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“I really owe you, big time. But more than that – I have had so much fun with you this entire semester,” Jake said. He looked shy, and Karen thought how charming it was that they were both so timid at this moment, sitting in the study alcove, the sun starting to go down as a sign that winter was officially here.
Karen wasn’t typically shy, in fact, everyone always laughed about how she tended to rattle on and on and on, especially in situations where she was nervous. She was certainly nervous now – so why was it she felt her tongue was tied and her mouth was dry and she couldn’t even think of what to say, much less if her mouth would work at all? Wow, her mind was certainly working …
And then – everything changed.
As they sat there, Jake facing Karen and the window, Karen facing Jake and the empty dorm hallway, the buzz of campus seemingly miles away – Karen saw her out of the corner of her eye. Rebecca.
Here she was, approaching on what was about to be a moment between Karen and Jake. Karen glanced away, looking Jake in the eye, willing for him to finish his sentence quickly, now, before the moment was broken and before he noticed her gorgeous roommate and before everything would be about Rebecca and Jake, and never Karen and Jake.