For Sure & Certain by Anya Monroe

Author:Anya Monroe [Monroe, Anya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Lovely Messy
Published: 2015-02-05T06:00:00+00:00

chapter ten

Abel

He arrived for study group before anyone else the next afternoon. Abel loved the feel of the campus library. He found himself coming here most afternoons after class, never eager to return to the loud dorm. Abel would come with a thermos filled with black coffee and burrow in a leather chair with a newspaper, or reread some of the study material for the course.

The program had a lot to offer, but not exactly what he had expected to digest. He was light years ahead of the other students in terms of practical application of the business principles they were learning. Abel's weakness showed up in other ways. His impatience stemmed from his own misunderstanding of the social cues everyone else seemed to know automatically. It frustrated him to no end, but he was determined to find his place here.

If Marigold could hack it back home, he could do the same here.

"Hey, Abel," Jenna said coming up to the table wearing her classic Hyrulian attire. When a librarian pointed to the sword slung on her waist she assured him it was plastic.

“Gosh, everyone’s so paranoid around here,” she said.

“Well, I mean it is a college library and it isn’t Halloween or, you know, the sixteenth century,” he told her.

“Wow, okay, and since you wear clothing reminiscent of the eighteenth century, you’re really one to talk.”

“Point taken,” Abel said, signaling a cease-fire.

“So, are you pissy because the quiz today was killer?” she asked “Personally, I stayed up way too late on-line.” Her eyes looked at her phone, and she flashed it to Abel. 4:15. Jenna yawned and didn't try to hide it, a move no Amish man or woman would ever dream of doing. "Where's everyone else?"

Abel pointed to Lacey and Lily walking towards them, both dressed in blazers and button down shirts, looking like a power couple, even though Abel knew they weren't romantically involved. Lacey was more than interested in Jenna, proving opposites attract.

He and Marigold weren’t alike in every way, but they had seemed well suited for one another, at least on the outside. She wasn’t conservative like the Amish, but she was simple, intent on wearing old-fashioned clothing and accessories, ragged hemlines and lacy edges, which seemed to compliment his hand-stitched shirts and suspenders.

But things could change fast; Abel knew this all too well. Maybe they appeared a good match, but in reality were worlds apart. Marigold's voice on the phone, soft and sad, floated through his mind. He blinked it away, not needing any distractions today.

"Good, they’re here. Let's do this," Jenna said, plopping down next to him.

Once everyone settled in chairs, Lily spoke up. "So how do you think you did on the test? Because I know I bombed it.”

“Wow, Lily,” Lacey teased. “Eating some humble pie?”

“I know, I don’t even know what I’m doing here,” she said, suddenly struggling to keep it together. “I’m way over my head.”

The mood shifted with her honesty, and Lacey and Abel exchanged nervous glances, knowing Lily was on the verge of tears.

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