A+ in Love

Chapter 1

Cemal Asena= Chemistry teacher he's Turkish, he just moved to Korea when the University gave him job offer
Kim Il Sung= football player who majors in sports science, he's known for being very intense with everything he does.
Jeon Minsu= Chemistry major and football player, Il Sung's best friend and Cemal's top students.
Che Hyun Min= Il Sung ex boyfriend, he's an art major and swim teams captain. Rumor has it he cheated on Il Sung not once but twice.

I stood talking to Minsu out in front of my classroom he was one of my best students but some time two weeks ago his grades started to drop. If he kept this up he'd be kicked from the football team so I kept him after to talk about it. However, our conversation steered off topic and started to talk about a new chemistry project for class and the thesis that would have to be turned in at the end of the year.

" I'm actually working on my thesis right now, " minsu promised me " but between football practice and-" he cut off

"What?" I was surprised by his quiet cursing and his panicked face.

" My friend is waiting for me, practice starts in only ten minutes," he said as he looked at his phone groaning " My friend's called me several times."

He rubbed his face with both his hands before making praying hands and mumbling to god to save him. I almost laughed but the serious face he was making made me swallow the laughter.

"MINSU!" We turned just in time to see a boy turn around the corner running at top speed, he almost slipped on the polished floor but somehow righted his feet and kept coming.

" Is that a friend of yours?" He was coming fast, red in the face from running and carrying two huge gym bags " He doesn't look so happy."

" yeah Sung is extreme most of the time. His whole life is sports, that's his major sports science "

I nodded my head at his words and watched the boy run closer and closer. Once he was a few feet away from us he tossed one of huge bags, this one was an ugly green color with Minsu's name on the side. It landed at Minsu's feet and the boy came to a sliding halt next to it.

" Can you ever make it on time for anything, " he spat out " We always have to run extra laps because of you. I don't want extra laps today. "

Minsu shot me a worried face that I thought was kind of funny as his friend took off down the hallway in the same direction he came from. His loud foot steps made anyone who wasn't already looking turn around, girls giggled and boys shot him irritated looks as he ran past them.

" I got to run," Minsu grabbed his bag and hefted it on to his shoulders with a over exaggerated huff.

" ARE YOU COMING!" His friend had made it down to the end of the hall and was now running in place looking at us.

This was the best look I got of him so far, he was handsome if you ignored the rosey cheeks and how tense he was right now. I dont know how I felt about the denim blue hair and the earrings but it was probably in trend right now.

God I sound way older then my 33 years of age, I thought to myself.

" I don't know why I put up with him, " Minsu mumbled under his breath before taking off down the hallway.

I watched Minsu check up to his friend before disappearing around the corner as I shook my head. I wondered if I was like that in my last year of University...or any point of my life really.

No I wasn't, I thought, Sadly I spent most of my time behind a desk as a child and teenager and then in labs as an adult. Chemistry was my first and probably my last love.

I pocketed the keys to my classroom and made my way down the hallway. Thoughts about my University days circled my head as I headed down the winding halls of the University to my office to finish grading some essays.

I had spent a better part of four hours hunched over papers, grading so many eassys the words had started to blur together. I rubbed the back of my stiff neck as I made my way to my car. Sadly today I had parked in the only parking I could find which was in the farthest parking lot. I tried to shake away the chemistry problems that stuck to the back of my mind but they swirled around and around relentless to leave.

I smiled at the sight of my car parked next to the lamp post. The fatigue of my long day finally hit me tugging my shoulders making me groan. I had an 45 minute drive from here to my apartment and that's with heavy traffic.

As I unlocked my car door I thought about the fastest possible meal I could make. Or is ordering out better?

Voices, loud voices pulled my attention from my car to the sports field. The reason I normally stayed away from this parking lot is because the sports field was right next to it and that meant a lot of students who liked to stop and chat. However this time the voices got more and more heated as the seconds passed.

" God damnit, " I grumbled as I slammed my car door " every time it's something! "

I found two boys in a heated argument by the football field. One boy was leaning against the fence smoking a cigarette and flashing a wicked smirk.

" Come on Il Sung, " the one leaning on the fence said slyly " Just an hour, that's all. "

" Not happening, " He spat out like an it was an insult. Even I cringed at the vemon in his voice, I'm sure anyone could tell they didn't like each other at all.

" Are you really going to make me go to Hyun and tell him you said no? " Even though he tried to keep his voice the same I could hear the anger in it " come on man. "

" I couldn't care less, " Il Sung kicked a pebble with his shoe " Just get out of here and far away from me. "

He blew a line of smoke at Il Sung before flicking his ashes, Il Sung waved his hand in front of his face with a grossed out frown.

" What is going on over here? That better not be a cigarette I'm seeing." I had enough of eavesdropping

The boy dropped the cigarette and crushed it with the toe of his boot and shrugged. Il Sung refused to meet my eyes while the other boy gave me a challenging smile.

" nothing, nothing at all. " he held his hands in front of him before pushing himself off the fence and brushing passed Il Sung making sure to shoulder check him as he went " I'll let him know that you won't be crawling into his bed any time soon. "

Those words made his back shoot up

" Is that what he told you? That I was crawling into his bed? " Il Sung laughed a bitter laugh " Let me tell you, Hyun was the one crawling into my bed."