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.But what good was a free Friday night without my best friend being here?I placed my chin in the palms of my hands and propped my elbows up on my knees.I could already feel it now.This was going to be a long semester.I was so miserable right now I didn’t even bother to call Monica to tell her about my classes like I’d said I would.I just wanted my mom to hurry up and get here with my keys so I could go home.Chapter TwoAs bad as I hate to admit it, the first night of class wasn’t so bad.There were about twenty-five people in my English 101 class and I, of course, looked to be the youngest.The instructor started out by telling everyone she understood when “real life” happened and she wouldn’t hold it against anyone who made it to class late or had to skip altogether.I couldn’t believe what I was hearing since I’d always thought that most instructors frowned on tardiness and hated for their classes to be interrupted once they had begun their lectures.Don’t get me wrong, the teacher wasn’t saying it was okay to purposely be late, but that she understood when traffic was bad, when work required you to stay late or when your babysitter cancelled at the last minute.Now, if the other classes ended up being this way too, I might start to have a different opinion of it here.Wait until I shared this with Monica!She was already jealous of my class schedule because, as an entering freshman at such a large school, she had gotten a couple of early morning classes when all of mine had started at five in the evening.I’d finally broken down and called her over the weekend and she couldn’t believe how lucky I was to be having classes at the Air Force base.“You are so lucky,” she had told me.“You’re going to be in class with a room full of hunky military men.” Not knowing if this was really going to be the case, we had joked about swapping places with each other.I kept thinking about those gorgeous guys from the movie Top Gun and wondered if maybe she was right.Maybe I did end up with the better end of the deal.We’d see after tomorrow night when I would venture out to the base for the first time.As for tonight’s class though, there was nothing “gorgeous” or “hunky” about any of these classmates.There were no Tom Cruise’s and the only thing “hot” was the lady in front of me who was apparently experiencing a hot flash.She kept fanning herself with her notebook for most of the class.No, that’s not my idea of “hot.”Going around the room, each student took a turn stating their name and briefly shared a little something about themselves with the class.Most of the students had been out of school for many years and were coming back to either finish their degrees or begin a new one.While most of them did appear to be close in age to my parents, there were a couple of students who had just graduated high school within the last couple of years.I did feel a little better by the time class dismissed knowing my classmates were serious about their studies and not just attending to appease their parents.Our first assignment was made and I found myself eager to get started on it.Since I was taking four classes I needed to stay on top of things and not put them off until the last minute like I was known for doing back in high school.Going out and partying were priorities back then but not so much the case now.I had already made up my mind I wouldn’t be looking for a boyfriend either.Judging by what I’d seen so far, cute guys were non-existent here so why not focus more on my grades.As for finding a boyfriend, well, I’d have to look elsewhere.Since my boss had to rearrange my work schedule around my evening classes, I was only able to work a couple of hours during the day now.So much for that theory of saving money for college.I’d barely be making enough money to cover food and gas.The trendy boutique inside the mall did most of its business during the evening and on the weekends, and since there were already a few girls working only on the weekends, my availability left plenty of time for homework.On the drive home, I called Monica and we chatted for over an hour.I missed her so much and was jealous of all the new people she had met so far, including the good looking guy in her science class that she had been paired with.I didn’t even want to discuss the students in my class.If I became remotely interested in any of them, it would be with one of their sons and not them.No.I didn’t want to go that route either.Monica was even planning on asking the guy out once she got to know him a little better, if she even waited that long.Honestly, Monica didn’t meet a stranger so why did she get to have all the fun?I made my way upstairs to my mom’s second floor condo.No one was home yet so I fixed myself something to eat.My sister Beth came in a little later from being next door at the neighbors and we chatted for a bit before I turned in for the night.Mom had gotten in the habit of coming home later than normal and neither Beth nor I bothered to wait up for her anymore.We were pretty sure she had started seeing someone already and we really didn’t want to be placed in the middle once dad found out
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