School was reopening very swiftly and I hadn't finished my holidays homework yet. Hey, hey don't judge me, nerds, I did some homework but I couldn't finish them all.
So with three days to school reopening, I decided to spend my time wisely aka in the library with five essays and three presentations and a science experiment which I was planning to fictionalise. My day was going to go just so tucking great, I overslept.
I pressed the elevator as if my life depended on it, and felt a surge of adrenaline and productiveness rush in my veins. I imagined the soundtrack from an action- thriller movie in the theatre of my life.
DING!
Sana.
And then Zerah.
"Hey, Lisa, we were just coming over—" Sana began.
I raised a finger, "I'm busy."
"Okay, but—"
It was zerah this time.
"Hush!" I said, "I have the Chemist and Mathnerd on my head, like little devils. Please let me—"
"LET'S HANG OUT!" Zerah said over me.
I must have looked like I felt. Sana was looking from him to me and then back at him.
"Hah! See that's how it feels!" he said with a victorious grin pasted on his face.
I was annoyed.
"shut it," I murmured and entered.
As I stood there and as the elevator stopped on various floors, I could hear Sana and Zerah talking. Whispering, to be exact.
I didn't want to listen, but I did. It's one of those situations where I felt like some elf was holding my ears open to listen.
"She's mad at you, you paperclip," Sana said gravely.
"What did I do?" he sounded exasperated, "I only....." people entered and I missed out big time here, "I wouldn't want to date some peasant who had no etiquette to listen!"
Peasant?! me?
He'd never call Sana a peasant, I thought, not how own girlfriend.
"Listen here, you twerp," I hissed at him, as soft as possible, lest I be heard by the other people, "Would it kill you to mind your own business?"
He frowned, as Sana shook her head.
"What are you talking about Lisa?" he said with a serious chuckle, "Your business IS my business... ever since the accident... "
The people around us were paying attention. I could feel it in my bones, their prying eyes on us. I felt repulsed. It probably showed in my face.
"hm," he grunted, and began reading the tags on my text books.
"Applied Chemistry?"
"Psychology?"
"Calculus?"
"Renaissance arts?"
He looked at me wide- eyed, "Oh Lisa, please tell you're not dumb."
"I'm not dumb," I said, as the lift doors opened and walked out with the others.
"wait up," Zerah's voice resounded in the large lobby.
Of course my angry ass didn't. And I'm proud of myself. But I was sort of tempted to see what he would do or say.
"Sana and I!" he said, coming for me with her behind him, "We're not bad people! Come on!"
That stopped me for a moment, people were looking. It must have been a comical sight ugh. I hate it when amusement arise at my expense.
"Hold up," I said, looking just slightly back, "Who the hell said that you or Sana were bad people?"
"Wait, Lisa–" he seemed confused, but not as confused as my soul, "why would you assume that anyone would say that Sana or I were bad people? you're not making sense here, unless of course, you thought so."
"Okay but seriously? You and your underhanded tactics to make me look evil, wow!" I snapped at him.
Ha, I know it's not as big but it seems so big at that time. ugh, the cringe.
"Hey hey, calm down. Why so mad?" he said coolly.
"Because... b-because..." I thought and spoke at once, making a joke out of myself.
"So..." Sana said, still out of breath but sexy as fuck, "let me translate for Zerah."
Translate?!
"when he said 'Sana and I are not bad people', he meant, we're not bad students," she said and then smiled, "Which brings the next translation, 'Let's study together'," she peered into my eyes, "So how bout it?"
I was very flattered for some reason. When two damn attractive people ask to study with you, it was just as natural as the time of the month, to feel tiny stars inside your tummy. Or maybe it was just that loner-ish me was just taken back.