Yuree
" Can I sit with you ?" a guy said smiling fondly at me . He was large and big bellied . I tilted my head and smiled back wearily .
Honestly I didn't know how much more I could take .
" No thanks . I just want to sit with my friend , okay ?" I said politely enough .
" Oh okay ," he said, the smile was gone now and he was frowning at me as if I had said something wrong .
" There's a free seat by that bench though " I said pointing to one of the benches under the acorn tree .
" Thanks for nothing ." He said walking in the opposite direction from where I had just pointed .
" Your welcome ! " Terry yelled behind his retreating back .
" That was a walrus in a sausage ." Terry said disdainfully
" Don't " I said crossly " don't say that about him ."
Terry lifted his brown brow ," Well he was . And don't tell me ...he's your type ?!"
I smiled sardonicly , " Really , you think he's my type ?"
" I have no idea anymore . You've been refusing and saying no to every single guy whose come to you . My next guess is that your typless or just not into guys ."
" I have a type and yes I'm into guys ." I said vehemently ," I just don't want to date some random anybody who comes by ."
" Okay , what ever you say ." Terry relented and put a carrot in his mouth and started crunching it .
" Where do they come from though ?" I asked after a while of eating our lunch .
" What ?" Terry asked confused .
" These guys where do they come from ?" I asked him
" umm school , I think . But there was that guy who was from the back streets though ." Terry said shrugging .
" That's my point !" I said intensely ," how can a guy from the back streets know about me ? And don't say it's because I'm hot or something else as ridiculous ." I added before he could say it .
" I looked in the mirror the other day and I couldn't see the appeal ."
Terry rolled his eyes , " Well your not going to date yourself so your opinion doesn't count ."
" Whatever , but back to the main topic here " I said " How do these guys know who I am and that I'm single ? "
" Well Lassy did yell-"
" Even if she yelled it out loud in the auditorium that doesn't explain how - " I was immediately interrupted by Hort , the guy I had met in the cafeteria .
" Yuree , do you want to have lunch with me ?" he asked me smiling and his braces shined in the light .
" Umm no thanks Hort . I'm almost done actually , maybe next time ." I said nicely , I really didn't want to though .
Hort gave me the shivers , especially with his love for keeping everything I touched or used .
" Okay , tommorow then ." He said as if we had both agreed .
" Sure , we'll all eat together . Right Terry ?" I said smiling pointedly at my friend .
Terry lifted a brow but nodded his head , still eating a carrot.
Hort frowned , clearly this wasn't how he had planned it . He turned around to go but then I stopped him .
" Hort !"
" Yes ?" he answered smiling ,
" I have something I want to ask you ." I said and indicated for him to sit next to Terry .
Terry opened his mouth and closed it , without saying a word .
" What do you want to ask me ?" Hort said taking the seat .
" I want to ask ... how did you know who I was , that day at the cafeteria ?" I asked him .
I had just realised the best way to find out how all these boys were so interested in me and how they knew about me was to ask one of them .
Not exactly smart but definitely conventional .
" Wait a ... you don't know ?" Hort said looking at me as if I had had walked into a room full of people and apologized for disturbing them only to be told it was my house .
" Don't know what ?" I asked him .
" I found out about you from Yuree-Queen-of-hearts ."
" What ?! " both me and Terry said at the same time .
" You know ...your blog ." Hort said looking at us confused .
How could he be confused though ? I had a right to be confused .
" My blog ? What blog and on what website ?" I asked dumbfounded .
Hort reached into his pocket and took out his cellular phone .
" Here it is" He said opening the screen and turning it to me .
I looked at the website and I couldn't believe my eyes .
It was an entire website based on me ! And not just any kind , a fanpage with consort seekers .
The website was for talking , discussing , vowing to court and love messaging ...to me .
I looked at the number of people joined in and drew my breath short .
It was nearly over a 1000 people !
I didn't even know that many people . And worst of all the majority of the people were men and now it all made sense .
" Wow , just wow ." Terry said next to me ," I can't believe it ."
I turned to him ," YOU can't believe it ? I CAN'T believe it ! "
" I know right ? I honestly thought you'd get twice as many people as that if you opened a blog ."
"..."
" You are seriously worried about number scores right now ?" I asked him miffed , could he be alittle more serious about this ?
" Well what do you want me say ?" Terry said taking his seat ," I'm not surprised , you were bound to be put on a fan page with that face of yours ."
" I don't care , I don't want this !" I said , All my days of disturbance was because someone decided to create a stalk site about me ? It felt degrading somehow like I was a latest form of goods and everyone was talking about value and quality .
I had seen some of the messages and my photos ( I have no idea when or where they got them ) it was a mixture of sweet promises and vows of love . I felt so exposed and ...other things I couldn't describe .
" What's wrong , Yuree ?" Hort said , I had gotten so worked up I almost forgot he was there .
" Hort who started this website ?" I asked him , whoever it was I would demand they shut it down .
" No one knows exactly . The website was created recently though . It has barely been a week since it was set ." Hort said looking at my face closely .
Did I have crumbs on my face ?
" Well that clinches it doesn't it ?" Terry said snapping his fingers.
I looked at him for an explanation .
He sighed heavily ,
" Lassy , who else ?" he simply like it was obvious .
" I don't think her ." I said rolling my eyes
" Why not ? She was the one who yelled about-"
" yes , I know what she said" I interrupted him ," but what would she gain from this ?"
" Well you lost your piece of mind ." Terry said weakly .
I shook my head ," No , these boys are ... obnoxious - but not you Hort " I added quickly , I didn't want to offend him . Hort smiled like he had just been proclaimed the best .
Oh brother , I felt like palming myself .
" But ," I continued " I haven't lost any sleep over this . I'm more worried about the play , we still haven't found a female lead ."
" I thought Mrs Wen was handling it ?" Terry asked and I nodded my head .
" Yeah , she said she is . I'll know after tomorrow when we go for rehearsals what she has planned ."
" Okay ... and Lassy ?"
" If she had created a website for me " I said returning to the subject ," it would be a hate page . Where she can curse me to her hearts content . I don't think she would create a fan page to make me popular ."
" mmm yeah your right . " Terry said ," So what are you going to do ?"
" About these boys or about the play ?"
Terry looked at me dubiously , he obviously didn't care about the play as much as I did .
He meant the boys obviously .
" I don't know. Maybe if I just ignore them it will go away." I said limply .
" Your going to ignore over a thousand people coming at you ?" he asked and I had to lower my head . Yeah it was stupid. I couldn't ignore that many people .
" There is one idea that could work ."
I looked up at Hort , who had spoken . He was grinning at me .
Why did I keep forgetting he was here ?
" What's that ?" Terry asked him
Hort's grin became a small chuckle , " If Yuree wants these guys to stop coming onto him , there is one easy solution ."
" Which is ?" Terry asked impatiently .
" Yuree has to show that he's no longer available ," Hort said looking at me ," He has to get a boyfriend ."