Lectured In A Lecture Hall

“You knew that she was back and you didn’t think to tell me?” I ask in a bit more of a shrill voice as me and Harriette leave the stairway. My hair was a bit more of a mess than normal, and my clothes weren’t as neat, but we hadn’t done enough to truly alter our appearance. Still, a bright red blush grew on my cheeks, and the taste of her precum still stained the tip of my tongue.

“I mean… it’s Gwen. Ya know? She’s been so mysterious lately, I didn’t know if it was actually real or if that was just one of her coded messages.” I stop in my tracks and look at her with a quick glare.

“Was the coded message I’m coming to NYU as a Teachers Assistant?” I ask, raising an eyebrow softly as I met Harriettes eyes, and I could see the blush continuing to grow on her face as she stuttered, trying to think of a response.

“I didn’t say it was hard to crack!” She says in a huff before storming ahead of me, and I practically had to run to catch up to her now as we approach the lecture hall. “And how do you think I feel? One of my former best friends just saw her ex girlfriend sucking my dick in a public stairwell! It’s humiliating!”

“Hey, that ex girlfriend also just so happens to be your best friend too.” I say with a grimace, holding the door open for Harriette as the two of us walk into the lobby of the lecture hall. There was a small moment of silence between the two of us as we walked next to each other, the pair of us both fuming in anger, or embarrassment, from what just happened. But as I give Harriette a quick glance, I couldn’t help but sigh and nudge her arm with a small grin.

“Whatever. Why don’t we just do us both a favor and forget that we saw her, huh? And focus on how awesome this presenter is gonna be!” I say with a smile as we approach the massive crowd of people, all waiting in line as one teachers assistant held the door open and handed out a syllabus for the lecture and…

Oh you’ve got to be fucking kidding me!

We were both stunned as Gwen stood at the door, a bright smile on her face as she greeted the large group of students that were pouring into the lecture hall. She looked so bright and cheerful… like our interaction didn’t even happen! Me and Harriette look at each other for a second awkwardly, before she makes the first move.

“Gwen! Um… Hi!” Harriette says, rushing up to her former friend with a big toothy grin, that was only returned with a resounding sigh as the syllabus was put in Harriettes hand, while Gwen didn’t even take a second to look up and acknowledge her former friend as the rest of the mob of people walk by. My heart sinks as I see the look on Harriettes face shift, crunching the paper in her hand as she looked defeated and depressed… and I knew what I needed to do.

“Gwen… listen I…” I start to say, but Gwen immediately turns to face me, looking me dead in my eye with a cold stare as she raises one finger against my lips, silencing me immediately as I let out a small yelp.

“Listen up Parker, I don’t care what you do anymore. We’re not dating, if you wanna act like a slut then be my fucking guest.” She says, handing me a paper as well from the stack. “Just do me a favor and keep it in your pants until you’re out of the lecture hall. I’d hate for Dr. Conners to see you two acting like total delinquents…” She hesitates for a second as her eyes focus on me once again, and she gives a very quick sigh before continuing. “Especially after I gave you such a good review, Petra.”

My eyes widened a little bit and my jaw drops, both me and Harriette stunned at what she said. “What… what do you mean?” I finally stammer out, my voice slightly higher pitched now as I meet Gwens gaze who, in all honestly, looked like she’d rather be anywhere else than here right now.

“Kendra is looking for a lab assistant and, unfortunately, when she told me she was coming to NYU, I told her about the best scientist I know.” She says with a small blush, her own voice getting somewhat more softer and weak, as if admitting that was killing her inside. “So don’t make me fucking regret it. She wants to see you after the lecture for a coffee.”

My eyes were wide and glossy, starstruck by the idea that I could work with the Dr. Kendra Conners! I try and speak but all that comes out are a bunch of stutters and slurred words, taking a couple seconds before I was finally able to put actual words together. “Gwen… that’s… incredible! Thank you!”

She raises a finger again and once again I quiet down, my excitement quickly satiated as she glared at me. “Once again… don’t make me regret it. Now get inside. I have a line to get through.”

With that me and Harriette both nod at Gwen and shimmy our way into the lecture hall, finding a good seat just as the lights start to go down… and the two of us couldn’t help but squeal in excitement.

Maybe this day won’t be so horrible after all!