Love Once Again

Chapter 3

Laurence

“Pres, hindi pa sinesend ni miss Carlton 'yong syllabus?” tanong ng isa sa mga kaklase ko.

Today is Thursday and I haven't received a reply from prof Carlton regarding to the email I sent. That was two days ago and may kumakalat agad na balita.

“Shocks, bakit sa atin hindi naman nagpa exam agad si ma'am?” usal ni Jessica.

“Teh, bali-balita pa naman na parang dragon daw kung magpa exam si prof Carlton kahapon sa section ng bebe ko!” hindi makapaniwalang sagot ni Kiko.

“Partida! May course syllabus na sila niyan pero 100 items daw ang exam nila kay prof Carlton kahit na first day pa lang.” balita ni Judy na kakapasok lang ng classroom.

“Pres! Kailangan na natin yung course syllabus!” parang maiiyak na sabi ng mga kaklase ko na sinang ayunan naman ng iba.

Tch! Why do I have to go to her office? If she could just sent me the soft copies instead!

“Bakit kasi hindi mo pa puntahan si prof Carlton? Kapag tayo bumagsak—” Sinamaan ko ng tingin si Jade ng kalabitin niya ako.

Wala kaming klase ngayon dahil nagpa dismiss ng maaga si prof Rafallo. Malapit na mag 12nn at isa lang ang ibig sabihin nun, prof Carlton's office hours will come to an end and I could only reached to her next week, Monday.

“Oh, saan ka pupunta?!” rinig kong sabay na sigaw ni Harper at Jade.

I make my way towards the elevator and pressed the button to 3rd floor since our room is on the 5th floor. I don't want to ride the elevator but for the sake of our course syllabus, I don't have a choice.

Good thing that there are no people inside the elevator so they can't see how dizzy I am right now. I shake away that thought and straightened my walk until I was in front of her office.

I was basically running when I stop in front of her door to knock, I knocked twice and I heard her say 'come in' I nervously enter her office and my favorite scent fills my nostrils.

Mahilig din pala si prof Carlton sa strawberry?

“What do you need, miss Oliveira?” I was startled when I heard her speak in a stern voice.

She's not looking at me because her eyes are fixed in her desk, signing or checking a lot of papers in front of her. Hindi ko tuloy maiwasang kabahan lalo dahil sa sobrang lamig ng pakikitungo nito.

“It's a-about the course s-syllabus you wished I could have a physical copy, prof...” I trailed off when I met her cold stares that send shiver down in me.

“What about that, miss Oliveira? That was due two days ago and I was expecting you to be here tomorrow that day to have the physical copy. Did you put an effort to come here?” I can't help but to bit my cheeks when her tone changed into mockingly.

She has this irritating expression in her face, clearly she's enjoying that there is one student that she's testing the patience. And I'm not giving her the satisfaction she wanted.

“The truth is I don't want to come here prof Carlton...” I start, telling her the truth. The expression she has on her face, slowly turns into a thin smile. I even saw her eyes became sharp when she realized that I'm not lying.

What's the purpose of lying when I am standing here, facing her right wow.

“I was curious po prof, why don't you just attached the soft copy in the email?” Hindi ko alam kung saan ako humugot ng lakas ng loob para itanong sa kaniya ito mismo.