the professor entered and the class began as I tried to keep my eyelids from closing.

after a couple of head aching hours class was over and I thanked God I could finally go sleep at my disorganized and stinky old flat which was now my home for the rest of the school year.

on my way out the door I noticed a guy tried to smile at me but I ignored him and kept walking. he walked next to me and began talking as if I didn't seem tired and annoyed.

"hello there, are ya in a hurry?"
he sounded attractive so I slowed my pace.
"in that case, my name's Paul" he gave me his slim hand, I turned towards him and shook it
"I'm Lesley" I said as I explored his face.

he smiled and proceeded, "I heard you're new in London so I uh, thought maybe if you didn't have anywhere to go on the fourth maybe you could come to Sheffield with me." I looked at him confused not sure of what he was talking about and hoping he would just go away replied
"what's that?"
"where are you from exactly?" he replied with a laugh
"California"
"you're not a hippie are you?"
"no" I said as I turned around and continued walking
"sorry, I don't know what people are like over there. anyway, Sheffield is a town up north. you see I'm meeting my band there, we're playing at a gig with the pistols."
"and?"
"and I have two tickets for the train? my girlfriend broke up with me two days ago I don't wanna waste the ticket and I don't necessarily have many friends here. help me out will you? my sweet Californian friend?"
I smiled because I felt like he was trying to get into my pants but the paranoid side of me was thinking maybe he was a serial killer and maybe I should punch him on the face.
"what makes you think I'm your friend?"
"don't be so dull, I bet you're a punk under that fur coat"
I looked at him raising my eyebrows admiring how persistent he was
"when are we leaving then?"
"I'll come get you tomorrow around 12"

and that was that. I was taking a train somewhere I'd never been to before with someone I didn't know. at the moment it seemed like a great idea, at the moment all my brain could think about was sleep.