Differently Same

Chapter 11

I always came early to class but today i had a doctor's appointment so i got late. I entered the room, the teacher looked at me with a look that said I want to kill you. I muttered a sorry and went to the nearest seat available which was between a frat boy and brooding girl.

The teacher once again began with the lecture and I took out my notepad from my bag.

"You're new." The frat boy stated.

I glanced at him before writing the today's topic down on my notepad.

"What's your name?" He asked.

"Helena." I said and continue writing.

"That sounds old." He said. "I'm Josh."

I smiled at him. "Nice to meet you."

"There's a party at the frat house. I'm in charge of inviting women. You should come." He said.

Yeaahhh. I'm not going to that.

"A party?" The brooding girl said from beside me. "I didn't know objectifying women and spiking their drinks to have your way is called a party, Josh."

Josh sighed. "Kinsey, I didn't see you there."

Kinsey smiled sarcastically. "So you said when your brother was taking advantage of me."

Wait -WHAT?!

"You were both wasted, Kinsey. Can't you just let it go?" Josh said.

Suddenly I felt out of the loop for having absolutely no idea about what they were talking about.

"I'm sorry I can't just forget the memory of another man forcing himself on me." She said.

"You weren't complaining that night." Josh stated.

"Because he drugged me!" She almost yelled. "I thought it was you."

I was so confused by their conversation.

Josh scoffed, shaking his head. He turned to me. "You should come to the party." He said.

I smiled back at him. "I'll try."

He got up and went to sit on the seat at the back. The teacher frowned at him but didn't say anything which was odd.

Half the lecture had passed when I heard sniffing from beside me. I glanced at Kinsey to see her nose red and her eyes puffy.

My eyes widened. "Hey are you crying?" I asked. It was a stupid question, she was obviously crying.

She sniffed and looked away before whispering a very quiet "no". I didn't hear it, i just saw her mouth move.

This was definitely a weird day.

The class ended sooner than usual because our professor got an emergency. I hope everything's okay tho.

I looked at back at Kinsey again. She looked pissed as she put her books in her bag.

I decided to say something nice to her. "Hey, I can skip the next lecture. You wanna get some coffee?"

She looked at me, surprised. Then blinked at me, confused. "... sure" she said.

I smiled and we started walking towards the Café. "So will I get raped if I go to that party?" I asked.

She chuckled. "So I guess bullshitting isn't your thing." She said.

"Oh no, whose got time for that." I said. "But I've never been a to a college party. I'd really like to go."

She sighed. "I'll go with you."