It's been almost a month since college started and I'd adapted with my schedule. When they say college was fun, I did trust them. But now when I thought about it, I would like to go back to high school.
The homeworks made me going nuts! These past few days, me and Hailey spent at her dorm mostly doing our homeworks. College was a big deal, so there was no way I would screw it up.
Hailey changed a little since college. Back in high school, we would do our homeworks together and joined the study club. Now, she seemed lazy and mostly she copied my works.
I didn't mind actually. But when I needed her help, she couldn't. It made me upset sometimes but I didn't tell her. Most of the time, she texted with Kevin. I guessed her lack of motivation was because he wasn't around.
Mike still following me and terroring me to go at a date with him. I wanted to, but I put my studies first. I told him about it but he kept insisting me to have a coffee with him.
Yesterday, he asked me again for a thousand time. I said I'd go to a date with him so that he would shut up. He seemed glad and said that he would be at my apartment on Saturday at 7 PM.
So here I was, dressing for the date. I wore a red polkadot blouse with black skirt that came to my knees. I applied eyeliner and mascara. I didn't want to look fancy so I just let my straight hair down to my back.
I went out of my room and headed to kitchen for some water. Brian and Ethan were in the kitchen too. Their heads turned to me and stared like I was a ghost.
"What?", I snapped.
"Y-you look nice. Where're you going? ", Brian stuttered.
"I have a date", I sighed, opening the fridge and grab a bottle of water.
"Really? and who's this lucky guy?", Brian's eyes brighten. I took a glance to Ethan and he didn't look happy. What was in him?
"Well, just an idiot in my class", I muttered, finishing my drink.
"Okay, have fun then", Brian was confused with my answer.
"How about you?", I asked him.
"What about me?", he asked
"Don't play dumb with me. I know you have a girlfriend", I said
"How do you know that?", he confused. I raised my brows and my eyes turned to Ethan.
Brian noticed and widened his eyes to his best friend. "You told her?"
Ethan shrugged. "Wait, you don't want me to know?", I asked, irritated.
"No, it's just... I want to tell you myself", he said. "And since you've known, I'll let you guys meet. You're gonna love her", he smiled. He seemed really like this girl.
Before I could answer him, the bell rang. It must be Mike. I sighed and headed to the door.
I opened the door and revealing Mike with his huge grin. He wore a navy blue shirt with dark blazer and jeans. I got to admit, he looked H-O-T.
I realized that I was staring him too long that he chuckled. "You look pretty", he said.
"Um, thanks. You too", I blushed.
"Well, who we have here?", Brian appeared from my back, making me jumped. Ethan was here too.
"Hi, I'm Mike", he extended his hand to Brian. Brian welcomed it and shook his hand so was Ethan, but Ethan kept scowling him.
"I bet you're Linda's date, right?", Brian asked but I could sense his protective side.
"Yes, sir", Mike looked nervous.
"Please, call me Brian, and this is Ethan", he pointed Ethan. Ethan's eyes was still locked to Mike's face. Geez, what was wrong with him.
"Sure, Brian", he smiled nervously.
"OK,can we go now?", I asked Brian, breaking the tension.
"Sure,sure. Why not. Just don't get home too late", Brian said
I grabbed my purse from the kitchen and headed back to the door. I saw that Brian was saying something to Mike but I didn't want to know.
"OK, let's go", I pulled Mike's arm and headed to the lift.
"Have fun", I heard Brian's voice before we turned away.
Mike took me to a restaurant couple blocks from the campus. It was quite fancy. I was relieved I didn't dress too casual.
"Your brothers are nice", Mike said when we were seated.
"My brother's just Brian. Ethan is his best friend", I said.
"Oh. Does he live with you guys too?"
"Yeah, actually it's their apartment. I'm just staying for college", I said. After I graduated I planned to move out to bigger city, like New York maybe?
"Oh, so you're not from around here?", he asked.
"No, I'm from Denver. Brian and Ethan got a job here, so they bought the apartment together".
"So, how about you?", I asked. I didn't want him to question me about my past.
"Well, I'm from Minnesota. I have a sister. She's 15 now. My dad is a doctor and my mom has her own bakery. I have a nice life. When I got accepted for college, I didn't want to go honestly. But I have to. I mean, we can't always stay in one place forever, right?", he chuckled.
I just gave him a tight smile. Of course he wouldn't want to go because he has everything he wanted back home. A good life, good family. Just like everything I wanted.
"Are you OK?", he said when he saw I didn't say anything.
"Uh, no. I'm just hungry. That's all", I lied.
Speak of the devil, our food came. I realized I was famished. I didn't have lunch. The mushroom ravioli looked mouth watering. We ate and talked, getting to know each other. But of course I always avoided the topic
about my family. Whenever he asked about them, I would give a simple answers.
"So what your majoring in?", he asked.
"Computer science. You?", I answer after I swallowed my food.
"Wow, that's pretty cool", he sounded impressed. "I take psychology"
"You want to be a counsellor?"
"Yeah. Something like that. I have a friend in high school and he had uh.. family problem. His parents fighting everyday and they were abusive too. I remember he tried to cover one of his scars when I accidentally saw it. He was depressed and almost killed himself a few times. One day after school, a teacher found him dead in the toilet. He cut himself and bled to death. Since that, I wanted to help people like him so there won't be another victims. It's too bad I couldn't save him", his face fell.
I was stoned. His friend's story was almost like mine except the abusive thing. My tear was almost fell but I tried my best not to. I was touched by his reason. I guessed he wasn't that bad after all.
"You have a good heart, Mike. I'm sure you'll be a great counsellor", I smiled.
He smiled back. "Thanks. So uh, why do you choose computer science?", he asked changing the topic.
"I like computers, programming, and I kind of interested in engineering. So, I thought computer science suits me well", I said.
"But it's a hard major. Are you sure you can handle it?" , he amused.
"Nothing's impossible", I answered easily.
"Your optimism amazed me", he smirked.
"Oh, really?", I teased. "How can you tell?"
"Lucky guess?", he shrugged. "I like girls with confidence", he winked.
I rolled my eyes. After we finished the meal, Mike offered to pay. I said it wasn't necessary because I could pay my own meal. I gave up when he gave his credit card to the waiter.
"I really enjoy tonight. We should do this again", he said when we were in front of my apartment building.
"Me too", I smiled. I did enjoyed his company. Getting to know him made me changed my mind about him.
He leaned his head to me, wanting to kiss. I leaned too and our lips met. He kissed me slowly and full of passion. He tasted so good. We pulled back to gasp some air.
We stared at each other and chuckled. "So, this means that you'll go to another date with me?", he smirked.
"Hmm.. I don't know. Maybe? ", I teased.
"You're such a tease", he pecked my lips.
I chuckled. "I gotta go now. My brother's waiting", I said and I gave him another kiss. He seemed surprised by my sudden move.
"Good night, beautiful", he said after I pulled back.
"Night", I said and went inside the building.