Stitch by Samantha Durante

Author:Samantha Durante [Durante, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 0985804610
Publisher: Samantha Durante
Published: 2012-07-30T06:00:00+00:00

21. Fortune

For the first time that season, Alessa could see her breath fog in the air, each puff evident of winter’s creeping arrival. Butterflies fluttered in her stomach as she briskly strode to class, the heat within her chest a strong contrast to the chilly weather.

Alessa had spent the last few hours grappling with her ethics assignment in between bouts of agony over her argument with Janie. By the time that Alessa had hit the print button on her short composition, it was clear that she had taken an indefensible position in accusing Janie of intentionally standing in her way.

Alessa realized that her desperation to feel like the master of her own life once again – a sentiment she hadn’t felt since losing her parents – had become unhealthily wrapped up with her desire to help Isaac. The thought of losing the opportunity scared Alessa deeply, and she had inappropriately taken her angst out on Janie. She was anxious now to set things right with Janie, but at the same time was nervous about how Janie might react in the wake of that morning’s quarrel. She certainly had every right to be angry with Alessa.

Upon entering the physics lecture hall, Alessa scanned the auditorium for Janie’s face but was crestfallen to see she wasn’t there. She tried not to let the disappointment get to her quite yet. Janie was certainly known to run late more often than not, so Alessa chose a seat near the door that would allow Janie to make an inconspicuous entrance when she arrived. If she arrived.

The professor commenced scrawling on the blackboard, and when Janie still hadn’t shown up ten minutes into the lecture, Alessa’s chest tightened with the intuition that her absence was probably Alessa’s fault. Janie must be even more upset than Alessa had anticipated. Alessa shifted uncomfortably in her seat and attempted to concentrate over the next hour on the remainder of Professor Liu’s oration.

As class ended, Alessa powered down her laptop and packed it into her bag, slinging the backpack over her shoulder with a heavy sigh. It would be hours before she got another chance to remedy things with Janie, and she wasn’t looking forward to having the argument hang over her head the rest of the afternoon. It was going to be a long day.

Alessa turned towards the door, but her departure was interrupted when the professor called out to her. “Ms. Khole? Do you have a few moments?”

Alessa contorted her face into a smile before replying. “Sure.” She’d been hoping to look for Janie in the cafeteria before ethics, but now she probably wouldn’t have enough time to talk even if she did find her.

Professor Liu smiled good-naturedly and removed his round-lensed glasses, folding the wire frames into a pocket of the white lab coat that tugged just a bit too tightly around his slightly pudgy frame. Alessa waited for him to continue.

“I’ve been looking for a research assistant to help out in my lab and I was wondering if you might be interested.

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