When You Came

Chapter 33

Classes start again today. I'm nervous. Not because it's the new semester but because I'm afraid of what I'll face. Amy. No word came from her until now. None nada zilch. I would have drove to her house to check on her but I'm just afraid of the truth. What if over the short semester break she found someone else to be friends with. 

We've only known each other for a little over six months and have spent every school day together. Sometimes we would even meet after school. I reached college around 9 in the morning as my classes started at 10. Noah wanted to drive me but I declined because it was his day to work from home and I didn't want him to purposely wake up early for me. It's the thought that counts. He offered so that's all that matters. I went to the lecture hall and chose the middle seats so I could see the screen properly. While waiting, I scrolled through my Instagram feed. It was pretty fast because I don't follow tons of people. Around 9:45a.m., the lecturer came in but still no sign of Amy.

It's the first day of the semester. Don't tell me she's gonna ditch.

I was getting nervous. It's almost the end of my first year. People in my batch have their own friend groups already. It's like high school all over again... There are two sides of me always: one side I don't really care because I've always been an introvert and as long as I have my phone I'll be fine. You could throw me on a deserted island and I'd survive by myself; the other side is the side where I beg to socialize, to talk to people in class. 

What am I going to do when the lecturer asks us to pick our own groups for some group work. I don't want to be the one that gets stuck with a bunch of nerds and weirdos. No offence to nerds and weirdos but people have always seen me as some kind of 'rich, spoilt, popular' kid because of my father and because of Amy. But now that she's not here... I don't know if it's just my mind planning out the worst - case scenario or what but that's what I'm afraid of.

"Alright class, we'll wait another five minutes for those who haven't arrived yet and then we'll start our lecture." Our lecturer, Ms. Nadia, informed us.

Shit, it's already 10 and Amy's still not here.

Fuck it. I might just go to her house after class since I only have one class today. The lecture went on quite boring since it was the first class and first day of the semester. Ms. Nadia introduced herself, she even put it out there that she was single. Try hard lecturers putting their relationship status out there so they can 'bond' better with students. Because it's a huge class, she didn't ask us to introduce ourselves one – by – one. So hallelujah for that. 

Ms. Nadia basically told us the course outline and the requirements to pass, gave us our assignments which involve two individual assignments and one group assignment (fuck me). She even dismissed the class early. I took my time keeping my stuff because I really don't know what's waiting for me at Amy's house. I've been contemplating whether it is a good idea to confront her or not. As I was slowly keeping my notebook and pens, I heard the people around me talking, or more like gossiping. Something along the lines of "...isn't that Aurelia James?", "God I feel bad for her..", "I didn't know she was a loner??"

"Maybe she's just too stuck up to be friends with anybody else."

I didn't confront them. They were in a group. People in groups tend to have more balls to talk shit about people so I didn't have the guts to say anything and because Amy wasn't here. She would always be the one to defend stuff like this, she would straight up confront them. I just stuffed everything into my bag and fled through the door. I didn't even close my bag properly. I just hugged it tightly to my chest like an armor and walked to my car.

"Lia!" A familiar voice shouted. I whipped my head back to find Noah running towards me.

"Noah..." I said, shocked. "What are you doing here?"