Immediately after biology on Tuesday, professor Vasily invited me to join him in his office. There were a few people hanging around him with questions but he blew them all off in order to walk me down. ‘Sorry folks, I have an appointment with the lovely miss Chasse here, but I will be available afterwards to answer your questions.’ He announced as he gave me a wink. I felt the others glare at me and I blushed slightly. Once in his office he closed the door and offered me a seat. We went over each of my questions and he gave me detailed examples to help me understand better. He was truly an amazing teacher. ‘Miss Chasse, I was wondering if you’d like to meet up for a drink tonight’ he asked once we had gone over all of my questions. My heart leapt in my chest, I was unsure how to respond. ‘Not in a romantic way, of

I was up a long time before Sasha was but I didn’t want to venture out into his apartment by myself. I heard noises coming from the kitchen and I assumed it would be his brother. I wasn’t really ready to meet him without Sasha first introducing us. I was feeling a little intimidated at meeting his family. Unable to bear my full bladder any longer I grabbed one of Sasha’s larger t-shirts and ventured quickly out to the bathroom. I washed up quickly and took care of business then made my way back to Sasha’s room. As I turned the corner, I came face to face with professor Vasily. I looked at him puzzled.‘Vasya?’ I asked.‘Good morning Avery’ he said with a charming smile. I heard Sasha say something from the bedroom as he came running out, pulling on a pair of shorts.‘Avery, I can explain’ he said frantically. The puzzle pieces all clicked together as I looked from

The new term started a week after new years. On Mondays I had an abnormal behaviour psychology class in the afternoon followed by an art history class in the evening. Tuesday was still dedicated to biology and english, while Wednesday to Friday was dedicated to nursing.Once Vasya had returned from Moscow, he and Sasha moved my belongings to their apartment where, as I had guessed the first time I visited the apartment, my belongings hardly made a dent in Sasha’s vast walk-in closet. Both men refused that I paid a part of the rent or of the utilities, but were okay with me paying for my own parking spot in the underground garage and for some of the groceries. I had considered leaving my car at Sam’s because I would commute to university with Vasya and only used my car when I picked up shifts at the restaurant.‘Miss Chasse’ Vasya called out during the first class of the semester ‘can you give us an example of

Avery POVThe beginning of September meant that classes were starting up again. I still had biology classes with Vasya on Tuesday while the rest of my classes were mainly for nursing theory, skills and clinicals. For nursing we mostly focused on skills and within the first month back at university we had learned to do simple and complex sterile dressing, suture removal, and medication administration. Kate and I made it a point to be paired up together as much as possible and ended up being on the same clinical rotations. She had become my biggest source of support when it came to nursing because she understood exactly what I was going through and I was able to provide her with that same support in return.She had been working in a nursing home during the summer holiday and felt that she had gained a considerable amount of knowledge from just being there. I envied her the experience, but I was happy with the way my summer had gone. I told h

I spent the next week similarly to the first, hanging out with Avery in the mornings and evenings while training with Dmitry and Sasha in the afternoons.At the end of the week, Sasha had gotten us all tickets to see his game a few states over. Vasily drove us there early in the morning and we checked into our rooms. I was to share a room with Sasha and Avery, while Dmitry and Vasily shared the adjoining room to ours. Dmitry went to the arena to meet the team and help out with some of the warm ups.‘Can we go check out the little shops downtown’ Avery asked, hopeful. Vasya grunted in dismissal as he worked on a presentation on his laptop.‘If you want’ I shrugged in mock indifference. Anything for you doll, I thought to myself. Vasya looked at me with an arched brow and a warning glance. ‘I know, I know’ I mumbled.‘You always seem to get stuck with me, don’t