Andrés was coming back from his afternoon class. The last one of the day had been canceled, and while he would have spent the rest of the afternoon in the library working on his latest term paper, he had decided to get some sleep. Exams were coming up in a month or so, and no amount of coffee and staying up late would benefit him.
The headphones were plugged into his ears as he flipped through his I-pod, listening to one of his research books. He was just about to head up the stairs when he caught sight of his neighbor sprawled out and trying to collect her groceries that had spilled out.
Pulling out his earphones he tucked it into his messenger back and ran towards her. "Here, let me help," he announced in a rather soft-spoken voice picking up some of the stray oranges.