Let Her Go

Chapter 2

BEA's POV

I can't stop myself from being so excited last night because as the morning comes, it's my FIRST DAY IN ATENEO! Yeah, that's how excited I am. Too bad, my too much excitement result to a sleepless night last night that's why I woke up late. Although our house is just too near the campus, I have to rush in 'coz I don't want to remember my first day in my dream school being late.

Yeah, Ateneo is my dream school. I can still remember when I was a kid that I am staring this university through my window. The reason? Too bad I didn't know. Maybe somehow, I was born to be an Atenean. Who knows?

Now I'm heading to my class, walking right beside me is Jho. She's also the girl that I am pertaining to when that girl on the parking lot came so furious towards my direction. She's a tough cookie huh? During my days at Poveda, no one will do that. Two things- they are afraid of me or they have a crush on me. I shake my head as I recall all the crazy things that those people did just to get my attention. Well, i'm BEA DE LEON.

"Woah! What are you laughing at?"

My thoughts suddenly disrupted when I heard Jho's voice. Crazy.

"Nothing, Jho. " The smile is still all over my face. "I just remember that girl at the parking lot. When I was going to park my car, I saw another car which is heading to one available space. Both of us are doing all that we can just to get that space and guess what?"

"You won. Obviously. I know you so well, Bei. We've been friends for years. I know that you like competition and you love winning. Right? It doesn't take to be a genius just to get that."

"That's not it, Jho. The girl on the other car went outside and walked towards me. She's waiting for me to get out. Her face is just so funny. Her both hands is in her waist, she has this chinita look and her eyes become so little because of annoyance." I just can't stop myself from laughing as I try to recall what her annoyed face look like. "She even confronted me and when I was about to leave, she hold my arm. It was a bit tight but I know I can let go from it but I decided to tell her that it wasn't my problem 'coz her boyfriend is just too slow."

"I see. You shouldn't acted like that, Bei. It appears that you are so mayabang. Look, you cannot do the things that you've been doing back when we were in highschool. We're college student now. Unlike in highschool, people can just spent staring at their crush the whole year and ended passing or graduating."

"Too bad, Jho. I wasn't one of those people. I am gifted with a brain who can challenge even the college professor. I know what I am doing."

"Yeah right. Haha. Ang yabang mo talaga. We're here on our classroom already. Good thing is our professor is just a bit late too."

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Jia cannot focus on her professor because of what happened on the parking lot earlier. She's been holding her pen so tight to the point that any moment she will break it. Her first subject is a major subject that's why as much possible she doesn't want to be late. The moment she entered her classroom the discussion has already started. Of all the days that a psychology major student want to get rid of being late, today is one of those. Reason? Professor Samaniego- the most terror professor that you will ever meet if you're a psychology major student in Ateneo.

When she arrived on her classroom earlier, her heart been pounding because she doesn't how her professor will react the moment he found out that there's a late student for his discussion. Not to mention it's the first day of the class.

She run as fast as she could but she doesn't make it on time.

"Oh! First day of class and I already have a late student." Professor Samaniego told the other students. "You all know that I didn't want irresponsible student. If you're responsible enough, you won't allow yourself to be late. I don't care if you're the daughter or son of the richest man on earth. You are all here to study, to learn and you can do that through me."

"You may come in Ms. Morado. But before that, let me tell you this, you're a student-athlete, there's a reason why the student comes first before the athlete. You need to pass all your subjects for you to play and being late can do no good. Understand?"

"Yes, Professor. I understand."

This is all your fault you brat girl. I am wondering how many rich kids has Ateneo allowed to study in this academic year. She's driving a benz, and by the way she looks, she is just one of those brat rich kids who will just giving their parents a headache or nanny maybe? And she sounded so cocky. Damn it! I can't wait for the moment that she will told her nanny while crying that she doesn't want to study here anymore.

With her huge frame but still having a nanny and crying? Haha. That's the funniest thing that I could ever seen. I want that to happen and it will be the happiest day of my life.

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BEA's POV

She's a tough cookie. I bet if she knows who I am she would think twice by doing such things. When I was looking at her eyes, palaban talaga. I am wondering who she is. I am at my class as of this moment as I recall what happened on the parking lot. I am more interested to think about her than to listen to this newbie professor. I can't believe my dream school hired this trying hard professor. Eh mas maipapaliwanag ko pa ng maayos ang itinuturo niya kesa sa ginagawa niya ngayon. I can't help but to get pissed by seeing her with the way she discussed the lesson. Can you do better than that? Because I can.

I raised my hand and without adding too much effort, I've got her attention. She is now looking at me and she looks so uneasy. She appeared to me like a nervous student and I am the terror professor here. I smirked and.. "Professor, can you do better than that?"

My classmates and my professor doesn't expect that I'll be doing this. Because to be honest, if she can't do better, I'll be leaving this room and I will just study on my own. I didn't remove my eyes from her. She doesn't know how to react on my question. I continued.

"Ateneo is my dream school, Professor. I know why this university been so consistent for the past years when in comes to it's excellency is because of competent professors. To be honest, I am giving you the benefit of the doubt 'coz I don't want to label you as incompetent but the way you look infront of us, that benefit of the doubt starting to disappear."

"Now, I want to know if you can do better than that 'coz if you can't, I won't waste my time watching you, trying to discuss the lesson. There will never be a second thought and I will leave this class and study on my own."

I don't know how to describe what my professor looks like but she take a deep breath and give a confident smile. I might offend her with how rude I am or she will take the challenge that I have given. Then she's about to talk.

"I don't know that I have a student who has the guts to say such things and believe me or not, I admire you for doing that. To be honest with you, Ms. de Leon, that's my own way to discover special students. And to answer your question, I can do better than this. Now, it's your time to prove yourself that you're an one of a kind student. Will you?"

She gave me a smile and I answered. "I will."

Then the discussion resumes again.