I heard grumbling about line-cutting from behind, but being freshmen, no one wanted to make a scene.

Ignoring this, Aubrie turned and asked, "Where'd you disappear to at lunch?"

Remembering the clinic incident, I blushed, stammering, "Felt a bit off, so I swung by the campus doctor."

Aubrie nodded, leaning in conspiratorially. "I heard one of the doctors is a total hottie. Seen him?"

Ian was indeed good-looking. Among us scruffy freshmen, I ...