Monday, September 22, 2008

Undergraduates

At the gym, James and Staci do their core training together. The usual banter turns awkward as James attempts to conceal his true feelings for her.

Tearing across campus on his Specialized Fat Boy BMX bike, Stuart arrives early to his Philosophy class, sweating the take-home quiz he spaced on. Glancing over the first question, he surveys the variables: and elephant, a crowd, an ostrich, a sand box, and a soccer ball. Students arrive as class starts. The professor immediately dismisses the class and Stuart hops in an 80's Honda Civic and cruises across the quad, down the stairs diagonally and passes another student coming out of a restaurant.

The two strangers share the exact same thought at that moment, that of, "I wonder if God ever gets angry over petty misunderstandings."