The Girl Next Door

01. The Girl Next Door?

It was a normal day, everything was going so well in my morning classes, until someone tugged my shirt, averting my attention to the teacher who was explaining in front of us. I turn to look at the culprit.

"Sooyoung, stop being so annoying-" I whispered, careful not to be seen by the teacher who always favored me in his class.

"I got important news-" she said as she kept on tugging me.

"It can wait." I say as I scribble down notes and still looking at the teacher. I can't miss what he's saying after all, it's a habit of mine to write down the important points that I don't see at our books.

"No, no, you need to hear this." I could hear her smile behind me, the giant pushing her way to get my attention and constantly poking my back. While I wasn't sure why I needed to hear it quickly, I pointed my pen at her secretly, threatening to poke her back,

"Yah! Seriously-"

I could feel the teacher turning his head to us and I immediately acted like a diligent student that I am.

Sooyoung softly chuckles as he turned around and went to the board.
"That will wait later." I say sternly making sure she doesn't do it again, and I sigh out of relief with a few minutes passing by and she hasn't bothered me.

Good grief. Why is Sooyoung behind me again? I don't even think she sits there?

After I wrote the last note about feature articles that should be written with facts and concisely, it wasn't long until the bell rang, signaling the end of class.

As the teacher was about to speak, I could hear Sooyoung's chair make a loud noise as she quickly stood up and poked me. Of course she'd be all excited to tell me as soon as the bell rang. All eyes were on her a split second and I closed my eyes feeling embarrassed for the loud creak.

"Ah, hehe, sorry.." The giant mouthed an apology and sat quietly.

The teacher clears his throat, proceeding. "Please bring your feature article tomorrow and review the topic we have discussed today. That's all, you're dismissed." He smiles and waves at the students as they go past him.

I feel a tingling shiver as I predict that he would probably prepare a quiz the next meeting, but it should be fine. Studying isn't hard.

"Ugh it felt like hours before this class could end," Sooyoung says as she cleans her desk and reaches for her bag.

"You don't sit there, right? You know you can't do that Sooyoung-ah."

"Okay okay, so here's the news," She shifts to a lighter mood, completely ignoring my remark.

"I'm listening." I sigh and roll my eyes as I take my bag and get ready to leave. The chatter of the students around us makes it hard for me to actually listen to her, but I definitely know Sooyoung's enthusiastic voice when she's all excited.

"Apparently..." She teases me, stopping and smiling at me numerous times. "What is it??" I say as I reach for my notes, only thinking about the next class that would have a midterm test about News Writing.

"Yah! You're not listening to me Joohyun-ah," Sooyoung shoves me a little, annoyed by the fact that I'm paying attention to my studies again.

"Hey, I said I'm listening," I say as I open my notes. I glance at the few words I highlighted with my pink marker, and to my surprise I don't seem to be absorbing it as I usually do.

Ah, I'm getting a head block again. Am I even terming it right? I say, reaching for my head and massaging it.

"You remember that girl who always waved at you whenever we walk past them?"