"Hi. You're the girl in the field, right? I'm sorry. It's just that those girls were chasing me to take pictures with them. It's okay for me to take pictures with my fans but as you can see. They're too many. I can't handle it." He explained and I was just there looking in front since ma'am Torres is already discussing but my ears were focused on what he was saying.
"Anyway, I'm Matthew. How about you? Do you mind telling me your name, seatmate?" He asked.
"I'm Miel." I simply said.
"What a beautiful name. Nice to meet you, Miel." He said then he offered me his hand.
"Ma'am Torres is already discussing. You should listen and don't talk to me. I don't want to be mentioned and to be ordered to stay outside because I am not listening. I bet you don't want it too." I said while still looking in front.
Yup. I find this guy really cool and handsome but I know what should I prioritized.
"You're so serious. Just shake hands with me. Like this..." he took my right hand which is in my table. Swear what he did made me flinch a little. He pulled it closer to him. He hold it using his right hand then he shook it like what he want.
I'm just staring in front and was so dumbfounded that I can feel my heart pounding loud in my chest. What the hell did this man just do?
"This is all that I want. Now I won't bother you anymore. I will now listen to ma'am Torres too." He whispered. He let go of my hand already then he looked in front.
I don't understand anything from what Mrs. Torres is discussing and I just realize that I am not breathing. I'm resisting it! God this man!
I inhaled and exhaled many times then I closed my eyes to make myself clam before looking in front again.
"Does anyone knows what does the BigBang Theory suggests?" Ma'am Torres asked but no one raised their hand. "No one?" She asked again. Still, no one raised their hand. "How about you, Ms. Dela Vega?" She said while looking at me with her eyes full of expectations.
"Ma'am BigBang Theory suggests---"Kindly stand up, Ms. Dela Vega so everyone will listen." Ma'am Torres interrupted.
"Oh. I'm sorry, ma'am." I said then I hurriedly stand up.
"It's okay. Go on, Ms. Dela Vega. Continue talking." She ordered.
I fixed my eyeglasses first before I speak. "Yes, ma'am. So to continue, BigBang Theory suggests that our universe was made 13.7 billion years ago in a massive expansion that blew up space like a giant balloon." I explained which made ma'am Torres smile.
"Very good, Ms. Dela Vega. Very well said like what I've expected." Ma'am Torres said, commending my answer then she continued on her discussion.
"You're a genius!" Matthew said the moment I sat on my chair again.
"C'mon, Matthew. It's easy. There are so many students who can elaborate it more than me." I said.
"Still, you're amazing. You're unprepared but still you answered ot correctly. It's good that I was placed here. I have a genius seatmate." He said as if she won in a lottery.
"Crazy." I whispered.
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Two hours have passed and it's recess time now. And in that two hours with Matthew, all I can say is that he's talkative. He can't shut his mouth up and god knows how much I resisted him just to avoid being mentioned in our class for a sin of not listening to the teacher.
"Hey!" I flinched when someone held my arm the moment I went out of the classroom to buy some food in the cafeteria. It's the girl I met in the field. The one who helped me with my wound.
"Oh hi...." I stopped since I don't know her name yet. It seems that she understood why I stopped so she told me her name.
"Janice. And you are?" She asked then she extended her hand in front of me.
"Miel." I answered then we shook hands.
"Nice to meet you, Miel. Let's eat in the cafeteria. My treat." She said. She held my hand then she ran.
"Hey! Wait up!" I said because I don't want to run.
"C'mon. There's a table in the cafeteria which I really like. I'm afraid someone might get it right before us." She explained then she continue on running till we reach the cafeteria.
"Hey! That's our seat!" She shouted then hurriedly went through the table beside the glass window. Three men was about to seat there and she stopped them.
"Janice, you're messing with the bullies!" I whispered in her ear when I familiarized their faces.
"Trust me they won't hurt us." She said calmly.
"What? How can you be so sure?" I asked again.
"Someone wants to taste my punch huh." Said the bully guy.
"I think we should go while he's not yet seeing our faces." I told Janice but she did not listen. I even held her hand and pulled it but she resisted it. Now the bully guy was already facing us so I closed my eyes, ready to be punched or anything but seconds have passed and I felt nothing.
"J-janice? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." The bully guy said that made me open my eyes.
"It's okay. Just let us sit here then I'll forgive you." Janice said.
"Of course you can sit here." Said the leader of the bullies then pulled the chair for her. "You may sit now, Janice." He said softly.
Is this true? Oh my God.
"Thanks. Please leave us now." She ordered which the leader of yhe three immediately followed. He ordered whispered something to his friends the they all left us here alone.
"Woah. How can you do that?" I asked since that was too surprising.
"That man, the leader of the bullies likes me. So he gives me everything I want. Exciting isn't it?" She said then took her wallet out of her bag.
"Uh. Yeah?" I said unsure.
"Uh. Miel, can you order our food? I can't come with you because no one will reserve this seat for us." She suddenly said then she handed me a 1000 peso bill.
"Of course. What do you want to eat?" I asked then took the bill.
"A carbonara and a lemonade please." She answered.
"Okay." I said then prepared myself to go to the counter.
"Thank you " She said.
I went to the counter now to order our food. It's good that I'm the only one to order so I won't wait that long. I went to the cashier and told her our order. Minutes later, our order was already ready to serve. I paid it then I went to our table, holding the tray of food.
"We can eat now." I said then placed the food in our table.
"Thank you, Miel " She said as she took her pasta then she ate it.
"You love carbonara?" I asked since she seems like enjoying the food.
"Yup. This is my favorite of all the pastas I've taste." She answered then look at my food. "How about you? What is that?" She asked pointing at my food.
"This is called pancit palabok. It's a variation of pancit." I answered then I took the fork to eat my food.
"The nerd has a friend?" Someone at my back said.
"Maybe she's using her for her own advantage. I saw that girl giving that nerd money a while ago."
"Are you saying that she's a gold digger?"
"Don't mind them. I approached you first. I know you're not like that." Janice suddenly said that made me stop from listening to those girls. I don't know but her words makes me feel happy. Because for the first time, someone did not judge me because of my fashion ang looks.
"Thank you, Janice." I said then smiled at her.
"You're welcome We're friends now don't we?" She asked.
"Friends." I said then I held her hand which made her smile.