Chapter 23
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"No one told you to go to school abroad, Pen" I reply as I'm walking to my last class of the day, "what time is it there anyway?"
"2 am, but anyway tell me more about this guy on your baseball team," I texted her a little bit about him last night before I slept while she was at school.
"His name's Gentry—"
"That's such a cute name! Is he cute?" Is Gentry cute? That's a loaded question because I mean on the surface, yeah, but he isn't just cute he's— "hello... Shane?" She snaps me out of my thought
"Yeah, I'm here and... I don't know all right, I can't answer that yet" "Ok well you said he was nice"
"He's really nice but I don't know, I'm just trying to make a friend so I'm doing my best not to like him or feel anything when it comes to him."
"Good luck with that, never takes much for you" "Shut up you don't know me!"
"I'm your best friend man, I know too much" yeah that's true. "Anyways I have to sleep I have to be up early tomorrow"
"Ok I'm almost to class, let's Skype tonight or something" "It'll be really late for you"
"I don't care I'll be up." We say bye and I hang up the phone
As I'm about to walk in my class I feel a hand pull me back out to the hall, "hey" Gentry greets as I turn to see him smiling, he's always smiling.
"Gentry hi, you have a class nearby?"
"No I'm in this one," he points to the room I'm about to walk into.
Turning around I make sure I'm not lost "you're in photo editing?" He nods "as in photography, you're a photography major?"
"God no" he laughs, "it's a minor for fun" "Oh-"
"Come on boys get in and find a seat so I can shut the door," the professor says, walking in I scan the
room and of course there's only one table left with 2 seats. Going over Gentry and I sit next to each other
"So you're a photography major?" He asks me in a low voice "No this is a minor, sports psychology is my major"
He gasps looking at me "me too!" I stare at the grin on his face "this is so weird same major and
minor, and same team. What do you think that means?" The fucking gods are testing me
The class goes on and everyone's doing their introductions and talking about why they enjoy photography. It gets to Gentry and he stands, "um hi my name's Gentry McAllen, I'm 19 and I'm a baseball player-"
"Wow we got 2 of you in here huh," she comments on me saying I was a baseball player earlier. "Yep, I like photography because I think it's fun"
"Fun?" The professor asks smiling "Mr. McAllen I'm sure the things you like to do for fun and
photography shouldn't fall under the same category, I teach students who take this seriously."
"I do take it seriously" bending down he opens his bag, "I even went out and got this with my own money" he takes out his camera. "It was expensive but it takes amazing pictures, and I'd really like to use it."
"All right" she signals him to sit back down. "K1000" I whisper to him, "good choice"
"You think so? I don't really know much about it"
"It's a pretty straightforward camera, easy for beginners"
"I hope so." Class ends and as we're walking Gentry asks "what are you doing after practice today?" "Nothing probably getting dinner then going home"
"My building is having a welcome party in our first floor lounge, my roommate's the RA and he's
pretty cool, might even get beer. If you're not doing anything tonight you should stop by"
"Yeah sure sounds great."
