I'm Not The Girl You Used To Know

Chapter 3: First Day

"He was so totally into you", she squealed.

I rolled my eyes to her. "You always said that to boys who talk to me",

"And I was right, wasn't I? But from the way he looked at you, it was different. He seemed hooked by your presence", she said, excitedly.

"Then, what the other boys saw me like?", I asked to her silly statement.

"The others only wanted you for your body. But luckily you were smart enough not to sleep with them", she said in disgust.

Yeah, I'd kissed some boys at school, but never went into sex. They kept insisted me to do it, but I wasn't ready, that was why I call it off when they kept pushing me.

I didn't take dating seriously because in the end, I knew it never worked. There was no such thing as love. It was all a lie. My parents's marriage was the valid proof.

"Can we discuss it later? We're gonna be late", I changed the topic.

She took a glance to her watch and her eyes widened. "Shit. Class started in 10 minutes, we need to hurry", she said and ran to our class.

We reached there before the professor took steps to the class. We sighed in relief. We saw Mike and he waved his hand to us gesturing to sit with him.

I sat in the middle between Mike and Hailey. I didn't want to sit beside him. But couldn't help it because he moved to the seat next to him and asked me to sit where he just sat plus, the professor was already in class. So there was no use to argue.

The class was boring. Mostly the lesson was already been taught in high school. So, I didn't take notes. Mike nudged his elbow to me. I turned to him in annoyance.

"I know this class is boring, but at least, taking notes would be nice", he smirked.

"I think you guys are dumb to take notes because it is technically the reviews from high school", I said calmly, didn't want to sound rude. Then turned my attention to the teacher.

He chuckled. "Ouch, that hurts. But you have a point though", he said then put his pencil down.

I ignored him and continued listening to this boring teacher. I could sense that Mike took few glances towards me but I acted dumb.

After an hour, finally, the class was over and I sighed in relieve. I organized my books, ready to go to my next class.

"What's your next class?", Mike asked.
"Math", I replied with boring voice.

"Oh, well, I have English next", he said cheerfully but there was sadness from his voice.

"Well, see you later then", I said grabbing my bag and headed out with Hailey.

Hailey gave me a glare. "What? " I asked after we left the class.

"He was totally into you. And you ruined it", she scolded.

"What? He asked, I answered. How did it ruin anything?", I shrugged

"Because.... he's cute and he really likes you",

"Well, he's hot, I give you that, but I don't really like the guy. Like there's something off about him", I told her.

"Nonsense. He is perfect for you, okay? And it's been a while you're with a guy. Last time it was Jared and he's a jerk", she growled.

Jared was the last boy I 'dated'. I caught him kissing Miranda, one of the school sluts. But I was fine with that. I mean, we were just friends with benefits.

"I couldn't agree more", I said.

We reached the class and there were only few people in there. I realized that the class won't start in another 15 minutes. We took our time and found our seats.

Me and Hailey were chatting about our good old days in high school until someone tapped my shoulder. I turned around and saw our friends from high school. It was Jenny, Caleb, and Steven. They weren't as popular as me and Hailey, but we got along well with them.

"Hey, are you guys in this class, too? ", Jenny asked excitedly. Her dark hair had been dyed into light brown and it suited her well.

"Yeah. Wow, I can't believe we're having same class"

"You and me both, babe", Caleb winked at me. Yeah, we used to 'date' for almost a week. But he soon realized that I didn't want something serious and he was okay being my friends with benefits.

"How're doing, babe? Don't you think it's such coincidence that we're in the same school again?", Caleb said as his hands playing with my hair.

I slapped his hands off. "Don't you babe me, ass", I scowled him.

The others laughed but then stopped as we saw the professor stepped in the room. Everybody took their seats and the professor began the lesson.