Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Ssshh..."

The classroom erupted in a collective gasp of surprise.

"Owen? As in THE Owen?"

"Uh! How many Owen do you think are at Kingswell University?"

"...Fair point."

"OMG! It's actually him teaching us? This is... this is just too cool and too hot to handle!"

Humans are visual creatures, after all.

Seeing something pleasing invariably draws admiration, astonishment, and praise.

Mamie wasn't an exception, but the more she looked at this professor, the more familiar he seemed... "Hey? Roseanne, isn't that the guy who stopped you outside the cafeteria the other day?"

"Mhm."

"Whoa-so he's THE Owen?"

Roseanne looked puzzled. "You don't know him? He was one of the interviewers for the graduate program."

"Uh?" Mamie scratched her head. "Wasn't there, only knew Edna."

"That's odd... Edna wasn't there when I had my interview... Were you interviewed in the morning or afternoon?" Mamie: "Afternoon."

wonder, mine was in the

"Oh, I see..."

paused, seemingly connecting the

her interview in the afternoon and even asked her about the interview

the morning

news about Edna's team purchasing a CPRT measurement device

why Hertha was recruited by Edna was pretty

A walking ATM,

Owen finished his introduction and was ready

with rimmed glasses

presence alone screamed

Suddenly-

I ask

spoke up from the

Owen: "Go ahead."

flattery, "but you're from the Physics department. Can you actually teach

"First off, thanks

studied Life Sciences before switching to Physics.

you don't have to worry about my expertise in

across the

on the knowledge itself but also develop a research mindset and logic, thinking about problems from a research perspective

teacher feeds you."

it's Physics, Biology, or any other discipline, the patterns of thinking are interconnected. And that is the most

professor! I have a