Chapter 42
-Alys-
"Are you snoring?" I turned around and then I saw the drunk man!
"Leshe, get out of my sight!!" I told him and turned my back. I was doing an assignment and then that Tripp would start bothering me! Aish, I'm so annoyed forever!
He pretended not to hear anything and sat down next to me. I was here at Brent's mini canteen doing an assignment since I had a really bad trip last Sunday because of what he did! Ughh!!
He brought the chips he was eating closer to me, "Do you want some?"
"I don't want to!" I shouted at him. It's a good thing we're here in the mini canteen because if we were in the cafeteria, people would probably be looking at us. Why was Tripp born with resentment and is he taking his resentment out on me?
"That's rude," he said, then looked at what I was doing, "It's just College Algebra, Zy. Take it easy," he commented when he saw me wanting to throw my Leithold book.
"You're smart! And one more thing, don't call me Zy, please. We're not close!" I told him. This Tripp Marco is really touchy! Split ends hurt!
"Why? Zyril is cute. I don't like Alys, it seems like your name is just a joke."
"I'll report you to mommy!!"
Suddenly he laughed at me, "What are you laughing at?"
"You," he said, "you really think like a child sometimes, Zy."
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Hey, Alys. Be patient. That's your only friend in Brent, be patient too when you have time. So that I wouldn't notice Tripp's presence too much, I just focused more on my assignment. Good thing Sir asked me to take home this exercise or else I might have failed.
"It's mine," Tripp said, grabbing my worksheet from me.
"This one's so easy."
"You're smart!!"
"Thanks," he said, winking at me. Ugh, can I throw up now??
He answered my exercise quickly and then handed me back the work sheet. "Do you want me to teach you?"
I shook my head, "What are you waiting for?"
"Okay, okay?"
"After you fooled me?? You'll still be a fool in my life forever, Marco!!"
He laughed at me. Leshe why is this Marco laughing at me!! It's annoying! After he fooled me/joked at me, he still has the urge to laugh at me, huh?!
"That's awesome, you probably have a crush on me, right?" he said.
I acted like I was sick, "You're disgusting for what you're saying!"
"Why do you seem so disappointed that what I just said was a joke?" he said while looking into my eyes. Since I didn't want to make eye contact with him (it was like he was hypnotizing me when I looked at him), I threw fries in his face.
"Oh, this woman is disgusting," he said while removing the fries from his face.
"Che! That's your business. Are you a bully!"
"Well, you're disappointed." He said, mocking me.
"I'm not disappointed!!" I shouted. Why would I be disappointed when he had a 'Just me' spiel and then after a few seconds he suddenly laughed out loud?? Why would I be disappointed, right??? It's crazy!
He shook his head as he removed the fries from his face and took a handkerchief and wiped it. "I'm sorry," he said.
"Apology not accepted."
"Why are you so angry?"
"Because you tricked me."
He suddenly laughed but stopped because I widened his eyes, "I'm sorry, Zyril. If you could talk, I'm like your boyfriend and I'm a womanizer."
"Hey, Tripp Marco! You're so emotional, aren't you?"
He shrugged, "no, I'm just saying what I see you doing."
I told you not to debate with this guy, nothing will happen. I just took the exercise he answered and studied how he did it. Seriously, why do we have Math in CA?? Culinary Arts is good because I've always wanted to avoid Maths and then suddenly we have Math too? Huhuhu. Life is so cruel
"Hey," he said while I was studying, "I'm sorry if you're really angry. I was just joking because you're crying so much."
"So, every time I cry, you're going to trick me like that?!" I said to him. I hope I never cry in front of him again! He didn't know I almost fainted when I heard that! I felt like at one point, I was an unfaithful girlfriend even though I didn't do anything except sit on the swing.
"I just panicked. You almost choked. I didn't know you loved Drake so much..." he said softly.
I raised an eyebrow at him, "Do you know Drake?"
He shrugged, "You mentioned his name once."
Oh? Did I tell Tripp about Drake? Hmmm. Maybe I just forgot. I'm a little haggard from what's going on in my life. I wanna break free!!
When I finished what I was doing, I walked to my room but Tripp took me because he insisted. He was making up for the trick he did to me. Tss. I'm still angry!
"Look who's here again," I heard Joy David, my other classmate in this course, say. Huhuhu. They're going to fight me again. They always pick on me, I don't know why. It was good in high school, I knew why Kei was fighting me, but now, I don't know because all of a sudden they're fighting me.
I just ignored them and went straight to my seat. Avoiding trouble too. It was only my second week at Brent, I didn't want to be called to the office because of a fight. But because they were really mean...
"So, are you just going to be quiet now?!" Julienne Amper said. I looked up because they were surrounding me. This is not good!
"Oh? Where did your tongue go?" Jenneh said.
Drake, Aya, where are you? Please help me...
"W-why are you fighting me?" I asked them. They laughed in unison. I thought this only happened in movies but it's happening to me!
"You're seriously asking that?" sabi ni Joy David.
"Y-yes?" I answered. I'm scared!!
Julienne sat in my armchair and whispered to me, "cos you're so selfish, missy. You took Drake, you even got Tripp involved. Don't you think that's a little too overboard?" she said as she played with my hair. I promise I'm peeing from excitement and nervousness!
"Do you know Drake?" I asked.
Jenneh smiled at me, "he's our batch mate but unfortunately, he transferred to SCA for some unknown reasons, and for some VERY ruinous reason, you became his girlfriend."
Shems yes. Drake is from Tiga Brent High! Why did I forget that?! That's why the girls here always look at me because they know Drake and they're mad because I'm his girlfriend! Shems what kind of trouble have I gotten myself into?? I enrolled in a school that's full of fan girls.
Am I suicidal??
"S-sorry," I just said even though I didn't understand why I had to apologize why I had to apologize.
"Tss, as if your sorry could do anything. Just watch your back," they said and then left me. Okay? Did they threaten me??
The whole class ended with me scared. Seriously, I was scared. Watch my back? I feel like anytime I walk I'm going to get a burn on my head! Okay, I guess I've been watching too much Koreanovelas!
After class, I went straight home. I really feel exhausted and I need a massage!! I chose to walk home. It was about a fifteen minute walk but I needed time to think. Yes, sometimes I think too.
When I passed by the park and saw the swing, I sat down on it again. I think this swing is cursed but I'm still sitting on it. I want to talk to Drake but I don't have his number. I don't want to go to his condo because I'm shy... and then maybe later I'll see that Octopus. No way in hell!
After minutes of silence, I decided to go home. I'll just sleep it off! Maybe tomorrow everything will be back to normal. I walked home but I was nervous. It was weird. It was weird because I saw myself going to Drake's condo...
I went up to the 19th floor and encoded the passcode. Maybe that's okay, right? He gave it to me. I went in and looked for him. He wasn't in the kitchen, he wasn't in the bedroom either. Maybe he left?
I was about to leave when I heard a noise... I walked towards it but I guess I was the one who should have been surprised.
Ouch.
I ran out of his condo crying. I've been crying all the time, I noticed! Why can't I cry from what I saw?? You see your boyfriend with the girl he first loved coming out of the CR and sweating profusely, what do you think?!!
I didn't go to the park because later I'll be seen on that swing again!! I went to Dad's haven. I'll just be quiet here.
"Alys? Is that you?"
I turned around and saw Tripp coming towards me with food, "why are you here?"
I wiped my tears, "Why are you here?"
He suddenly dropped the food he was carrying, "why are you crying again?!" he asked me.
"N-nothing," I said. I didn't want to tell anyone about my problem. I just wanted to keep it inside me so that when it was full, I would have the courage to go to Drake and tell him how much I was struggling.
He sat next to me and wiped my tears, "five."
"Ha?"
He was still wiping my tears, "My tolerance for you crying is only up to five, Alys. You're already three. When five comes, I'll make my joke real.""