I am working on my second book but my first fiction novel. It's flowing just lovely so far, but now I've run into a snag and want the advice of other writers to help me through.
My character is a college student. I had her in the classroom with this guy. They managed to be the last ones to leave the classroom. He's smitten with her and she thinks she may be smitten with him, but she doesn't want to be and she doesn't want him to see her getting smitten, so when he comes over to talk to her she tells him it's late and she has this book to read for a class tomorrow. He already knows that she is reading this book and it's about ten at night, so it's natural for her not to want to stay and chat. She declines his offer to walk her to her car then dashes out the door. Then I used a car scene to help her make the transition from thinking about the guy to thinking about the book she has to read. The book is important to the plot. Then I do the scene at home. Now it's the next day and I'm not sure how to get her from home back to school. I don't want another car scene. The plot does not require anything momentous or relevant to happen between home and school. At the same time, I don't want to use an abrupt "Meanwhile, back at the ranch" transition.
This is not, per se, a romance novel. It will be a kinda historical chick lit with a little romance thrown in.
Can anyone suggest ways to handle this?
