An Unfinished Term Paper
‘I hate college,” Keith thought miserably. He had a term paper due in Intro to Space Plasma Physics tomorrow, and it was already midnight. ‘Not tomorrow anymore, and that’s what I get for making the idiot decision to major in Astrophysics,’ he grumbled to himself. ‘Three years of college so far, wasted if I don’t get this stupid paper done tonight.’ Sighing, he sat down at the computer and turned it on, waiting for it to boot. The machine was old, however, and took nearly five minutes just to start up, and during that time Keith heard his roommate, Adrian, walk into the apartment. ‘Of course, he took Aviation as his major, so he’s been out partying all night while I sat here trying to finish the homework for that stupid Optics class…’
Keith has long been jealous of his roommate, who, it seemed, never had any serious homework to do and was always out at parties hanging out with people from around school. No lonely nights for him, and no sitting up until 5am writing term papers, either. Keith cheerfully ignored that fact that he could have started writing the term paper last weekend, instead choosing to silently bash his roomie for having a good time. Engrossed in his silent litany of Adrian’s “faults” and busy waiting for the computer to boot, Keith jumped in surprise when Adrian wandered into his room.
“Bit jumpy aren’t you? You know it’s midnight…” Adrian grinned.
Keith rolled his eyes. “Hey. No, I didn’t notice.”
“Term paper again?” Keith nodded silently. Adrian laughed and walked over to him, sitting down on the floor next to Keith’s chair. “You know what your problem is?”
“I wasn’t aware I had a problem,” Keith growled, annoyed at the turn the conversation had just taken.
“Yep, it’s a big one. Know what it is?”
“Obviously not…”
“You’re too tense, that’s your problem. Of course, you’re also an idiot for taking something like Astrophysics, but mainly you’re just too tense. You should go to more parties or something.” Read more…