Volume 2: Witches
[JUSTIN]
There are three witches on my campus: Kimmy, Lisa and Candy. Not literal witches, but the three of them can really bewitch anyone every time they are strolling down the campus hallways, making everybody stops for a moment to stare at them. Sexy, beautiful with seductive eyes, and their classy clothes can make girls also love to look at them.
They all have long hair. Kimmy and Candy have blond hair, while Lisa has red hair. They all often try to get my attention, for I am the most influential student at this University; I'm the chairman of the Department of Student Association (DSA), who is admired for many reasons, has the most luxurious car and has the richest family. Amongst the other students, I seem to be the only one here who already has his own company. Women like these three witches liked to approach men of influence, looks and money the most, like me.
I came to campus earlier today, and I saw the three witches in the corner of the locker. I pretended not to see them and was busy picking up the books in my locker, but out of the corner of my eye I saw them coming towards me.
"Hey Justin," said Candy.
I closed the locker and leaned against it, looking at the three of them. "Have you ever stopped being together like everywhere?"
They glanced at each other, then shook their heads coquettishly.
"Then you want me to date all of you?"
"Do you want it?" Kimmy answered quickly with a laugh.
"Not really," I replied as I walked out of the locker, but they still followed me like minions.
"We just want us to eat together in the canteen this afternoon," concluded Lisa.
I stopped, and I looked up confused. I guess they don't need to raise prestige anymore.. Why do they still need to have lunch with me?
"What for?" I asked. I didn't want to accept their wish right away.
"So you can judge whether we deserve to enter DSA or not," said Kimmy.
Aaaahhhh... So they want to join DSA. So that they can have more chances to approach me?
"We are always busy at DSA..." I said, still pretending to be indifferent. There was a little cry in my heart to immediately accept their request, but I didn't want to appear easy.
Lisa suddenly grabbed my arm. "It's okay.. We'll be busy, but we're with you.."
"And it's too late. I have to immediately find my successor to be the chairman of DSA.. Graduation will be soon, right?"
They looked sullen. I know they won't be graduating anytime soon because they haven't even finished their thesis yet. But I will soon leave DSA and this campus.
"We're okay with only for the remaining two or three months.. Please?" Kimmy sulked.
"Hmm.. OK, later this afternoon," I replied. "I'll finish class at 1, you girls just wait in the canteen at that time."
We are in different classes, so I don't know if they are free at 1 o'clock. But even though they have a class at that time, I'm sure they will clear that hour for me.
"OK, it's 1 o'clock," said Lisa as she let go of my arm.
I was ready to walk away, but Kimmy stopped me. "Wait! I just found this book on the street, it says Alexa, Modeling Architecture. You take Modeling Architecture too, right?"
I took the book from his hand. "Yes, I have a Modeling Architecture class too, but which Alexa is this? I don't know all of my classmates."
They laughed.
"Then she's probably an ugly, unattractive student," Candy said with a laugh. "If she's pretty, you'll know her name."
Well.. she's right.
"OK, I'll look for her later in class. It will my first class today."
They smile together. Oh my gosh, they're all too sweet. If Jack was here, I'd be told to be make love to them all at once.
The clock still pointed to 7:40. I walked past the Modeling Architecture class, which was still quiet and a bit dark, and then walked down the hall to the next class, to Ramon's class. Ramon took the Real Estate elective class.
"Hey Ramon!"
The class was already brightly lit and had a large population. Ramon came over to me.
"You're shining, Justin. Hey.. Just been teased by Kimmy, huh?" Ramon sometimes looks like a psychic.
"I was teased by the three of them! They wanted to join DSA, so they asked me to have lunch together so I could see if they could join."
"What???"
Ramon was quite surprised, because the three witches didn't really fit into DSA. This organization is quite busy, because we often hold student activities such as seminars, art performances, and so on. We have to be willing to work overtime without getting paid. But under my leadership, this generation of DSA was luxurious and prestigious, so many students wanted to join here.
"What do they want to join DSA for?" Ramon asked, shaking his head.
I shrugged my shoulders. "Do you want to come with them for lunch this afternoon?"
"Are you crazy? Who doesn't want to eat with Candy?"
"But this is Candy with Lisa and Kimmy.."
"Yes, are you crazy? Who doesn't want to eat with Kimmy?"
The rhetorical question made me chuckle. Will they be able to bewitch me to accept them right away?
"If you were dating Candy, I think you'd be like dating conjoined triplets," I said. I know Ramon likes Candy the most, but the three of them seem inseparable.
"You make me think about nasty stuff," said Ramon, punching me in the chest. "Never mind, I'll see you later this afternoon. It's 1 o'clock, right?"
"Yes!" I replied with a mischievous smile and walked away, back to my class.
The bell rang, and I was surprised to see that my class was full, even though it seemed like it was empty only a minute ago. I entered the classroom, went to the lecturer's desk and tapped the table with a marker several times.
"Alexa!" I shouted in front of the class and then spelled her name. "A L E X A!"
A girl in a sweater stumbled forward and approached me. With big eyes, tall but tiny nose bones and cute lips, her face is innocent without make-up; She was very badly dressed with long brown braided hair with no bangs, looking like a country woman herding sheep.
"Yes?" She said.
"Are you Alexa?" Duh, stupid question, Justin.
"Justin, I've been in your class for almost a semester, and you don't know my name?" She answered in sarcasm.
I shrugged my shoulders and replied. "Sorry.."
This is a class of 50 students and we change classes all the time, so it's not my fault I don't know a girl who looks like you, I thought to myself. I also don't know many other students in my class.. But Candy is right, this girl is really unattractive.
I held out the book Kimmy had found. "I think you lost this earlier, and Kimmy found it."
He took the book rather rudely. "Geez, I didn't realize.."
You idiot, I cursed in my heart. It's ugly, stupid, and rude. I thought of Kimmy, Lisa and the coquettish Candy, who always showed off their beautiful nails gently.
Then I walked away and sat on my bench, ignoring Alexa who was trying to say thank you.
Modeling Architecture had two sessions today, and time went by so fast. At 1 o'clock exactly I was walking towards the cafeteria, and I saw Kimmy, Lisa and Candy were already there with Ramon.
"Ramon, did you see Jack today?"
"No, I don't think Jack's here," replied Ramon. "Jared was just here, but I don't know where he went now."
"Ah, Jared.. I need to meet him too.. I want to talk about next week's event. Hmm... I didn't see Ken either," I continued.
"Oh, Ken is in DSA office," said Lisa.
So, why does she even know who is in my DSA office? But I pretended not to be surprised.
"Okay, let's have lunch. What do you want to order?"
I am like a walking bank. I always like to offer anyone who sit with me to eat and I will pay for them all.
"I just want tuna toast with vanilla ice," said Lisa, and the other two answered in unison, "Me too!"
Oh, great. Really triple conjoined twins.
"I want a double burrito and an Americano," said Ramon.
I ordered at the canteen at the very corner, which actually looks more like a cafe than a canteen. I ordered myself a small pineapple pizza and an Americano.
Suddenly someone tapped my shoulder from behind.
"I want the same as you ordered, Justin."
"Jared! I exclaimed, "I was looking for you."
Great, three macho guys and three flirty girls were having lunch together. I hope I didn't make a mistake today. I really didn't plan this!
We then sat together on the cleanest bench there, because the other benches were still full of the rest of the previous customer's trash.
"That DSA requires a lot of work overtime," I said, and Jared nodded.
"I used to be in DSA," Ramon interrupted. "But I dropped out in my sophomore year because I prefer to work on my PC at home."
"I only have one class session today, then I go straight to work in the office cutting stickers for next week's event, because there will be a seminar, right?" Jared said.
"Ah yes," I said. "There will be a seminar next week, Monday afternoon, on the Student Project for the Department of Architecture."
"What should we do?" asked Kimmy excitedly.
"Nooo.. Wait," I answered quickly. "I don't even know your motivation for joining DSA.. I don't want you to be the members who don't want to work for fear of breaking your nails!"
"Oh, so nails can break at DSA?"
Damn, what kind of question is this? I held back a laugh.
"Girls, listen." Jared tried to explain. "You'll probably cut stickers until your hands hurt because there are hundreds of them, or type a lot of things, or wait for printing, which sometimes has an error, sticking decorations on the stage while climbing a chair or table, or meeting for hours to determine assignments and make plans. "
Kimmy, Lisa and Candy were dumbfounded but trying to digest it all. They obviously seemed to have a hard time doing all that, but somehow they were excited.
Jared has the position of vice chairman of DSA and he is a very efficient organizer, so he knows very well what to do in the office.
"You know what, actually I don't think you are suitable for DSA," I said honestly.
"But you're the chairman of DSA, Justin, even though you don't really fit in," said Candy.
She has a point too. Usually people like me are not the leaders of campus organizations. I'm not the type of a leader, but I'm the type of person who likes power. I'm the bossy type, and DSA is respected among lecturers for being considered the most important and prestigious organization on campus. So I really take advantage of my capacity to lead this organization.
"I like to lead, and I like to have influence. You will also have influence if you are at DSA," I said.
"We already have a lot of influence, but we want to have more influence," said Kimmy.
Hmmm.. I'm starting to smell their goal now.
"We want to be considered students who are useful and worthy of respect," Lisa continued.
Ahhh, I know now. They are not really smart students, and their grades must be bad, so I guess they want to be appreciated by the lecturers so that their thesis can run smoothly!
"You want your thesis to run smoothly so you can pass quickly, right?" I asked with a smile.
Candy smiled shyly.
We are all in our 8th semester now, and we are focusing on thesis, although some of us are still taking elective classes.
"Yes, we want to be respected by our thesis supervisor, because you know that our grades are not good," Candy answered.
I don't know your grades, I thought to myself, but anyone can guess if you're not the type of smart student who would pass a thesis easily.
"OK, if that's the case... DSA wants to help. We also like to help students who have difficulty with lessons," I concluded.
The eyes of the three witches immediately lit up, and the three of them immediately cheered. Ramon, Jared and I just looked at each other while smiling.
All our orders came, and we started to eat together. Luckily, I thought.. It turned out to be just that simple. It's not a bad thing if they want to help at DSA.. We will help them too.
"But is it okay for your parents if sometimes you come home late at night? Or come home early in the morning? Because sometimes we're so busy that we spend the night at..."
"Huh? So we can stay overnight with you guys too at DSA?" Kimmy's scream cut off Jared's words.
I choked.