| Greg sat on the edge of the fountain and took a long drag of his cigarette. the wind blew his hair in a tangled mess and he tried to straighten it out with his other hand. "I hate him." Michelle looked at him and laughed. "Who do you hate now Greg?" Greg took another drag from his cigarette and let the smoke out in a slow breath. "That damn professer." Michelle laughed and placed a hand on Greg's leg. "There are two months left. You'll have to stick it out till then I guess." Greg threw out his cigarette and stepped on it with his toe. "But why." he wined "Becasue if you hire a hitman. That's kind of illegal." she laughed Michelle looked at her watch. "It's 11:20. Jennifer's class is almost over. Want to come with me?" Greg jumped at the opportunity. "Sure. Let's go!" Greg got up and grabbed Michelle's hand. He pulled her up and the two began walking toward the brick building across campus. "Greg how about you come over to my apartment tonight. I'll get some take out, we'll watch a movie. It'll be fun." " I don't know Mitch." The two stopped by the classroom door that Jennifer would soon come out of. Greg crossed his arms over his chest and raised a questioning eyebrow at Michelle. "Oh come on. Besides it'll be fun. Jennifer will be there." "Fiiine I'll be there. Happy?" Michelle smiled. "Very happy. Thank you." The classroom door opened and a rush of students came out. Once the flow had died down Jennifer was the last person to come out. She leaned up against the wall. " I can't do this!" Michelle put her arm around Jennifer's shoulders. "What happened?" she asked A tear rolled down her cheek and she wiped it away. "I'm just so stressed out. Maybe it was a mistake to come here in the first place." Greg grabbed her hand and smiled at her. "Don't say that." Michelle said "I just can't take it." Greg wanted to grab Jennifer in a tight hug but he knew he couldn't. "Listen Greg's going to come over tonight. We're going to get a movie and some take out. It'll get your mind off of this." Jennifer looked at Michelle and rolled her eyes. "You know I can't do that." "Come on. You live with Michelle. You can't get far." Greg laughed Jennifer shook her head. "Guys I can't." "But Jennifer.." Greg tried "No! I'll see you later Michelle." Jennifer walked away from the two. Michelle looked at Greg confused. "What just happened?" he asked "I don't know." ***************************************************************************************************************************** There was a knock at the door and Michelle put down the box of fried rice and opened the door. "Hey Greg." Greg walked in and gave her a kiss. He sat down on the couch and Michelle sat down on the arm of the chair across from him. "Where's Jennifer?" he asked Michelle pointed down the hallway and shrugged his shoulders. "She locked herself in her room. She won't come out." "Finish getting ready and I'll go get her." Michelle shook her head. "Alright. Be careful." Greg got off the couch and walked down the hallway. He knocked on the door and took a deep breath. "What do you want." Greg was taken aback by the anger in her voice. " It's me Greg. Can I talk to you?" There was a long silence that followed. "No!" she yelled Greg bit his lip. "Please sweetheart. I just want to talk to you." Another long silence followed but Greg finnaly heard the the door unlock. Jennifer stood there with tear stained cheeks. She gave him a weak smile and let him in her bedroom. The walls were covered with pictures and a dim light flooded the room. Kleenex covered the bed and as she sat down she grabbed at a kleenex and dabbed at her eyes. "Talk to me." Greg said sweetly. "It's just. I don't know. Everything is streesing me out and I'm not even happy anymore." Greg sat on the bed next to her and kissed her forehead before he wrapped his arm around her. "Well then why live here if your not happy. If your not happy I'm not happy." Jennifer got off the bed and began to pace the floor. "I wish it was that easy. I just can't quit." "Listen Jennifer I hate all this more then anyone. But if I can hold out so can you." Jennifer sat back down on the bed and put her head in her hands. " I can't stand it anymore." "You can do it. Do it for me." Jennifer looked at Greg and began to cry again. Greg grabbed a fresh kleenex from the box and wiped at Jennifer's eyes. "I don't know Greg." "Listen foget about that right now. Come watch a movie with us." "I'm not really in the mood for a movie right now." "Pleease." Greg wined Jennifer laugehd and a small smile crossed her face. "Allright." "Good. Come on." He stood up and grabbed her hand and pulled her off the bed. "Thank you." She held Greg in a tight embrace. When they let go he smiled at her. "Let's go." He grabebd her hand and led her out of the bedroom, down the hallway and into the livingroom where Michelle was waiting. "Let's put in that movie." Jennifer said "Good idea." Michelle said happily Jennifer and Greg sat down on the couch. Michelle turned off the lights and as the movie credits begam Greg smiled at Jennifer. Jennifer laid down with her head in Greg's lap and smiled. Greg leaned down and kissed Jennifer. Jennifer sighed and her eyes slowly closed. She had found someone that made her happy and she was in love. |
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