[It's the same trajectory as their previous encounters, rudimentary conversation that ignores the elephant in the room. Or library, in this case. She could do to ask more about his research group, about his other courses he's been saddled with since his workload is what has her checking in on his basic nutritional needs.
Amelia adjusts her glances and wordlessly glances at Gale before moving to rummage through her bag and take out her phone. She surreptiously glances back and forth to make sure there are no other library stragglers in their line of sight before pulling up her text messages.
This is stupid. Maybe she's just that dumb (all the academic achievements and awards can only take one so far), but it's all been brewing for a while and as much as she would like to ignore it all, the fact that they see each other almost every other day makes the guilt harder to ignore.
There should be a notification on Gale's end.]
So.
For the record and if it wasn't apparent already, I did not know we were going to be in the same workplace.
Also turn off your sound notifications if you want to continue this conversation.
no subject
[It's the same trajectory as their previous encounters, rudimentary conversation that ignores the elephant in the room. Or library, in this case. She could do to ask more about his research group, about his other courses he's been saddled with since his workload is what has her checking in on his basic nutritional needs.
Amelia adjusts her glances and wordlessly glances at Gale before moving to rummage through her bag and take out her phone. She surreptiously glances back and forth to make sure there are no other library stragglers in their line of sight before pulling up her text messages.
This is stupid. Maybe she's just that dumb (all the academic achievements and awards can only take one so far), but it's all been brewing for a while and as much as she would like to ignore it all, the fact that they see each other almost every other day makes the guilt harder to ignore.
There should be a notification on Gale's end.]
So.
For the record and if it wasn't apparent already, I did not know we were going to be in the same workplace.
Also turn off your sound notifications if you want to continue this conversation.