Written in the Stars

Chapter 3: "Help Me"

(Chapter 3)
"Help Me"

Monday, September 28th
1:00pm

In the quad, Titania took deep breaths.

"Hey," Isabelle approached her.

"Hey."

"What's wrong? You look upset."

"Nothing, I..."

"Oh, you just came from class."

"Yeah."

"Does... does the material depress you or something?"

"No! No! Absolutely not. It's the only thing I want to do for the rest of my life. I told you how much it means to me. It's just...

"What is it? The case you're working on?"

"Well... kind of."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Honestly... it's better if you don't know."

"We've been getting really close over the last month, I want to help."

"You can't. Not with this."

"Why not?"

"It's personal."

"Titania... I know you're hiding something from me," she said soberly.

"I..."

"Wait... does this case have something to do with you?"

"I can't talk about it."

"Are you actually in danger?"

"No. I'm not."

"I am. I promise."

"Okay. If you want to hang out later, just text me, okay?" She still looked a bit hurt.

"Okay."

Isabelle kissed her cheek.
~

Later...

"Hey," Kayla came up to Titania as she sat at the campus bar.

"Oh, hey," Titania looked up from her book. 

"You alright?"

"Yeah. You're not the bartender that's usually here."

"Oh, Daniel? Yeah he works evenings, I work afternoons, but he cut out of here early so I took over his shift. I'm Kayla."

"Titania."

"Are you waiting for someone?"

"I'm actually killing a bit of time. I was planning on meeting up with someone but they get out of class a little late today."

"Really? It's like 7pm already."

"Wait, really?! Shit! I've been reading, I lost track of time. Shit!" Titania jumped up. "I got to go, bye!"

"Bye!"
~

Outside the campus bar, Titania pulled out her phone.

How did that much time go by?

Titania: Sorry, lost track of time. I'm on my way to your apartment now.

Isabelle: Okay.

Titania started walking down the street.
Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a black Mercedes following her close.

What the fuck?