the day, so while I was up at 6 a.m. and
dead by the time classes were done in the afternoon, she was
refreshed and ready for her day.
"Yeah, I guess you could say I survived." I
kicked off my flip-flops and tossed my messenger bag on my desk
chair.
"So, I'm meeting up with my girlfriend after
classes at the Union for coffee. Want to join us?" Lucy pulled what
little bit of hair she had into two tiny pigtails.
"Since when do you have a girlfriend?" I
asked, trying not to sound like I was judging her for it. I didn't
care that she was gay. Who was I to judge? I was marrying an alien.
But the fact that she was dating someone was definitely news to me.
At least that was a way to get Monte off my back about meeting my
roommate.
"We've been talking for awhile now. She is a
grad student and helps monitor the chem lab," Lucy said as if it
were no big deal.
"Oh, an older woman!" I laughed.
She shrugged. "Yeah, what can I say? Ever
since I saw The Graduate I've had a thing for older
women."
"So you'll admit that you are a Dustin
Hoffman fan?" I arched an eyebrow.
Lucy rolled her eyes, stuffing a notebook in
her giant knit bag before putting it over her shoulder. "No matter
how hard you try, I'm not going to succumb to your love of old
Dustin Hoffman movies."
"Come on!" I sighed sarcastically as Lucy
went to the door. "One look at Dustin in drag during Tootsie and you will be a changed woman."
"We'll see about that one," she said with one
hand on the doorknob. "See you tonight, Alex."
She smiled and with a small wave was out the
door, giving me enough time to get ready for a visit from my
alien.
***
Even though I just moved into the dorm, I
still felt the need to clean it again from top to bottom before Ace
came. That literally left me only about thirty minutes to take a
shower and get the smell of sweat and cleaning supplies off my
skin.
I still had my hair wrapped in a towel when
Sinatra's voice started crooning from my phone. Crap , was it
already that time?
I picked my phone off the bed, slid it
unlocked, and held it to my ear. "Hullo?"
"You didn't tell me how wonderful the decor
was in the lobby bathrooms in this dorm."
The alien could even make talking about
bathrooms sexy.
"I take it you beamed in alright?" I asked,
quickly trying to comb out my hair. He couldn't have waited a few
more minutes? At first I enjoyed that he could see me whenever with
the beaming technology, but when he could see me even when I looked
my worst, it was hard to enjoy it.
"Yes, I am actually down here waiting near
the front desk. The lovely woman with the pink hair behind the
counter said I need an escort from a resident before I can enter
your domicile." He said it smoothly, but I could hear the hint of
annoyance in his voice. I could also just imagine how the girl at
the front desk was looking at him. If she always looked at me like
I was a pushy idiot, then she probably thought the same about
Ace.
"Alright, hold on, I will be right down."
I panicked. I wanted everything to be
perfect. I finally had Ace alone and it wasn't in a car, or him
beaming into my mom's house late at night. But nothing was ever
perfect when it came to alien and human relationships. I sucked it
up and threw my wet hair into a ponytail before sliding on my
flip-flops and taking the elevator down to the lobby.
As soon as the doors opened Ace was waiting.
He stepped right in before I could even say a word.
"Did you upset the front desk girl that much,
already?" I cocked an eyebrow, looking over at him.
Obviously the Circe doctors did a fine job
healing him. He didn't look like he ever had a scratch on him with
his smooth, porcelain skin and his hair in his usual spikes. I
wanted to pull him close to me and just inhale his clean scent. But
the giant camera facing us from the corner of the elevator made me
think otherwise.
"Can I not just be excited to finally be able
to see my princess?" His warm hands found mine, intertwining our
fingers as he
dead by the time classes were done in the afternoon, she was
refreshed and ready for her day.
"Yeah, I guess you could say I survived." I
kicked off my flip-flops and tossed my messenger bag on my desk
chair.
"So, I'm meeting up with my girlfriend after
classes at the Union for coffee. Want to join us?" Lucy pulled what
little bit of hair she had into two tiny pigtails.
"Since when do you have a girlfriend?" I
asked, trying not to sound like I was judging her for it. I didn't
care that she was gay. Who was I to judge? I was marrying an alien.
But the fact that she was dating someone was definitely news to me.
At least that was a way to get Monte off my back about meeting my
roommate.
"We've been talking for awhile now. She is a
grad student and helps monitor the chem lab," Lucy said as if it
were no big deal.
"Oh, an older woman!" I laughed.
She shrugged. "Yeah, what can I say? Ever
since I saw The Graduate I've had a thing for older
women."
"So you'll admit that you are a Dustin
Hoffman fan?" I arched an eyebrow.
Lucy rolled her eyes, stuffing a notebook in
her giant knit bag before putting it over her shoulder. "No matter
how hard you try, I'm not going to succumb to your love of old
Dustin Hoffman movies."
"Come on!" I sighed sarcastically as Lucy
went to the door. "One look at Dustin in drag during Tootsie and you will be a changed woman."
"We'll see about that one," she said with one
hand on the doorknob. "See you tonight, Alex."
She smiled and with a small wave was out the
door, giving me enough time to get ready for a visit from my
alien.
***
Even though I just moved into the dorm, I
still felt the need to clean it again from top to bottom before Ace
came. That literally left me only about thirty minutes to take a
shower and get the smell of sweat and cleaning supplies off my
skin.
I still had my hair wrapped in a towel when
Sinatra's voice started crooning from my phone. Crap , was it
already that time?
I picked my phone off the bed, slid it
unlocked, and held it to my ear. "Hullo?"
"You didn't tell me how wonderful the decor
was in the lobby bathrooms in this dorm."
The alien could even make talking about
bathrooms sexy.
"I take it you beamed in alright?" I asked,
quickly trying to comb out my hair. He couldn't have waited a few
more minutes? At first I enjoyed that he could see me whenever with
the beaming technology, but when he could see me even when I looked
my worst, it was hard to enjoy it.
"Yes, I am actually down here waiting near
the front desk. The lovely woman with the pink hair behind the
counter said I need an escort from a resident before I can enter
your domicile." He said it smoothly, but I could hear the hint of
annoyance in his voice. I could also just imagine how the girl at
the front desk was looking at him. If she always looked at me like
I was a pushy idiot, then she probably thought the same about
Ace.
"Alright, hold on, I will be right down."
I panicked. I wanted everything to be
perfect. I finally had Ace alone and it wasn't in a car, or him
beaming into my mom's house late at night. But nothing was ever
perfect when it came to alien and human relationships. I sucked it
up and threw my wet hair into a ponytail before sliding on my
flip-flops and taking the elevator down to the lobby.
As soon as the doors opened Ace was waiting.
He stepped right in before I could even say a word.
"Did you upset the front desk girl that much,
already?" I cocked an eyebrow, looking over at him.
Obviously the Circe doctors did a fine job
healing him. He didn't look like he ever had a scratch on him with
his smooth, porcelain skin and his hair in his usual spikes. I
wanted to pull him close to me and just inhale his clean scent. But
the giant camera facing us from the corner of the elevator made me
think otherwise.
"Can I not just be excited to finally be able
to see my princess?" His warm hands found mine, intertwining our
fingers as he
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