This is based on a true story; in fact the details are more or less the same. Some may find the protagonist a bit of a pig, but well. You don't get real nice guys in life as you do in books anymore.
Lydia walked into class with her girlfriend.
"Y'know! It's so PATHETIC." The last word of their leftover conversation was blared unintentionally into the classroom, where only a single guy and girl sat.
The guy was very tall, 183 cm, and strongly built. He looked at her, and said,
"Me?"
"Oh! No no of course not," Lydia answered, blushing. He grinned at her, and she felt a kick in her gut.
Of course Lydia didn't find her mind wandering back to her coursemate; she was a fresh undergrad at a local university, and instead wanted to concentrate on her studies. However, she couldn't say no when the same guy walked up to her with a lunch tray and said,
"Would you care to join me for lunch?"
Over lunch they learned more about each other, and Lydia found herself irresistibly drawn to this very confident young man.
It was weeks later when Timothy (she found his name was) asked her if she cared to join him on an 'outing', to get a mutual friend's birthday gift. Since she was attending the party as well, she agreed.
They met on the train, and she sat down beside him. He slung his arm casually around her. Lydia looked at him out the corner of her eye. Touchy, eh. She thought. She hadn't thought him the type, though he did occasionally hook her under her chin in lectures.
They went for dinner, fought over clams in clam chowder, and had a lot of fun. Then they went and picked out cufflinks for the mutual friend.
"Speaking of birthdays, mine is coming," Lydia said, "are you coming to my party?"
"No I can't. What do you want for your birthday," Timothy absently replied.
"Nothing."
He turned to look at her.
"Surely there's Something you want."
"Well. It's not anything you can give me."
"What is it."
"A boyfriend." Lydia lifted her chin at him. "Well, I could give you one day's lease as my girlfriend."
"What??!!"
"Yeah."
"Your girlfriend?? In what way." Lydia narrowed her eyes.
"In every way." He grinned suddenly.
Lydia felt her insides clench.
"Bullshit," she muttered, walking a little away.
They went for ice cream, and Lydia found herself staring at a gob of chocolate on Timothy's upper lip. She looked at him, and wondered if he really meant what he said. Leaning in, she licked off the scrap of chocolate.
Timothy looked at her. As she leaned back, he brought a hand gently to her neck.
"Come here," he said softly. She did.
He put his lips softly over hers and very gently, very slowly kissed her. It wasn't a kiss she felt between her legs but a soft, introductory probing kiss. She pulled back.
"We're in public."
"So?"
"...Okay." She leaned back in and let him run his tongue over her lips.
"You said you stay at a dorm."
"Yes I do."