All The White Circles (Part 4)
Jennifer
Part Four: Riley
They claimed that it was a situation. They said that I was needed upstairs to quiet a disturbance caused by none other than my freshman girlfriend, Buffy Summers. She's not my girlfriend... yet,
I tell them. They don't think it's funny. But I do. I get to see her sooner than I think.
They send Forrest up first. If he can manage the situation, then I won't be needed. I know her though. She won't give up until she gets what she wants. It's part of what I love about her. I take the security elevator to the main level at Lowell House with Graham escorting me. I can't walk that well but if I take it slow, my legs do work. I try to tell them that I can't get better lying in bed. They only counter that with the fact that I've only been in the infirmary fifteen hours.
Hardly enough recovery time.
I got off the elevator and waited just outside the room where Forrest and Buffy were talking. He wasn't being particularly nice to her and she was surprisingly taking it. I want to punch him in the nose but I know he's doing what he has to. But still... this is Buffy.
Forrest gives her my message and she takes that. She goes to leave but before walking out the door, she asks him if I'm really okay. She cares. She can't hide it or deny it or avoid it. She cares for me. Forrest assures her and then she leaves. I shake Graham's hand from my arm and move gingerly to the window. I look out as she's descending the stairs. Her head is down and I can vaguely see her shaking. I hate them for putting her through this. I hate myself for letting them.
Coming into my view, I see someone waiting for her. It's a man. Tall, dark, and pretty damned good looking. By the looks of things she knows him. He talks to her and then embraces her. I get an odd feeling looking at them and I close the curtain almost woefully.
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