Post by Butterfly on Oct 6, 2013 at 2:58pm
I ran into AJ's dean, Dr. Anthony, in the student union. He looked like he had just come from the gym, as he was in his workout clothes. "Are you Andrew's sister?"
"Um, yeah," I said shyly, "how did you know?" We don't especially look alike, AJ has most of dad's features and I have mom's except for dad's rounder face.
"He told me to look for a tall, pretty blond. I guess you're it."
I managed a chuckle. I don't consider myself tall or pretty. But I am blond, like my mom and my sister and my granddad.
"He's doing much better in his class," Dr. Anthony told me, "but I think he can improve even more. I told him I was giving him an extra credit project programming the nodes outside the building. I'm sure he can handle it." He handed me some of my brother's test papers.
So, that evening we went back to the sorority house for another party.
I saw Kay covering her face, so I walked over to see why she was covering her face. She was shocked at something, but she didn't say what had shocked her so.
I didn't need to look far. It was Samantha, and she was kissing -- a girl. I couldn't see the girl's face, so I didn't know who the girl was. Still, I was seething. If she hurt my brother and if she hurt my best friend she was going to pay for it.
"I can't see you anymore, Sam," he'd told her. "Why? Why'd you do this to me?"
"I didn't do anything, AJ."
"What were you doing?"
"We were just talking."
"Why were you kissing her, then?"
"We weren't kissing."
"I'm done, Sam. I'm -- I'm done."
"What were you doing, Sam?" I asked her.
"Nothing," she replied, "I was just fooling around."
"Well, my brother doesn't look fooled. He actually looked pretty upset."
Samantha shrugged her shoulders. "Well, he'll get over it."
"Let me ask you this, then. Were you actually serious about him?"
"I mean, I like him, but.."
"Do you realize you're the first girl he's ever kissed?"
"Really?" Samantha frowned.
"And to dismiss it so cavalierly, is just -- you know, it makes me wonder what he ever saw in you."
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