The first time he felt so annoying

She was still sitting on the mat watching her Martial Art-mates practicing and she was sitting with her leg opened stretching to both side.

"Hi," suddenly Russell stood before her. She looks up 90' degree.

"Hi," she replied him and she smiled with a big smile.

"Have we met before? I think I have seen you somewhere," said Russell and was looking right into her eyes. He tried to check the similarity with the girl he bumped last week evening. Russell could see the eyes and the face looks almost the same but the hair and her glasses. When she blinked her eyes, then she looks a bit different form the girl yesterday that he bumped with.

"We did?" She looked surprised with the statement. "May be." She just raised her both shoulder and smiled.

"But for sure we are talking to each other now." said Leona and still encountering his staring. She could not help it but just staring him right into his eyes as he did to her. It makes Russell suddenly felt uneasy and turned his eyes to somewhere else immediately and then looking back at her but he was looking randomly at her face.

"Hi, I'm Russell."

Leona smiled and just looked at him. Before she could replied him, he said something was thoughtful. "I'm sorry you must be in pain looking at me," he knelt down and shove his hands to Leona,"

"Really nice to meet you Russell," said Leona and shook hand with him. "Guess we will keep see each other more in the future." Russell was still waiting for her to tell her name but then before she was able to do so, their instructor called upon her.

There he heard and knew her name. Her name rang something in his head. So familiar and yet he could not remember it. He looked so perplexing and could not get her out of his thought that day.

"She is something…" he said.

The class ended late that night as the students were really worked really hard. They have one goal in their mind that was to complete the credit hours as soon as possible so that they would be able to do other project outside of the field instead of sitting in the class only to gain good recommendation in their certificates.

"They are really, really hardworking," murmured Leona while she changed her clothes in the changing room. There was only her and the room was a bit spooky. Her neck and her arms got goose bumps suddenly. She hurriedly put on her shirt on and her pants. She breathed deeply and tried to calm down. She looked at her watch and it was 10.00pm. She grabbed her bag and then walked out from the room. The room was located at the end of the building from the main door. She needed to walk quite a distance to reach there.

Suddenly a hand grabbed her shoulder. "Hey!" a voice came right after her.

She was able to settle herself straight away as she saw Russell first from the wall glasses in front of her.

"Yes?!" she said as she looked at him.

"You scared, aren't you?" He tried to teased her.

"No, I did not. Not a chance! Hahahaha," She stepped back step by step when he tried to stand closer to her until she was pinned to the wall. His both hands prison her against the wall. With his height she was totally locked up in his embrace and yet no skin-ship happened. She could felt his slow breathes toward her forehead. Their eyes met each other and she could only saw herself in his eyes.

"Shall I try my white belt skills to you?" She tried to be serious and half a joke with him.

Suddenly Russell burst out loud laugh and let her go.

"Come, let's go!" Russell grabbed her bag and led their way to the main door. There were several girls were still waiting and looking through the glasses wall. When they saw Russell they shouted and kept calling his names. Russell then stepped back and held Leona's hand and tried to go other way. Even to the other doors, several girls also were waiting for him.

"This is crazy!" Cursed Russell in his heart. This was the first time he felt so annoyed with the attentions from the girls who admired him openly.

While they were looking for the available exit door, suddenly Jacob was calling from the other door. They both hurriedly ran to Jacob and there was no one there except for Jacob and a car.

"Hop in!" Instructed Russell to Leona.

"Wait! It's okay, I can go by myself." Leona tried to turn her body from Russell and walk away but suddenly a bunch of girls ran towards them and screamed.

"I don't think so!" said Russell and pulled her arm and pushed her into the car. Because of the chaos outside of the building she willingly to be tossing inside the car. Russell sat next to her and Jacob drove the car quickly to avoid the crowd which was getting bigger.

After the situation was getting better, Jacob stopped and dropped himself at his house. Then Russell changed his seat to the driver seat and he drove the car and let Leona remained seated at the back seat. Only the sound of the soft engine could be heard.

"I am sorry for causing you in this situation." Russell broke the silence.

"The girls just remind me about zombie… the living dead," said Leona suddenly.

Russell was choking when he heard the words from Leona then he laugh out loud hardly. After a while he asked her about her house.

"At this moment I stay at the hostel, the place where I am doing my internship."

"Which Company?"

"It is Red-Group Company."

"Are you kidding me? Its my.." then Russell stopped his intention to finish his words saying it was belong to his family.

"Yeah, the company is really supportive allowing me to complete my study while doing my internship at the same time."

"I live there too." Actually he was never step into the hostel and never bother about his family business.

"Really? Ughh…That's not good…" said Leona unintentionally.

"Why so?" asked him hastily.

"Nothing…just say it. I feel bad about it. You are not their worker and you must be their family members." Leona tried to remember each of the employees who stayed there and she had no memory of his face walking around the hostel as she would remember.

Russell gulped his saliva into his throat. "She is fast!" said Russell in his heart as if he was caught in cheating.

"Plus you are driving a brand new four wheels car while you are full time studying." What a typical rich offspring, said her in her head.

After went through the guard's, Russell dropped her right in-front of the quarters tower. She quickly got out from the car and talked to him before leaving.

"Anyway I am so grateful for your family," she held at the window with her hands and talked to him who was still seated on the driver seat. She smiled and then she pushed herself gently away from the door. Before she completely moved from the door, Russell grabbed her left shoulder and right arm.

"He was totally stubborn tough," thought her and was a bit stunned because of his action.

"Yeah you're right, well some about me but not totally of them," gently he said to her. "For your information, this is not my car. It's belong to Jacob the guy earlier. Remember? He lends it to me just now to give me a chance to send you home." He winked to her and smiled. Her arms got goose bumps suddenly. She rubbed them quickly and looked at him. She tried to get rid of him but he was way too strong for her. She couldn't move any inches from the spot. When he realized she was in that situation he let her arm and shoulder go.

"Have a good night, we'll meet again," Russell waved his hand when she walked away to her hostel.

"Teenagers!" sighed Leona when she turned her head to the hostel.