真正看房子做决定的时候却比想象中的简单许多，我们在看了Leo表A里面的第一家就决定是它了。大小价钱都合适，靠近一条相对安静的街道，离我们最常去的机械专业楼区走路也就五到十分钟，不远处就是公交站，线路还算丰富，三个房间两个是挨着的，还有一间在另一头，地毯去年刚换过，看起来还挺新。美中不足的是客厅的沙发看起来有些年纪了，厨房整体更是陈旧，炉灶还是那种开放蚊香式的，油烟机风口对内，自产自销。。。不过这些都是当地常规配置了，学生党预计也没什么机会用厨房，无伤大雅。
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" U$ ]) J: [/ Q" N* a' l- F/ O, A叫上我现在的室友，一起签了合同，给好押金。哇，下学期开始就跟Leo住一起拉！
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- U9 u& ~: ]: ^4 t* l7 F' Z室友签好合同后有课先走了，我跟Leo去吃午饭。心情有点好，路上我一直偷瞄他，想看看他有没有什么特别的反应，结果当然是啥也没看出来。 A y6 L# H( C0 j/ f7 @' Y
不过眼下还有更实际的，想了想还是决定问问：! Z, L' }$ Q1 [6 j$ J+ V" y; G
“You said that you'd take the lead on the upcoming round of report and homework right?"7 ^" r/ K+ z5 L% j( \5 ]
Leo斜眼看了我好一会儿，看得我心里一阵发毛，就在我准备投降说算了当我没问的时候他突然说道：% `" d& B3 S; d
"We can split 2 ways this time. I call dibs on the homework and you'll have the report. We can rotate next time."
' M! i& }4 ~3 y0 @+ F0 C"Oh that's not bad. The first report shouldn't take too long."
: I% {' v# i9 t! m+ \. A" m4 S$ u"Nor should the first homework. Did you think I'd have you take on both?") E$ B* m" C! U* v, U; W
我抓抓头，嘿嘿傻笑：% z& p, `% ?1 T3 C
“Can't blame me for that"看到Leo表情玩味，赶紧找补： q& h1 L+ `0 h% D# ?6 d
“But hey that apartment looked great. It only took us 3 days from starting searching to signing a lease. To be honest I was expecting at least a week or two."& p% C9 D9 l6 T" m- h
Leo挑挑眉：
/ c4 h: S2 s( z/ ~' q“Why?"5 B! Q6 I* x1 v1 {( @0 A, |1 }
我知道他想听什么，但不能每次都顺着他，我凑到他跟前，夸张地拖着长音：
" m2 }0 ^7 W4 I( e& V% z7 E2 f"Because it seemed like you were very particular-"故意停在这个字上嘲讽他，结果Leo伸出手，像之前一样卡着我的脖子就往前拖行。发现他在外面好像很喜欢这样欺负我，其实他没用多大力，我也不难受，就是看起来有点狼狈。蛮显眼的，但他好像也不以为意。拖了几步他凑过来：+ {9 h& _6 n9 K4 m) n
"One more chance"
# X8 n M8 i/ E/ o- l" ?( s. C气流吹过，我打了个激灵，真的很痒：
: \4 h' ~) V/ g+ }“I was gonna say you were particularly good at combing through those rental listings. It would have taken us way longer without you"7 O2 a( N1 b/ ?( E/ V9 z
结果Leo还是没有把我放开，我脑子转了转，灵光乍现：1 o, X' G9 ]; i
"Than-thank you?", u9 P2 K# B, q" o( _. ?
Leo满意地把手收回去了。
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) T! x/ G9 M e很快来到了Raya做助教的实验课。Raya真的是那种很传统的工科女生，对待学术认真严谨，一丝不苟。演示实验步骤的时候很细致，讲解评分标准的时候更是详尽透彻，对报告的结构，内容，甚至段落间距，错别字，图标标识等等都有可以一一参照的给分扣分标准。之前的报告虽然也有类似的要求，但详尽程度跟Raya的比简直云泥之别。# d( E3 X% z* g* s. I/ l# n
课程开始三分钟之内我已经开始替Leo和同一组的我的未来担心，不知道换过来的决定是对是错。只是当初Raya听了我们那么荒诞的对话还主动要跟我们组队，可能私下里不是那么严苛的人？能主动搭话肯定不是因为性格孤僻了，研究生应该也不怵写报告才是，难道她画图很菜？还是被Leo颜值吸引？如果是后面这种兴许还有得救？/ P' H0 k* l* n6 J; \0 ]' Z0 d
感觉思绪发散到了外太空，回过神来的时候实验已经开始了。Leo捅捅我，说别发呆。传热的实验延续之前流体分组的传统，也是分成四组，每组四人。我们组里除了我跟Leo，还有来自韩国的小哥Yim和白人女生Jamie。
/ x5 U4 {5 k5 x5 A7 `6 z第一节实验课的内容相当简单，只需要观察几种灵敏度不同的温度监控仪器的表现状况，还有传热系数不同的材料在同样环境下的导热表现，很直观。令人大跌眼镜的是Leo居然一反常态变成了个一开始就认真做事的人。依然是组里最活跃的那个，一顿输出把大家都忽悠地跟他走的操作也很熟悉，只是这次没有freestyle，认真跟着讲义走，反而让我原本的担心显得很多余，还让我稍稍偷懒了一下。
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( @+ {6 H* g" d% L7 q; N; b期间Raya来巡查了几次，Leo都积极沟通，Raya连连点头，像极了三好生在和班主任亲切友好地交谈。我啧啧称奇，戳戳Leo，用只有我们听得到的音量问他： |# ^1 g. Q6 O' \8 r/ F% T4 h) ]
“今天这么认真，are you high？还是因为有Raya？”
! R; h9 {; _ v- _4 w1 ^Leo手臂压在我肩膀上，贴在我耳边说：) m$ |! Y# j8 O; x
“你认真点，不然这个semester的report都是你的了”说完Leo下巴一点，又是熟悉的包工头表情。我撇撇嘴，难得认真一次，了不起咯。
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结果我们居然是所有组别里第一个完成任务的。Raya看了一眼我们的数据，表示我们可以提早离开了，脸上全是老师对好学生的那种肯定。我们向她道谢，离开，慢悠悠地向下一堂课的位置走去。
/ P5 D9 i/ B- p- W, w路上我实在忍不住了：
& [& b {! h, J7 Y5 ^“What was that? I think you owe me a little bit of context here"
# Q+ P, d8 f# _) o7 t* m: @# y6 c离开教室后Leo迅速恢复了那个吊儿郎当的样子，脸上痞痞的：, z+ T) u- r3 C/ @3 [
"Well we'll need her help later down the line for sure. Gotta play this teacher's pet game in the beginning at least"说完不怀好意地盯着我：“It'll be your turn next session"- }$ m" u0 B6 J" W' _
我连忙推脱：' L" J4 b; q6 T+ @1 M* O
"I think you should keep going. You did so great today that you had almost fooled me as well"
5 h; S v, r) F: F3 l- z# w6 A"Then you'd just have to write all the reports for me this semester"
( }" n2 X- K9 {3 \Leo不上套，我抓抓头：6 O4 U/ a4 k3 e$ r! C
“What if I told Raya about this?"9 y2 |% Y9 y" v( z# X* X5 x2 `
Leo满不在乎地耸耸肩：& N5 s/ [- n; Y: R' w0 w
“What good would it do? Even if you did that, who you think she'd most likely side with though?", Z) T; p' t5 i3 I% Q2 T
今天第二次咋舌。Leo原来还有这么心机深沉的一面，还好倒也不是什么真正的坏心思。我抬起手，用手腕揉揉Leo胳膊的位置：
7 c/ F8 D2 l. t, C8 S“Just kidding... I won't"
6 b' j3 M( P8 M' ZLeo笑笑，没有回话。
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晚上回到了久违的实验室。一个寒假过去，以前跟Leo一起在这里鬼混的画面都还历历在目。故地重游，说明这学期的课业也要正式开始了。
. M& w$ K" [4 r$ ^3 |" N* \/ C4 MLeo大剌剌坐在他的电脑椅上，拿出iPad，脚翘在我座位上，开始玩起来。我在实验室转了一圈，摸摸那些大大小小的机器，仔细观察了一圈，才走回到座位上，放下书包。Leo没有脱鞋，AF1骄傲地待在我的座位上，没有要动的意思。我拿不准他的意思，只好问道：# V Q* [4 o; H. \
"Should I like, bring another chair?"% D7 \0 j7 }7 k. A; {5 u( ]$ E
Leo好像游戏进行得如火如荼，匆匆看我一眼，又匆匆回到游戏里：2 h) B/ I3 K q( X8 Q
“Why? You can use this one"
+ w! n$ q* j: }7 ` v& T我震惊，正打算说你这把我坐的位置都占了呀，又听Leo火急火燎地说道：
. o# U" m: O7 A/ z/ [' D“Oh you can take off my shoes. I'm in a pinch now in this game. Could you do that for me? Please please"! C9 C/ l! U9 d- W0 m; x( ^2 D
我无语，要求越来越多了呀。但还是弯下腰，照做了。低帮很好脱，袜子白白的，脚趾若隐若现，在微微颤动，可能是因为刚接触到冷风的关系。我把鞋子放在地上，鼻子离白袜很近，有熟悉的味道飘过来，挺浓郁的。下半身有要抬头的趋势，只好不再多做停留，放好鞋子后抄起Leo的小腿，坐下，再把Leo的袜脚放在我的大腿上。
! }& ^) W0 P9 d( j% f8 y转过头看看Leo，游戏打得火热，整个人完全沉浸在里面，根本没有要写作业的意思。叹口气，想想好像暂时也没那么紧张，算了，我也先放松一下。想到之前学校发邮件说鼓励大家多找实习，那干脆看看有没有什么机会好了。Leo游戏有点激烈，脚常常绷得笔直，动来动去。我腾出一只手，帮他按按脚，慢慢好像放松了一些。1 T j! R8 Y. W+ R1 x$ O, p' b$ t
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刷着刷着听到那边长舒一口气，我看过去，Leo一局打完，放下iPad，伸伸懒腰。看我在看他，笑得无比灿烂，骄傲地说：
/ o8 O, k! Q# \) f5 p! T/ f“I won! My team sucked but I saved their asses"+ @$ P1 ?3 j/ x# C, a7 H
我捏捏他脚上那个他最爱的点：& C: `+ c2 B0 R4 Z4 v. y
“I can tell. Ready for homework?"
% g, n* c% f9 k: D1 d, v* R"There's no rush. What are you up to?"说完后凑过来，扫了一眼：“You're looking for internship?"4 U* R" d9 U7 V: M# l. R/ ?
"Yea was kinda browsing. I heard it'd be difficult to land on a job without prior work experience?"% `. n1 t* I$ c8 `% Q
"Yes and no. Have you worked before?"0 L' o1 r& A* ]8 t
"Does food handler for dining hall in dorm count?"
5 U+ ?& S9 M& M- s"No. You need something relevant to your major"
& ]) X# }7 B- {# }"Have you had any internship?"
h1 r W5 A3 |( M; Q: j"Yea. I had two": f% y. O5 B# v G# A2 A4 o- h: i
我来了兴趣：0 d/ s* h- ?1 w. ^/ o8 {
"Wow. Didn't know that. Was it easy to get offer?"
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"Did you just apply online?"
* {8 Y9 [3 f+ U1 z2 W"No. My dad works for the company"+ @' G/ g7 e. e
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也许是看到了我的白眼，Leo又补了一枪：- c! ~# G$ k7 l Q' n
"That's typically how people get their first internship though. Then after you have something to put on your resume, you would have a much higher chance for other opportunities"
7 T) h% S1 G& R- Z9 K5 U 好吧，有些沮丧，我说：
/ o7 r# x. E) c, v/ l) @"What if I don't have that kind of connection..."突然灵光一闪：“Wait can I ask your dad for help so that I can intern in his company too?"9 n( y( t9 F l$ c/ a D) H
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没想到拒绝地这么干脆，我愕然，问：3 y3 c; N0 d0 y2 c9 r$ I
“But why?"3 d- U8 H# i$ @( c+ R% s
Leo往后一靠：) z, C2 d5 |/ ~8 l6 v
“We should look for internship together. I can help you and we can work for the same company. I don't want to work for my dad's company because he's kinda high up there. And if I ended up working there full time I'd be under his shadow for a long long time", J& L* _4 V; r3 Z0 l: L
一顿输出搞得我不知道是该开心还是难过。算了，情绪收一收，把课业完成最重要。拍拍Leo：
$ k/ b8 y3 z2 s! _"We should probably go study now, otherwise we won't even graduate, let alone getting jobs"+ I0 G, {0 G0 g5 U5 U3 _0 b1 z- t
Leo却好像突然想起来什么，看着我说：
: }+ L' {! Y# V( j"By the way I'm considering doing double major, both ME and EE. That way I get to be an electromechanical engineer, which gets much higher pay than mechanical alone"
) u- r: f" C( x2 B我看着吊儿郎当的Leo，忍不住出言提醒：- [$ s3 w9 I9 C/ _5 ^& C5 V
"But you don't even seem like enjoying studying for the only major you have right now"
6 P7 X5 |! \0 O, U“I don't need to. If I do decide to go down that route though,"停顿了一下，Leo用脚轻轻踢我一下，换了个更舒服的姿势，闭上眼，嘴角邪气地上扬，一副吃定我的样子："you're gonna do that with me Dustin."
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