Mari
“uhm... Is there something I can help you with?” I asked the new guy who was standing in front of me
“give me your number” he answered with a flirty voice.
“my number? Why?” I asked looking away from his face
He placed his hands on my desk and lowered his face to mine, like he was gonna kiss me. I was taken aback and I shivered slightly.
“hey! What do you think you're doing? Shift back!” I yelled at him. He chuckled softly and locked eyes with mine. His eyes were beautiful and I couldn't stop staring into them. They were hypnotizing me
“you're sad” he whispered. I gulped down and tried to look away but his hand gently pushed my face back to him
“why?” he asked, still in a whisper.
I didn't answer. I couldn't speak up. This stranger was mesmerizing me in a way I couldn't understand
I then remembered him. He was the guy who paid for my ice cream that day.
“Marigold?”
We both turned to see a confused looking Eliza staring at us. I was glad she showed up, she just helped breaking a spell off me.
“I'm sorry. I was just about to come” I apologized and hurriedly backed up my books. I didn't even mind putting them into my bag
I stood up and walked to her
“let's go” I said and began to pull her along before she said anything about the new boy
“Mari” he called me but I totally ignored and just pulled her along. He must have read my name from my ID card tagged on my collar.
When we got to the parking lot, she stopped walking and looked at me
“what?” I asked. I however knew what she was gonna say
“who's he? Got yourself a new crusher?” she asked and winked
“and he's so damn cute. Why do you always get the cute ones? Gosh” she said and literally fanned herself.
“do you want to get a sunburn?” I asked
“no. Why?” she asked
“because you seem to forget that the sun is really hot today and you're standing under it” I said and proceeded to open the door to the car
I heard her hiss and she trailed behind me slowly. I had opened the door, sat in, and even started the car before she reached it. She opened the door and sat in and I drove out immediately. I didn't want him to follow us just in case he thought to do so, I decided to go to a fast food restaurant so we could have lunch instead of going straight home.
“what do you want to eat for lunch?” I asked as I drove out of our department.
“something light. How about McDonald's?” she asked and I nodded.
My mind drifted off to the first time I entered there. It was Will who teased me for not tasting their burgers before. So I just went there to taste it.
Oh how I miss Will!
My eyes turned teary and I expected myself to break down in the nearest minutes
“that guy. Don't you think he looks like a celebrity? He's got these huge arms and this perfect masculine jawline. Damn! He turns the flirt on in me” Eliza echoed in my head.
I blinked my eyes repeatedly and heaved a sigh
“but I leave him for you. I don't want to snatch your man. Hahahaha” she added. Those words hit the wrong spot though she meant it as a joke.
I burst into tears and screamed out “no... No I don't want him! I don't want nobody else! I want Will. Will is the man I want!”
“oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! Mari! You're driving! Please stop crying. You're gonna get us killed!” she panicked
I sniffed and she hurriedly pulled out a tissue for me. I collected it and dabbed on the tears.
“I've told you to forget about him. It's been two weeks already! Be strong please!” Eliza's yelling didn't make anything better. But her yell had anger. Not at me but at herself. She was really regretting making me go through this pain. If not for her persuasion, I wouldn't have accepted him.
“I want to cry over a bowl of ice-cream” I whimpered
“chocolate ice-cream?” she asked and I nodded
“then let's go eat some burgers and fries first. Then we'd stay up all night watching a sad movie and scooping ice-cream in our mouths” she said and I pouted
“now be a good girl and concentrate on driving. Thank you” she then pinched my cheek and I smiled and sighed softly.
The McDonald's was close by so we got there in no time. We went to a booth and ordered our fries and burgers with smoothies each.
“do you know I got an A in History?” Eliza started out as she picked a piece of fry
“an A? How did you do it?” I asked with amusement. Eliza was a C student, the average but I was the A and sometimes B student.
“I stayed up all night reading because the new professor is so good looking. With his locks that curl down to his ears” she closed her eyes and smiled. My mouth went agape, she open her eyes and chuckled
“you're crazy Eliza. You're crazy” I said and she laughed
“I know right? But I find him so attractive. Why don't I hit on him?”
“oh my goodness! Are you seriously saying this? Gosh!”
“Hahahahaha. Come on it's not that bad. They are people who get married to teachers who TAUGHT THEM!” she said firmly
“yeah whatever. Do as you wish.” I said with a giggle
“I'm sorry to bring this up but that guy, why didn't you tell me you had a guy as good looking as him” she said and put the straw from the smoothie cup into her mouth
“I had a guy?” I asked emphatically
“sorry. I meant, you knew someone like that. Why didn't you tell me you knew someone like that?” she asked
“well he just resumed today” I said
“resumed today?”
“yeah. A transfer student from a European university” I said and shrugged
“man! Hook us up. How is his accent? Which country? Is it Italy? France? Ireland? Scotland? Wales? Wait... Is it England? It has to be England right?”
I sighed and brushed my hair with my fingers
“just ask him yourself, okay?” I said
She glared at me and I smirked at her. We were silent and eating for just three seconds before I remembered what I wanted to tell her
“do you know he was the one who paid for my ice cream? The one I gave you?”
“you don't mean it? He was the one? Why did he pay for it?” she asked and I shrugged
“why I'm I thinking he's trying to hit on you? He paid for your ice-cream and asked for your number today”
“he shouldn't dare. I'll so kill him”
“kill me too so I can be with him”
I laughed and hit her head playfully
“be serious for once Elizabeth” I said and she laughed
“that reminds me, I'm going home after this semester is over and you're coming with me. It's been awhile you saw your aunt”
“yeah. I actually do need a change of environment” I said and sighed softly
“there's something I think I want to do” Eliza said and I looked up at her from the table that I was just looking at for no reason
“yeah?”
“baking. I want to learn how to bake different things” she announced with bright eyes
“why the sudden interest?”
“it's fun both as a pre-vocational skill and as a mouth skill. Yum yum!”
I giggled “you know you're very lucky Eliza. You've got a nice body that doesn't get fat” I said and she chuckled. I looked left and saw that guy standing at the entrance
“what the heck is he doing here?” I just asked. Eliza followed my gaze and saw him
“hmm, maybe he followed us. Don't you think?” she asked
“Eish” I muttered
He was looking around as if to find me or someone else
“look down, don't let him see us” I said and Eliza was reluctant to do so
“come on” I urged her and pulled down her ear
“ouch ouch. Okay okay” she uttered and bent her head
“why don't you like that guy?” she asked
“he seems like a flirt” I answered
“hey!” a masculine voice echoed at our booth
“damn” I mumbled and we both slowly raised our heads