EDGES by C. G. Carroll

Author:C. G. Carroll [Carroll, C. G.]
Language: eng, fra
Format: epub
Published: 2016-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

Josh

JOSH STAPLED UP HIS PORTFOLIO, and hoisted it awkwardly under his arm. All the sketches he’d done over the last semester were inside. There were students still scattered around the classroom, sorting and organizing the drawings they wanted to keep and those they wanted to leave behind.

It was an unusual space, the classroom, lit entirely with natural light, like an atrium, and had a concrete floor. There were about fifteen easels set up in a very large oblong circle around the room. Drawing II had been one of his favorite classes, and about to walk out the door for the last time until the coming fall, Josh thought to himself that he would continue to sketch over the summer.

He said goodbye to a few of his classmates that he liked, but probably wouldn’t hang out with outside of class. His professor, Ms. Oatsen, came in the door just as he was walking toward it with his portfolio pinned under his arm. It felt natural, so Josh gave her a hug with his free arm. She’d been very friendly with him even though it had been an 8:00 a.m. class and Josh had carelessly slept through a few of them, but he had always apologized when he came to class after missing one, or he’d send a brief email, and Ms. Oatsen seemed to respect that.

“Where do you think I finished?” he asked her.

“I’ll check for you.”

She came back, flipping the papers with grades on them that she’d pulled out of an orange shoulder bag that kept all her belongings. Josh watched the lady, admiring how sharp her mind was and how nimble her hands were, even at an advancing age.

“You’ll finish with something like a B+. Eighty-eight or eighty-seven, somewhere in that range.”

Josh shrugged. “Seems fair.”

“I can probably bump you to an A-,” she offered.

He shook his head. “I appreciate that, but I don’t think you should.”

She smiled. Josh knew the relationship currency he had with his professors was more important than a grade. In fact, he had a personable relationship with almost all his instructors. It was one of the most rewarding parts of attending a small college like Fort Lewis. He said goodbye to her and left.

It felt strange walking through the near empty halls of the art building as classes were winding down. It was always a lonely feeling to watch the campus become more and more devoid of people. Josh enjoyed passing by faces he recognized and watching people go about their routine. A part of him mourned when the walkways and buildings were mostly empty like this, like watching a stream drying up in the late fall, knowing what’s just around the corner.

The clock tower in the center of the campus boomed loudly to the morning air. It was 9:00 a.m. Drawing II was usually a two hour class, but they’d been released an hour early. It was his only class that day, so he headed to his car, parked far on the other side of campus.

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