Tethered (J + P series) Read Online Free Page A

always had a smile for me.  He was like your typical smart, hometown, nice kid.  He was cute in his own way. 
     
    “Perry!  What's new?  How was your weekend?”
     
    “Busy.  Lots of studying and a frat party.  Hey, I saw you at the frat!  Who were you with?” I inquired.
     
    “No way, why didn't you say 'hi'?  That was my roommate.  His name is Dan.”
     
    “Cool, umm, I was going to say hi but I needed to use the ladies' room and by the time I was done, I couldn't find you.” I said.
     
    “Ahh, next time say hi to me first.” he said and teasingly bumped my hip with his.  I loved Ben.  He made Chemistry so much more fun.
     
    “Class, today we will be titrating and documenting our results.” The lab instructor announced.
     
    “Time to get busy I guess.” Ben said.  He gathered the chemicals we needed and I collected and set up the equipment.
     
    “Remember to be careful with the Potassium Permanganate .  I t will stain your skin.” the instructor cautioned.
     
    “Well, at least it won't melt our skin off .  W e can handle some stains, right Perry?”  Ben teased.
     
    “Speak for yourself Mister.”
     
    Once we were all set up I decided to try titrating first.  I poured the Potassium Permanganate into the burette and settled the beaker just under it.  I slowly turned the valve of the burette to let the Potassium Permanganate out and the valve broke free splashing the Potassium Permanganate all over my shirt and hands.  Ben looked at me with shock but then erupted in laughter.
     
    “Shoot!” I spat out while running to the sink.  “Now I will look like I wiped my bottom with my hands all week.”  Ben ran over, grabbed some napkins and began cleaning up our lab table.  Our instructor had told us the truth; this stuff stained and was impossible to get off.  I dried my hands and sighed, knowing I would be the butt of Jen's jokes at the dining hall table for the next week.
     
     
    On the walk back to the dorm I put on my headphones and listened to the guitars and heavy bass line flowing through my speakers.  It was 4PM and lots of students were headed back to their dorms or apartments.  The air was getting cooler and Thanksgiving break was just a couple of weeks away.  I wondered what it would be like walking to class with snow on the ground.  I wondered if they would give us more than ten minutes to get across campus when there was a foot of snow on the ground.
     
    BUMP!
     
    I turned around quickly to see Jen giggling at me. “Gotcha!  You were in headphone land and tuning out the world.  I knew I could sneak up on you.”
     
    She looked all cozy and cute in her knitted sweater and scarf.  She only had a book and a pencil in her hand.  It must've been her light class day. “Only one class today?  Slacker.”
     
    I had two labs and three lectures so I had my very full backpack on.
     
    “Yep.  Jealous?”
     
    “Actually, I am.  Are you doing crossword puzzles for homework tonight or is it hangman?”  I teased. 
     
    She giggled.  She knew her homework was so much simpler than mine and she liked to poke at me because of it.
     
    “Har har har, what's this?  What happened to your hands?  Oh wait, you must have run out of toilet paper and used your hands to wipe yourself instead.” she joked.
     
    Eye roll, and so it begins.  “Not quite.”
     
    “Hey Perry, it's spaghetti night!  Can't wait.  I wonder what the cooks put in that meatloaf surprise last night?  It was kinda a weird puky brown color, not unlike the current color of your hands.” Jen said.
     
    “Maybe the surprise was that the meatloaf would slowly change all of our hands to puky brown...you're next!” I joked.  I loved spaghetti night as much as Jen.  How could you screw up spaghetti?  It was so easy to make that the cooks couldn't mess it up.
     
    “When are you leaving for Thanksgiving?” I asked.
     
    “My last class is Tuesday afternoon.  My parents are gonna' pick