What Lies Beneath

Chapter 4

Months passed.

Nothing interesting ever happened, just wake up, find my building, get lost, study, test, go back, sleep. For months, I've been alone, it's so depressing. That is, until I heard a bunch of students talking about a nightclub, oh, I forgot that existed, well, I'm drowning in work, and I need a break. I went down to the nightclub and outside there were already students making out, drunk, or crying and just.. trashing I guess. I went inside, it was loud, it was crowded, it's just a normal nightclub I guess, just exclusive to students in the university.

I sat down on one of the stools, and just started looking through my phone.

"What'd you want kid?" A lady came up in front of me, I look up. Blonde, toned, tats, and... woah.

"Just a shot of vodka." I said, shrugging.

"Wanna open up a tab or pay for it right away?" She ask, preparing the shot for me. I thought about it.

"Might as well. Give me a Sex by the beach as well then." I said, shrugging, she nodded and put the shot in front of me, to which I took down swiftly. The stinging and burning sensation on my throat lingered a bit, as well as the bitterness. Don't. Get. Addicted. My drink was made and the lady went to tend to other drunk people, and I just start drinking. Sweet, tastes like juice, the alcohol isn't really present for me. Right beside me was a group that came in, at first, I paid no mind. Until the gross wet noises of the kissing started, and I turned.. it was a group of 7 boys, 5 had partners, I assume, 2 are have none, one seems excited to go fishing, and the other wants to go home...

I ordered another drink, a Paloma. I admire the drink a bit, and as I was about to drink, I felt a tap on my shoulder. Right. It's a Golden Rule, never to come to a bar or club alone, unless you're a man. I turned around, it was the guy from the group that seems to want to go home, he seems annoyed even more.

"My friend thinks you're cute, and he wants your number." He said blankly.. that forward?

"If he wants it he could ask for it himself." I said scoffing, he shrugs and leave. I look back and finish my drink. I call the lady over.

"Hey, can I close out my tab?" I ask and she nod, got my bill for me, I paid and just left. "It's a bad idea to even think of going there."

I ended up going to my dorm and worked on my project.

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"That is it for the class today, now I'll be announcing your project."  The professor's voice echoes through the study hall. So far, I'm caught up with the works, so I have a lot of times in my hands surprisingly.

"You are to make a report about the structure of the Solar System, including fact files of each Planet, getting into the moons of each planet, and remember to be detailed, as much as you can. To make this easier upon all of you, this will be a group project. You are to group yourselves with 3 people, and share the work evenly. Class dismissed." The professor said, everything was great up until that point, a group project... great... I already saw friends forming groups. Almost everyone. I grab my stuff, getting ready to leave when someone call out to me.

"Hey!! Navy haired chick!" Someone yells. How I know it was me? I'm surprisingly the only one with Navy blue hair in this class. I mentally cursed myself and turned around. It was the two single guys from the club. "We need one more to join our group, wanna join?"

"Do I have a choice?"

"Nope! You're joining!" He said cheerfully and I just sigh. Me and the other guy meet eyes, and his eyes pretty much screamed 'You're Doomed.' "We should meet at the library by 5pm if you're free! We'll be there till 7pm!! Oh! Can we get your number for easy contact? I'll make a group!"

I begrudgingly gave him my number and once he confirmed it was my number with a call, I turned on my heels and left immediately, on the road to my next class.

Time passes by, and it was 5:30 pm. My class just ended and I was near the library..

"Just.. get this over with." I try to motivate myself. I drag myself over to the library, and scanned the tables, the group seats, looking for them. No sign of them. My mind thought of a brilliant idea, to get the materials needed and start working, so if in case I need to carry the whole group, once again, I'm prepared.

I look around the library, and found the section. 'Physics' a big sign says on top, and looked for anything Astrophysics related, only to find them high above, so I retrieved the ladder, climbed up and started grabbing multiple books.

"Save some for other students won't ya?" A voice said from below. I look down, what a perfect timing. "Oh, it's Navy."

"Moai." I said simply, his face is always serious, reminds me of the stone face emoji.

"The fuck do you mean by that?" He asked, already irked. I just giggled and took another book.

"Catch." I said and threw the books down to him, to which he immediately caught them to his credit. Didn't let a single book touch the floor. I started making my way down. "Those are all the resources I found, book wise, to get started on the project."

"I'm not a bookkeeper." He said, his voice cold as ice, it could send chills. If you're weak. "You're late."

"What? My class ended half past 5. I can't avoid that. Anyways, your friend pretty much said I could come between 5-7." I said, taking another book that I found as I was making my way down. He scoffs and starts to walk, and I follow him.

"Let's just get this project done with." For once, I agree with him. We met up with his friend.

"Oh good!! You're here!!" He whisper yells a little too excited. I sat down across them, as Four eyed Moai sat down beside his friend, putting the books down.

"Let's introduce each other! My name is Marc, this is Kaiza, and you are?" Kaiza.. pretty good name. Marc is so basic.

"Solaria."

"That's great! We have someone who's so great at Astrophysics, it's in her name! Pretty as well." He winks at me, I can't stop myself from physically cringing at him..

"Enough. We're here to talk project. I'll take Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, and the Kuiper Belt." Moai said, circling his parts in the already printed out solar system with a blue pen. I took out a coloured pen, yellow.

"I'll take Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars." I circled the four planets.

"Ah.. guess I'm left with Uranus and the Asteroid belt!" He said circling his. I took his pen and circled Earth, Venus, Mars, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune.

"And their moons." I added, putting the pen down. He stared at me before slightly chuckling, awkwardly.

"Yeah! Of- Of course! How can I forget?" He said, and I stood up.

"If that's all, I need a draft of your report by the end of the week. Please, even if it's just a draft, take it seriously. I'll expect it by then, you have the library and the whole entire internet on your side." I said, and took two of the many books I got. "If you pardon me, I've got work to do." I walk away from the boys before they could say anything more and got the books checked out.

Another project that'll just be left on my hands. Might as well do the whole thing.