I entered the classroom with my eyes looking down. Students were gossiping in groups, too busy to notice this small presence of mine. However, I still felt like whatever they were talking about, was directed towards me.
I embarrassed myself at last night's party. Us, 3rd years threw a farewell party for the 4th year students as they'll be leaving soon. A few of the students were probably playing truth or dare and ended up giving a dare to one of the popular guys to kiss the ugliest girl at the party.
It's probably known where this was going. The older student, with a knowing look casually ended up approaching....me. I admit all my parent's beauty genes had gone to my older brother but this was absurd.
As much as timid I might be, I knew where to draw the line. I threw my drink at the older student when he tried to kiss me and proceeded to leave the party.
The student grabbed my arm and shouted,
"You're lucky I even want to kiss you, fatso!"
I wasn't even that overweight but he had no right to say these impertinent things to me. Moreover, he continued to throw nasty comments towards me.
"Just kiss him, Sky and get this over with." My best friend, Aliyah kept saying during the commotion. She probably wanted no trouble at our table.
I also had a fight with her about it and stormed out from there. I didn't understand the reason for her comment. Maybe she was drunk, was what I told myself to justify her.
At present, I had a hangover. I made my way to Aliyah who sat at the end of the lecture hall. She was busy with her phone, making her not notice my presence. Don't think that I'm not mad at her. I am.
"Sky!" The woman jerked up on her seat when seeing me. She instantly held my arms.
"I'm sorry for last night. I wasn't in my right mind and said bullshit."
She gave me her wide smile as her eyes formed a crescent shape.
That's all I needed. An apology.
"It's okay." I smiled back and sat down beside her.
"Can I have your machine learning notes? I wasn't at the last lecture."
"Sure."
I gave her my last class's notes which earned a grin from her.
"You're the best!"
Aliyah was a very popular girl who somehow became my best friend during 1st year when I helped her with class notes. I liked her very much cause she seemed to be the only person in our year who didn't bitch about me behind my back.
I didn't care what people said about me as long as I had my best friend with me.
After classes, Aliyah parted ways with me cause she had to meet with her cheer squad friends. I also had my part time job that day, so I went back to my studio apartment not so far from the University.
The complex I lived in offered an affordable accomodation for students like me who avoided dorms. Of course my parents were reluctant at first but, I just told them my roommate at the dorm disturbed me which hampered my studies. They instantly agreed after that. What can I say? Perks of having parents who understood nothing but 'shove books down your throat'.
When inside, I took my guitar. I was studying Computer Science but I had no interest it. I liked music very much, so I wanted to work in that industry. But that's like every Asian parent's nightmare. Of course, I was forced to study Computer Science. So, just to comfort my poor heart, I took a side job at a bar where I sang three days a week.
My parent's gave me a lot of shit when they found out a few months ago about it. They cut off my pocket money. I didn't get why they were overreacting so much. It wasn't like it hampered my studies. I always balanced both, so why?
That time, mom screamed at my face that I was turning just like my brother who used to play music during his highschool days and didn't concentrate in his studies. He ended up failing. Her words didn't stop me though since I was used to hearing them.
I got a scholarship to the university I was currently studying in. The accomodation fees from my scholarship payed most of my studio apartment's cost, leaving a little amount to be paid at the end of the month. My side job covered it. So, cutting off my pocket money didn't affect me much other than when I wanted to shop for extra items. I kept my needs to myself. I was happy with how much I could support myself.
Before exiting my studio, my eyes caught a white blazer on my lime bean bag, sitting at a corner of my room.
"Right, I almost forgot."
After last night's event, I was so depressed that my best friend didn't follow me out of the party that I bought a few beers and sat on the curb outside my apartment as I drunk my sorrows away. I was intoxicated to the point I couldn't go up to my room.
Just then a shiny metallic blue Jaguar car stopped in front of me which made my drunk ass very jealous. The window scrolled down to reveal the most beautiful and handsome woman I've ever seen-my nextdoor neighbour, a popular masters student in my department and a part-time lecturer at the renowned private university beside ours-Raeha Mandal....who probably also didn't like me just like my whole department.
I ignored her emotionless green eyes and minded my own business which was sleeping on the curb. It was pretty chilly tonight, so I hugged my knees. The straight faced woman got out of her car and towered over me.
Out of the little gap between my eye lashes, I saw her contemplating for a few seconds before finally saying something.
"You should go sleep in your room."
"No, I'm too lazy." My words slurred.
The woman wearing a sky blue shirt tucked on her white pants, took off her white blazer before covering me with it.
"Get up."
Much to my resistance, the woman pulled me to my feet. I stumbled and fell right into her arms.
"Don't touch me." I spat, half unconscious before looking up at her to glare. I had enough shit for the night already. At that point, I was ready to throw hands.
But that's when our eyes met. My brown ones to her lime green ones....my words got stuck halfway through my throat. Very few Asians had green eyes and I always wondered why nature didn't let us have such a trait. I totally understood now.
Perhaps it's because people would totally go crazy on them for how attractive they would be just like the emotionless woman in front of me. Her eyes held a whole green forest inside which was visible through her glasses. My eyes trailed down to her soft chocolate lips, it was busted a little on the sides....
I don't remember much but the next thing I knew, I was at my studio's bathroom puking my guts out with the emotionless woman patting my back. I was given a hangover pill afterwards before completely passing out.
At present, I bit my tongue in embarrassment. That senior must fully hate me now since I've troubled her much. Nonetheless, I decided to act like a normal human being and take her blazer to dry cleaning before going to my job.
TO BE CONTINUED....