It was the Monday between classes. I was at the coffee shop on the east side of campus. The small one that rarely had a line because most people preferred the larger one closer to the main courtyard. I had my laptop open and a reading for my Roman History class that I wasn't making much progress on.
The place was quiet just the way I liked it. A few other people scattered at tables. The smell of coffees and espressos in the air.
That was when she sat down at the table next to mine and then knocked her bag off the chair while trying to hang it on. I looked up at her.
"Shoot," she said, picking it off the ground, then looked at me. "Sorry. I do that every single time.” She shook her head. “You'd think I'd learn."
"Don’t worry," I said, giving her a small smile. “No one saw but me…and I p
