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12: You

Chapter 12: YOU

"Hell no! I'm not a for hire thing." Albert said while putting his tray of lunch on our table.

We decided to eat our lunch outside because we didn't want to bump with Hal and his friends.

"What did you answered?" I asked.

"I didn't say anything. I just walked out. It's so fucked up."

Thinking about it, Caleb with his good looks, he could pick anyone he wants and pretend to have a relationship with him to shoo his clingy cheating ex.

"How about Hal?" He suddenly asked and I shrugged.

"He stopped with his notes which is good, I guess." I said and I caught Albert looking at me with a strange face making me frown. "What's with that look?"

"Did you just said that Hal was the daily app?" He asked and I frowned.

"Didn't I tell you before?"

I pushed my shoulder. "Dude! No, you didn't. Are you kidding me? It was him?"

I nodded and he shook his head while laughing. "And here we thought that it was some chick!"

I rolled my eyes. "Shut up."

"Those group of guys are weird. I guess I should start avoiding them." He said and I agreed.

**

We had an exam and I find it easy because I studied a few days ago before that day and I think Albert also did well because he was moving his pen without hesitation which was a miracle.

I finished the test with my classmates still busy answering and I waited for someone to pass his paper first before I stood up and passed my paper.

It was the last subject and I waited for Albert to finish because I always hitch a ride with him on my way home.

"Hey." I turned to check who it was when I heard a familiar voice. It was Hal, obviously.

"Oh, hey." I greeted back and it felt awkward. So awkward I couldn't look straight to his blue eyes.

"Going home?"

"Yeah. I'm still waiting for Albert to finish his test."

Hal nodded and he looked like he still have something to say but stopped himself from saying it.

"Take care."

"Thanks."

Hal smiled then walked ahead. I even forgot to say take care also.

"Damn." I slapped my head for feeling like dumb because I couldn't have a proper conversation with him.

I didn't know why I feel so conscious when he's near me. Maybe because of his aura?

**

I was running late because mom woke me up late and I didn't blame her because I turned off my alarm when it starts shouting and I just went back to sleep and wait for mom to wake me up instead.

I didn't got to hitch with mom too because they're also running late and Cheryll was never home. She bought an apartment few blocks near the campus. I didn't want to live with her though and we're really not that close.

I was walking but at the same time running to my locker to get my binder. I opened my locker after putting my combination and I jumped when I heard beads jumping out from my locker, noisily bouncing and scattering on the floor catching everyone's attention there.

"Shit!" I exclaimed and started picking those pearls. I thought those were beads but looking at it, it were pearls and I didn't recall placing pearls inside my locker or maybe someone was pulling a prank on me again.

Was it Albert?

Some of the students there helped me picked some of the pearls and handed it to me and I murmured my thanks before I placed it inside my bag because I didn't want to spill it again every time I open the locker.

I think someone was mistaken about placing it in my locker and I didn't know how did they placed it inside my locker. Was my locker being hacked!?

I grabbed my binder and I was surprised to see a familiar note. Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life. Then, he wrote his name on the lower right of the note which was the first time.

I frowned. Damn it! Why does it sounds like he was writing a fucking love letter! I felt so confused of what Hal was really trying to do.

As if on cue, I saw him walking down the hallway with his friends and our eyes met. I walked and stopped on their way making them stop walking.

They greeted me and I greeted back. Caleb wasn't there with them but who cares. I just wanted to talk to Hal.

"Can I talk to you?" I asked Hal and I could see his friend's snickering faces like they knew something.

What the hell?

"Okay." He said.

I didn't mind getting late for the first class anymore, I just wanted to clarify everything.

We walked to somewhere private outside the building and I turned around to face him. I didn't know how to start or what to say first.

"I just wanted to clarify everything." I said and he just looked at me with his serious face.

"About the notes. Like, why do you keep on sending me notes every single day? What do you want? What can you achieve from it?"

Does he want me to pretend also like what Caleb was trying to do with Al?

"You." He said making me frown.

"Excuse me?"

"You. I'm into you."

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