AURORA

five - late

"SHIT!" I yell, opening my eyes to the clock next to my bed telling me its 1 PM, which meant I'd not only be one hour late to my first class but I'd also miss an hour of her.

I decided to just skip it since there was no use in coming if there were only 20 minutes left of class. I'll just ask one of my class mates if I missed anything.
I get out of bed, get comfortably dressed in basketball shorts and a plain white t-shirt and go out for a walk around campus. I take out my earphones and put them in my ears and start playing my music.

"Ooh, I know once you come to California, you will never look back.
Ooh, just a little bit can make you wonder
You got it in
Hands up its a stick up nobody's leaving this room for a minute
Sick of the people who make the decis-"

My earphones fell out and I stumbled backwards. Someone crashed into me.

I look up wondering what interrupted my escape from reality.

It's her.

I stand there, shocked at what just happened. Where did she come from? Why was she in such a hurry? Why did her beautiful goddess-like face look so worried and anxious?

"Oh my god.. I am so sorry, I didn't see you because I was rushing and not looking what's in front of me, I'm so sorry," she rushed all the words out, fast.
Maybe I should lighten the mood a little.
"At least you didn't run into that street light," I say quietly chuckling while pointing to the street light behind me.

She chuckled.
Cute.

"That's very true," she states. I can tell she's nervous and anxious. I should probably let her go, even though I'm sure I'd gladly spend all day and night talking and laughing with her.

"Anyway, I shouldn't keep you from going where I'm assuming you really have to be, since, you know, you were here in such a rush that you rushed into me," I chuckle lightly.

"Right, sorry to interrupt your music, I should really head off. Again, I'm so sorry"

"No harm done, don't apologize. It's just as much my fault as it is yours," I say, trying not to make her feel bad.

She smiled, a closed mouth smile that reached her eyes.

Woah.

"Well, bye, hopefully when we meet again it won't be like this," she giggled.

I couldn't say anything, I just smiled, and smiled, and smiled.

After she had walked off a couple meters, she turned her head back to me, saying;

"Oh, and don't miss next class!" She smiled and turned her head back.

Oh my god.

She knows.