Med School

Chapter 6

04/12/2011, 04:37pm

We finished. I don't know how but it is done.

Aiden and I handed it in today and I came to my dorm and literally face planted my bed. I kinda can't stop smiling. I mean, it's 99% yo do with FINALLY finishing the kidney transplant project. And the other 1% may be to do with Aiden. After handing in the project to Mr Bailey, he was so ecstatic that he hugged me, picked me up and spun me around, like they do in TV shows. Oh, don't get me wrong, I got thousands of death stares while he hugged me but honestly, I'm on cloud nine right now and nothing could have brought me down, then or now.

"Guess who's hereeeeeee!!!"

Except that.

The owner of the shrill voice barges into my dorm and looks me up and down. "Ugh, why do you look like your cat just died? Come on then, give your sister a hug!!!"

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Becca Moore, my big sister. Lawyer, Married and she still has time to meddle in her baby sister's life. 😐 

"Brooke, if you make me drag you out of bed to give me a hug then you better get ready for a serious tug-of-war with your duvet!"

I looked at Becca challengingly.

"You wouldn't dare." I raise my eyebrow sat her.

"Oh, but I would." Becca runs over to my bed and grabs my duvet. I cocoon myself in it, grabbing onto each corner and tugging as hard as I can. I feel Becca getting off and letting go of the duvet. Mama always told me I was strong.

Aaaand, Becca cries a war cry and jumps on top of me. I emerge from my duvet and tickle her until she can't breathe anymore from laughing. "OKAY, OKAY, YOU WIN, BROOKE"

I smile and get out of my bed and sit at my desk, facing my big sister.

"Sooooo, what are you doing here, sis? It's not that I'm not completely overjoyed at your spontaneous visit, but a girl's gotta wonder why you're visiting her when we haven't seen each other in months?"

Becca looks at me with a deadpan face. "You forgot. How can you, of all people, forget? You practically have an eidetic memory."

I rake my hands through my hair and think. What am I forgetting? Today is the 4th of December... the day before my birthday! Wow, I truly am a med student. I forgot my own birthday!

"Oh my God. It's my birthday tomorrow. I'm turning 19. I actually spaced on that."

Becca looks at me again and says, "... and I'm assuming that you forgot about the sleepover we planned for the weekend of your birthday? Why am I not more surprised? "

"Becks, we can still have the sleepover. It's actually one of the rare weekends that I have nothing to do. Lemme just quickly change and we can head out to a restaurant or something." I usher Becca out of my room and she says she's going off to find a coffee machine. That girl is 70% caffeine.

I root around in my wardrobe for anything that looks halfway to decent and I find a pretty dress. It's a maroon skater dress and it's one of the few dresses I own that looks nice and is surprisingly comfortable. I throw it on and curl my hair, and then slap some makeup on. Eyeliner, concealer and some lipstick and I'm ready to roll. I throw some gum and my phone into a small clutch when I hear voices outside of my door.

I walk to the door and open it. "Brooke, you're finally done! Look who I met, his name's - "

I look at his face and recognise him instantly. "Aiden."

Becca looks confused and opens her mouth when Aiden interjects, "We did a class project together. Let me tell you, we were both jumping around like leprechauns when we handed it in." Becca giggles like 13 year old girl at this so I take Aiden to  a side.

"So, what are you doing here?" Déja vu.
Aiden looks at me and takes in a sharp intake of breath and says, "To see you, obviously. And can I just say, it was not a mistake. You look amazing. "

Aiden steps forward and twirls a strand if my hair in his fingers. I don't realise how close together we are until he looks at me, with those piercing light grey eyes, and his eyes flicker to my lips.

And suddenly I can't think or breathe.

He takes another step towards me and leans forward -
"Brooke! Are we going or what? - Oh. Sorry, am I intruding?" Becca widens her eyes and mouths "What the hell?" to me,

Aiden takes almost a leap back and smiles at me. "So your name's Brooke? It's a pretty name. This has been great but I gotta get going. I have a 2000 word essay due tomorrow and I have only written my name and the title so far... Nice to meet you, Becca and I'll see you later, Brooke. " Aiden beams at me once more before walking out of the hallway.

Becca turns to face me and hits my arm. "OWWWW - What was that for???"
She punches me and exclaims, "You didn't tell me about Aiden! He so has a thing for you, he could not stop smiling at you!!!"

I smirk at her and reply, "I could say the same for you..."

"Hey, just because I can't order, doesn't mean I can't look at the menu! He is hot. Ridiculously hot. And he likes you. SO PLEASE, take a shot. If not for me, then for you. You need some more fun in your life. "

I start walking with Becca and throw an arm around her. "Right now, Becks, I am in a loving and caring relationship with my textbooks and Mac and Cheese. I don't have the time or energy for a relationship. "

Becca pouts and I laugh at her. "Maybe in 6 years, sis, once I've qualified. So, where are we going for dinner?"