Six Strings and Sin

INFINITE LOOP 3.0

Cora bumps into me and immediately pulls me to the Kitchen where all types of questions fly my way. I can't bring myself to answer even one, my tears are still flowing even when Kieran holding me so close to me.

"Lets' get out of here" He tells everyone and we all pile out to my car, he takes the key from me and we are off driving away. We all drive to my apartment, I had asked the others to spend the weekend with me then head back to the dorms sunday night.

Most of the weekend I was mostly a zombie, I'd wait for when no one was watching me and break down. I didn't want to dwell on it so much plus I had new friends with me, I wasn't alone I'll get through it. By Sunday night before the rest left my place, I had cleaned up my sad act and was laughing with them as I drove them back to campus. Cora whining in the back.

"We have early lectures in the morning dude, we can't party today, lets' just fucking rest for once, see what is this semesters schedule then plan it from there." She tells Robin who was advocating for a night out.

"Here, here, I second that motion Cora" I chime in. Peeping at them though the rear view mirror I see them shrug, well then its a done deal, Sunday will be rest day for today.

I drop them off and drive back home after a few stoppages on the way. Kieran and I spend the night watching movies till we dozed off.

***

"Did you see the video of BV on the socials?"

"Damn that was some hot stuff, poor guy his girlfriend left him that night for that chic"

"Even I would leave my partner if I ever had that done to me, I still drool every time i play that video"

"Who wouldn't, things' got over a million views on YouTube"

Walking through the hallways headed for the administration office to pick up this semesters schedule, that is the talk going around in campus. Having met my friends outside their dorm so we could all walk together.

"Ah damnit, I hope we won't find miss picket fence betty today, it'll just be my worse luck" I sigh leaning onto Kieran.

"Who?" He asks me.

"You'll see, heads up, I'm not a judgy judy sort of person."

Walking to the reception, I cuss again and when I look at my friends, they are smirking like the devils they are about to be after looking at me then back at the blondie manning the reception desk.

Talon and Robin move forward, glad there is no line right now. Oh no.

"Hi Miss Betty, My name is Talon, his is Robin, we are here to collect this semesters schedules"

"Who's Betty?" she asks Talon who is still smirking at her.

"You are, isn't she the little miss picket fence betty? I mean you'd know, with no name tag, right lizzie? " Robin hollers across the reception.

Fran whom I heard E call her that one time i had been Tarzaned out of there in broad daylight zeroed in on me with a raised eyebrow. ah shit. these stupid boys. I avoid her gaze and seemingly doesn't seem to want my friends hanging around for a while, she gets to handing us our schedules.

"Sorry about that, my girlfriend isn't a bad person she just is quick to give out aliases if she doesn't know your name" Kieran bless him tries to defend me. Fran just ignores him and continues on with what she was doing.

"Glad this isn't like high school, she'd be the cheerleader with you being the rocker outcast butting heads every time" Kailani mentions as we weave through the crowd.

We all shrug, check our schedules and then

"I've got Psychology first guys" Kieran says.

"Me too"

"Me too"

"Me too"

"Me too" We all say together "Well that's weird, are we all wanting to do the same electives, that'd be even weirder" Talon grins while moving in to huddle and motioning us to do the same.

"Ha, you wish, they are all different we all just have the psychology elective together" We all breathe out a sign of relief.

"Well then lets get going, we are due in class in 5"

We are among the first to settle in class and looking around I notice about 6 seats far back empty, the professor is already in class setting up when the door opens and the band walks in, L.K in the lead E on the right the rest in the back.

"Aaah nice of you to joins us Miss George and company, have a seat, I'd like to begin class"

"Anytime Jerry, Looking forward to this semester just like the last one, I'm curious though are you stalking my electives, I hope not, tsk tsk tsk," The students chuckle to the banter the two seem to have going on.

"It's Professor Gerald to you missy and really don't waste any more time. Now find your seats" He huffs out exhausted already. Well this will be an interesting class. I have my head down facing my desk when the gang passes by me chuckling on the way. Eventually they settle and the lecture goes okay, despite the hairs on my neck having risen. I could feel myself being watched by a pair of eyes.

The professor asks a question a few minutes to almost end of lecture.

"What do you think is the meaning of life?" I mean as expected that question would suffice.

Everyone gives their different opinions almost everyone then its her turn.

"Life is a meaningless loophole that can not be explained simply. Life is a feeling towards someone whom you want so badly you'd kill them just because they love you. Life is watching someone on the ledge jump and just before they splatter on the ground you jump in after them while smiling. Life is a perception. Life is an illusion...."

"Uuuuuh Miss L.K that's a bit intense don't you think?" the professor cuts her short. all eyes are on her now, even I've managed to look back and fuck she was staring at me the whole time while saying all that. she ignores the interruption still going on.

"Life is a minimal forever, Life is pain that is alive, Life is a sad aftermath of death trying to make itself seem comforting just the thought of it disgusts me..."

"Miss L.K that's ...."

"Life is red, a color I like to see often than not, Life is a drugged up image staring back unable to reflect any thoughts whatsoever..."

"Miss L.K ..I said that is enough now...."

She continues to ignore him and gets up walking down the seats, still maintaining my gaze, comes to a halt directly infront of me.

"Life is wasting my time right now. And lastly Life is Elizabeth's death"

"Miss Alexei Kira that is enough..." still being ignored, she walks out of the lecture hall and everything is dead silent.

I close my eyes just as everyone exhales.

"Fuck."