Free ROMANCE: CLEAN ROMANCE: Summer Splash! (Sweet Inspirational Contemporary Romance) (New Adult Clean Fantasy Short Stories) by Michelle Woodward Page A

prevent making an ass of herself again but she also wanted to pounce on him and rip his clothes off at the same time.
    “I’m Hilda.  So, what are studying here?” she asked trying to make a little small talk.
    “I’m in microbiology; I want to become a surgeon when I’m older,” he explained.
    Hilda was shocked; she never thought she would get to meet such a hot guy on the first day of college, and even one with a career path in mind no less.  He was perfect, and so far he didn’t seem disgusted by her – bonus!
    “That’s pretty awesome.  I’m in my first year of biology.  I want to be a forensic scientist,” she explained.
    “That’s really cool.  I like a woman with drive and ambition, that’s for sure,” he said, again flashing a warm and sexy smile that made Hilda melt in all the right places.
    Those words made Hilda become even more blushed, and she was worried that she must have been the color of a tomato by this point. She smiled shyly back to him and nervously  tucked her hair behind her ear, not knowing what else to do with her hands that so urgently wanted to reach out and feel the tight body that she could see existed under his well-worn Ramones T-shirt.
    “That’s pretty awesome that you’re into that.  I’m new here, so I don’t know where jack shit is so far.  I’m sorry if I come off as a total weirdo,” she explained, annoyed with herself at how awkward she thought she must have seemed.
    “You don’t at all.  I think you’re really cute.  And, I was going to ask if you wanted to maybe go out to dinner Friday night,” Rayan replied.
    Hilda thought she won the lottery.  She thought she would never get a chance like this.  She wondered if it was too good to be true, but in reality, it wasn’t.  She knew what she was doing, and she knew at that present moment, that he was asking her out.  There was no way in hell she was going to say no to him.
    “Sure.  I would love to,” she replied, with a beaming smile across her face, unable to dull down enthusiasm at all to ‘play it cool’.
    He smiled, giving her a wink in response. “Great.  What dorm are you in?”
    “Collins,” Hilda replied.  It was weird, but for the first time in her life, she felt at ease when she talked to a guy like this.  Normally she was a bag of jitters when she was around a cute guy, but this man was different.  This man was simple, and he was a man that was easy to talk to, who didn’t play any games.
    “Well Hilda, I’ll be seeing you on Friday then.  Make sure you’re ready for this,” he said.
    Hilda smiled, excited for what was to come.  She was going on the first date she had lined up in a very, very long time.  She wondered if she would get to have as much fun with him as she wanted.  She imagined she would be able to, judging from his seductive vibes.
    “Okay,” Hilda replied.  She ran off, and Ryan smiled.
    “She’ll be perfect for us.  I can’t wait,” he cooed.
    *****
    Hilda raced to class, narrowly hitting another couple of people along the way. She was such a damn klutz, which is something she was aware of and wished was different.  She felt like a total idiot in front of most people, and this caused her to be generally socially awkward. Hilda still felt a bit nervous about attending her first class, but she still felt confident that her college experience was going to rock.
    Hilda absolutely loved her biology class. She felt most exhilarated when she was in a state of learning and acquiring knowledge. In particular she was fascinated with anatomy and the human body.  The biology prof was chill, even though he already assigned homework on the first day.  She didn’t care though, as she didn’t mind the fact that she was already being put to work.
    After that class, she was then on her way to math, once again fumbling through the hallway with her crumpled timetable in hand.  She would get to have lunch after that and then a couple more classes before her