Prime Meridian (Book #2 of IDL)

Chapter Twenty-One: Oh my gosh you're this beautiful Asian chick

Chapter Twenty-One: Oh my gosh you're this beautiful Asian chick

"I'm so excited for Debbie's party!" Hailey suddenly mentioned while the three of us were studying at the library.

"Apparently, Nigel saved your life." Atreyi snorted. "You won't even have the chance to go to her party if it wasn't for him."

"Do you think he's finally in to me now? I mean, I had a crush on him before." Hailey brushed her hair with her fingers and started to imagine things once again.

"Oh save it. You never know."

While the both of them were talking, I was sad because Maurice was not hanging out with us anymore. He might feel awkward with Hailey or something.

"Nigel was mean to me before though..." Hailey shook her head and continued scribbling some stuff on her notebook.

Suddenly, Caleb sat down. He was wearing a checkered polo shirt, looking handsome. "Hi Jessamine."

"Oh, hi Caleb. What's up?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Hey, don't forget about tomorrow." He smiled. "Do you have something nice to wear?"

I ignored Atreyi and Hailey's remarks as I smiled back at Caleb. "Brie has, for me."

"Great. Pick you up at seven."

"The three of us got date! Perfect!" Hailey squealed and told the two of us that we should have a girls' night out. "I have Nigel, you have Jordan, then you have Caleb."

"Caleb is not in any way mine." Finn would soon enter my story. Soon!

"How about you, Atreyi? How are you and Wheeler?" With inquisitive eyes, I immediately turned to Atreyi the moment Hailey asked her about Jordan.

"We're great. You know, he asked me out after our laboratory." Atreyi chuckled and acted really well. If I didn't know that she was a lesbian, I would forever be fooled that she's straight.

"Oh my god? No kidding?" Hailey, always the most girly one, almost squealed like a mouse that has found a cheese house.

"Well yeah. We went to watch a movie then ate some Indian food. How I miss home!"

Casual talks are probably Atreyi's strengths.

"How do you say hi in Chinese?"

I gave a few blinks as I looked at Hailey skeptically. "Why the sudden?"

She was taken aback by my sudden shift of expression. "I'm...curious?"

"Don't listen to her Jessamine. Nigel knows how to speak a little bit of Chinese that's why she wants to learn." Atreyi crossed her arms and gave an I-know-what-you're-hiding look.

Hailey rolled her eyes. "Oh shit. Caught me off guard again."

Wow. Nigel must have been some bilingual smarty. "Alright, Hailey, hello is ni hao."

"Ni hao." Hailey spoke in a weird accent which made me laugh.

"Zai jian is bye bye."

"Zai jian!" She waved.

"Xie xie is thank you."

Atreyi was laughing at us while I was tutoring Hailey some Chinese words.

Hailey was a fast learner, fortunately, and she was cute in pronouncing Chinese words weirdly.

"She's trying hard to impress Nigel, such shame." Atreyi kept on laughing but suddenly stopped. Hailey didn't notice it though. I felt that it's weird so I looked around and saw Nia, Atreyi's girl, holding hands with a guy.