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stood up and grabbed her bag. Josh waited patiently for her and they both walked out together.
    Once in the hall, Josh introduced himself. “What’s really good, Ma? I’m Josh.”
    “Joy,” she replied shyly.
    “What you got first?”
    “Computer foundations,” she said.
    “Me too,” he said, grinning.
    “Really?” Joy said, not really believing him.
    “Yeah.”
    They walked to their first class together. It was no trouble finding it because she had taken a tour of the school at orientation the day before. Joy found it hard to concentrate all through the class. She kept glancing at Josh, but he was totally paying attention and didn’t look her way once.
    After the class was over, Josh was the first one out but waited for her near the door.
    “That class seems like it’s interesting,” he said with excitement.
    “Yeah.”
    “Let me see your roster,” he said, grabbing it out of her hand before she could give it to him.
    “Do we have any more classes together?” Joy asked.
    “Naw. But we can meet up after school. Okay?”
    “Yeah,” she said, and he walked off.
    Joy panicked when she realized that he hadn’t said where they were to meet, and he had already left. She quickly recovered when she remembered that she would see him tomorrow morning anyway. The rest of the day went by smoothly. Joy looked for Josh while walking to her classes and during her lunch. Not seeing him, she started to feel down.
    When school was over she walked out the front door of the main building, still looking for Josh. Still she didn’t see him, so she decided to just go home and see him tomorrow. While walking to the Metro, she heard someone call her name. She turned to see who it was and her stomach tightened. She smiled, praying her nervousness wouldn’t be obvious to him.
    “You wasn’t even going to wait for me?” Josh asked.
    “I didn’t know where, so I just figure I see you tomorrow.”
    “Well, I thought I would have time to chill a minute and talk to you, but something came up. Let me get your number and I call you later tonight,” he said.
    “Okay,” Joy agreed, telling him her number as he entered it in his phone.
    “Aight, so I call you later,” he said, walking away.
    “Bye,” Joy said.
    “Bye,” she heard him reply.
    The whole way home, she smiled as she thought about Josh. There was something about him that really attracted her. The mixture of his good looks and charisma was a perfect combination. When Joy got home, she went straight to her room. Her mother was probably in her room, as usual. Her father, she knew, wasn’t home. She took off her clothes, got comfortable and waited for Josh to call. She sat there for a while. Bored, she turned on the TV, her mind still on Josh as she flipped through the channels. She kept looking at the phone, wondering why he hadn’t called yet. She wanted to talk to him badly. “Why am I stressing?” she said out loud. “I don’t even know him.”
    Joy went downstairs to get something to eat, but couldn’t find anything in the refrigerator. She couldn’t remember the last time she had had a home cooked meal. Her mother never cooked, which in Joy’s opinion was a good thing. Her father did all the shopping but was rarely ever home to eat, let alone cook. Nobody had ever shown her how, so she considered herself the microwave queen. Opening the freezer, she found her favorite—super pretzels. She grabbed the box, took two out and put them on a paper plate. While she waited, she decided to wash the few dishes, mainly cups, that were in the sink.
    The microwave dinged just as Joy was letting the water out of the sink. Grabbing a bottled water and the mustard, she went back to her room. As she grew closer to her bedroom door, she heard her phone ringing. She hurried up the steps, nearly dropping the contents in her hands. She placed the bottles under her arm so that she could open the door. But by the time she walked into her room, the phone had stopped