Wahoo by B.P. Kasik

Author:B.P. Kasik [Kasik, B.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Swan Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

One day before Midsummers

Cara woke up feeling even more hungover than her fellow party-going students.

Her stomach was in knots. Her head was lost in fog. Her knees were sore. She also had some cuts on her calves from thistles on her impromptu run through the woods.

I might as well have gotten blackout drunk, she thought.

As the sunlight broke in around the window blinds, she saw her orange course packet.

Grateful for something to hold her attention, she got up on her elbow and grabbed it. She leafed through the pages with the day’s schedule. She wondered if she would eat breakfast. She didn’t want to eat anything, ever again.

A small burst of blue light from across the room grabbed her attention.

Cara looked over, saw Bri, holding something that looked like a sonic screwdriver in front of her face.

“What are you doing?” asked Cara.

“A vape wake-and-bake. Trying to keep my smoking under the radar here, so I got my THC in liquid form for orientation.” Bri punctuated herself with a thick exhalation of fast-evaporating smoke.

“Never heard of that,” said Cara.

“It’s great. No smell, no smoke, no harmful additives. Just the good stuff. In a few short years, traditional pot is gonna be ancient history.”

“So why did you smoke it last night?”

“I can neither confirm or deny I did any such thing. But if I did, it’s because it was offered to me. My standards go way down if something is offered to me for free.”

Cara rubbed the sleep from her eyes. “That’s great, Bri. Great.”

“Do you want any?”

“No, thanks.” Cara grabbed her orange folder and started going through her class options. She picked out a handful that might be interesting. She put blue check marks next to each of them. She didn’t worry about coordinating their scheduled times since she figured she was just creating a rough draft of her academic plans, anyway.

She then took another look at her schedule for the day and saw that her appointment with her academic advisors wasn’t until four in the afternoon. She sighed.

“Did you say something?” asked her increasingly buzzed roommate.

“Oh, nothing. It’s just that I have to wait nine hours before I can sign up for classes.”

“Bummer. Yeah, my meeting isn’t until three. Fingers crossed I sober up by then. But it’s doubtful.”

“I don’t mind having a day free to chill and explore, but why is this class signup process even a thing? In this day and age, shouldn’t people just sign up for classes online, on a first-come, first-served basis?”

Bri shrugged in the blue-tinted darkness. “They probably just wanna add a personal touch.”

“I guess.”

Another explosion of vapor came from across the room, and Cara actually got a whiff that time. She didn’t complain, just put her paperwork in her backpack, got up, and went out into the suite’s common area.

“Could you close the door? I’m probably gonna go back to sleep,” said Bri.

“Sure, so you can wake and bake again later?”

“Exactly!”

Cara closed the door. She looked out the main suite window, impressed by the sight of the sunrise beyond the stadium and mountains.

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