Welcome to the A to Z Challenge! I am excited to share with you some meet cutes (and maybe some sexy scenes) throughout the month of April! Richard is going to be chiming in with a few of his characters from his Hallmark story, too! Here is the next installment, but stay tuned every day (except Sundays) this month for a short scene! Like and comment, and maybe I’ll continue the more popular stories in May!
– Jayden
“Did you hear about the submarine?!” my roommate, Sarah, said as she threw open our shared door. I don’t know who designed this dorm, but why they would make it so that the doors could fly open and bang against the wall, I’ll never understand.
“What submarine?” I asked.
“The one that went down to see the Titanic. They lost signal.”
“Oh, wow,” I said, still only half paying attention. I was trying to study for a math exam, and math was not my best subject. I just needed to get through this final exam and then we would be off for the summer. I was ready for it, but…
“You aren’t even listening to me,” she said, but I could hear the jest in her voice. “What are you doing?”
“Studying for this final tomorrow. I just know I’m going to fail.”
“You won’t,” she said. “You always make it through.”
I shrugged. “I’m not so sure this time.”
“Why don’t you call Sam?” Sam was her ex-boyfriend’s friend, who was a genius when it came to math. When Sarah and Chuck were dating, Sam hung around with Sarah a lot. I never really got to know him, though.
“I don’t even have his number,” I protested.
“I can give it to you.”
“I guess,” I said. “Why would he want to help me?”
She shrugged. “He’s just a nice guy. You could offer to like, pay him, you know.”
“Oh, yeah, I guess so.”
“It’s up to you,” she said, and my phone dinged with the notification that she had sent me his number.
I decided that I wasn’t getting anywhere with studying on my own and it didn’t hurt to ask. I hesitated over what to say, but finally settled on, “Hey, Sam, it’s Stacy, Sarah’s roommate. I’m struggling studying for this Statistics final and I was wondering if you might be able to help?”
I put my phone down, my heart pounding a little harder than it had been moments before. Why was I so nervous? He probably wasn’t going to even respond.
And then my phone started ringing. Ringing! Who made phone calls anymore?
It was Sam.
Oh. My. God.
I almost hit reject but then decided not to. “Hello?” I asked, as though I didn’t know exactly who it was.
“Hey, Stacy, I’m glad you texted.”
“You are?”
“Yeah!” He sounded excited. “I love stats, and I would be happy to help you out. Do you want to grab a coffee?”
This isn’t a date, I reminded myself, as I said yes, and made plans to meet in twenty minutes.
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J R Vincente 