Kiss Me Goodnight

Chapter 3

Thursday, November 17th

"Hello?" Tobin hates pickin up the phone to unknown or blocked numbers. It's usually people trying to scam, but with break coming up and Tobin on her toes about getting an a new job for the winter she kind of has to pick up her phone.

"Tobin?" It's a female's voice on the other side of the line.

"Who is this?" It doesn't sound like anyone from her interviews so she doesn't really have to be polite. Plus her day has been pretty shitty so far.

Tobin realizes there's silence on the line and pulls her phone back from her ear to see what happened, it's blank. They hung up.

What the hell. See, this sort of thing does not help to make Tobin's day any better. She's already been late to a one on one with one of her professors, spilled tea all over her sweatshirt, and forgotten one of her books back at her place. Now some lady has called her and just hung up. Pranks aren't fun people.

Tobin continues her walk through the quad and into the building her favorite professor and mentor works.

"Tobin! So good to see you!"

"Hey PP!" Tobin's glad at the laugh she receives and even laughs back at the attempt at a disapproving smile her professor gives her.

"You should really just stick to Professor P, one day someone's going to hear that in the wrong context." He continues laughing anyways. "Have a seat!" Professor P points to the chair that sits across from his desk. He pushes away the piles of work he has in front of him and folds his arms and rests his head on them to give his full attention to Tobin. "What brings you to my humble abode?"

"That exam your colleague is threatening all of us with. It's like the looming shadow of death."

"Oh, you. Always exaggerating. Thomas may be a hard ass, but he's got no hold over death." Professor P winks at Tobin and laughs. Tobin Heath isn't a stresser and she'll never be one. She's also got nothing to worry about when it comes academics.

"Heather's put together another study group for his final. I think it'll be an all nighter." Tobin mentions it only because sometimes she can get Professor P to join them and save them from reviewing on their own.

"Oh no, don't even try to get me in on that. Helping delirious, stressed, study crazed students are not on my list of things to do on a Friday night."

"You're so lame." Tobin says it with a smile on her face because it was worth a try and all.

"Me? You're a college student studying on a Friday evening." Tobin just shrugs in response. "Speaking of being lame and all of that, how are you?" Professor P always has to get so serious, but that is a reason why she respects him and his infinite wisdom.

"I'm fine. Awaiting winter break."

"Huh, anything exciting this year?"

"Not at all."

"You're boring."

"Professor!"

"Go do something!" Professor P is the kind of guy that goes climbing a mountain or something for fun. Always so adventurous. How he became a professor Tobin never understood. "And soccer?" He adds it on a few seconds later and it's a terrible thing to bring up and he knows it.

"No."

"Still?"

"I...guess you can say I tried?" Tobin is looking directly at Professor P.

"You tried?"

"I made some new friends? They happen to be on the soccer team and invited me to go to a practice."