strangely, Evan sporting a surprised look on his face at her outburst.
“Is there something wrong, Ms. Warren?” the professor asked, and Chloe closed her eyes and swallowed her protest.
“No, sir,” she answered, her teeth clenched.
‘Maybe he’s got a good head on his shoulders; being a jock doesn’t necessarily equate to being stupid, after all. I shouldn’t make any snap judgments,’ Chloe thought, giving herself a mental pep-talk of sorts.
“Okay, let’s start us off with a simple question,” their professor said, and Chloe sat up straight in rapt attention, much to Evan’s amusement. The professor noticed that Evan was distracted by his seatmate and called, “Mr. Cross, what is the most basic unit in a body of a living organism?”
‘This is easy. He should get this on right; it’s practically elementary level science,” Chloe thought, anticipating Evan’s answer.
Her heart plummeted when he shrugged and said, “An organ?”
Their professor shook his head as he smiled mirthlessly. “I guess science doesn’t come as naturally to you as football does, huh?” He turned around and went right back to writing on the board.
Chloe closed her eyes and placed her head on top of her hands on the desk, groaning silently.
“I’m doomed,” she grumbled to herself.
“Are you saying something?” Evan asked, leaning closer to her. She turned her head and glared at him.
‘He was as dumb as a rock! He’s going to mess everything up for me!’ Chloe mentally cried.
She mourned over her predicament, her mind running on auto pilot and paying the barest bit of attention to the lesson until the bell rang. She gathered her stuff quickly and was about to leave when Evan called after her.
“I’m going to ruin things for you, you know,” he said.
Chloe turned around and looked at him, not even concealing her annoyance.
“You better not be,” she said, before turning around and walking away, leaving Evan staring after her.
Chloe sighed as she snuggled up to her favorite book and wiggled comfortably on the couch. This was one of the moments she treasured the most: alone inside her room and reading in peace. Vanessa was out doing whatever she did on the weekend, so Chloe had their room all to herself.
Her happiness was short-lived; however, when the door suddenly opened, Vanessa and Evan busy making out and blindly making their way to the couch. Chloe barely managed to remove her legs from the other side of the couch before the couple crashed into it, their hands still groping each other, and their lips making smacking and slurping noises that Chloe could not help but grimace in disgust.
Chloe shook her head and stood up. Her plan to have a relaxing evening was ruined, so she might as well head over someplace else to study. She went into her room and took her backpack with her and made her way to the door. Evan managed to pull his mouth away from Vanessa and saw Chloe about to leave.
“Hey, do you want to come with us? We’re going to one of the frat parties over at Greek Row later,” he asked. Vanessa rolled her eyes and huffed while Chloe scoffed.
“No, Evan. I’m going to do something productive with my life and go to the library instead of a party,” she said. Evan furrowed his eyebrows and tilted his head in confusion. “You don’t know what a library is?” Evan didn’t answer and just continued to stare at her. “The place with all the—? You’re an idiot. Google it or something,” Chloe rolled her eyes and left. Vanessa rolled her eyes and went on to plant kisses on Evan’s neck as he continued to look troubled.
“You know, she always does that,” Evan remarked.
“Who?” Vanessa asked, not caring.
Evan sighed. “Never mind.”
*****
It was already late in the evening when Chloe got back to the dorm, which was really quiet she realized, thankfully. She had completely forgotten that it was sorority rush week and the library was packed with rushers and