Chapter 13

  Athena woke up from the noise of the alarm tone of her phone, saying that it's already 6 am. in the morning. She stood up but even though she just out of the bed, she's still feeling tired and sleepy. That is because she has been overthinking the whole night. Thinking of what just happened, thinking about what Harith said, thinking about the answer she gave him, thinking if she responded correctly, those thoughts run through her head over and over again. She then went to the bathroom and went downstairs for breakfast, but what she saw next surprised her, it was Harith waiting for her, still wearing like a casual guy, still being a normal guy, except that he actually waited for her downstairs, he is sitting down the on the couch and as soon as he heard the footsteps from Athena, his heart stopped. He stood up and saw Athena, wearing sweatshirts, high waist jeans, and a pair of vans, she's also carrying her skateboard. And the moment Harith saw her, his head is cleared by the thought that Athena might not want to see her, that he'd get refused. But his heart pounded like a joyful bass drum, and the moment she saw him, she smiled and he's totally struck right there at his chest. 

She then asked him if he's hungry, but the nervous Harith answered her, stuttering, Athena just smiled warmly and walked to the table. Carson prepared a "for two" meal, it was nice, because he always cook just for one person, sometimes when Athena doesn't get to finish all, he'd get invited but now, there are to people experiencing and tasting his cooking. 

They both finished and both went to the park, but today, they aren't riding on the car. Today, they are on their skateboard. Harith is so proud that he is riding through the streets with Athena. They just make the neighborhood turn their head to them. At last, they've arrived at the park. It was a big day for Angelica because she now owns a new skateboard for her to use. They were all having fun, Athena is improving very well, and sois Harith as a teacher, not to mention Angelica who is also new to everything, and of course Steve who is an awesome guy when skating but almost close to being dumb when speaking. 

Athena decided to stop for a while, she told her friends that she'd be going to the store for a bit, she stepped on her skateboard and went on. She was gladly on her way back when a familiar car just stopped her. She stopped and looked at the plate number, it was Sam's car, Sam stepped out of the car and looked at her, he's so surprised with what he's seeing that he almost dropped his jaw. He never thought that Athena would really learn how to skate. That's because he always remembers her in skirts and cute dresses, he's quite fine with jeans but her on a skateboard,  it's quite a jaw-dropping thing for him. But for Adam, who is always an overprotective brother, his worries would kill him. 

San then asked Athena where she's heading to, she answered him and he told her to hop on and lead the way. Inside the car, they talked but mentioning Harith to her brother is quite risky, she's scared that he'd judge her judgment this time because she's mistaken about Alex before. So she just told him that he's the guy that taught her how to skate.

They've arrived at the park and Harith is surprised because he remembered that Athena left with just a skateboard, but why did she just step out of a car. Who is she with? Is it some other guy who's after Athena? Or is he just a friend who fancies her as well? 

Harith saw Athena walk toward their direction with this strange man. When they reached them, she immediately made introductions,

"Guys this is Samson, you can call him Sam. He's my brother. Sam, they are my friends, Harith, Angelica, and Steve," she said pointing them out,

Sam drew out his hand Harith and spoke,

"I heard you're the guy who's been teaching her, I'm impressed,"

Harith shook hands with him and smiled, Sam then took his leave, he said that he'd settle at her place and rest. It's time for Athena and Angelica to go back to school for the rehearsal for their next performance before the Christmas break. Athena came back home first to change clothes, she reached the door hearing the piano playing, Athena knew it was her brother so she just ignored it and went out, she stepped on to her car and went to the school. She was expecting Angelica to be there now but to her surprise, it was more than what she expected, there is Angelica, Steve, and Harith. The two boys would be watching, but Athena is feeling shy about it, so she just tried to ignore it. During the rehearsal, Angelica is having a hard time getting the song's pitch right, it was "Silent Night" and she's being asked to sing it in a high pitch. Athena, who is feeling sorry for her, encouraged Angelica, saying that she'd be able to do it right,

"Oh come on, you're this close to getting it," Athena said, Angelica, who is touched by her words hugged her. 

Moments later, she got it right. They all cheered at her, they were happy. Except for Athena who just saw her brother enter the room. As soon as she saw Sam, she sneaked out of the group for a moment and met with her brother. She then asked her what he's doing there and Sam acted in a very irritating way, which irritated Athena for a bit and so she just told her brother to sit down and try not to be seen by the teacher, but it was too late, the teacher saw Samson Chen and he is very surprised that he is able to see the musical duo siblings from Singapore in the school. The teacher went to meet Samson with a very excited face. They shook hands and the teacher praised him for a bit, but then an idea just went inside the teacher's head. The teacher asked Samson Chen to be the guest and asked the siblings to play a piece fo the audience to hear. Athena heard this stupid idea and tried to stop the teacher from speaking but then Samson stopped her and he happily accepted the offer. This situation just made Athena slap herself right on the forehead.