Bailey
"Bailey! Someone is here for you!" Tyler yells from outside my door
I frown and make my way out, my eyebrows shot up in surprise when I see Luke standing by the door while Tyler stares him down.
"Luke, hi! Come in." I push Tyler to the side who glares at me as I lead Luke inside "Sorry for the mess, we just started unpacking our things."
He frowns and throws a thumb over his shoulder "You room with a guy?"
"Two guys actually" when he looks absolutely dumbfounded, I shake my head "It's a long story, what are you doing here though?"
"For two things actually. One because I want to apologise for the other night, I practically ditched you. So I'm sorry."
"That's okay, we were all trying to not get caught" I give him a small smile "The other thing?"
He takes a step closer to me "It's Saturday, let me take you out. And not another crazy party, just coffee at the campus cafe"
My smile widens "I would like that very much"
"Need I remind you that we're still busy unpacking?" Liliana says from behind me and I startle, at times I forget that because she's a vampire she can probably hear a conversation happening at the other side of campus
I huff "I'll unpack when I get back. It's just coffee, Lili"
She hums "Alright. Have fun, kids."
I give her an unimpressed look before turning back to Luke who looks amused "Let me just change into something more…suitable"
He nods "Of course, I'll be waiting for you"
I give him a smile before walking into my room and I change into my favourite summer dress and sandals, my smile fades a bit when my eyes catch the pen on my desk. I suddenly have this weird feeling in my chest, almost like I…miss him. Which is stupid, Mr Matthews is my professor and I'll just see him Monday again. Today I'm having coffee with Luke who is my age. When I'm done, I walk out to find Luke exactly where I left him and he smiles when he sees me "Ready to go?"
I nod "I am."
"…and that's how I find out that my brother's girlfriend is actually my mate."
"Oh uhm, that's cool."
He nods and continues talking about his mate and I feel absolutely silly for thinking this would be a little date, but he hasn't stopped talking about his mate.
Shit, what if this is a date?
I don't know whether to be amused about the fact that he thinks this is a date when he keeps speaking about another girl or concerned that I thought this would be a date when he probably just wanted to be friends. Which is good, I need friends.
"You like her." I state, stopping him mid-sentence because I don't think I could continue listening to him rant
He looks taken aback "No, I don't. I'm just trying to explain to you how the whole mate thing works."
"You don't need to, my roommate is a werewolf so I've done my research. It's pretty obvious that you like the girl."
He frowns "Shit, I might."
I huff a laugh "Then what the hell am I doing here, Luke?"
He groans "I didn't mean to waste your time, Bailey. I genuinely did want to take you out for coffee"
"And I appreciate it" I smile as I take my coffee and stand up before patting his arm "Call her."
He smiles "I will. Do you want me to walk you back?"
"No need, I'll be okay" And with that I leave.
I'm walking back to my dorm when I finish my coffee and spot a bin, I try to throw it in but miss. I move to pick it up again but pause and instead try to focus my mind as I stare intently at the coffee cup on the floor. My heart starts pounding when I see the cup slowly rise and with a flick of my hand it lands in the bin.
"Yes!" I throw my arms up in victory at my very small success.
"Good job" a deep familiar voice says from behind me and I turn around to find Mr Matthews looking at me.
I clear my throat "Oh uhm, it was nothing."
"It was clearly something judging by the way you were celebrating"
I sigh "Fine, it was something. Sometimes I can't even light a candle so it's became mandatory to celebrate the wins, no matter how small they are"
He nods "I like that" he steps closer "Are you heading somewhere?"
"Back to my dorm actually"
"Do you have a minute? I want to show you something that I think you would like."
I raise an eyebrow. I really need to unpack my things but I find myself saying "Sure."
He falls in step beside me as we make our all the way across campus and I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm a little out of breath when we finally stop. He glances at me "Are you okay?"
I raise a thumb to appear casual "All good."
His eyes narrow but he doesn't say anything as he moves around one of the buildings that's currently shut down because of renovations and I follow him. I frown when we reach a door to a shed "Are we supposed to be here?"
"Me? Yes. You? No." He says as he presses in a pin and the door opens, he glances at me "But you're here with me so you're good. After you, Miss Harper"
I bite my bottom lip as I debate what to do, I am curious to see what's inside that he think I might like but I also don't want to get caught all alone with my professor.
Fuck it, you only live once right?
So I throw one last glance over my shoulder to make sure nobody is around before walking in.