Beyond Evolution

Eli was really starting to regret their life choices. What had they been thinking agreeing to hang out with Owen to teach him about digital art?? Sure, it was easy to have a conversation with him on the network (surprisingly easy, actually) but in person they had yet to exchange more than a passing greeting in the hallways and now they were going to meet after lunch and it definitely didn't mean anything but Eli was 100% going to make a complete idiot of themself. And not because they didn’t know anything about digital art.

They’d gotten to the agreed upon meeting spot (the library) early and were already seated with their things unpacked before Owen had arrived. Which was only making them feel even more lame. It was also giving them way too much time to consider bailing. They could always just cancel and go back to their dorm, right? Fake not feeling well or say something about forgetting that they already had plans with Howie or their brother today? But then what if Owen was already on his way here? Plus then he’d probably just want reschedule anyway. Ugh. This was so ridiculously stupid. ( There was no way Owen was even half as worried about this. )

[ OWEN! ]