You're the reason behind my S.M.I.L.E

Chapter 2

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Jennifer

I was early.

The lack of negative energy provided me with an enthusiastic morning energy.

I walked through the pathway leading towards the main building surrounded by lawns with beautiful flowers and old trees at the corners. Once I was inside the building, the polished cream marble and white walls greeted me along with brown doors which lead inside different offices.

There are so many department buildings spread throughout the area while I was headed to the business department.

I was walking towards Mr. Smith’s class with a phone—attached to a power bank as I forgot to charge it in the morning—in one hand checking for any texts and books in another.

When I reached the lecture hall, no one was there which instantly made me open the class group. Even if I am early, there are always front row students waiting to get in.

Five hundred and fifty one messages. And more messages keep coming.

I skimmed through the messages only to come to the conclusion that two girls have been fighting each other along with their minions for a guy. These girls talked in paragraphs.

They shouldn't use the class group for a silly fight concerning a person named Adam who apparently slept with Becca during the holidays while Kristen is his alleged girlfriend. However, instead of confronting him, they are fighting each other, telling the other to back off. I can't find the text if we have a class today or the class might have been moved to another lecture hall for some reason. Gosh, that's annoying.

“What happened to Mr. Smith’s class?” I dropped the text, hoping someone might be interested in live tea and read my text.

My gaze unintentionally went to the class next door which is brimming with students. Some girls are fixing their makeup with a compact mirror in hand while some are busy setting their hair. What is going on?

“He's heading this way!” Someone exclaimed loudly, making everyone rush inside the lecture hall. It made me curious so I proceeded to step in that direction to check what's happening.

My phone pinged, stopping me in my tracks. Someone from class replied saying, “He'll take the class at 12:30 since he's in a meeting right now. I texted that earlier as well but some people want to discuss their differences here. @Kristen and @Becca, in case you don't know, THIS IS A CLASS GROUP TO SHARE CLASS RELATED INFORMATION”.

He got dragged into the fight as well.

No wonder I didn't notice that the class had been postponed.

Ugh.

That's not fair, my friends are on their way to college as they do not share this class with me, meaning a lot of alone time.

So in the meantime, I decided to spend my now free-time tucked away amidst the library reading a wonderful book. That's my plan for now.

I opened my bag to look through the bookmarks I purchased this morning. I bought them in a hurry so I had no time to check them all.

My phone vibrated and I checked it was a text from an unknown number.

Hey, beautiful. Where are you? You know we are in the same class this semester. I just saw your text in the group.

I opened the profile picture to be greeted by the obnoxious guy I have been trying hard to avoid for about a year now. He shares this class with me? I'm doomed.

Hiten, the living embodiment of the word creepy. Even though I have made it clear with my actions that I don't want anything to do with him, he just wouldn't leave me alone. Whenever he sees me, he follows me around and would continuously ask me to consider him as a candidate for a date.