You finish preparing the final while the sun is still in the sky, a welcome change from the late nights you've pulled all too often this month. You relish the chance not to spend the evening in your Blankenship-haunted office. It's even a few hours before dinner.
For once you have the luxury of an unplanned evening.
Between working with Gabriel, interacting with students, and dealing with your colleagues, you could use a night to yourself. Plus, this way, you get to choose where you eat.
Everything Noodles is a small fast-casual restaurant that specializes in noodle dishes, for a very expansive definition of "noodles." They have fettuccine alfredo and ravioli, lo mein and udon dishes, mac and cheese and beef stroganoff. It's a hodge-podge of carbs in sauce with optional meat.
The restaurant's crowded with students fueling their studying with the wide array of available noodles. One of the dangers of living in a college town.
You place your order at the counter, then grab the last available table in the high-ceilinged dining room. Your food's ready far faster than you expected given the crowd.
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