Roots Beneath Ideals
Roses
“Alright. Spill.”
I looked up away from my homework to Ashley’s bed, “What are you talking about?”
“Ever since I got back you’ve been grinning ear to ear nonstop and even when Professor Stern gave you extra homework for being a smartass you took it without a word. So why the hell have you been smiling so much?”
“Oh, it’s nothing. I’m just happy that’s all.”
“No really now.”
“Alright miss sarcasm, Vic and I-.”
“Banged and now you guys are going to have the cutest baby in the world?!”
“Um no, but we did spend a lot of time together while you were away.”
Ashley looked up and down on her bed and jumped off of it.
“Oh you sick little… no we did not have sex on your bed or anywhere to be exact.”
Ashley slowly crawled back onto her bed, “I’m actually slightly disappointed.”
“Do I even want to know?”
“Wellll yes, because if you and Vic have a baby, you’ll be stuck here forever and you could never leave me to go to Harvard….”
“You’re really selfish you know.”
“Yup.”
“Anyways I forgot to tell you something. Joe has clearly stated he is in fact in love with me, as if him kissing me in high school wasn’t enough.”
“What the fucking hell, what? Since when did this shit happen?”
“Same day the guys got signed.”
“KERI do you realize how long ago that was? Why the hell are you telling me this now?”
I shrugged and continued with my work, “I forgot, plus we were supposed to forget we even had that conversation.”
“Does Vic know?”
“No but Mike does, he’s known for quite some time.”
“Did he tell you that he knew?”
“No, remember when you called while we were in New York and you said Joe has a thing for me. Well when you said that I was lying down with Mike and he got really stiff when he heard you.”
“No freaking way!! So I was right, I knew it and he just confirmed it. Are you going to tell Vic?”
“No way and then possibly be the reason the band gets torn apart. I don’t think so.”
“Very true, but he does have a right to know.”
“Not until he’s my boyfriend again.”
“Oh well I tried.”
I threw my homework on the ground and curled up underneath my blanket, “I’m done with all my work, you can copy whatever you need to. Good night.”
♫♪♫♪
The next day in law, Ashley and I were acting like two little girls by passing notes back and forth to each other. Some topics were serious, like what outfit we should wear out for the weekend and someone of them were just us doodling on the sheet. We were just having fun since today’s class was dragging.
“Saying you were in this lawyer’s shoes, what defense would you choose instead of the one he chose, Ms. Thompson.” Professor Stern asked interrupting my fun.
I held back a snarl, this guy was really starting to get on my last damn nerve. You know I’m going to answer the question right and I’m going to add a smart ass remark because you’re an asshole and you don’t know when to give up. Seriously.
“Well clearly first off you can see he didn’t even build his case up enough, he doesn’t have enough evidence to even try to prove his clients innocence. He went in because he thinks he a bad ass lawyer that will win because his client probably paid the judge off.”
Professor Stern glared at me and continued his lecture. I smirked at him and continued to doodle. Soon after a guy walked in with a huge bouquet of flowers.
“Um, I have a delivery for a Keri Thompson.”
I looked around the room confused, “Me?” I asked Ashley.
“You’re the only Keri Thompson in this class, dummy.” Ashley said with a smile.
“Oh..” I got up from my seat and walked to the front of the class with everyone’s on me.
“I just need you to sign this for me.”
“Sure,” I signed the sheet and took the flowers from the guy and went back to my seat quietly.
Everyone pretty much knew now that I was single and were definitely just as curious as I was as to who sent these.
“So Ms. Thompson, whose it from?”
I looked at the card and read I hope you like them, love anonymous.
“Um I don’t know.”
Ashley snatched the card out of my hand to read for herself. “Anonymous my ass, clearly its from Vic. Awww he’s so cute, I wish I had a super cute boyfriend like him.”
I groaned, something told me Stern was going to be an ass hole.
“Well everyone can thank Keri and her super cute boyfriend, Vic for the extra homework you all have tonight.”
I knew it.
“Come on Stern, that’s not fair to them. Just give me the extra work.”
“No, not this time, everyone is getting it. I want everyone to give me a two page review on the Emmerson case. I want the pro’s and con’s of the case. And don’t forget your pop quiz next week. See you then, class is dismissed.”
“I’m really sorry guys,” I apologized.
This wasn’t the first time this happened, well Stern giving us extra homework because of me and it probably won’t be the last. All is well though, everyone knew I’d have answers for them for the next class. It’s become a habit and they deserve it.
As we walked out of class, Ashley continued to gush over the flowers.
“But how do we know it was Vic, it could be anyone. Seriously, I don’t think he sent them.” I said.
“Way to ruin it all, but that is true. Then again you did say you guys were rekindling your relationship so maybe this was just to add some spark to it all.”
“Fine, but why would he put anonymous for?”
“Do I look like a guy to you? Just be happy that someone sent you bouquet of lovely flowers.”
They were lovely, all of my favorites too.
Maybe they are from Vic and I’m just looking too deep into this.
I stopped in the middle of the walk way, “Say, you wanna go see that lovely sister of yours?”
Ashley displayed a look a disgust on her face, “Um no.”
I looked at Ashley until she got it.
“Ohhh you mean-. Yeah let’s go.” We continued to walk again towards our dorm, “You could have just said Vic.”
“Yeah too easy.”
I looked up away from my homework to Ashley’s bed, “What are you talking about?”
“Ever since I got back you’ve been grinning ear to ear nonstop and even when Professor Stern gave you extra homework for being a smartass you took it without a word. So why the hell have you been smiling so much?”
“Oh, it’s nothing. I’m just happy that’s all.”
“No really now.”
“Alright miss sarcasm, Vic and I-.”
“Banged and now you guys are going to have the cutest baby in the world?!”
“Um no, but we did spend a lot of time together while you were away.”
Ashley looked up and down on her bed and jumped off of it.
“Oh you sick little… no we did not have sex on your bed or anywhere to be exact.”
Ashley slowly crawled back onto her bed, “I’m actually slightly disappointed.”
“Do I even want to know?”
“Wellll yes, because if you and Vic have a baby, you’ll be stuck here forever and you could never leave me to go to Harvard….”
“You’re really selfish you know.”
“Yup.”
“Anyways I forgot to tell you something. Joe has clearly stated he is in fact in love with me, as if him kissing me in high school wasn’t enough.”
“What the fucking hell, what? Since when did this shit happen?”
“Same day the guys got signed.”
“KERI do you realize how long ago that was? Why the hell are you telling me this now?”
I shrugged and continued with my work, “I forgot, plus we were supposed to forget we even had that conversation.”
“Does Vic know?”
“No but Mike does, he’s known for quite some time.”
“Did he tell you that he knew?”
“No, remember when you called while we were in New York and you said Joe has a thing for me. Well when you said that I was lying down with Mike and he got really stiff when he heard you.”
“No freaking way!! So I was right, I knew it and he just confirmed it. Are you going to tell Vic?”
“No way and then possibly be the reason the band gets torn apart. I don’t think so.”
“Very true, but he does have a right to know.”
“Not until he’s my boyfriend again.”
“Oh well I tried.”
I threw my homework on the ground and curled up underneath my blanket, “I’m done with all my work, you can copy whatever you need to. Good night.”
♫♪♫♪
The next day in law, Ashley and I were acting like two little girls by passing notes back and forth to each other. Some topics were serious, like what outfit we should wear out for the weekend and someone of them were just us doodling on the sheet. We were just having fun since today’s class was dragging.
“Saying you were in this lawyer’s shoes, what defense would you choose instead of the one he chose, Ms. Thompson.” Professor Stern asked interrupting my fun.
I held back a snarl, this guy was really starting to get on my last damn nerve. You know I’m going to answer the question right and I’m going to add a smart ass remark because you’re an asshole and you don’t know when to give up. Seriously.
“Well clearly first off you can see he didn’t even build his case up enough, he doesn’t have enough evidence to even try to prove his clients innocence. He went in because he thinks he a bad ass lawyer that will win because his client probably paid the judge off.”
Professor Stern glared at me and continued his lecture. I smirked at him and continued to doodle. Soon after a guy walked in with a huge bouquet of flowers.
“Um, I have a delivery for a Keri Thompson.”
I looked around the room confused, “Me?” I asked Ashley.
“You’re the only Keri Thompson in this class, dummy.” Ashley said with a smile.
“Oh..” I got up from my seat and walked to the front of the class with everyone’s on me.
“I just need you to sign this for me.”
“Sure,” I signed the sheet and took the flowers from the guy and went back to my seat quietly.
Everyone pretty much knew now that I was single and were definitely just as curious as I was as to who sent these.
“So Ms. Thompson, whose it from?”
I looked at the card and read I hope you like them, love anonymous.
“Um I don’t know.”
Ashley snatched the card out of my hand to read for herself. “Anonymous my ass, clearly its from Vic. Awww he’s so cute, I wish I had a super cute boyfriend like him.”
I groaned, something told me Stern was going to be an ass hole.
“Well everyone can thank Keri and her super cute boyfriend, Vic for the extra homework you all have tonight.”
I knew it.
“Come on Stern, that’s not fair to them. Just give me the extra work.”
“No, not this time, everyone is getting it. I want everyone to give me a two page review on the Emmerson case. I want the pro’s and con’s of the case. And don’t forget your pop quiz next week. See you then, class is dismissed.”
“I’m really sorry guys,” I apologized.
This wasn’t the first time this happened, well Stern giving us extra homework because of me and it probably won’t be the last. All is well though, everyone knew I’d have answers for them for the next class. It’s become a habit and they deserve it.
As we walked out of class, Ashley continued to gush over the flowers.
“But how do we know it was Vic, it could be anyone. Seriously, I don’t think he sent them.” I said.
“Way to ruin it all, but that is true. Then again you did say you guys were rekindling your relationship so maybe this was just to add some spark to it all.”
“Fine, but why would he put anonymous for?”
“Do I look like a guy to you? Just be happy that someone sent you bouquet of lovely flowers.”
They were lovely, all of my favorites too.
Maybe they are from Vic and I’m just looking too deep into this.
I stopped in the middle of the walk way, “Say, you wanna go see that lovely sister of yours?”
Ashley displayed a look a disgust on her face, “Um no.”
I looked at Ashley until she got it.
“Ohhh you mean-. Yeah let’s go.” We continued to walk again towards our dorm, “You could have just said Vic.”
“Yeah too easy.”
5/28/13