CHAPTER 2
Troublesome
KHALID’S POV
Its still7:20 A.M. Since there are 10 minutes before the first subject starts, I think I shouldn’t enter the room yet.
Anyway, my name’s Khalid Samson. I’m 16 and a lazy fourth year student. I always ended up not attending my first subjects since I’m still in second year up until now.
I have many things to do at night and I don’t have any time to sleep so it turns out that I stole the time for every first subject that I have just to sleep. Well it’s not like I do it on purpose to sleep but you see, whenever I set my self to sleep for example, just for 10 minutes, it turns out that those 10 minutes became 1 hour, 2 hours, and worse is there are times that I just came to school just to sleep all day in this tree even though that’s not what I am supposed to do. So much for myself that’s me.
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After 1 hour and 20 minutes…
“I’m a dead meat!!! “
Khalid: *fall off from the tree* Ouch~ what’s with the ruckus?
“What the…?”
Khalid: You almost killed me! What did I ever do to you? I’m just sleeping peacefully up there and you just came here and shout? Are you nuts?
“Isn’t there a single person here who just shut up and leaves me alone?!”
She faced me and I recognized who that girl is.
Khalid: J-Jin? *hiccups*
Jin: How’d you know my name?
Khalid: What! *hiccups* did I say something?
Jin: Humph...
Khalid: Classes already started. Why are you here? *hiccups*
Jin: As if I’m the only student here. Wait, you doesn’t seemed familiar. Do you go to this school?
Khalid: Leave me alone. *hiccups* mind your own business.
Jin: Jeez. *started to walk away*
I remained silent. She seemed troubled. I just watch her walking away. I checked my watch and it’s already 8:55. I was about to stand when I started to feel pain in my right ankle and left arm.
Khalid:Is this what I get for not attending classes? Jeez… both of them are swelling!
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JIN’S POV
I decided to go back and luckily Mrs. Icain is no longer inside the room. I take a seat and open my bag and was about to get my pencil when I remember I left it in the library so I cannot draw something now while waiting for the next teacher. I cannot sleep either, I can’t use my cell phone too, and Mere might ask me again why I was so busy with my cell phone. I ended up staring at the window. Not long enough our Chemistry teacher came inside.
Ms. Earl:Good Morning everyone. How’s your day so far?
Students: *answered in chorus* “It’s great!” “It’s fine.”
Ms. Earl: That’s good to hear. Well for girls this might make your day better. Anyhow, class we have a new student, Mr. Villarete please come inside.
Students: *murmur* “Oh my! He’s so cute!” “I’m so lucky I’m in this section!” “He looks like someone!” “Yeah right, he makes my day better!”
Ms. Earl: Please introduce yourself to everyone Mr. Villarete.
Mr. Villarete: Yosh! I’m Zadkelle Villarete. So let’s get along everyone.
Ms. Earl: Thank you Zadkelle but how are you related to Mr. Jacob Villarete?
Zadkelle: Oh him? *chuckle*
Girls: *murmur* “OMG!” “I’m ready to die!” “Did you see how he chuckled?” “He’s like an angel!”
Zadkelle: He’s my older brother.
Girls: Really?!
Zadkelle: Yep! Supposedly, I should have came to my first subject which is English and at the same time handled by my brother but he left me in our apartment and he knows that I have problems with directions and places and he still leaves me. So I have to find my way from the apartment to school and from the entrance to this room. And luckily I find Ms. Earl and ask where this room is and luckily she’s also on her way here so I just followed her and it also turns out that she’s my teacher for Chemistry.
Ms. Earl: We understand you.
Zadkelle: Ahm, Ms. Earl Can I ask a question?
Ms. Earl: Go ahead.
Zadkelle: By any chance, is there a girl named Jin in here?
I was just looking outside the window the whole time when suddenly my world stopped when I heard my name. I have this feeling that I’m going to melt because everyone is staring at me.
Ms. Earl: I bet that’s her, your classmates just answered your question. And it looks like no one’s using that chair next to her. You can sit there if you want.
Zadkelle: Thank you Ms.
Ms. Earl: Let’s start our lesson everyone.
Why is this happening? First, I was annoyed with Mere’s joke, second I was caught by someone in the library, third was in that tree, a guy whose irritating me and forth a new student who asks my name in front of the class and became my seatmate? What’s next?
Zadkelle:So you’re Jin. Hello Jin. I’m Zadkelle. Oh! Here’s your pencil.
The moment I heard the word pencil is the moment I turn my head to his direction.
Jin:Where’d you get this?
Zadkelle:You forget me instantly? You’re the owner of this pencil right? You’re the girl who I caught earlier in the library right? You’re that girl from before right?
HUH~ *inhale, exhale*
Zadkelle: Are you alright?
Ms. Earl: Mr. Villarete, please pay attention. You too, Ms. Jin.
What? I didn’t do anything here!
After how many minutes…
Ms. Earl: Be sure to submit your research tomorrow everyone. Good bye.
All: Good bye Ms.
And there goes Ms. Earl. And here goes the noisy crowd again. And here goes Mere, walking closer and closer towards me.
Mere: Hey Jin! What I did earlier, I’m so sorry. I really didn’t mean to hurt you. I was just kidding, ‘kay?
If I didn’t react like that earlier then none of this would ever happen.
Mere: Jin, where were you after English? You left and you didn’t attend Ms. Icain’s subject. I’m so worried about you.
Zadkelle: I think I know where she is at that time.
Mere: Really? So you two met already?
Zadkelle: Yeah~ I didn’t even know that she’d be my classmate and at the same time my seat mate.
Mere: You said you already met earlier but why’d you ask whose Jin is?
Zadkelle: Well here’s the thing…
And that guy tells every detail what happened in the library to Mere.
Zadkelle: And then, I don’t want to report her immediately just because she’s trying to draw stuffs at that book so I let her slide… for now. And besides, I don’t want her to be in trouble for the very first day in this school year. That would be very frustrating.
Mere: Jin, you got yourself a savior. Next time don’t draw stuffs on the books especially if it’s the school’s property.
Jin: You shouldn’t call my drawing stuff. *stands up and left*
Mere, holds my wrist.
Mere: Where are you going… again?
Jin: Don’t worry; I’ll be back before the teacher gets here.
I’m heading to the school ground to soothe myself.
Zadkelle: Is she… always like that?
Mere: Well, I just know her when we were still first years and by the time we became friends I found out that she has been always like that.
Zadkelle: Oh~
Mere: And by the way, I’m Mere Sheldon.
Zadkelle: Zadkelle *shakes hands with Mere*
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I don’t know what’s going to happen to me especially now that I’m a third year. I sure have a feeling that lots of things will happen and change. Thinking about it; I met much bad luck recently. *sigh*