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"I- um..." Laura stuttered. Her face practically glowing under the gaze of her mystery note leaver, who was no longer a mystery.
"Do I know you?" The girl stood in front of her, eyebrow raised and head slightly cocked to the side in a playful manner. She knew the effect she was having on Laura, even if Laura wasn't quite sure herself.
"No!" Laura managed to squeal out before all but running into her class, the other girl laughing and staring at the cloud of smoke she left in her haste.
Laura continued in her normal manner, pretending to listen, whilst reaching under her table for the note she knew was under the table waiting for her.
Do you think we'll ever find out who the other is? - C
Laura snorted at the painful irony. Even wondered if it was on purpose. Had Carmilla seen her before their encounter in the hallway earlier? Laura shook away the thought and tried to pay attention to the professor who had mention a dreaded danger word: exam.
Laura put pen to paper but didn't know what to write, multiple dots of ink had appeared on the paper from where Laura had placed her pen, but had given up on the train of thought she was pursuing.
It's an interesting thought - L
She shook her head, interesting thought?! What kind of line was that? But it's all she had, so it had to do.
For the rest of the week, Laura was on constant look out for Carmilla around campus. Maybe she'd seen Laura somewhere before? Every girl with black hair, who was of average height, Laura took a double take. But none of them were ever Carmilla.
Before she knew it, Laura was in her dorm room packing her stuff to go home for the holidays. More and more, Laura found her mind wandering to a particular image, Carmilla stood in front of her. Why was this girl stuck in her mind? They didn't even know each other, technically. But it was a fact. Laura thought of Carmilla. Which was ridiculous. Wasn't it?
Laura zipped up her suitcase and took one last look around her room, making sure she hadn't left anything behind and she left her room.
Waiting at the shuttle bus stop for the bus to the airport, Laura exhaled slowly, watching her breathe swirl in the air in front of her. She found herself thinking of Carmilla again. Even though she knew what Carmilla looked like now, it still didn't make her any less mysterious to Laura.
The bus arrived and Laura smiled at the driver and hauled her suitcase into the bus and waited. The driver shut the door and took out a newspaper.
"I've gotta wait another ten minutes, that ok?" He said peering at Laura through the rear view mirror.
"Sure!" Laura beamed back in true Laura fashion.
Five minutes went by, when suddenly there was a knock on the bus door. The driver looked up and opened it for the passenger on the other side. Laura looked up briefly before returning to her phone.
"Hey Theo." A familiar voice spoke that caught Laura's attention from the first syllable. She hadn't forgotten it's low tone. Laura's head whipped up and she was met with Carmilla's dark eyes trained on her.
"Hey look, it's the flustered cupcake." She said with a low chuckle that sent shivers down Laura's spine.
"Hey..." Laura muttered.
This was gonna be a long bus journey.