“ -Hey, hey hey hey! Come on, look
at me- We can breathe at the same
time, yeah?”
Jasmine bent down to meet his eyes, intentionally
both slowing and deepening her breathing so its pace was visible
to him. He seemed familiar, though she couldn’t place where she
knew him from; presumably a class, just not one they had spoken
in. Given she had only been there a couple of months, it wasn’t
exactly surprising that she couldn’t remember his name.
Shifting to stand in front of him, she attempted to
shield him from the crowds of other students in the corridor- one
hand remained hidden in her pocket, but the other raised and
fell slowly to match the pace of her breaths. If she could only
remember the name-
Peter. Biology.
“ -It’s Peter, right? Do you want to
find somewhere to sit down?”