Say My Name (Shin)

The bus had been early for once, with nobody really needing to get on and off between the FIT campus and NYU. It was a rare occasion, and it also meant that the bus was relatively empty. It made things so much easier for Kealey when that was the case. Busses were always a problem…possibly because of the close proximity of all the passengers. More likely because of the fact that everyone who rode the NYC busses seemed to be in a perpetual state of emotional turmoil.

This, however, was not the case, and it had Kealey in an excellent mood. It also had her arriving at the NYU campus a good twenty minutes early. It was a nice, autumn day though, and she simply found a park bench near the appropriate building to sit on while she waited for classes to get out.

There were a lot of people on the NYU campus, and Kealey chalked it up to the fact that she was there in the middle of the day during classes. There were varying degrees of different emotions, and for a few moments she simply sat and stared into space. It was a bit overwhelming and the feelings made her antsy. She needed distraction while she waited.

Kealey opened the messenger bag she’d made for classes this year, and pulled out a slightly rumpled newspaper shed found in the desk she’d chosen that morning for her first class. Kealey wasn’t a big newspaper reader, but with nothing else to distract her, it would have to do.

Blue eyes skimmed headlines until they settled on one pertaining to the very place she sat. Apparently a big name comedian had dropped into a NYU class recently and unexpected. The story was interesting, the students had been thrilled, and something about the name of the class and professor rung a bell in Kealey’s head. Hadn’t Shin mentioned something similar in conversation?

She’d have to ask.

In the meantime she continued to read, waiting for Shin to exit the building and hoping she’d be able to keep herself together emotionally for the rest of her stay on campus.