3rd person POV
"Alright students, what's the power of 2?" Ms. Guzman said
"Uhhhh how am I supposed to know?" Ray said head in his head whilst fidgeting with his pencil
"It's an integer. If you use the square roots...Say... for four. You will get 16. But for 4 x 2 is 8. You just get a whole number when you do the square root." Miko said
Ray didn't even understand what she was saying. He wasn't good at math at all, in fact, he was failing the class himself!
Miko Arigashi was an honors student and all her classes. She had an A+ in that class. Not a surprise.
Every time Ray would ask her for help or if she could do his homework, she would respond with no and that he'll have to do it on his own so he can learn.
"Excellent, Miko!! Now, I'm going to ask a student this one. What is the power of 20?"
Ray wish and his head that he better not be chosen
"....Ray!" Ms Guzman said smiling and pointing her stick at Ray
Ray gulped and started to sweat. If he makes a fool out of himself... He doesn't know what he will do.
"Uhhmm....50....?"
Ms Guzman shook her head
"100...?"
She shook her head no again
"It's all right. Miko?"
"The answer to what is the power of 20? It's 1048576! You see, the Hence, 2 to the power of 20 can be written as 220. Here, the number 2 is called the base, whereas 20 is the power or exponent." Miko said smiling and standing up from her chair
Ms Guzman was in shock how she calculated that in her head without using a calculator!
Ray just rolled his eyes
Miko has been like this since middle school. Every math class Ray has had, she was always in there.
After class, Ray went to his dorm. His roommate was Don. But he wasn't around now. He was busy working. Usually Ray would just take naps but his friend, Emma, would bring her girlfriend, Gilda there.
He took a short nap and went to the nearest boba shop. He met Emma there with Gilda.
"Hey Ray! How was classes today?" Gilda asked
"Hell as usual." Ray said picking up a menu
"Was it math?" Emma asked sipping on her tea
Ray nodded and ordered a strawberry cheesecake and some taro boba tea.
"I'm great at math! I can help you." Gilda said smiling
"Thanks but you're gonna be busy." Ray said
"No I won't I will actually help you. We just have to plan ahead of time."
" You sure?"
"Yes, Ray. Also you don't seem okay is something bothering you?" Gilda asked
"It's nothing." Ray lied
"Ray! I know that you're lying... tell us!!" Emma said in a very serious tone
"Ahh fine! I...I just want a boyfriend!" Ray said huffing
"You want a boyfriend?!" Emma asked excitedly
"Shhhhh!!!!" Ray said yelling
"Sorry, Sorry! Omg but you want a boyfriend? Aren't there guys in your class?" Emma said smiling big
Ray's food and drink came and he started to eat.
"Ehhh ...they're not my type." He said eating his cake
"Dating app?" Gilda asked finishing her boba
"Sometimes people lie about their identity." Ray responded.
"Don't worry! This takes time. I know you'll get one. Just first focus on your school work." Emma said
The rest of the time all three of them talked about other things and planned
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When Ray came back from seeing Gilda and Emma, he was greeted by Don.
"Hey! Where were you?" He asked looking from his laptop
"I went out for boba with Emma and Gilda."
"Damn...Didn't even save me any!" Don said pouting and folding his arms
Ray looked bewildered "H-Huh?! I'm so sorry-"
Don laughed a little "Hahaha nah you're good. Glad you had fun."
Ray smiled, sat on his bed and called his mother to see how she was doing back home
"Ray! How have you been?" Isabella said in a cheerful tone
"Good. How about you?"
"Good. And I'm doing great. How was class today? Was it difficult? Should I sign you up for different classes-"
"Mom it was alright. Don't panic." Ray sighed
"You sure, sweetie?" Isabella asked in a worried tone
"Yes, mom. I'm okay."
"So...Math is treating you well?"
"Yeah..."
"You don't sound confident!"
"No! Math is good! Very easy!"
"Ray, I feel like you're lying. Are you lying to your mother?!"
"Mom..No."
"I hope you're not. Like I said, if you always want to come and live with me...My door is always open."
"Yes mom. Thanks. I love you. Talk to you soon."
"Aww okay. Love you too. Goodnight!"
"Night!"
To be continued
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FanfictionRay is a second year college student that has a friend that's named "Emma Watson". Also second year! Since for a while, Ray has seen Emma's girlfriend, Gilda, with her and is jealous of wanting a boyfriend. One day he sees an ad on the building that...
