I was running again frantically, like a fanatic away from nothingness and towards a man, whose face was hazy, scarred. I can't recognize him. My legs were shaking. I was unable to run, I felt as if the man will go away leaving me in this wilderness...
I took a deep breath and strolled the long corridor towards the office of Head of Department of Computer Science. I reached the office, it had a wooden door with a board "Head of Departments". Inside were cubicles allotted to Head of each department. I was still out of the office yet it was not difficult to see inside, the door was ajar. I located Mr. A Morris (Computer Science). As soon as I was about to enter, my eyes landed on a guy, he was leaning against one of the cubicles his back towards me wearing a huge cap. His wore a black hoody tee, beige pants and converse. He looked familiar.
It was an involuntary action on my part, but I ran. I ran away from him. I felt something weird within me. My sixth sense forced me to hide myself from him. I ran all the way to the parking lot where I left Ed and Li together. God dammit They were not there.
"You are so foolish Em. Who runs away from a guy? A guy you don't even know Go back, get your schedule and attend the class" I tried to reason with myself. It was of no use. Maybe my nightmares were rubbing off me. I was not ready to go back to the office.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" A male voice interrupted my chain of thoughts. I turned in the direction of the voice. Dammit it was a faculty. He was quite young for his age, looked around 26-28, had a handsome face but what irked me were his eyes. His eyes were drunkenly half closed with lust, giving out a darker hue. It disgusted me. He raked my body from head to toe and smiled maliciously.
"Which department?" he asked
"Computer Science." I told him. His eyes lit up at that.
"Fresher, I guess?"
"Yes, sir."
"Come, I will take you there." He said motioning me to follow his lead. His moments were elegant. He took each stride with confident. Had he not been such a jerk with those eyes, I would have seriously liked him. He took me to that office again. My heartbeat picked up an unknown pace. I peeked inside before entering the office. That guy wasn't there. Phew!
My first class was Data Structures. I rushed into the class, took a seat next to some unknown girl. I didn't bother to ask her name. The class was fun, but I had a nagging feeling as if I was watched, constantly. I turned around the class, but everyone was engrossed in their desktops. All of a sudden, my eyes flew towards the only window in the classroom and I swear, I saw a receding figure. Someone was there, someone was watching me.
"Damn you Emma, how can you be so sure, someone was watching you? He must be stalking some other girl in the class." I tried to explain my over-observant brain but to no avail. The shrilling sound of the bell invaded my ear. Next class was Discrete Mathematics. I dragged myself to the class.
"Emma, you here?" Someone called me from my behind. I swirled around to see a boy with eager blue eyes, short nose, freckled cheeks and a dazzling smile. Wait, I know him, Matt. Oh boy, he's cute.
"Hey Matt, I came back yesterday." I told him. He came close to me and hugged me. Matt was a close friend back when I lived here, he was in relationship with Lisa before I left the town. He was cute back then, and now he's cuter and hotter.
"It is so nice to see you again. You are looking even more beautiful now. How was the capital?"
"It was nice, but I missed you all so much. What is your next class?" I asked him.
"Discrete Mathematics." He said looking at his schedule.
"Wow, mine too. Let's go." I said taking his hands. He felt good. I was happy all of a sudden. But then I saw him. That guy standing in between the hordes of students. His face was not visible entirely but his eyes were, and they took my breath away. Alex!
Author's Note: And, I tried a cliffhanger. I know I know it is not that good. Nonetheless, Alex is here. Yay! Please point out the errors because I know there will be loads of them. Love you all and thank you for giving it a read.
