Meanwhile, the class time for the day started with the ringing of the bell. Nathan who was done dealing with the office room rushed to the first floor where their classroom was situated and Lucas along with Travis who was busy planning for their big feast for Nathan while hanging out in one side of the corridor took preparation to enter the classroom.
Unlike other days a huge surprise, in one word a huge shocking moment was waiting for Aurora and the rest of their classmates.
Within a few minutes of the bell ringing out Lucas and Nathan along with Travis and Oliver entered into the classroom together which was an eye-pleasing scenery for all the female classmates as two handsome hunks of their grade took their entry together while giving a huge feast to their eyes where that sight of Nathan and Lucas gave a strike of lighting on Aurora and her most of the friends as they already knew that Lucas was showing interest on or roaming with Nathan was meant to be some kind of unpredicted disaster awaiting for Nathan that he himself wasn't aware of.
Aurora clenched her one fist while hugging it to her chest as an unknown fear with an ominous feeling was gradually overtaking her heart only by having a slight glimpse of Lucas and also there was a hidden worry for Nathan in there that she herself didn't realize at that moment.
Along with Lucas's entry into the classroom, Aurora could feel the pressure of a lot of eyes on her where a lot of words of shipping and whispering of pairing were surrounding her ears. No doubt that even after years of their last talking or their last hanging out together still there were so many people who used to enjoy the pairing up of Lucas and Aurora together even they themselves knew about their discontinuing of communication.
In a short while after their entry to the classroom, as usual, Mr Mathew rushed to the classroom to attend their lesson. Like always Mr Mathew started his lesson with his greeting and a little bit here and there talks and also during the lesson time as usual Aurora play the role of his reminder like his personal Al or google assistant.
But the real feast for their classmates began when Mr Mathew paired up Aurora and Lucas as per his old habit of pairing them up to complete the group task of math explanation on the board but the twist for that day was one of them would assist and guide another where another would solve the problems on the board but both of them have to play the role of the guide and solver separately where one had to finish his or her task before another would begin. As a result, where Lucas played the role of first one to explain Aurora chose to be the spectator for him to guide him when it was needed.
While everyone was enjoying the view of Aurora and Lucas pairing up to do the math solution after a long time, there were still two people who totally disliked that view of those two being spotted together and the situation they were in.
The first one was Aurora herself who didn't want to hear the name of Lucas but had to forcefully made herself convince to do those tasks as per showing respect to her honourable teacher and the second one was obviously Nathan but he himself was confused why he was disliking and hating the sight of Aurora being with Lucas even for a simple task yet he was forcing himself to watch that scenery of them as he didn't have another option but to do so and also to hear the whispering sounds and the words of pairing up of Aurora and Lucas continuously from his fellow classmates was putting his heart at an unease where his poor heart was exploding because of their wild fantasies.
Where poor Nathan was having a serious feeling of burning up in his heart, the whole class was enjoying their math explanation section while having a look at Aurora who was standing from her seat by focusing on Lucas who was noting down on the board but a sudden twist happened when Lucas paused all of a sudden while solving a math problem as he got himself stuck in an equation.
Aurora could notice it that Lucas was doing the sum wrong and even if he solved it, it would be hard for the weak students to digest it.
So, Aurora put an objection to Mr Mathew as she didn't want to put any words directly to Lucas as she already knew that Lucas wouldn't talk with her and would ignore her completely and wouldn't even bother to take her suggestion, "Sir, is this the right equation to be used here???"
"Aurora, you shouldn't say this to me because you should talk about it with Lucas instead of me as he is your partner and the one to be guided by you. This is the teamwork of you two. So, I am not interfering your task until you guys completed it for me to see the results.", said Mr Mathew in a gentle voice while fixing his spectacles.
"Lucas, what about you??? Can you do it or you want to offer it to Aurora to do???", added Mr Mathew in a polite voice while taking a look at Lucas who seemed to be little worked out because of the equation.
"I can do it, sir.", said Lucas with a smile focussing back to the board where Mr Mathw nodded to his words.
"But sir, it's not like that… It's…", Aurora was complaining again but before she could complete her words Lucas interrupted her politely by saying, "Aurora, please I can do it by myself."
Hearing Lucas calling out Aurora their classmates paused immediately by stopped their writing in middle and took a look at them as if they were seen a ghost.
Aurora herself was shocked too much to be struck with a peal of thunder as Lucas talked with her after total two years in the raw and it was something unbelievable for her to digest out of the blue.
She couldn't believe her ears because it had been two years that she had last heard his harmonious voice without his those arrogant taunting tones that he had been using in front of her to mock or ridicule her for those two years. So for her, it was as if she had already forgotten the melody of his charming honey pouring calm voice.
In the depth down in her heart she felt a strange kind of unknown happiness because after years her long lost friend decided to talk with her as the same way he used to have a conversation with her in the past but at the same time there was a fear possessing her heart by reminding her about the dark sides of the Lucas who had been trying to devour her completely to make her a puppet in his palm for last two years.
So, the bud of happiness which was blooming into a flower in her heart was immediately devoured by the huge bug of fear and she immediately prepared herself to witness the cruel reality by focussing on the ugly devilish face of Lucas behind his fake mask of kindness that he was wearing to deceive others.
She began to put her words forth by taking a deep breath to calm herself down, "But still it's not…"
But as expected before she could completely put forth her words Lucas who could easily read the face of Aurora said out gently, "Are you worrying about me???"
"Huh???", Aurora who heard his words was dumbfounded without having any words to reply to him.
"Please let me do it.", said Lucas with a smile while focusing back on the board by taking advantage of Aurora's being dumbfounded.
Aurora who couldn't stand Lucas's tricky words finally said out without any hesitation, "But it's not going to solve this way, Lucas."
Hearing Aurora's voice and getting hold of the hidden stress in her words Lucas said in a gentle voice by turning to Aurora, "Aurora, please, calm down. I am doing it."
"Lucas, you are not getting it.", said Aurora in a serious voice.
"I know you are worried about me. I mean your team member but still, let me give a try.", said Lucas with a teasing smile by looking at Aurora.
"Lucas but you…", Aurora was again about to put her words forth but again she was interrupted by Lucas's words, "Aurora, trust me. I will do it."
"Lucas…" Aurora muttered to herself helplessly in an irritated voice as he wasn't letting her talk and was intentionally trying to change the topic with his misleading words.
"Okay, now stay quiet and calm. Let me do it.", said Lucas with a smile while turning back and focussing on the equation.
"This guy never listened to me. He is doing it wrong. Do whatever you want to do. Do or die. Idiot Lucas. Humph.", thought Aurora to herself by giving up arguing with him as he wasn't giving a chance for her to speak and was also playing tricky words game to manipulate their conversation into something else.
So, Aurora decided to keep watching what he was up to by standing there silently and in the boredom, she took a slight look at their classmates and got to witness something unexpected as she could only see those extra sparkling shiny eyes of them which were focusing on Lucas and her along with their sly smiles while drooling over their self-created wild fantasies about her and Lucas.
By their such reactions, she could easily understand that her crazy classmates had mistaken the argument of two toppers over one math solution as a sweet argument of two lovers over one being too worried about another losing face which was clearly indicating that Lucas was successful to manipulate the situation as the way he wanted for them to see without even her realization.
In a few seconds, Lucas solve the problem and took a look at Aurora with a smile but as Aurora thought it to be, the worse happened as his solution was a little bit too hard for the weakling and time-consuming for the rest of them.
By observing it Mr Mathew said, "Good job, Lucas but there is a more easy way to do it. Is there anyone who can do it??? Because the method Lucas used to solve it is a bit tough one for his classmates."
"Sir, I can do it.". Said Aurora confidently.
But Mr Mathew who wanted to try others' luck said gently, "I know, Aurora. You can but for today let's try someone else as it was Lucas's part let me pick from boys."
"Is there anyone who can solve this in an easy method from boys???", asked Mr Mathew while taking a stroll by the boys' raw of seats.
Aurora was curiously looking at everyone and was jumping upside down from inside to solve the problem as she knew that there was none in the class who could solve it expect her where Lucas was happily standing in front of the board confidently as he was also aware that none in the boys' raw could solve it.
But the table changed when someone said out breaking the ice out of the blue by raising his hand with a confident voice which sought everyone's attention "Sir I can do it."
Aurora who recognized that cold calm voice turned to the boys' raw and her doubt was proven to be right as the boy who took the intuitive was none other than Nathan.
Lucas's expression changed to see Nathan's sudden move while Aurora was also at a shocked because of his sudden act of braveness to accept to solve the problem because whether Aurora or Lucas in both of their point of view, Nathan was a noner with no extraordinary academics.
But only Nathan himself knew that his taking sudden initiative to solve the math was not taken out of his braveness or his own willingness but because of his being too fade up to see Aurora and Lucas together and also to witness Lucas's flirtatious attitude towards Aurora. He also knew that it was not an act of the braveness of his mind but was the stupidity of his heart which was making him dig his own grave.
"Hey, Aurora, is this Nathan dumb???", said Scarlet curiously who was sitting beside her from the left [she was just trying to measure the innocence of Nathan].
"That's what I am thinking he is digging his own grave.", said Chole who was also sitting next to her from the right [she was just trying to figure another ship for Aurora].
"Keep quiet, guys. Even I can't understand.", said Aurora confusedly while trying to guess the situation [mainly she was drown in the ocean of worries for Nathan unknownly].
"Why I felt as if Lucas was doing this on purpose???", said Madison from the bench behind them in an irritated voice [as usual the core hater of Lucas venting her anger].
"Who knows poor Nathan if he fails…", said Ophelia worriedly from beside Madison [the one who always forgot to complete her line because of being too worried].
"Then he would become a laughing stock.", said Emily in a serious voice while examing the sly faces of others who were already taking the preparation to pull dirt at Nathan's failure [the freedom speaker without any barrier, she never hesitated to pass down her opinion].
"That's it. Do something, Aurora", said all of them together while pulling Aurora's both hands and shaking them worriedly [all of them are seeking their own goals by making Aurora the scapegoat].
"But what can I do???", exclaimed Aurora confusedly while shaking of their hands away and rubbing her temple worriedly.