hysterically and then i'm freaking out because I wasn't sure what happened, are you okay?"

I got out of my bathroom where I finally washed my face, "Cindy, I am perfectly fine, honestly everything is a little fuzzy, but I think I broke up with Zack."

"You think?  You did Ariel.  He called me saying there was something wrong with you.  Why did you break up with him?"

"I caught him cheating on me with Samantha.  Literally right in his freaking dorm." I went back to the bathroom and started getting my toothbrush ready so I can brush my teeth, "Wait, what time is it?"

"It's 7:00... in the morning." She smiled.

"Oh I forgot we have class today.  Ugh stupid Biology class, why did I have to take that class?"

"Cause you need it for your undergraduate studies." She laughed at me while getting clothes for me to wear "Oh, you should wear this, this is super cute!" She pulled out a romper that I forgot I had bought before school started.  I remembered I was going to wear it to look cute for Zack.

"Yeah I should wear that today." I took it from her and started changing. "Cindy, I think something else happened last night."

"What?" I got her attention from her iphone, maybe she was texting that guy that she had told me about.

"Well..." I told her everything that had happened with Jake, and how we had kissed and he told me that he wanted to be with me.

"Oh. My. God. Arriiiieeel?!!" She took her hands and started shaking me, "I knew he would become something for you. He is so hot Ariel, you definitely stepped up your game."

"Cindy, don't you think i'm moving too fast with him though? I barely know him... And I think he asked me out last night, and I think I said .... yes." I looked at her all ready to go to school.

"So? He is definitely worth to take the risk for.  Look, Zack messed up sweetie.  He didn't just mess up, he royally screwed up!"

I started getting my backpack and was going to open the door, "You ready?" I smiled.

"Are you?" She laughed at me.

I opened the door and saw Jake standing outside with what looked like coffee. 

"Hey." He stood up from where he was at and planted a sweet kiss on my cheek. "I brought you coffee, but I didn't know what type you liked so I brought two different ones just in case."  "Oh nice to meet you, " he started staring at Cindy and kissed her hand to say hello.

"Well hello there, " she picked up one coffee that he had on his cup holder and said, "I'll see you two in class!" She waved bye and winked at me where he couldn't see.

"Uh, sorry if she took your coffee..." he looked kind of sad.

"Don't worry about it" I laughed, "I can smell a french vanilla one from here, and she knew that's the one I would go for." I picked up the french vanilla coffee and smiled back at him.

Before I took a sip from the coffee he planted one giant kiss on my lips and said, "Good morning, my beautiful girlfriend." I was surprised, so then it did happen yesterday?  We started walking to class and I started to get to know him better.  He came from a single mom who took care of him, didn't have any other siblings, and left a poodle named Poptart back at home.