"Hey Esmee." I hear Ethan say and slowly turn around. "Hey." I say, I dare not publish anything else. "Here, I still have your pen." He smiles and points the pen in my direction. I look from his brown eyes to the pen and see that I have given the one I never use. "You can have it." I say shy. "Thank you, now I never have to ask for a pen again because I always have it with me from now on." He says, and he gives me a wink. My legs seem to have softened and I can feel myself blushing. Not only because of Ethan's comment in class it seems like I ended up in kindergarten, but also because of my behavior when talking to Ethan. Is this what they mean by being in love?
"I didn't know you were in my school at all." Ethan continues. "I'm a freshman, this is also only my first day at Cambridge." I admit. We talk a bit more about school and what subjects we have. I come to the conclusion that only with marketing we are together in the same class. That makes me feel relieved. Then only in that lesson I have any distraction from him. Then I see in the corner of my eye the boy who I thought was Ethan. He gestures to Ethan to come. Hopefully the boys will not say anything about my awkward 'hi' from later on.
'I have to go Es, Jorik is getting impatient. I'll see you sometimes. ' Ethan says with a laugh and then walks out of the hall with Jorik. Oh My God, he called me Es. Swooning and hoping to see him again, I walk to my next and last lecture today.
When I sit down at the last lecture, I feel happy because I just talked to Ethan. Fortunately, this time it wasn't that awkward. When class is about to start I suddenly see Julia running into the classroom together with that Jorik kid. They sit next to each other a few places for me. Great, Jorik and Julia know each other. They must have laughed after that uncomfortable 'hi' from me.
When I look again, Julia is almost sitting on Jorik's lap and ruffles his dark hair. She is laughing out loud. I am disgusted and quickly look the other way.