Posted by Civilian Karina Enger (Director of Education) in People Watching at High Noon

Posted by Civilian Jewel Stone (Police Detective) in People Watching at High Noon

Posted by Civilian Karina Enger (Director of Education) in People Watching at High Noon
It was a long morning, with not enough caffeine in the quadrant. Fortunately Karina was walking on a good deal of quiet giddiness and anticipation. She redirected her calls to the admin assistant and found purchased two lunches from one of the student run food trucks. She was sitting on a bench in the small lawn of the Main Hall of the university. She knew Jewels might not make it, but she hoped Jewel would.

Enger, DOE

She was late, she was always late. She parked her car grabbed the two coffees and moved as fast as she could without spilling. She’ll wait, She’ll wait she repeated to her self, don’t blow this Jewels she so special. You have prioritize your own needs and push work aside some times. She said repeating what her therapist had said, maybe she needed to book an appointment.

Ten minutes of waiting it almost felt like Jewel was not going to make it, and then Karina saw it, A tall female dressed all in black, power walking down the the walkway toward her, two cups in her had. How she was not spilling them was a mystery.

Karina had checked her comms several times. She kept telling herself to relax. If Jewel didn’t show she would comm her later to say hi. If she had changed her mind that was okay. She had an hour, she could wait.

Then she saw her, rushing towards her. Karina stood and almost waved, but it was clear Jewel had seen her.

“Sorry, Sorry, Sorry” she said as she walked up, and shoved the coffee at Karina. “Raktajino its a double, sorry I had a meeting with the commissioner and then I had to get coffee’s and Raktajino apparently is hard to come by, and then I had to stop at a crime scene. Oh oh, and then this idot was parked behind me and decided to have a conversation with me and tried to ask me on a date, and I was like I dig chicks to try to get him to shut up and move his car,. and then I got her and there is not parking, I mean how can a campus this big not have parking so I parked over there” she said pointing to the other side of campus, and left my emergency light cause i think I’m parked illegally, but I needed to see you and” she finally stop and took a large breath, her shoulders sinking. “I’m sorry” she finally sighed out with a crooked pathetic smile.

Detective Inspector Jewel Stone

“Do not be. You warned me.” Karina smiled taking the Raktajino. Again she was struck by how adorable Jewel was. “I should have told you where to park. We had parking there,” she nodded toward Jewel’s car, “but there were too many accidents with pe… ped… walkers.”

She nodded to the bench. Karina tugged Jewel’s hand as she sat down. “Sit. It is okay, really. I got us food.”

Enger, DOE

Jewel stood there bewildered , and registered very little of what she said. The tug on her arm snaped her out if it. She sighed as she settled into the bench very close to Karina.

“Im sorry” she said again remembering that Karina liked direct. “I just really wanted today to be perfect, your so amazing and I really like you, and I don’t want to scare your off. I wanted to make a good impression and then im late, and ” she caught herself rambling. “I really like you” she said taking the food. “Im starving” she unwrapped her food.

Detective Inspector Jewel Stone