Page 7 of Blinded By Love

I’m the one who ended up messing up that friendship because I pulled myself away from her when I became friends with other girls. I tried to reconnect with her but it never worked out. I regret distancing myself from her because she genuinely made me happy and her parents treated me like a daughter. I felt so welcomed and included.

I learned that Natalia’s favorite color is blue and her favorite TV show is The Vampire Diaries which is a classic. She used to play soccer in elementary school, which I did as well. I can tell from talking to her that she has a bubbly, sunshine personality which I like about her a lot. A lot of the friends I had in high school were negative. Having Natalia around is like a breath of fresh air.

By the time the professor tells us we are free to go, Natalia and I exchange numbers. “I’ll be messaging you to hang out soon. You better answer,” she tells me as we walk outside of the classroom.

“I will.” I smile before saying goodbye.

I walk towards the direction of my next class while Natalia walks the in the opposite direction.

The next class I have is psychology. I made my schedule to where all of my fun classes are Mondays and Wednesdays and all of my boring classes are on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I don’t have many classes that I’m taking.

Journalism, Creative Writing, and Psychology are on Mondays and Wednesdays while Speech & Communications, Television News Writing, and Broadcast Journalism are on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

When I’m in front of the door for psychology I push it open and head to the back of the class again. I feel more comfortable sitting in the back just because it’s nice and dark back there.

Students start piling in the classroom and taking their seats while the professor smiles at everyone.

I put in one of my AirPods and lean into the seat as the song “Do I Wanna Know?” by Arctic Monkeys plays.

The professor starts talking about what to expect for the course, basically the same thing my journalism teacher talked about.

Assignment grading, class norms, cheating, etc.

I have taken psychology classes in the past because I find them interesting and I know that using psychology for my career will be good for me. I can take what I learn in these lessons into what I do for future interviews with sports stars.

As the professor starts talking about the units we’ll be learning, the class door opens making me look at who walks in.

He doesn’t pay the professor any mind as he walks past her and moves up the stairs to the back of the class.

I admire him as he walks closer and closer to my row from the opposite side of the room. His steps are angry and strong. He is acting as if he didn’t interrupt the class and people aren’t staring at him.

He throws his bag in a chair and sits down in another one with his legs spread and arm resting on the arm rest.

This guy looked like he walked out of every girl’s nightmare about a guy. He looks dangerous, the quiet kind that sneaks up on you. He has dark brown hair that is short at the sides. His jaw is so sharp, it looks like it could cut your finger if you ran it along the bone. Just from the clothes he’s wearing you can tell he is all muscle under the sweater and baggy jeans.

As if he can feel my staring, he turns his head. I can’t take my eyes off of him as I recognize his face.

He has the kind of face that one would never forget but where could I know him from? I wish I could get closer to him to figure out who he is and why my body is screaming at me to figure it out.

The rest of the class I try to focus on what the professor is saying but I feel eyes on me that have to be from him as if he is trying to bait me. I turn my music up and drown myself in it while the professor talks and talks and talks.

When the class is finally over I decide not to try my luck with him and instead make my way out of the class.

Four

Jaclyn

I got trained by Andy for only three days before she said to take a section of the diner. She said that it gets super busy sometimes with college kids coming in for lunch, especially on Fridays.

My training was supposed to be for a week but it got busy and they were short staffed so she kind of threw me on the floor.

But it’s not hard to get the hang of everything. I think the hardest thing for me will be the table numbers and then trying to remember everything on the menu. I kind of remember the table numbers but Andy just told me to take the farthest section of the diner since it’s the easiest and because I remember those table numbers already, at least until I start to learn and remember more table numbers.

She also said if a customer has a question to just bullshit it. If it’s an allergy question, I should just get the nutrition book.

I used to work as a server in this one restaurant near my house. It’s a weird way of how I got hired.

I was looking for a job and after school I went to the restaurant to get a job application. I was wearing sweatpants and a huge sweater. My hair was in a messy bun and you could probably see the bags under my eyes. But after I asked if they were hiring he asked me if I had time for an interview. After the “interview” he gave me he told me to come in the next day to get started on orientation.

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