The worst thing about class is when your friends don't show up and don't tell you about their ''skipping'' plans. Of course, this happens to me every now and then. Last German class, my dear friend K didn't show up. G did, but his usual state of tiredness was amplified by the hash brownies he had ingested right before class. ''What an idiot'' I thought.
I was sitting quietly waiting for the teacher to pronounce the dreadful words: ''Jetzt darfen sie zusammen arbeiten. Fragen ein ander was er macht in alle seine Zimmer'' (Now you may work together. Ask each other what you do in each room). That was the worst. It's especially bad when you're friend isn't there and you have to awkwardly turn around to see if there isn't another soul, a fellow compatriot, in a similar situation willing to work with you. To my left, two girls were already working. To my right, G was sleeping. I turned around. I was surprisingly greeted by a warm smile.
(For the convenience of my readers who don't speak German, the following text in italic was said in German)
-Hey! How are you? Wanna work together? I asked, quite awkwardly, looking away from those deep blue eyes.
*The girl nodded*
-Do you want to start?
*She nodded again*
-Well, go ahead, ask me...
*Another nod* My impatience was growing. I started to wonder if this girl was making fun of me.
-Did you understand what we have to do?
*She took a deep breath and gave me a look similar to the ones puppies give you right before you adopt them*
-Well? Are you going to speak?
-I... I...
-What? Come on! Don't be shy! I don't bite.
-I... can't hear you. She muttered under her breath.
That's when I noticed her earpiece. This happens rarely, but I panicked a bit and said ''sorry''.
-What are you sorry about? She asked me, surprisingly calmly.
-I uh... Well...
-ES IST SOWEIT! WER WILL MICH ANTWORTEN!? (IT'S TIME! WHO WILL ANSWER ME!?) Said the teacher, so loud that he startled me. This meant that I had to turn around for another 30 minutes of German lecturing.
I couldn't stop thinking of how badly I screwed up. While the teacher was preaching in his monotonous and very typical German voice, I made a million plans on how I was going to befriend this girl. I was going to ask for her name, then I would compliment on it, then I would invite her for a cup of tea... My thoughts were interrupted by people standing up. Was the lecture over? Even G, whom I could swear was still sleeping only a few seconds ago had already packed up and was looking at me like some perplexed animal.
I turned around swiftly, the girl was already gone.
''I guess not'' was my last thought before I walked out of class and plugged in my earphones.
I was sitting quietly waiting for the teacher to pronounce the dreadful words: ''Jetzt darfen sie zusammen arbeiten. Fragen ein ander was er macht in alle seine Zimmer'' (Now you may work together. Ask each other what you do in each room). That was the worst. It's especially bad when you're friend isn't there and you have to awkwardly turn around to see if there isn't another soul, a fellow compatriot, in a similar situation willing to work with you. To my left, two girls were already working. To my right, G was sleeping. I turned around. I was surprisingly greeted by a warm smile.
(For the convenience of my readers who don't speak German, the following text in italic was said in German)
-Hey! How are you? Wanna work together? I asked, quite awkwardly, looking away from those deep blue eyes.
*The girl nodded*
-Do you want to start?
*She nodded again*
-Well, go ahead, ask me...
*Another nod* My impatience was growing. I started to wonder if this girl was making fun of me.
-Did you understand what we have to do?
*She took a deep breath and gave me a look similar to the ones puppies give you right before you adopt them*
-Well? Are you going to speak?
-I... I...
-What? Come on! Don't be shy! I don't bite.
-I... can't hear you. She muttered under her breath.
That's when I noticed her earpiece. This happens rarely, but I panicked a bit and said ''sorry''.
-What are you sorry about? She asked me, surprisingly calmly.
-I uh... Well...
-ES IST SOWEIT! WER WILL MICH ANTWORTEN!? (IT'S TIME! WHO WILL ANSWER ME!?) Said the teacher, so loud that he startled me. This meant that I had to turn around for another 30 minutes of German lecturing.
I couldn't stop thinking of how badly I screwed up. While the teacher was preaching in his monotonous and very typical German voice, I made a million plans on how I was going to befriend this girl. I was going to ask for her name, then I would compliment on it, then I would invite her for a cup of tea... My thoughts were interrupted by people standing up. Was the lecture over? Even G, whom I could swear was still sleeping only a few seconds ago had already packed up and was looking at me like some perplexed animal.
I turned around swiftly, the girl was already gone.
''I guess not'' was my last thought before I walked out of class and plugged in my earphones.
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