Jessica
decides to go
to…
Glad
to be free of her
parents, Jessica consulted her map of the campus, deciding which
buildings to
check out first. Turning to Layla, who was already absorbed in
organizing her
massive CD collection, Jessica said, “Hey, I think
I’m gonna go to the
library…”
Layla
paused,
holding a CD, and looked up at her in disbelief. “The library?”
She made
a face. “Why would you want to go there? School
hasn’t even started yet.”
Jessica
hesitated,
answering, “Well… I need to see if they have a
book for one of my classes. I
thought I’d try to get ahead before I’m overwhelmed
with homework.”
Layla
shrugged,
dismissing her with a wave of a CD. “Okay. Do what you want,
then…”
As
Jessica made her way
out of the room and down the hallway, she wondered how Layla expected
to pass
her classes if she was already planning on going to parties all the
time. She
walked across the sunny campus, and into the Fenwick library.
Apparently, she
wasn’t the only one who wanted to start studying early. As
she looked around,
she saw a few students with piles of books spread out on their tables.
She
found a cluster of computers and sat down at one, searching through the
database to find the book she needed. After she had written down the
location
of the book, she walked towards the elevators she’d seen when
she’d come in.
She took the elevator up to the fourth floor, and it opened onto a room
full of
book stacks. As she looked around, she noticed there was no one there,
except
for one guy, who happened to be sitting in the middle of the very aisle
her
book happened to be located in.
She
squeezed past him
with a quiet “Excuse me”, and climbed onto the step
stool. She stretched her
arm up, barely able to grasp the book on the top shelf. Being short was
not
fun. Before she knew, her hand had slipped, the book was falling, and
was aimed
directly at the guy sitting on the ground studying.
“Oh,
my god! Watch out!” Jessica exclaimed.
OR
Jessica
put her hands over her mouth, gasping as the book made contact with his
head.