Desire 2

Chapter Three

The next morning when I woke up, I did the same thing I do every morning: check my phone for any mesages from Austin. There weren't any. There never were. 

I turned over and saw Liv sprawled across her bed with the purple sheet covering everything except her torso. I threw the blankets off of me and tossed my leg over my bed. I fixed the sheets and comforter over the top of the bed and adjusted the bed so I wouldn't have to worry about it later. 

I grabbed a pair of faded, ripped jeans, a pink t-shirt and my shower caddy and headed to the bathroom. 

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After I finished showering, I threw on the clothes and applied my make-up and arranged my hair into a messy bun. I stepped out of the bathroom and flashed my eyes over at Liv's bed, which she was still consumed in. 

I walked back over towards the bed and placed the shower caddy underneath the bedside table before grabbing my purse off the desk and heading out the door. 

I walked through campus and through my way of all the people as I made my way to the bookstore. The bookstore seemed kind of amazing, considering that there was a Starbucks in it. 

As I walked through the halls and outside to the store, I could feel people looking, guys in particular. It was just something that happened more now. It was as if something drew their attention towards me more but it never really made a difference. I wasn't looking for someone else to fill the void. I was waiting for Austin to come back and I'd wait as long as I could for him to come back to me. He just needed time to himself and he's coming back and we're gonna pick up where we left off and it's was all gonna be okay. 

Once I got to the bookstore, I headed towards the campus section where all the texts books were located. I made my way past two guys who were looking at phsycology textbooks, towards the religion section and pulled out the list of books I needed for my classes and held the paper in my hands. 

I pushed a piece of my hair out of my face and behind my hair, revealing out of the corner of my eye, the two guys suddenly focusing their atention on me instead of their textbooks. 

I quicky looked up as the tall one with black hair flashed a large smile at me as I flashed him a slight one before returing back to my list.

I looked for the book for my World Religions class but it didn't seem to be anywhere. I took a step back to get a better look at the bookshelf as a figure appeared next to me. 

I looked up at him as he stood beside me. He was tall with dirty blonde hair and wore a light blue t-shirt with denim jeans. I stood still for a moment, my eyes remaning fixated on him until he turned towards me and I immediately turned away. He let out a slight laugh before speaking.

"Hey," he spoke. 

I stood speechless for a moment, as if I was no longer in control of my own speech before muttering out "Hi,"

He smiled at me and turned back to the bookshelf as I did the same. We stood in silence for a minute before he let out a sigh of anoyance. 

"I can't find this damn book anywhere," he whispered in annoyance. 

"Whi-, Which book?" I stuttered.

"It's for this one class I'm being forced to take. It's called World Reigions 101," 

"Oh! I'm taking that class, too. That's actually the book that I'm looking for. Maybe we'll have the class together," I laughed. 

He looked over at me, a smirk present across his face as he began to speak. 

"Well, I sure hope so. I'm Drew. Drew Greyson."

I blushed at his response and glanced down at the lower shelf before speaking again.

"I'm Cam. Cam Matthews."

"Well, hi Cam Matthews. It's nice to meet you,"

Our eyes became locked on each others for a moment that seemed to last forever until he looked back at the shelf and scanned it once again for the books we were both in need of. 

"Damn it. Okay, well screw the book. It's obviously not here," he spoke. 

"Yeah," I agreed, folding the note and placing it back into my purse. 

I smiled at him before stepping to my left and heading away from the aisle before hearing his voice from behind me.

"Hey! Cam!" he spoke before jogging throught the store to catch up to me. 

"Hey, what is it?" I asked. 

"Well, I was just wondering if you maybe wanted to grab a coffee or something with me," he suggested, licking his lips as he talked.

"Uhm, sure! That sounds nice," I smiled. 

He stood, staring at me as if there was something else that I needed to say. 

"Oh you meant right now?" I aksed, an embarassed smile appearing across my face. 

He laughed as I spoke and stepped towards me. 

"Yeah, if that's okay with you," he stated, suddenly standing close enough to me that I could feel his breath as he spoke. 

I swallowed hard and forced the words without thinking about them. 

"Yeah, that sounds good," 

"Good," he spoke before turning and heading toward the downstairs area, where I was assuming a Starbucks was, and I followed behind him.