2: Samuel

Samuel flipped his basket upside down, he should've taken care of his laundry few days earlier, not only did he wait in a long line for hours, he also met Laura who had made it a talent to annoy the shit out of him.

That was not even the worst part. He was certain that now was the time to throw all the stuff he and Laura bought together on their first freshmen year, the same basket, the same desk lamb, the same pillow cases, the same cloth hanger.

Why couldn't he throw everything away? Maybe because he missed those days before his friend Theodore broke up with Celine, Laura friend. He quite like her and her company, being with her never felt like boredom and he never had to mask himself in her presence.

Why did Theodore break up with Celine? Why did he and Laura break apart further than Theodore and Celine? Their friends managed to keep an acquaintances level even after breaking up but they didn't.

After the break up, it started with who will get the better mark, then it became to who will be the first place in the patch, then who will become a professor assistant, and the list continued about who will be better.

He hated how Laura made him this competitive, he hated her further for being the one who broke off their friendship because it would've been awkward for their friends even if it was an understandable step they would had taken.

He thought competing with her while keeping a good distance was the best thing ever but with Professor Gina that was utterly impossible. As if the old matchmaking could see the chemistry between people, she would assign people as she saw fit and apparently there was a chemistry between him and Laura.

This was, he couldn't even keep count of how many times she assigned them together throughout the years. And it will probably not be the last.

Tomorrow they will travel to a historical site, Professor Gina made sure her favorite pair were at least together, no one had been paired together more than Samuel and Laura.

He left his laundry for the last day and that what he got. Laura toiletries. Soap, shampoo, conditioner, hair cream, face masks, few towels, tooth brush and paste, few hair bands, tampons, a heating container for cramps, nail clippers. And a lot of snacks. Some heat packs pocket size and two flashlights and bugs spray.

It was only because their basket was the same color and size she must've mistakenly put her stuff on his basket.

He should take the stuff back. No, she should come and take them. The last thing he wanted was getting attention by walking into the girls dorm and she wouldn't want to do that either.

There was an unspoken rule that guys aren't allowed to the girls dorms and vise versa.

"What are you staring at?" Theodore entered their dorm room and jumped on Samuel bed where Laura stuff sat. "Since when did you buy this many stuff and here I thought you were saving money."

"Don't touch anything!" Samuel grabbed his friend hand. Laura would never let it slide if there was one missing air molecule from her stuff. "There had been a mix up." He explained to his friend what happened.

Theodore looked at the many girly stuff and said "I should have realized, she is using the same brand since ever, lavender everything." He sighed and jumped to his bed "take it back or text her to come."

"You know she will never step a foot here and I will not step a foot into the girls dorms." Samuel would rather die than go there.

Once, he made the mistake of going there to return a book he borrowed from her on their first year and their seniors never forgot that day till now. It was a freaking taboo to go to the other dorms.

She will probably wait for him to bring back the stuff but she was mistaken, he would never set a foot there and she would never come here and he will not next first and she will probably do the same.

A game of push and pull. That how they were.

Still, he felt something missing. He looked at her stuff and noticed her period supplements. He remembered that she had the worse possible cramps, she would need her stuff. He checked his calendar, it was the 17th of February, kind of the middle of the month.

The middle of the month had always been her time.

"I will take it back." He stood up and grabbed her stuff, he didn't want to go, he really didn't want to but it felt like he would hate himself if he didn't go.

Theodore looked at him dumbfounded, Samuel knew his friend would say something because it was known that he wouldn't want to deal with Laura at all and now he was volunteering to go.

Samuel took the stuff and walked out the dorm to text Laura, she didn't reply so he called her. She didn't answer and it went right to voicemail, her phone was probably out, she always had it either on silent or on a dead battery.

He saw a group of guys whispering among each other as he walked his way to the front door, he slightly heard them talking about a girl waiting outside.

Laura was outside. He was sure.

He found her leaning on the wall with a lollipop on her mouth, her brown hair still had some of the same sleepy hair she had on the laundromat, her short jeans skirt and white hoodie didn't leave the guys going in and out from imagining.

He hated it. He should've gone to her instead.

"Laura." He called her. He might hate her but he was still a gentleman, today was different, they wouldn't mention it.

"Give them to me." She snapped.

No, definitely she was starting to get on his nerves. She should've apologized or said something instead of this.

"You should be careful." He hissed "and be grateful that they were on my basket, what if they were on someone else's laundry?"

"Shut up, I don't have time for your lectures!" She snatched the bags and left in a hurry.

"Wait!" He called when he noticed stains. Laura growled and looked at him, Samuel hated her but no girl deserved this. He took off his shirt and tied the sleeves around her waist then left without a word.

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