Thread: Love in the Library (DareToDream & Rubyliday)

Eva Zigmont smiled up at the girl she was talking to, nodding now and then as she spoke. They had just spent the better part of a half an hour looking for just the right books for her thesis paper and Eva was quite pleased with what they had found. She told the girl to come back if she needed any more material and smiled to herself as the student walked away. At twenty two, Eva had been working in the campus library for two years, before that she had spent her free time within the brick walls walking around or helping out in anyway that she could. It was really no surprise to anyone but herself that they had offered her a job when one of the staff had moved on. She knew the library like the back of her hand, knew where to find all the good source material and knew where all the quiet study spots were. She blushed to herself when she realized that she knew where all the good make-out spots were. Perhaps it was knowledge that turned people on so much. She almost laughed out loud at the prospect and she wished that her room mate would find a quiet spot. She shook her head and turned to head back towards the front of the library when another student walked up to her. It startled her for a second, how fast he had come upon her. She didn't remember seeing someone else, but then again she had always been the type to focus on something, someone, completely. She blinked up at him, head tilting back to look at his face, he was a good couple inches taller then her. She was short, she knew that, it was a joke among all the other staff that she had to have a small ladder for the top three shelves of every bookcase. But she took the joke in good nature, because she did have to have a step stool for that very reason. He talked quickly, saying hello and introducing himself and when he was done he turned and left. He was gone just as quickly as he had come, leaving Eva with her mouth hanging open. He didn't even give her a chance to introduce herself. With an odd puzzled expression on her face she turned toward the front of the library again and started to walk. How strange She muttered to herself as she made her way along the rows of books, mindlessly straightening a few crooked texts now and then. She was pretty sure she had seen the man before, in fact she was very sure she had seen him. He had mentioned that he was in the back of the library and the direction he had gone indicated that he was among the classics. It was the oldest part of the library, and her favorite. The library had been build before the campus and at the time it was a small shack that had twenty books on makeshift wooden tables. A hundred and fifty years ago, that was a lot of books. But as people became eager to read the small shack accumulated more and more books. Eventually it had been packed with books and just around the same time, there were plans in the making for a university to be built. And so it was that the small shack became this large three story brick building. She smiled at the thought and found herself fingering the spine of a book, lost in the history flowing through her head. For the second time that night she shook her head, breaking free from the cobwebs there and hurried to the front of the library. There was a book that she had been meaning to put away and it was right in the vicinity of where she thought he was. She grabbed the old book, cradling it against her chest as she retraced her steps, moving quickly. She was going to introduce herself.