Black

You wake up with the sunrise. You shower and put on a black dress. You haven’t heard anything official, but you know Keith is gone.

You head to class. Class itself is incredibly boring. You pretty much understand everything the Professor is explaining before she finishes. Waiting for the rest of the class to catch up is intolerable and your thoughts drift to Keith.

After class ends your cellphone rings.

“Hello, is this Carrie Fasser?”

“Yes, I’m her.”

“I’m very sorry to ask this, but can you come identify a body?”

You begin crying as he gives you the information. The police take you to the hospital morgue. The pull out a burned and battered body. It’s Keith. You mostly just nod and then leave in a fugue state. You know you can’t be alone, so you head to Julia’s.

You knock at her door and she lets you in.

“What’s the matter, Carrie?”

“Keith.”

“Oh, God. I’m so sorry. Let’s go out and get a drink. I just have to finish this problem.”

You walk over to her desk. The problem is ridiculously simple. Julia seems to be struggling. You watch, growing more irritated. Finally, you grab a pencil.

“Like this.” You scribble down the equations and solve the problem.

“Holy crap, Carrie. You aren’t even in Quantum. How did you do that?”

“It was an easy problem. I don’t know why you were struggling.”

She looks at you with an odd expression.

“We’ll, c’mon. Let’s go get a drink!”