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Chemistry Lab : A Dark Night On Campus

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It was a dark night on campus. I was waiting for hours or though it seemed. It is not everyday that your roommates set you up with the best athlete on campus. It shocked me that my roommate could convince him that I was worth the best quarterback in the country’s time.
We were chemistry lab partners our freshmen year; not that he remembered the girl that helped him pass that class. He tried, but chemistry is not his strong suit. We studied for hours before big tests together, but that was before he was Mr. Football, the guy everyone wanted to be and the boyfriend every girl wanted. I on the other hand was nothing more than a poor college student working at Target and Kohl’s to help pay tuition. We had a few classes together …show more content…

This worn me out more than anything. I couldn’t go to bed until all my tutoring services were done, which could be past four am some nights. To say the least, he has already seen me early in the morning with my glasses, hair in a bun, and p.j.s on. Not that he remembers any of these long nights in between all of the big games and parties. He isn’t a party boy but he is on the football team so that meant that he had to show up at least.
It was already seven and he said he would show up at 6:45. Was I making a mistake? Was this just a cruel prank? I was starting to think I was a fool to think that a guy like that, Mr. Popular would give me out of all people the time of day. Then I saw a figure walking my way, tall and broad in the shoulders, and I knew it was him. “Hey, you ready?” he asked.
I thought, I have been waiting for fifteen minutes, of course I am ready. I thought you were not going to show up. Instead, I responded politely. “Yes, what do you have planned?”
“You will have to wait and see. It’s a surprise!”
He took me to an Usher concert. I was shocked, and flattered all at the same time that he put in the effort to get tickets to a concert this big. We were in the tenth row, and after we went to the ice cream shop on campus. We talked for hours, and I was surprised to hear that he remembered all our late study nights and labs every Tuesday afternoon. I learned

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