Hey Pretty Stranger

・❥・ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ-10 Assignment things

Sarah's pov

I couldn't hear their conversations properly but considering the expressions Ben had, I think they are doing it properly, just like I told them to. I had them practice several times in front of me at how to apologize to Ben because they both were never really good at it. Especially, Viv. She just punches everyone in the face whenever she finds them 'hard to tolerate' (according to her) and Cass just simply doesn't give a shit at how others perceive her unless they're very important.

Am I the only considerate one in our group then? I thought still observing them so that they don't mess it up again.

"Hey raspberry, what're you doing here alone?"

I turned my head towards a sudden voice and my mouth opened as I saw the handsome face, perfection showing at every damn feature, smiling at me with those shining emerald eyes. He rose his brows when he saw the surprised look on my face and said, "Did I startle you again?"

"What do you want now?" I asked because there's no reason why he would talk to me in the university cafeteria. Some people are looking this way which is making me really self conscious now. He's popular and maybe they would be thinking 'who's the girl he's sitting with?'

"I do not want anything. I just wanted to sit beside my fiancée. Can't I do that?" He asked with innocent eyes. "Besides you were sitting alone. So I thought you wouldn't mind a little company from me."

"I would definitely mind if it's from you," I narrowed my eyes at him.

I turned my head to look at Viv and Cass but they were not there. I looked towards the door and found them leaving along with Ben. Did they get along well with each other? I hope they did.

Something soft and warm touched my hands and I looked down where my hands sat on top of the table. My heart beat leaped up as I saw a pair of hands on mine which belonged to a boy who sat across from me with his locks falling down and covering his forehead. He looked up sensing my gaze and said, "Your hands seemed cold," he said and squeezed my hands.

I heard the thumping of heart in my chest and my breathing got uneven. I remember it. This, this is the exact feeling I felt when I kissed him.

But why am I remembering the kiss now of all times?!

I moved my hands away from him and gritted through my teeth, "S-stop it."

"Stop what?"

"Stop getting closer to me. You're gonna make rumours spread that there's something going on between us," I said, completely not comfortable due to the unwanted attention I was receiving.

His eyes moved from my shifting movements to the people around us and he nodded drawing his hand back. "Okay, I won't come closer if you say."

"Leave," I ordered him, "Right now."

He put his hands up and said, "Alright, alright. I'll go but what about our assignment. Shouldn't we do it together? You were deciding on the presentation last time right? How's it going?"

Shit. The assignment...I had completely forgotten about that. I groaned at my forgetful self. But looking at another angle, it was not totally my fault. My friends are enough to give me headache to forget about my assignments.

I averted my eyes from him and said, "I-I'll manage it on my own. I'll tell you when it's ready and we can just submit it together. And like that, we wouldn't have to work together either."

His brows rose up very high as I said this. "You're gonna work alone?"

"Yeah. 'Cause it's easy. I can do it without your help," I shrugged. Actually the truth is that I don't want to work with you, I said in my mind.