Small Sins.

I woke up early to try and finish this assignment in time for class. However I spent most of the time just chatting on Skype. I went downstairs at noon to warm up some of that pizza that I got yesterday. I sat there and tried to eat the slices but for some reason they tasted really bad. I looked at my third slice, the cheese melted all around it, the veggies kind of soggy. I couldn’t do it; I had to throw it out. Then when the storm rolled in I had to shut down my computer for a while. My mom called me up at around 16:00 hours to make sure I wasn’t going to ride my bike to campus. I assured her that I was actually going to take the bus there. I get my binder, textbook, clipboard and jacket in my backpack and head for the bus. There is a light drizzle when I step outside. The sky is overcast with grey clouds causing every plant life to illuminate with a brilliant green. It makes you recall someone’s voice in your head telling you how much they love how green everything looks when it rains.

I wait outside the bus stop just outside the shelter. Cars speed past me on Water Street and the sun makes short appearances. When the bus comes around the corner and stops, I walk up the steps and put my money in the slot. When it beeps I sit down near the front. The bus was a little early so the driver took a second to take a break and let the bus idle. I try to open the nearest window by pulling on the grey lever mechanism. It was jammed. I gave up on it and tried to open the window on the other side of the bus. It was jammed too. So I sat back down and sweated in this airtight bus. Fortunately the bus ride was fairly short and only taking ten minutes to get to campus. When I get off the bus I notice a bunch of small pine trees lined up the steps towards the podium. On the podium floor is rows and rows of small cheap black folding chairs. A lonely security guard paces back and forth on the stage area in front of the library doors. I have never seen the graduation ceremony set up before. I then walked into the library and sat down by a computer to start work on my assignment. Just then my cell phone started to ring in my pocket, so I turned off the ring and then answered it. It was one of my friends from class, he called me up to tell me that he actually got caught cheating in class. I couldn’t believe it. I packed up all my stuff and went towards Gzowski College because I wanted to see my assignment now.

I popped my head in his office but he was busy with another student. I went into the business resource room where my friend Alison was. She was on the computer looking up news while waiting for class. We talked as I logged into a computer as well to chat on MSN. The eventually left and so I went up to the prof and asked if I could get an extension on the assignment. He said it was ok to hand it on Friday. I then asked about my assignment and apparently I was the only one not getting it back today because I handed it in a day later than the due date. But I didn’t mind. I went back to the resource room and hung around for a bit before class began.

Class went by fairly fast cause more material was getting cut out of the course due to the short amount of time we have left. Alison and I get to the bus stop at the library and debate whether we should wait an hour for the bus to arrive. We decide to walk all the way back despite the possibility of a looming thunderstorm. Walking along Water Street we stop at the local Kando convenience store. I get a PowerAid drink and some chocolate bars for the way back. I use to go to this store all the time in my third year because that was the year we all lived in that basement apartment at University Heights. As we continue to walk we are swarmed by bugs. Little gnats, other aphids and mosquitoes cling to our sweaty skin. It felt like we were hiking in jungles with the grey dark skies overhead, the bug treatment, and the noticeable sweat caused by a high humidity. We still walked on though as the grey skies turned darker until there was no more light to be seen. Along the side of the road there were people laughing behind some trees, seeping through came a vision of a flame. The fire penetrated the darkness and was the only visible oddity in a scenery of fast moving headlights and stationary street lights.

We finally got to our respective houses at around 21:20 hours. As I walk in to the Peter Robertson Place the bus we would have got on pulled up. I thought to myself, I saved $1.75 and an hour long wait to walk here, but I spent over $3.00 at the convenience store and got ridiculously sweaty. I guess I did get some exercise, but I ate chocolate.

I get inside and immediate take a shower. I get out and look at my cell phone and noticed that Kristen called me. So I gave her a ring back and she answers with a “Hello?”
“Hey it’s Matt. What’s going on?”
“We are all going to Riley’s for a drink, and I can come pick you up. Can you be ready in five minutes?”
I think for a moment.
“Can you make it ten minutes?”
“Sure no problem hun, I’ll see you there.”

I look around my floor for something to wear and finally settle on my white long-sleeved golf shirt with black strips and my AE jeans. I fix up my hair and go downstairs. As I open the door Kristen is there ready to knock on it.

“Hi.” I said.

To be continued.