Chance Encounter

Radio Silence

So long, my luckless romance

My back is turned on you

I should've known you'd bring me heartache

Almost lovers always do

~*~

Sock stared out the window of his Fiction Writing class watching the squirrels run around and up the tree. It seemed more entertaining than his class today. Sighing he turned his attention back to his professor to try to write down some notes for an upcoming paper.

He was more than relieved when class was dismissed as he picked his notebook and packed it away. Stepping out of the room he was ambushed by two of his classmates. "Hey, you're Napoleon right?"

"Call me Sock," he said brushing his hair out of his face. It had gotten even longer since that night. I really need to go to the barbers today.

"Okay, um, I'm Missy and this is Kaila," Missy, a blonde girl no taller than four feet nine inches, said before pointing at her equally short red-haired friend. "We were wondering if you wanted to study with us for the upcoming test. Kaila and I could really use some help and you seem so good at writing. Especially that story Providence read about the boy with his lost love. I cried—we cried—it was so sad."

He smiled faintly remembering that story. He wrote it right after that night actually since he refused to go back to sleep and opted for getting a head start on his assignment. Sock thought about the offer, in reality he hadn't been paying much attention as of late but it could be of mutual benefit, the study group. Nodding the girls seemed excited as they started hashing a timeline of when they should meet while he agreed with meeting up at Kaila's flat since it was closer to campus. Agreeing to meet after he got out of work he smiled and waved goodbye.

Sock then walked to his next class.

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Sock ran to catch Lil's grocery bag from falling from her grasp. She smiled grateful as he plucked the keys from her hands and opened the door for her. Walking inside Sock set down her bag and keys on the table glancing around the room. It's changed since the last time he was here; some new photographs had replaced the old ones and her living room layout.

"Thanks for rescuing me," she sighed happily.

"It's was no big deal," Sock commented as he stepped back. "I should get going."

"So soon?" Lil blurted sounding hurt.

He turned around blinking surprised by her tone. Sure he hadn't talked to her much but that was because he's been busy now with midterms on their way. "Yeah, I was just planning to change clothes and go. I have a study date."

"Right, right, sorry," Lil said glumly. "It's just that I haven't seen you since before you went back home for three days. And that was over a month ago."

"I know, I'm sorry, I'll text you tomorrow about when I'm free so we can hang out and watch some Sherlock. Sound like the plan?" Sock smiled trying to coax a smile. Lil narrowed her eyes at him before grinning and wrapping her arms around him. "I'll take that as a yes?"

"Take that as a hell yes. Dude I've missed you, you jackass." Lil said walking Sock out while he went to his door opening it. "I feel so abandoned. First you, then Jonathan."

Sock bristled at that, not having thought of Jonathan since that night, he's been blocking him out of his mind. The soft blond strands between his fingertips, his soft pliant lips skating across his skin, those blue eyes dark with desire... Sock mentally shook himself before berating at falling into that pit hole. "Yeah, so I gotta change. Text you tomorrow."