Classroom

AR looked up from her desk and saw KMFE. He was resting his head in his hands and was still wearing a thick coat. His pockets were filled with newspaper and books. She took out an mp3 player she had bought two days ago. Set it on her desk in front of her. Pushed a button. Jumped back. KMFE watched and wished she weren't distracted so he could talk to her. MK walked in looking tired and sat down in front of AR. He turned around. MK: Hi AR AR: Hi MK. Did you finish your essay? MK: I'll start it tomorrow. AR: It's due tomorrow! MK: I know. I'll do it before class. AR: I finished mine. I did it over the weekend. KMFE got out Das Kaptial and started reading. Then he took off his coat and went back to reading. He glanced at AR for just a second. He'd try and say hi to her later. David and Chris walked in with takeout. It made the room smell like food. AR was hungry but she didn't want to eat anything. MK asked for a fry. David said something in a faux-cocky voice and handed one over. KMFE wouldn't have time to eat before his next class. David and Chris hadn't started their essays either. They weren't worried. KMFE had several pages of stream-of-consciousness thoughts. He didn't understand his strategy, but somehow it worked. It was more about thinking than about writing. David and Sonali started arguing about whether there had been a police officer in the dorm the previous night. More people came in and not everyone could sit where they wanted to. The professor set lots of stuff on her desk and started moving papers into piles. She took a drink from her gallon seltzer bottle. Everyone wanted to get out of there for some reason. The professor didn't enjoy this class. The students were all in the engineering school and didn't like writing. AR wanted to go back to her dorm room. It was nice and peaceful there and people didn't ask you to do things. You didn't have to talk there. But KMFE thought it was worth it to be there because AR was there. She even lived on the same floor as him but he'd never see her in the dorm. Here he could at least talk to her. Though he didn't. He wished she didn't want to leave, but if he could have got her out of there, he would have. KMFE put away Das Kapital. David and Chris finished their takeout and threw away the styrofoam trays. AR put away her mp3 player and got out the New Humanities Reader. KMFE decided to say hi to her after class.