Bailey
The dean wants to see me. I try not to panic but my leg is bouncing anxiously and I glance to the office door when it opens and the secretary says "He's ready for you"
I let out a heavy breath before walking in and she closes the door behind me, I glance at the dean to see him sitting behind his desk "Good morning, Mr Robinson"
"Bailey, have a seat please." I swallow nervously before taking a seat opposite him "I know you probably have class so I'll get straight to the point. I promised your aunt to give you a scholarship with no strings attached"
I nod "I'm aware"
"Well this is me bringing the strings"
I tense and immediately say "I'm sure over time I will be able to pay you back, Mr Robinson. I'll get a job and start saving"
He frowns "Pay me back? Nonsense. That's not what I meant"
I let out a sigh of relief "So what did you mean?"
"One of the professors made a complaint about having too much work on his hands and not being able to manage it all" he leans forward in his seat "I want you to be his assistant. You'll help him with emails, sorting through files or whatever it is he needs help with. Is that okay with you?"
I'm really not in the head space to be dealing with charity work right now but then I realise that I'm basically a charity case. This man let me attend Trinity Academy without so much as batting an eye and I find this is the least I can do to show how grateful I am.
So I nod "Perfectly okay with me"
He smiles "Good, I'll let Mr Matthews know you'll be his assistant" I choke on my own saliva and he frowns "Are you quite alright?"
I let out a few awkward coughs before clearing my throat "I'm good thank you."
He nods "Alright head on to your class then."
I mumble a 'have a good day' and leave his office feeling in a bit of a daze, I make my way to class but pause right outside. I don't think I'm ready to sit in this class and stare at Mr Matthews while he gives his lecture, trying to forget that I embarrassed myself by trying to kiss him.
Yeah, I can't do this.
I make a u-turn and head back to the dorm, I'll say I was under the weather or some nonsense. When I reach the dorm I see Mason sitting on the couch as he watches a movie on his laptop "Do you not have class?" I ask as I close the door behind me
"I could ask you the same thing."
"I skipped"
He raises an eyebrow "Little miss goodie two shoes skipped class?"
I roll my eyes before taking a seat next to him "What about you?"
"Same." I nod because I thought as much
"Where's Lili and Tyler?"
"Fuck if I know."
"Always such a joy to be around" I say with a laugh
He doesn't look amused though and he asks out of nowhere "Do you want to get high on weed?"
I blink about a thousand times "I've never gotten high before"
"No shit" he says dryly like it's the most obvious thing ever.
I'm quiet for a moment as I think about it before nodding "Let's do it"
He raises an eyebrow in surprise "Skipping class and getting high? I like this Bailey."
I shake my head in amusement as we head out of the dorm and behind the building so no one can see us and he lights up his joint. The next few minutes are spent with us passing the joint to each other as we talk about everything and nothing. When we finished, we kind of just sit against the wall in silence.
After a while, I ask "What's going on between you and Liliana?"
He scoffs "Girl's a fucken nutcase"
I glare at him "Don't be rude, Marcus"
"I'm not being rude, I'm just stating it as it is."
I frown "Why do you say that?"
He sighs and shakes his head "Never mind"
My eyes narrow, not really liking the fact that neither him or Liliana wants me to know what's going on but then again it's not really my business. So instead I ask "And what about the girl I usually see you with? Is that your girlfriend."
"She is not." He says and his tone suggests that I should stop with my questions and I do because the last thing I need is him to close up like he always does. I'm sitting behind a building high as fuck with my roommate that said he didn't want to be friends and for me? That's a win.
I'm laying in bed when my phone dings with a text and I frown when I see a email from a name I don't recognise, I open it to see it's from Mr Matthews saying 'I hope you are not sick but if you are then I hope you get better soon but for future reference please inform me when you will not be in class. Thank you.'
Oh. A thousand thoughts runs through my mind but I calm down when I realise that he probably got my email from the information page I filled out when I applied for classes.
I type out a reply back 'I was feeling a bit under the weather but I'm doing much better now, thank you. I'll keep your words in mind for the future, have a good night.'
I wait with a batted breath that I only let out when he replies back with a simple 'Have a good night, Miss Harper.'
I can't believe I'm crushing on my professor when the poor man just wants to do his job. The dean said Mr Matthews has his hands full and I don't want to stress him out with my silly school girl crush too. I hear the dorm door open and I hear a girl's giggle and Tyler's voice.
This is going to be a long night.
I lock my phone and blow my candle out before going to sleep.