Free LS: The Beginning by Kelvin O'Ralph

lectures today,” I pleaded, but with deep intensity this time around.
    She totally ignored my plea and changed her sleeping posture, using her back to face me. I walked to the other side of her bed in less than a second, and I leaned toward her cheek and softly brushed it with my cold lips hoping she would open her brown eyes.
    Luckily, she opened her eyes with a grin on her face and said, “Your lips are so cold, but thanks for keeping your promise.”
    “No problem, dear. Just get ready for school.” I stood up from the bed and asked, “What will you like for breakfast?”
    She gave a catching smile.
    “Toast would be lovely. You’re a darling," she said.
    “Right back at ya.”
    It was a beautiful day. The sun had gotten up early and melted the layers of snow that resided on the lawn. Snow at this time of the year? One would think, but yes, Sloutenville was a strange city. The foggy windows were now transparent and the fresh air that hovered was strangely warm. I took a rapid bath in order to make Stacey her breakfast request.
    Stacey ate breakfast and we left the house. T he car's engine started and in less than ten minutes we were at school. My driving had changed due to the alteration in my reflexes, but I still limited my speed due to my cousin’s demands.
    I stepped out of the car and opened her door. Stacey strode out wearing a grin on her face.
    “I need to talk to you today about something important.”
    “Okay, but it’ll have to wait until evening, when I’ll be all ears,” I said, already knowing the topic of discussion: Julie. What seemed to amaze me was the look Stacey gave after I agreed to the discussion; she knew I'd read her mind.
    I'd planned the entire day to be with Lisa, so I gave Stacey the car keys again, saying , “Please, drive safely. And remember, no boys in my car.”
    She chuckled. “I’ll try my best.”
    We parted ways but not before I gave her a hug. I loved her so much at that moment; she was unintentionally fighting hard to replace my mother as the number one lady in my life.
    I had only one lecture that day: Machines203. Fortunately, Lisa also had the same course and so I went earlier than usual to reserve a seat for her. I'd applied extra amount of gel to my long hair so it would have that glistening look it once had. Strangely, it was a bit sunny, and I had to do away with my jacket. I'd do my best possible to look good in Lisa’s eyes and hoped she would acknowledge it.
    As Lisa entered the class, she smiled locking her eyes with mine as she approached the seat beside me. I smiled back, trying my best to control my desire to give her a hug, my being shy assisted my resistance.
    “Hey,” I said in a low voice.
    “Hey,” she replied.
    I still couldn’t imagine how a guy would break up with her just because she’d nearly burnt his tongue. That was a small price to pay. However, I was so glad David had broken up with her. In every disappointment, there seems to be an outcome of blessing.
    “Have you managed to get any sleep?”
    She glanced at me. “No. What about you?” she asked.
    “No, I haven’t. One good thing, though: I don't think we really need it.”
    “Are you sure about that?”
    “Yup,” I replied.
    “All right, if you say so,” she said. Lisa took a deep breath. “I’m still bothered about the fact my parents are ignorant of all these. I feel they will see me differently as David did.”
    “You know, you can't keep it away from them. I think you should let them know about us as soon as possible,” I suggested, but the word us made it sound as if we were in a relationship. Lisa didn’t take much meaning to it. Although, how would I have known? I couldn’t read her mind.
    “Yeah, I should,” she agreed.
    I glanced at the wall clock beside the projected screen.
    “What are you doing after class?”
    Lisa grinned, answering back with a question, “What do you want me to do?”
    The teacher noticed the discussion between us but completely