Golden rays of early morning sunshine poured through the glass windows and illuminated my dorm room. I look over to see my friend Andrew attempting to sleep in by pretending to ignore his painfully annoying phone alarm. “Andrew you need to get up and shut that thing off. It’s hardly 8 a.m. and I’m already getting a massive headache.” I nagged at him, “Andrew. Seriously. Now. Get up!” I ready my hand to deliver a perfect “five-star” smack onto his bare back but instead he turns around and faces me, eyes still closed, and tells me he will be ready in five and that I need to make sure the rest of our crew is up.
I exit my dorm room and knock on Miguel and Ryan’s room and they are both already ready to go down and eat. As Ryan, Miguel, and I enter …show more content…
Once class had let out, my group of friends and I walked out to the courtyard to relax some and plan for the rest of our trip in Berlin. I was saying something about going to see the remnants of the Berlin wall when I saw her again sitting under a tree with a friend of hers. I must have been staring far too intensely because her friend whispered something to her and she glanced over at me to see me still staring like a child window shopping outside a toy shop. I knew I had to walk over to her and say hello. I had only a month here so I had to make every moment here count; besides, what was the loss if I got rejected? I would not see her again anyways, so there was really no harm …show more content…
Mach’s gut.”
I nervously look to Alena and just said, “Nice day out isn’t it?” and prayed to all gods that everything would go well but apparently all gods were against me. She looked embarrassed for a moment and shyly muttered, “Entschuldigung, aber ich kann nur Deutsch gesprochen.” In a single instant I felt my heart drop into my stomach. Time was driven into a halt as I could not process what had just happened. I expected everyone here to be a foreign exchange student from the U.S. just as Miguel, Ryan, Andrew, and I had been. It had never occurred to me that a student from the school would still remain on campus even during summer break. With my incredibly rusty German all I could manage to say was, “Ich spreche ein bischen Deutsch aber ich will dich sehen einmal mehr. Bis spӓter Alena!”
The sun has begun to set and the crickets are beginning to chirp. Alex is pacing back and forth in the small dorm room very quickly while Andrew is sitting on his bed texting people on his phone. While Alex is nervous and beginning to chew on his thumb nail, Andrew remains completely relaxed about Alex’s problem. However, Andrew does begin to give advice after a few
I exit my dorm room and knock on Miguel and Ryan’s room and they are both already ready to go down and eat. As Ryan, Miguel, and I enter …show more content…
Once class had let out, my group of friends and I walked out to the courtyard to relax some and plan for the rest of our trip in Berlin. I was saying something about going to see the remnants of the Berlin wall when I saw her again sitting under a tree with a friend of hers. I must have been staring far too intensely because her friend whispered something to her and she glanced over at me to see me still staring like a child window shopping outside a toy shop. I knew I had to walk over to her and say hello. I had only a month here so I had to make every moment here count; besides, what was the loss if I got rejected? I would not see her again anyways, so there was really no harm …show more content…
Mach’s gut.”
I nervously look to Alena and just said, “Nice day out isn’t it?” and prayed to all gods that everything would go well but apparently all gods were against me. She looked embarrassed for a moment and shyly muttered, “Entschuldigung, aber ich kann nur Deutsch gesprochen.” In a single instant I felt my heart drop into my stomach. Time was driven into a halt as I could not process what had just happened. I expected everyone here to be a foreign exchange student from the U.S. just as Miguel, Ryan, Andrew, and I had been. It had never occurred to me that a student from the school would still remain on campus even during summer break. With my incredibly rusty German all I could manage to say was, “Ich spreche ein bischen Deutsch aber ich will dich sehen einmal mehr. Bis spӓter Alena!”
The sun has begun to set and the crickets are beginning to chirp. Alex is pacing back and forth in the small dorm room very quickly while Andrew is sitting on his bed texting people on his phone. While Alex is nervous and beginning to chew on his thumb nail, Andrew remains completely relaxed about Alex’s problem. However, Andrew does begin to give advice after a few