I wasn't thinking about what he told to me but I thought Emi was busy with her work, but she has plenty of time to go around Jake. Should I ask her about this or not? Besides, it's hard to imagine that she would like a man with such a devilish mind.
At the end of the day, I stopped by the entrance as Jake said. I saw Cross looking at me. I smiled at him but he looked away and went from there.What happened to him? He's been like that since morning.
I just waited for jake. He came with his friends. I saw him looking around and when he finally saw me, he said goodbye to his friends and came to me.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" He put the bag on his shoulder.
I shook my head as if to say no.Let's go then, he said and smiled. We walked along the road without talking. Finally, he started talking, "Alright, let's go there." He ran forward.
Finally, we had come to the tree where I was used to study freely. After going there, he turned back and shrunk his nose like a little kid saying "wet here" and ran to a bench in front of it.
I went there too. " So how's the project going? You're working on it, aren't you?" He said as he let me sit down.
"I haven't started yet. It's a team work, not an individual thing. I said angrily.
He started laughing at that. "Then we have to meet often, right?"
I left him after a few hours and start to walk for home.
Then I got a call from Emi.
"Ruth where are you? I need to talk for a while."
I cut the line saying I am on the way now.
I went straight to Emi's house. As soon as I knocked on the door, she opened the door. She must have been waiting for me.
Maybe talk about what I saw in college.
After I went in, she started talking, "Since this evening, Cross has not come out of the room. Even when I asked him, he refused to say anything about it." She said with a serious face.
" Yeah He was very strange today that he came after college in the evening without waiting for me." I said.
After that I tried to talk to him but he neither opened the door nor spoke to me.
After waiting for some time, I came home.
Since then, Cross has avoided me. He looked like he didn't see me. I tried to talk to him several times but to no avail.
I didn't do anything to him, then I also tried to avoid him.It's a problem for our friends. If he stays, I won't be there. If I stay, he won't stay. They asked me several times but I didn't say anything.
In the meantime, Jake and I have finished planning the structure of our project. Mr. Kim had informed to submit the proposal within this week. Now it's over.
we can use the upcoming summer vacation for that. There are many things to do.As we shared things, I should study animals and Jake should study plants.
He choose the study of plants and gave me the study of animals because it was the hardest task. No matter how much time passes, he is the same evil person he was before.
A few days after submitting the proposal, Mr. Kim called a meeting. There we got to know that three best proposals will be selected and the selected group will be able to participate in the trip organized by the Ge club.
Two other professors had attended the meeting. After some time, they mentioned the names of the students related to the selected proposals. Among them, our names was mentioned. Four other students including us selected for trip.
I felt happy, but when I thought about my partner, that desire disappeared. " Huh trip with that face" I thought looking at him. He looked at me happily and smiled.
"Congratulations to the selected students. I will inform you about the trip later. Everyone should submit the project at the end of the vacation. The selected students should stop at the end of the meeting," Mr. Kim said at the end of the meeting.
When the other students left, he started talking. "The reason for choosing these proposals is not because they are 100% perfect, but because they had the least mistakes. I think that we will be able to learn about new things because of this trip. We have not chosen a specific place yet. We hope to inform you about it soon. Use this chance for your project. "Okay, if you have any questions you can ask now ," he said, ending his speech.
The students there raised their hands and started asking questions.
"Will Mr. Kim come with us, when will we go?"
I came out while they were asking questions.
At the same time, Jake came out and passed me by saying, "I am coming to your house today.Before that, you have to go somewhere with me."
"What did he say now" I was confused and watched him go." How do I take a boy to home, is he crazy?"
After the last lecture in the evening, I came to eat. I don't even see my friends. So I brought the food plate and sat at an empty table and started eating.
After some time I saw Cross was watching me from a table across from the table where I sat. I fel bit uncomfortable at that stare cause he always avoided me and now . so I looked other side. At the same time, he got up and started coming towards me. Maybe he saw me looking at him.I kept looking away.
"Hey nerd come with me we are late" Jake came and pulled my hand. What a perfect timing I thought.
"Let me finish this" I said taking my hand away. He held my hand tightly again and took me outside without hearing anything.