FORGIVEN-E

3 days before Astrid's Birthday, 29th June 2035

`What do you mean we have to select a company for our internship?', Astrid asked Eli as soon as she plopped herself into her seat.

`It's the prerequisite for us to graduate. You missed the last lecture where the teacher explained all of it to us', Eli passed her some forms to read.

`Which company shall I choose?', she huffed.

`Astrid, your boyfriend? Does he ring a bell?', Eli rolled his eyes at her.

`But, you know he has yet to call me from the last time we had dinner. That is the longest I went through without speaking to him', Astrid sulked. She missed him already, but her pride did not allow her to call him.

`Don't let small things cloud your judgement. Maybe something important turned up. Text him', Eli leaned back on his chair and jutted his chin to concentrate on the lecture which was about to begin.