Queen of My Heart (KATHNIEL)

Of Melting and Freezing

KATH'S POV

Whew! Just in time! --I told myself.

I saw our professor still outside the laboratory talking to another teacher. I hurriedly sneaked in inside. The class was noisy. I made my way to the last table at the back. Daniel was already at his seat, earphones glued to his ears.

"Hey..." I greeted him with a smile.

"Hey! What's up?" He greeted back with a smile.

"Good, I guess. Uhm...by the way, if you don't mind, I already answered the questions for our lab report." -Kath

"You already did? All of them?" He asked, puzzled.

"Well yeah, almost...it was the weekend and I had nothing to do so I just answered it. The questions were easy anyway so..." she smiled.

"But...you could've just called me. I mean...you did all the work. And this was supposed to be pair work." He sounded dismayed.

"I know but..." I stopped. Is he mad?

"A-are you mad, Daniel?" I asked him with a worried look on my face.

"N-no! No! I'm sorry on how that sounded Kath. I'm not mad. I'm just...ashamed. You did all the work. I mean, it's unfair for you if I also take credit of your hard work." -Daniel

"Oh! No, c'mon! It's nothing! Besides, it's not just all me. I mean, we did the experiment together, right? And besides..." she laughed, "you didn't let me finish. I said I ALMOST finished it. There's one question left though...so, can you..." and he interrupted.

"Yes! Of course! Where is it?" He sounded excited. Ooohkaay. This guy could be funny sometimes, I smiled.

I pulled out the folder from my bag and handed it to him.

He scanned the pages inside when suddenly...

"Uhm Kath...I think this is yours..."he held out the neon pink stick on. I quickly took it from him.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Oh nothing, just a reminder. You know, I use stick ons. A lot. This is nothing." I assured him confidently. Then stuffed the stupid note back in my bag again.

Then I noticed...why is he turning red all of the sudden?

"Are you okay? Why are your cheeks suddenly red?" I wondered.

"Oh, uhm, well...nothing! It's just so hot in here, right? Whew!" He fanned himself.

"Here, just answer the last question okay? And make sure to be finished before the bell rings!" I told him.

"You betcha! Don't worry, I'll get into it." he answered back excitedly.

I smiled. Then suddenly "Ok class, get settled down!" Professor Ortega said. Then the class started.

DANIEL'S POV
Whew! That was close! So, she did get my note. Did she like it? I couldn't tell. She just hid it inside her bag like it's nothing. Did she take it well or not?

Oh! Keep calm DJ, keep calm. Don't be so obvious. And quit blushing! Moron!

Okay. Okay.

Focus. Anyway, I was so excited to answer even just the last question. Dang! That was so embarrassing! Of course, I 'secretly' want to impress Kathryn but obviously I failed. I was too preoccupied with Basketball practice that I totally forgot about this lab report.

"...and so can anyone tell me how many degrees does it..." Prof Ortega went on and on. Beside me, Kath was listening intently to the lecture. She was squinting her eyes, obviously in deep concentration with the discussion.

Oh Kath, why are so pretty even on side view? I sighed, smiling.

Then I snapped. Shoot, better work on this before the class ends. It turned to the last page of the report then read the last question when...what??

I nudged Kath. "Hmmm?" she answered.

"Uhm...how do I...how do I exactly answer this, Kath?" I pouted.

"Oh yeah..." she whispered. "...that's why I thought you could answer that number. I couldn't answer that either. I mean...I don't know anything about that." she innocently smiled.

"And you think I do?" I said.

We were still crouching and whispering at each other.

"Well I think so...I mean, compared to us, I guess you're more experienced. You know...with your looks and everything." she added.

With my looks, eh?

"So you think I'm good looking?" I asked, grinning like crazy.

"Shh! Go to work already. 40 minutes left." she giggled then went back to listening to the lecture.

What was that all about? With my looks, huh?

Oh god, I'm feeling all giddy again inside. I can't help but...smile.

I read the question again...
'Bonus question. 10 points. In relation to this laboratory activity, in less than 15 sentences, can you or your partner state a certain time or event when you felt you have freezed or melted? Anything that can relate will do.'

Freezed? Melted? Hmmm...let's do this!

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