Like I'm Right Beside You (BEING EDITED SLOWLY)

Chapter 2

As soon as I got off the bus, Madeline was waiting for me at the entrance. "Anne! Over here!" She waved an arm notifying me that she was there.

I walked over to where she was ," Hi, Madeline. How are you this morning?" I asked not sure what to expect.

Sometimes Madeline gave me her whole morning routine, starting from the night before.

I couldn't take it sometimes because she would ramble on and on. But I would try and listen because she really didn't have anyone.

"I'm tired Anne. I didn't get enough sleep last night because after you left I kept on studying my math.

"I really wish you would have slept over and we could have gotten through some math problems together."

'I hate math,' was all I thought. "And we could have partied all night," she winked.

"Madeline, this is university, not high school. When we finish university then we will party. In the meantime, focus on your studies, as you told me," I advised. She groaned," Alright."

We walked into the campus, which wasn't too chaotic. Me and Madeline didn't have any classes together. But she would wait for me after my class ended.

"Are you going to get breakfast?" She asked me. I wasn't so hungry right now. "No thanks. I think I'll wait." She half smiled," Ok then I'll go eat something then. I'll see you later on today, ok?" I nodded and we waved goodbye.

I headed over to my political class, which sometimes was boring. There were other times where I didn't understand a single thing. 

It was so boring that I would fall asleep or was about to. I made my way into the C building and took the stairs. Those stairs made my legs hurts.

When I finally climbed all those stairs, near the door I saw Nathan. Every time I saw him, my heart would jump out. He was really sweet and kind.

I still remember when he asked me to borrow a pencil and from there we sort of became classmate buddies.

I put my folder in my right arm and went near him. "Hi, Nate." He lifted his face from his glowing phone screen," Hey Anne. How are you?" And soon enough we began chatting.

BRIAN'S POV

"Brian, you can't keep doing this. You need to get your mind together and go on with life," Kevin said to me.

I looked at him and sighed," You're right. But it's hard because it meant a lot to me. I just don't think I can forget that."

As always, Kevin had to give me a push through my hard times since Nick wasn't around at the moment.

"I'll leave you alone with your thoughts," Kevin said softly. He exited the room and I sat there. And thought about Annie.

The woman who I could not forget.

ANNE'S POV

Nathan was sitting next to me after all. This was only the starting weeks and he was next to me. I told him that this class was boring, so he told me he would sit next to me to make it better.

He got my phone and put his number in my contacts. His name in my phone was now Nate. Soon enough he began to text me in class.

Nate: This class is boring 🙃

Me: I know. Why did I even take this class?

Nate: I don't know. You shouldn't have.

Me: Good thing you told me to sit all the way in the back. That way the teacher can't see us 😜

Nate: I'm smart 😂

It just went on like that until class was over. After each class ended, we had to sign in on the roll sheet. I waited for Nathan by the door after I put and 'x' next to my name.

As soon as Nathan was done, he started to walk where I was. "What's your next class?" He asked while we began to walk toward the stairs.

I began to think about what day today was and remembered it was Tuesday "I have piano." When we got to the stairs he gestured for me to go first," Ladies first. So are you a pro at piano?" Nathan asked while we went down the stairs. I answered him when we were finally out of the building "No, not yet."

"Too bad. You could have taught me some scales," he joked. I laughed," Oh I'll teach you some when I'm good at it."

And that's when I realized that even though this was small talk, I enjoyed taking to someone else and not only Madeline.

That maybe Nate kept away the pain and loneliness from my heart. He made me forget about Brian for awhile.
-----------------
I hope you are enjoying the story so far 😊