I was in the middle of a sociology class, and yes, I wasn't listening. I was busy thinking of a way I would talk to my coursemate. Who should I talk to? What should I say to them? I was scared.
After the lecture, I reluctantly moved close to a group of students, talking and laughing, each time rethinking whether I should talk to them or not. I was so scared. At first, I turned away, but I wanted to prove Lucas wrong. I turned back to greet them.
"Hey," I said waving my hand to them while smiling. I was trying to make a good impression. They looked at me, surprised. Why were they surprised? What Lucas said, was it true? It was awkward. What should I do?
"uh… hi?" I said again. More like in a question. My fingers playing around, and my palm was sweaty. And I could swear that it was hotter than a desert.
"Hey," a blond tall girl said before everyone started telling me hi. It was totally weird. Lord, please save me. Why did I agree to this challenge?
"uhm… bye," I said before turning around to hurriedly leave the class. Outside, I tried to catch my breath. How was it hard to talk to my classmates?
From the corner of my eyes, I saw Lucas going to his class, along with Carrie. I rushed immediately, to catch up with him.
"Hey, wait," I said trying to catch my breath.
"Hey, Lizzy?" He said with his hands holding his bag strap. "What is wrong?"
"What is up?" Carrie asked me.
"You know what? I can't do it." I said totally ignoring Carrie. "It is so hard. I tried talking to them, but all we could say was 'hi' to each other. None of us spoke a word. It was so awkward. My palms were sweaty. It felt like I was going to die, with the way they looked at me. Why? Why would you do this to me? Do you want to kill me? Is that how much you hate me?" I blabbered, while Lucas listened to me attentively, and nodded his head at every word I say. He was a very good listener. On the other hand, Carrie rolled her eyes at me.
"c'mon you are just overreacting. Simple, you meet them and say 'hi' and then ask them about their day. You could ask them about something that you've noticed about them. Compliment them. I don't get why it is so hard for you to do that." Carrie scoffed.
"Easy for you I guess, well I am not you."
"You don't have to be me, to be able to talk to people." Carrie retorted.
"Oh yeah?"
"Oh yeah!"
"Ladies, ladies. All these won't help." Lucas said stepping in between us. "Lizzy, why don't we do it like this? When you and I are free, we will talk, but now, I have class." Lucas said looking at me.
"Okay… but I don't have your number"
"Oh… you can collect it from Carrie later. I have to go" He turned to head for his class.
"Okay. Bye," I said waving at him.
"Okay. Bye," Carried said, mimicking me. I rolled my eyes at her.
I slowly walked back to my hostel, rethinking what had happened. I smiled to myself. Oh my goodness, I can't wait to talk to him. And I will have his number *mentally screams*. Wait, I shouldn't be thinking about him. Concentrate Lizzy. But no matter how much I wanted to concentrate, I couldn't.