It had been seven days since I met Kate. After meeting Kate some unexpected thing happened.
Remember that skinny guy with glasses. Apparently, his name was John & he stopped wearing glass 3 days ago, probably to impress some girl he liked.
And the biggest thing of all was he started talking to me. This was kind of new & exciting for me; I could finally get a friend, we could chat, do things together so on & about the chatting thing, remember that package I received at the reception desk, the other day, it contained a mobile & a laptop suitable for a high school student.
But there was a catch; it only worked on school networks.
The school provided us with the sim cards & we had to do recharges from our own points. The process was simple just insert the card & it would ask you, whether you want to recharge & active your sim or not. The plans were simple & affordable. After choosing the plan & agreeing with the condition, the points would get debited & you were good to go.
The process was simple & fast but you were only allowed to contact anyone inside the campus. Call just won't connect to anyone outside the campus.
And about the laptop, you can use it however you want, but the same rule only worked on the school network.
Now, let's get back to John.
He was a friendly guy; I mean you could talk to him about anything and everything & he was very good at English.
The next day, he introduced me to another guy named Leo & about him, I had literally nothing to say, he was just plain and simple and he had a crush on Kate.
That's it, nothing much.
And the last one who talked to me was Donald, who only talked to me because he was a mutual friend between these two.
And one thing was common between these three, they were all perverts & always chat about girls.
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It's been 3 weeks since I joined this school. Life was nothing but peaceful. We had over $10,000 to spend in any way we wanted.
Students were living the life they always wanted.
They could sleep in class, chat loudly, but no one would say anything. It was the dream of every student in this world & they were living it.
They spend money like it was nothing.
It was like heaven to them, but it was all coming to a tragic end.
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In the nearby café at 4 pm, I was sitting alone, drinking some plain cheap coffee, they served as basic.
Was I waiting for someone? Yes, remember that idiot trio I mentioned earlier, they had planned a group meeting & asked me to join them. So having nothing better to do, I agreed.
I came to the meeting place 15 min earlier. The café was not that filled with people but, it was somewhat crowded.
At every table, you can find groups of either boys or girls, conversing loudly. 'Why do they have to be so noisy though?'
At a particular table, I saw a boy & a girl sitting in front of each other & drinking from the same thing they ordered, using a straw or something like that. From their behavior & looks in their eyes, I could tell that they were lovers.
But one thing, 'how on earth people fall in love? What was Love?'
Like some sort of connection forms when two compatible people looked at each other or similar to something like that.
Like what's the theory behind the whole love thing? What even drives these people to care so much about each other?
There were so many questions but I had no answer.
"I should give a visit to the library, sometime," I muttered to myself.
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"What's up Philip?"
A somewhat loud voice & a slap on my shoulder snapped me out of my thinking about falling in love.
And not to my surprise it was none other than Donald. And when did we become so good buddies?
Soon after him, both Leo & John joined.
They did their usual thing, like chatting loudly about girls & what other thing they could have done? And about me, I sat there, hearing their unnecessary inside thoughts on girls.
"So how many points you have left?" Leo asked John with a smile on his face.
"Me, I think I have 300 left," John replied.
"You have 300 points left, really. I have only 70 points left." Said Leo.
"What, you guys have any points left?" Donald asked.
"How could you guys possibly use more than 9000 points in just three weeks?" I asked.
"How you ask? We bought whatever we wanted." Said, John.
"It's no big deal and it's not like we are not going to get our allowance tomorrow. So what's the point of saving money?"
"But…"
"Calm down dude. Enjoy life a little. " This time Donald said like a philosopher.
These people were crazy. How it was even remotely possible that a high school student could possibly spend more than $10,000 dollars in just one single month?
It was not only these three but most of the students had done the same thing, first I thought they were just excited but now I knew these people had no common sense.
How the hell did even these guys think that this school would give them such a crazy sum of money with no string attached?
So many things were not clear & it was driving me crazy with each passing day.
"Yes, you are right. I am overthinking this." I said to Donald.
"Hey, do you guys know who Alex is dating?" asked Leo.
"Who is Alex?" I asked.
"What you don't know him?"
"No."
"Come on man. Everyone knows Alex." This time John said.
"If everyone knows him; then how come I don't know him?"
"Cause you, my friend only talks to your girlfriend and nobody else. And by the looks of her, I highly doubt she even knows anyone else other than you." Said Leo.
"Huh. Who is my girlfriend?" I asked a bit loudly.
In my response, all three looked at each other & said unanimously.
"Amanda!"
"What…? Where you did get that wild idea, that Amanda was my girlfriend?" I said.
"Everyone in the class was talking about it. Like how guys always talk to each other in class and always hang out together. Both of you don't talk to anyone else, so everyone assumed that you both were in a relationship." Said, John.
"Seriously."
I continued with a sigh.
"We are not in any relationship. Besides, Amanda is not the dating type."
I never thought that this type of rumor could spread around. How did these people assume everything without asking me even once?
"I don't about that. We never really talked to her before. If Kate hadn't brought it up, we probably would not even know her name. She just disappears into the background, like a shadow."
Some parts of it were definitely true. I could not recall Amanda really talking to anyone except for Kate or me.
"You wouldn't even know her name? That's awful."
"Oh, come on! Like you know everyone's name."
I could remember about half of their names. I got the point.
"She does have a really cute face though, doesn't she? That's why we noticed her."
Leo and the guys nodded in agreement.
"Guys, guys. I think we were talking about Alex, not Amanda." I added.
"Oh! Right, I forgot. Remember that guy with crazy good looks and blonde hair."
"Yes"
"That's Alex. Recently he became the class rep and whatnot. All the girls just wouldn't stop flocking around him". Leo said in an irritated tone.
"Oh! That guy." Now I remembered, he voluntarily choose to be the class rep or leader. Not in any way it was an easy job, everyone avoided it but, he took it. From that day he helped the class in so many ways, that I couldn't even describe.
"So do you guys have any idea, whom he is dating?" again asked John.
"How would I know? I notice only stuff about basketball," said Donald.
Apparently, Donald had joined the basketball club & was doing practices every day. I would say, he had a future in that.
"Listen, guys, let's just end this stuff about Alex. Talking about or even thinking about him pisses me off." Said Leo angrily.
"Oh yeah. Because you saw Kate & Alex talking. Right. " John said teasingly.
"What? No!" Leo cried.
From Leo's sudden change in behavior, I was even more sure that, he had a huge crush on Kate. And it was not a new thing, Most of the boys had a crush on her.
"Come on, I even heard a rumor that Alex was going to ask Kate on a very romantic date." This time Donald said winking to John.
"Yes, I even heard that they were walking to the dorms together, holding hands." Said, John.
And this was the breaking point for Leo. He snapped.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Leo shouted loudly & slammed the table, which attracted the whole cafe's attention.
Both John and Donald were obviously teasing him, but this thick-headed moron couldn't even understand that simple trick.
Noticing his sudden rage, both Donald and John started laughing & I just facepalmed myself. This guy was really dumb.
After looking around and seeing everyone's eyes focused on him & seeing the laughs, Leo's eyes became teary.
He got up & stormed out of the café, towards the dormitory.
"Man, that was really funny." Said John still laughing.
"Yeah yeah." Said Donald, who was also laughing.
"Don't you guys think he will hold a grudge against us?" I asked.
"Don't worry, Philip. He won't. We are all friends after all." Said John, giving me a small smile.
"If you say so," I replied.
Hanging out with these guys was really fun. For the first time in my life, I really enjoyed myself.
"So this is what having friends feel like," I muttered to myself.
And like that my day ended, but it was kind of a good experience.