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Is he going to kiss me?
Here? Now? Unsupervised?
Unsupervised?
Heidi, seriously? You’re a college girl now. You’re eighteen. You have a job. You pay rent.
Focus!
My entire body tenses. My pulse pounds and my spine erupts with chills. A wave courses through me as he drifts even closer to reach my lips. I stay still. I don’t breathe. I don’t think. I feel the wave coming up again and... Oh, no.
No.
Not now.
I can’t hold it.
I sneeze.
I sneeze right on his face.
I recoil backward and cover my nose. He shifts two steps back and turns his head, his expression blank.
Dead.
I’m dead.
“Uh...” He discreetly wipes his own nose and mouth with the towel. “Bless you.”
“I’m so sorry,” I say. “I didn’t mean to do that...”
“No, it’s okay...”
“My allergies always act up when it rains.”
He continues looking away. “Happens to the best of us.”
“I’m really sorry,” I say again.
“It’s all right.” He nods as he shifts farther away from me. “So, no new skills yet, huh?”
“Nope,” I squeak.
“It’s only been a few weeks,” he says with a positive smile. “Keep your eyes open. It’s college. You’re bound to learn something eventually.”
Oh, I’ve learned something tonight, all right.
To never, ever, do something like this ever again.
He clears his throat. “Well, I think I’m gonna take off,” he says, pointing toward the door. “I forgot that I have a… thing.”
“Me, too,” I lie, too.
He slides the towel off and hands it to me. “I’ll see you around.”
I nod, dead inside. “Yeah, I’ll see you around,” I repeat.
He walks to the door, keeping a wide birth from me as he goes. I guess I don’t blame him. I wouldn’t want to be within a foot of me right now, either...
