Turn Tail and Run

The last coherent thought in your head before you slam the door shut is that Rachel is really fucking hot … the corridor turns into a blur around you, and it’s not that you hadn’t realised she was attractive before, it’s just that she typically dresses reasonably modestly, and for the first time, you’ve seen her glorious body on full display, and now you know she has most definitely got it, whatever it is, and the fact that Griffin was nutting into her in that moment? It hardly matters, all that you see in your mind’s eye as you burst out of the corridor and into the lounge is Rachel’s nude form, and that is… not good.

You stare at the pages of notes laid out in front of you blankly. You had gotten up to take a break, and you ended up getting much more than you bargained for. You open up your laptop, idly scrolling through Facebook, wondering to yourself whether they saw you—they must know that somebody was there, from the way the door slammed, and then what are you going to do the next time you see them? You certainly don’t bring it up, do you, but can you play it cool?

Just then, Dominic slides into the seat across from you.

“You doing okay?” he asks, a faintly concerned expression writ on his face.

“Yeah, yeah, just… procrastinating on work for a bit,” you say, feeling a bit of panic. Does Dominic know? How would he know? Maybe he saw you in the corridor, or Griffin and Rachel reported it to the RAs and Dominic’s already trying to sniff out suspects, or…

“Procrastinating on work? Are you kidding me? It’s Friday night, why aren’t you going out?” Dominic asks, and you feel a sense of relief as you realise he’s just having a friendly conversation—unless he’s trying to get you to drop your guard?

“We’re in a small college town, where would I go? It’s not like there are any clubs around…”

“There’s a frat party I could get you in,” he offers, but you shake your head.

“I think I’ll pass tonight,” you say. “It’s been… a long day already.”

“That's why we got the weekends,” he says and he rises, clapping you on the back. “I’ll catch you around, yea?”

When Dominic’s gone, you turn back to your work and start to pick at it again, but find yourself unable to focus for more than a few minutes at a time. Even though Griffin told you to come back to his room and find him, you couldn’t possibly do that after what you saw, and the image of Rachel’s naked body flashes through your mind again. You do your best to push it out of your mind; she’s his girlfriend for heaven’s sake!

You stare back down at your notes, the handwriting barely decipherable to your tired eyes. What you told Dominic was right, it has been a long day. You slowly pick up your things one at a time, packing them into your bag, and head back to your room. It’s time to sleep.

Dominic +5