The New Girl in Town

Chapter 7

Ryan Lochte

HOLY AFSHDKFJHDKFJHSSH*TTTT!

6:40 NAAAAAAAA! Nyeta malalate na ako sa una kong klase, which is 7am, may I quote, '7-freaking-AM'!

Langhiya naman kasi kagabi. Anong oras na nga ako umuwi, anong oras pa ko nakatulog pagkahiga ko. Bwiset talaga yung lalaking yun! Wag na syang magpapakita sakin at baka masapak ko lang! Kung nakarecover lang agad ako kagabi sa mga nangyare. Hayy may kahahantungan talaga sakin yun.

Dafuq talaga dahil di na ko nakaligo at kumaripas na lang pababa. Buti na lang malapit lang ang dorms sa College of Science, at buti kamo, nakapaglibot na ako kahapon kaya alam ko na ngayon kung san ako patakbo! Unti-unti kong hinabol ang pghinga habang papalapit na ako sa classroom.

"Belle?" A deep voice welcomed me pagpasok ko ng lab class. At tama nga ko ng hinala, pagtingin ko ayun siya nakangiting maluwag sakin.

Hay jusko. Nagiging expression ko na ata yang 'hay jusko', lalo na kung nakikita ko ang lalaking 'to.

Ang style ng lab ay may whiteboard sa harap. Sink ang katapat neto. Mga stool yung nagsisilbing upuan namin na nakapalibot sa 2 pahabang table na may built-in sink at gas supply sa gitna neto. Maaliwalas ang laboratory, oh by the way this is a chem laboratory class. Ang mga glasswares ay nakalagay sa isang malaking cabinet sa sulok, there is also a fumehood and storage area for the chemicals.

"Is this Organic 10 A lab?" I asked the first person sitting near the door to clarify, who happens to be a guy.

"Yeah" He simply smiled at me.

"Thanks!" Tuluyan na kong pumasok sa room.

"Hey Belle, there's a vacant seat here!" He grinned as he showed me the seat in front of him. At dahil nga huli na ko, gustuhin ko man o hindi, ay yun na lang ang natitirang upuan. Saklap.

Umisa uli akong buntong-hininga at muling nilibot ang aking mga mata sa loob ng room. And I realized walo lang ang upuan. Really? Walo lang talaga ang estudyante ng lab class na 'to?

Naputol ang aking katanungan nung pumasok ang sa tingin ko eh aming teacher.

"Enjoyed the break pretty good?" Unang tanong nya at ngumiti sa amin. OMG ang-gwapo nya! He's relatively tall, in my point of view, mga 6 flat siguro. Amazing blue eyes, and that chiseled nose though! But seriously, those eyes are the bomb! They are very piercing.

"Adrian-"

"Biles-"

"Cruz-" I raised my hand. I made sure I made an eye contact with him and smiled! hahaha Lande pa more.

"It's not really the perfect time to flirt, is it?" Bulong ng nasa likod ko sa tainga ko. Naputol lahat ng iniisip ko at kinilabutan. Unang-una, naramdaman ko na sobrang lapit ng bibig nya sa tainga ko. Pangalawa, ambango ng hininga nya. Pangatlo, his damned deep voice, whenever I hear it, gives me shivers. Sobrang sexy ng boses nya. Good Lord.

"Okay, class this is Chem 10A Organic Chemistry Laboratory class."

Simula nung teacher namin na nakapagputol sa mga iniisip ko tungkol sa lalaking nasa likuran ko lang.

"As I noticed here in my class list, all of you here are taking masters and most of you are in Public Health am I correct?" Tumingin ako sa mga classmate ko at tumango lang sila. Nakigaya na rin ako.

"Well, since I suppose that you are all grown-ups now. You know the policies and all, I am just gonna introduce myself. Most of you probably don't know me because all of you came from College of Medicine. But I am already a resident instructor here in Cal for College of Science. I am teaching Organic Chemistry labs-10A and 10B, as well as General Chemistry 1A and 1B. My name is Professor Ryan Lochte, you may call me Sir Ryan or Ry." Oh God nice name, I thought.

"I don't really know you all so well, except for Nathan 'coz yeah he's my teammate for the National Team. But this is a 6-hour lab class so I guess it wouldn't be hard for each of us to catch up since you are only 8 in this class. Oh, are there any foreigners here?" His eyes roamed.

I slowly raised my hand, at the same time, hoping that there are also other foreigners in this class. But there is none. Ugh- God knows how I hate attention!

"Miss?" He gestured me to say my name.

"Belle Cruz, just call me Belle." I shyly looked at him.

"Alright Belle, if you cannot catch up what I am saying, do not hesitate to get my attention, okay?" He smiled at me. OMG It is sooo fluttering!

"I'm a Chinese, Sir Ry." Singit ni Nathan sa likod ko.

"That doesn't count bro, you're half-Chinese and your dad's American blood is stronger that you don't look Asian!" Wow they seemed to be pretty close to joke around with each other like that.

Ugh- why is everything related to this guy seated behind me?