Two days later, Chloe sat in the back of her "Media Ethics" lecture, trying to hide behind her laptop. She felt terrible about the Architecture Guy. She'd spent the last 48 hours researching how to remove latte stains from vellum (spoiler: you can't).
Her phone buzzed. It was a mass email from the Dean of Arts and Sciences.
Subject: Interdisciplinary Project - The 'Campus History' Exhibition
In an effort to foster collaboration, Journalism juniors will be paired with Architecture seniors to document and model the university's historical landmarks. Pairs are assigned below.
Chloe scrolled down, her heart doing a nervous little tap-dance.
Pair 14: Chloe Simms & Liam Vance.
"You have got to be kidding me," she whispered.
Across campus, in the sun-drenched, dusty architecture studio, Liam read the same email. He looked at the empty space on his desk where his model used to be. Fate, it seemed, had a very twisted sense of humor.