#yakstarter

“I’m gonna have a totally reasonable explanation for my behavior last night. Just as soon as someone reminds me what exactly I did. I mean, I remember the handcuffs but it gets a little fuzzy around midnight ”

It really wasn’t scene, but well-- it was still ‘Welcome Week’, right? And to be truthful, Jackson had never been to an actual concert before, so why not go to one that was basically free?

“So I either told my waiter I liked the food or declared my love for him. Either way, I got a free empanada.”

 “Did you know if the Sun were made of bananas, it would be just as hot? Sure, it would burn out a lot faster, but still pretty cool.” And that fact was way more interesting than his enforced three days spent with Brett, which he had no intention of talking to anyone about. The next person who asked would get hit in the face with a robot.

“As pleasant as your offer sounds, I’ve actually got to head to the library. Going by last week’s quiz, Professor Calderón is under the impression that no one in our class has done the reading. I don’t particularly fancy backing up that assumption.”

Not for the first time in her life, Mona watched her daughter knock someone to the ground. Apparently, tackling ability was genetic. Mona’s thick Southern twang sprang out in full force. “I’m so sorry, I swear she’s just a tad overexcited and she doesn’t know her own strength.”

“Ah, sorry,” Ernesto said as he reached for his scattered pile of books and papers. “I did not realize I’d taken up so much of the table. There’s quite a lot to do as the semester starts, you see.”

“Okay, I know the whole ‘shows up fifteen minutes late with Starbucks thing’ is a terrible cliché. That’s why I decided to double down with a pumpkin spice latte. Go big or go home, right?”