Locum Tenens

PART TWO: "Sic Infit"

~ So it begins. ~ 

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CHAPTER SEVEN

Emily made her way inside the building on 3730 Walnut Street on a Thursday morning, taking the steps two at a time since she was in a hurry to sign up for the seminar in the field of Brand Management that the MUSE (Marketing Undergraduate Students Establishment) Penn organization was sponsoring next week. She almost forgot about the activity that her MGMT100 professor told them of last Thursday in class. She wasn't exactly paying attention to the lecture since she was busy trying not to look at Paige who was seated in the front row at the time.

That was the story of her life last week. The past few days she had been busy either avoiding or sneaking around with Paige that she almost forgot about the seminar. Now she hoped she wasn't too late to sign up for it. Emily felt nervous as she made her way to the long table at the far end corner of the building. She was a lone freshman on her way to a table crowded with upperclassmen. She had to appear confident. And be charming.

"Hi." Emily said in greeting once she was standing near enough the table filled with members of the organization. "I didn't mean to interrupt. I was just wondering if this is where I could sign up for the seminar on Brand Management 101 next week?" She asked, not speaking to anyone in particular as she addressed the entire group.

"What's your name?" A blonde guy sporting a preppy look finally replied, getting up from his spot on the long bench to make his way over to Emily.

"Emily Fields." Emily revealed, fighting the urge to start fidgeting. "Can I still attend the seminar or is it too late to sign up?" She asked, giving the guy what she hoped was an optimistic smile.

"There's still a few slots left." The guy admitted, reaching for a white sheet of paper from the girl sitting near the end of the table before stopping in front of Emily. "Sign your name here." He instructed, handing Emily the paper and a pen. "I take it you're enrolled in Wharton?"

Emily nodded. "I'm a freshman planning to take up Marketing as my concentration." She said, taking the piece of paper and pen. She looked around and finally decided to use the books she was carrying as a makeshift solid surface to write on.

"I figured. My name's Zach and I'm the membership committee head of MUSE Penn. Maybe I can interest you in joining our organization next semester? We sure could use a pretty face around here. We are the marketing organization on campus." Zach emphasized.

"I know." Emily answered while trying to fill in the signup sheet.

When she and Jai were planning their life in UPenn, they talked about joining two organizations after one semester of adjusting to life on campus. A social organization of their liking so they could be involved with the community and an academic organization in their respective chosen careers. For the social organization she planned on joining, Emily has her sights set on PennPals, a one-on-one community-based mentoring program and she knew of MUSE Penn even before she set foot in Philadelphia. It was the organization to join if you're a marketing student and it was on the vision board that she made with Jai. Something that was now on the vision board Paige returned to her. Now that the fall semester is almost over, she had enough time adjusting to life on campus and next semester, if she wanted, she could join MUSE like she and Jai talked about. But right now she just wanted to sign up for the seminar since she still had a class to get to.