"Hey hey! I heard we will have a new classmate." one of the students said.
"I heard he's from the Philippines." "Is he cute?" "Ohh I hope he is." the class was in uproar talking about their new classmate.
The teacher entered the room and the whole class attentively greeted her with excitement. "Jeremy please come in." A boy entered the room with his head looking down. He obviously don't know what to do. It's his first time studying in a foreign country. "H-hello! M-my name is J-jeremy. N-nice to m-meet you all."
"You can sit there at the vacant seat." the teacher pointed at the back near the window. He can feel all the eyes followed him till he reached his seat. Jeremy released a sigh after he seated. He liked his seat. He can see the whole classroom from his seat and he can watch the P.E students outside. The time flew away very fast and the bell rang for lunch break. He don't want to stand up. He still don't know what to do. "No Jeremy, you are staying!!" he said to himself.
"Hi! Jeremy." he was startled and don't know what to do with the greeting. In reply he gave a creepy smile and said hi back. "Sorry did I scare you? By the way my name's Barron." he put out one of his hands for a handshake. Jeremy got up and took the hands "No no. I'm Jeremy." he awkwardly reply. "I can tour you to our school if you want." Jeremy happily accepted his offer and followed him around the whole school. Barron is really friendly, he talked all the way even Jeremy is just replying with a nods and smiles. "This is the last one. It's the library. But I warn you, once you enter this library you should keep your mouth shut or else you will be kicked out by the old lady librarian." Jeremy knows that Barron is exaggerating but he really did not speak even a word. They sat to the very last table far from the librarian's table.
"I still don't know you. Are you really from the Philippines? Is it really always sunny over there? Does the people there always smile even they have problems?" Barron asked a lot of questions. He asked like a 5 year old curious kid.
"Oh yeah, I'm sorry. Yes I am from the Philippines. It's not really 'always' sunny there, we have rainy days too. For the last question, I think yes." Barron widened his eyes because he actually heard Jeremy spoke. He clapped his hands teasingly and said "You can speak I thought you don't know how to speak." Jeremy controlled his laugh. He was relieved to have Barron as his first friend in his new school.
Months passed and he totally coped up well and Jeremy can comfortably talk with all of his classmates now. "I thought I will be having a hard time here. Thanks to you, I had a pretty good start and made a lot of friends." he said to Barron but Barron replied with a disgusted reaction. "Eww Jermy stop being cheesy. I will push you at the window." he joked and they laugh together.
It was raining really hard. Jeremy was left at the classroom because he was assigned to clean the room. Actually it was three of them assigned he, Barron and Christian but his two really 'good' friends left him alone. After an hour he finished all the works alone. He rested a bit and plotted a good revenge for the two. He decided to go home. While he is opening his umbrella he saw a girl looking at the sky. He thought it would be creepy to just ask her but he found himself walking towards the girl.
"Uhm, excuse me. Are you waiting for someone?" he asked the girl because it's pretty late and she's alone. "No. I left my umbrella at home." the girl replied with a sad face. Jeremy got a good view of the girl's face and thought that she's cute. "Do you want to borrow my umbrella?" he unconsciously offered. The girl was shocked, "But what are you going to use?" she asked. "I can call my friends to bring me an umbrella." he was using the opportunity to torture the two. "I can't. The rain's going to stop soon. I will just wait here." the girl looked at the sky again. "But I insist." he grabbed the girls hand and put the umbrella at her hand. "There. You can't give it back to me. You need to use it now." the girl looked shocked at what he had done. "You can just give it back to me tomorrow." he then dashed under the rain leaving the girl with the umbrella. The girl looked at the umbrella and she saw Jeremy 3-3.
It's been the third day since the umbrella incident and Jeremy still can't forget the girl's face. "I should have asked for her name. Or at least her class." he was not listening to his class. The class finished and it's lunch break. They went to their usual place to eat and kill time. While they are playing he suddenly heard someone called his name.
"Jeremy!" he saw the girl from before. She was holding the umbrella. She run towards them and gives back the umbrella. "Sorry it took longer to give this back to you." she really looked apologetic but Jeremy was frozen because she just called her name. "Hey dude, Vi's talking to you!" he was nudged by Christian. "Ohh! Don't worry. I'm Jeremy." he was out of his mind and he don't know what to say. "Yeah I already know that. I saw it from the umbrella." he was embarrassed. "I'm Violet but everyone calls me Vi. I'm in class 3-1. Nice to meet you." she smiled to him. Jeremy can't stop starring at her. Her eyes are like black holes that sucking his attention to it. She has something on her smile that made Jeremy feel so safe and at peace. "N-nice to m-meet you too." he stuttered and she saw Vi smiled at him again.
Jeremy didn't pay attention to all of his classes. He was thinking of Vi's smile, eyes and even her voice are playing back in his head. He wants to see her again. The bell for the last class rung and he immediately packed his things to go to 3-1's room. He is peeking at the class' door when he felt a tap on his shoulder. It was Christian. "Dude what are you doing here? Are you here to check Vi? Do you like her?" he don't know what to reply he looked around and saw ants, "I was following the ants." It was an obvious lie but he was shocked Christian believed it. Vi went out the classroom with her friends and she saw Jeremy and Christian. She waved at them but Christian shouted "Vi, Jeremy wants to talk to you!!" Jeremy gave him a you-are-dead look but became thank-you-my-friend look when Vi's in front of them.
"What is it Jeremy?" she asked.
He was flustered, "Ah I just want to ask you if how's the class." he knows that he looked like an idiot there but Vi smiled and said "It was good. Really good to be exact. Oh Jeremy you are really cute. I need to go now, my friends are waiting. Bye! See you tomorrow." Christian was smirking at him while he smiles like a crazy person.
"Oh Jeremy you are really cute." he rolled on his bed while thinking about it. "She actually said that I was cute. This can't be true." he was totally crazy about it.
