<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=448739" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Beast: Chapter Two</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">She walked through the door<br>looking back only to see him fade<br>into the crowd of students<br>pouring across the plaza in front of the auditorium. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She watched him recede <br>vowing<br>that she would make a point of finding out<br>more about him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There was the freshman boat ride in a few days <br>there was her next opportunity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Suddenly a voice said: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Wow, that was chemistry <br>if I have ever seen chemistry.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was Nancy, Nicole's roommate. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They had first met only the day before <br>when Nicole had arrived at the college for the week long orientation <br>which included of course <br>meeting one's roommate.<br> <br>Nancy was already there in the room <br>when Nicole arrived her bags in hand <br>looking to see where she would she might spend the next four years of her life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The two eyed each other momentarily <br>quickly sizing each other up after some long seconds <br>deciding that they liked one another.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nancy was there on an academic scholarship <br>just like Nicole and they had been paired together<br>probably because they had somethings in common.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They seemed to be each other's type, <br>studious, quiet <br>and had settled in with each other comfortably.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nancy falling in beside Nicole <br>was talking and saying: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Who was that beautiful blond guy you were talking to. When he put his hands on you I almost died.' <br>Nancy was gushing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Blond? ' Nicole said, blankly? 'Who are you talking about? '<br> <br>'You know the big blond who opened the door for you looking deep deep into your eyes, ' Nancy said giving Nicole her best dreamy-eyed girl look.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nicole looked at her again blankly finally saying.<br>'He was no blond. Didn't see any blond.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then with a shock Nicole realized that in her mind's eye recounting Nancy's blond and the Beast guy shifted back and forth between the tall blond Nancy was going on about and her guy, her ugly guy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nicole stopped cold on the street.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'What the hell is going on here? ' she thought to herself.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Did he have a red vest on? ' she finally asked Nancy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Yes, that is the one? ' Nancy answered quickly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The blond in Nicole's vision did have a red vest on but, her Beast did not.<br>It was naturally a black vest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nicole stopped, her mouth dropping, at her own thoughts.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nancy touched her arm.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Are you alright? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To be continued</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lonnie+Hicks">Lonnie Hicks</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=448739" data-title="The Beast: Chapter Two de Lonnie Hicks" data-description="She walked through the door looking back only to see him fade into the crowd of students pouring across the plaza in front of the auditorium. She watched him recede vowing that she would make a point of finding out more about him. There was th..."></div> </div> </div>

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