Stuck Between the Two

*I was in the middle of Speech class when the phone in the classroom suddenly started to ring. My teacher, Mrs.Thompsan, quickly got up to answer, apologizing to the girl who was in the middle of presenting. She stood awkwardly at the front of the class while Mrs.Thompsan spoke in a hushed tone while on the phone. I stared back at her as she hung up. Her face was quite pale, she looked like she had seen a ghost. Well, that couldn't have been good, I thought to myself. She waved me out into the hallway. Crap, I thought, this can't be good. She looked at me as tears were welling in her eyes. "Mariah, I'm so sorry dear, but I'm afraid there's been an accident."*

I sat up in my bed, sweat dripping from my forehead. I looked over at the clock on my bedside, 5:21 a.m. I sighed and layed back down on my bed trying to calm myself. It hadn't even gotten to the worst part of the nightmare. I don't know what it was, but that incident, no matter how hard I tried to forget it,  It always attacked me during my sleep.

There was no point in going back to sleep, my first lecture started at 7:00 a.m. so I figured I might as well get up and get ready, and maybe go down to the cafe to get some coffee before hand.

I got out of bed and made my way to the bathroom, I looked over at my roommate, Sofia, who was sprawled out on her bed, snoring. Just lovely, I thought to myself.

Sofia and I had become pretty close this last semester, She was safe to say my best friend. Well excluding James that is. Her and I had gotten along well, we were mostly in to the same stuff, and it didn't hurt that Sofia is one of the most likable people I have ever met, I have yet to meet someone who couldn't instantly fall in love with her. She had deep jet black hair that fell to her waist and brown eyes. She was absolutely stunning.

I on the other hand had curly dark brown hair that falls just past my chin and green eyes. I have a paler complextion and I stand at 5'5.

I stared at myself in the mirror, noticing the dark circles under my eyes, from yet another bad night of sleep, I sighed. Some days I wonder why I even bother with trying to forget, sometimes it's so hard, and I just want to break down and cry. But then I remember I have James. I looked at my phone and saw a text from him,

"Good Morning Beautiful xx" I smiled and hit "reply"

"Good Morning <3 Meet me down at the cafe at six thirty? xx"

A few minutes later after i had brushed my teeth and managed to comb down my hair he texted back.

"Of Course (:" I smiled and set my phone back down on the counter. Right now it was 5:32, meaning I had about an hour to get ready. I got out my curling iron and makeup. Once I had finished my makeup I curled my hair into waves that softly framed my face. I quietly walked back into our room and opened up my wardrobe, I picked out a ruffled cream colored top and some washed out skinny jeans. I quickly changed and by then it was six twenty.

I went out the door after jumping on Sofia's bed like a maniac trying to get her up, so she wouldn't be late for her class. She mumbled something incoherent and then while trying to get out of her bed, she landed on the floor with a hard thud. I laughed like an idiot as she got off the floor giving me a glare.

"I'll see you at 1:00!" I yelled walking out the door

"Yeah, yeah. Get out of here Mar, oh! And tell lover boy I say hi. She winked at me as I rolled my eyes. "Whatever Soph" I said laughing.

I went down the steps, since the elevator was currently out of order, and 6 flights of stairs wasn't always the funnest in the morning. I crossed campus and made my way to the little cafe on the corner. I walked in and inhaled the sweet smell of donuts and coffee. I loved it here. Before I knew it darkness filled my vision as I felt two hands covering my eyes. I put my hands up to them as I heard a soft voice in my ear.

"Guess who?" I smiled as I instantly knew it was James.

I turned around after he had taken his hands off of my eyes. I hugged him tightly. He smiled as he took my hand in his.

"The usual?" The older lady behind the counter said. She was so sweet, she kind of reminded me of a grandmother like figure.

"Yes please" I said back to her, she gave me a small smile then turned around to make mine and James' coffees. Once we got our things we turned around to head out of cafe. James was going to walk me to my class.

"How was your morning?" James asked me, as he took a drink of his coffee, he immediately made a horrid face.I looked up at him and scrunched my eyebrows together.

"Whats wrong with it?"

"Ugh, that stuff is horrible!"

"What do you mean? You always get it!" James looked down at the coffee in my hand then suddenly a grin appeared on his face. Before I could do anything he grabbed my coffee from my hand.

"Hey wait!" I said annoyed that he took my coffee. He took a drink out of it and nodded, then handed me the one that he had made a disgusted face at.

"That's yours, This is mine." He said laughing. "Man that stuff is horrible, how do you drink that every morning?"

I laughed "It's good!" He rolled his eyes

"Whatever you say sweetheart" He said laughing. I rolled my eyes and bumped into him with my shoulder. He look down at me and gave me a small smile.

We came to a stop outside the building. My lecture was over at 9:30, and then I had another one starting at ten. He gave me a hug.

"See you at ten?" We had that together.

"Sure thing! I Love you!" I said walking in through the doors.

"Love you too!" He said before turning away and walking off towards his class which started in twenty minutes. I smiled as I took my seat. James and I had been dating since the start of Senior year, and right now I was in the middle of my Sophomore year in college. So about two and a half years. He supports me in everything I do, and is my rock. I love him very much.

Our professor walked through the doors and I internally groaned. Here's to two and a half hours of him droning on and on. I sighed and got out my notebook ready to take notes, I found my head dipping and it continuously getting harder to keep my eyes open. 

*"Look what you've done to him! Are you happy now? Happy that he's gone?!" I slapped him hard across the face, as the police officers cuffed him. "My life is over because of you! Do you realize what you've done?!" I screamed. I collapsed on the curb and sobbed. This could not be happening.*

Authors Note -

 Hey Guys! I'm sorry, but im completely clueless on how college works, so please forgive me if I screwed that up entirely. Ahaha, Well tell me what you did and didnt like! Vote, Comment & Subscribe (:

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