Past, Chapter 3: The 5-dollar Crush (Part 13)

June 19 could have been the best day of my life. Ya, you must think I'm mad. It's the middle of the holidays and common tests are just round the corner. I woke up early today and headed for school-- the only place I could study in. I've been in the library on every other day for weeks now, soaking in the aura of the books, hoping against hope that I would do well in the first major tests in JC.

It was on that very morning that she came to the library with her friends (1 guy, 1 girl). She saw me, smiled and waved. I waved back, hoping she would sit near my table, but her company preferred the other corner. And so there I was, unable to concentrate on what I initially set out to do. I was fighting a constant battle within me, whether I should join her group. On one hand, there's the seat beside her that is beckoning me to come over. On the other hand, I wonder if there's anyone else coming, and it would look impolite to barge in like that. This bothered me for the next hour or so, until she messaged me (the first time she messaged me).

******: hey r u free, can help me with some qns?

I turned to look her way, she smiled. This was the ticket to the coveted seat I've been pondering about for the last hour. I went over.

Her girl friend had some H1 physics questions (kinematics) to ask (how thick-skinned) while she had math questions. At that moment, I had to thank my teachers for bestowing me with adequate knowledge for the task at hand. I threw a smirk at that guy (or I tried to).

'Fancy you not being able to answer those questions, shame on you that she needed my help coz you were useless'

'Okay, don't malu yourself now' I told myself as I mustered all my effort to complete the tasks at hand.