Breaking Loose

A Tragic Affair

Despite the discomfort of her broken leg, Cristina hobbled back to her classroom in the best of moods even though the walking with crutches at this time of the day made her sweat so much. Best of all, the anxiety she felt by having part of her foot exposed had greatly diminished. And she had also finally met the mystery guy that watched her almost every single day as if he had been waiting for her.

When Cristina hobbled into the classroom everybody seemed too quiet. Many of her classmates were staring at the blackboard again and some looked to her as if they expected a reaction from her.

"What? It is not that you have not seen a girl with a cast before!" Cristina told them.

But she noticed that not all the attention was on her; and some of the girls giggled when looking at her.

When she looked at the blackboard she read in big letters:

«Finally Tomorrow Cristina! We bet on it!»

Cristina looked at it with a frown on her eyebrows and taking the opportunity to lean all her weight on the pads of her crutches.

«It must be that stupid bet about my sock,» she thought, automatically curling her toes down. It made her again self-aware of her situation.

She hobbled to her seat as the Biology professor came in and saw the message on the blackboard, looking puzzled himself. Then he started to think a bit about it.

In the meantime, Cristina settled into her seat and levered her leg cast onto Skylar's bag.

"What have you gotten me into?" Cristina whispered into Skylar's ear, letting some of her hairs wave and dangle as she whispered her question.

Skylar shook her whole body when the air out of Cristina's lips moved her hairs over the back of her ear.

"Nothing bad beauty, you will love it, I promise," Skylar turned her head to whisper back.

"In view of this cryptic message," the biology professor looked inquisitively at the whole classroom, "we will change today's topic to a bit of sexual education, just in case some of you are thinking of complicating your lives too early."

Some students, that were not too innocent themselves, started laughing. Then it became a general laughter after the slower minds understood the professor's reasoning.

"And you, young lady," the professor pointed at Cristina, "we have to talk after class. So do not even think of running away!"

"She cannot even if she wanted, she has a broken leg!" a guy at the back of the classroom shouted, causing the class to burst in laughter again.

Cristina did not find it amusing at all.

The professor, who had not given them a lesson after her unfortunate event, leaned to one side to get a better look at Cristina. Then he saw her white long leg cast extended forward onto Skylar's bag.

He walked all the way to Cristina's place, looking down at her broken leg. He then reminisced about what happened many years ago when he too had broken his femur playing American Football.

«Yup, I lost my virginity to that senior girl in highschool»

"We definitely have to talk afterward, before you get into something heavier than this leg cast, Cristina," the professor told her.

Cristina nodded, even though she had done nothing wrong. She just wanted this annoying incident over as soon as possible.

"May I sign this beautiful cast? It reminds me of my daughter's" the professor looked at Cristina's angelical eyes.