Chapter Six

Their conversation went on for an hour. For the first few minutes, it was a little awkward but as they talked some more, everything just kinda flow nicely, and shortly after, the two were giggling and laughing as if they had long been familiar with each other.

Pablo found out that René just moved to California recently from Madrid after her parents got a new job here in this city.

For some reason, he couldn't help but laugh at anything she said, whether it was funny or not. The brown haired thought that the girl before him was really sweet so why did the group even ask that he stay away from her? Does she know anything about the group? Or perhaps she was once in the group.

He decided now wasn't the best time to think about stuff like that, so he pushed those thoughts to the back of his head and lets himself sink into the conversation he was having with the pretty lady in front of him.

He took in her face - and I mean really taking it in. She had a really dope smile that was making his heart do backflips, which shouldn't be happening. The young man's phone had buzzed more than ten times in his pocket but he ignored them all as it was probably a text from Alexa to nag him about his "date" with René, but he didn't reply as he was now invested in the conversation with the new friend he just made.

After a long time, she excused herself to use the restroom. Pablo decided now was the best time to check his phone so he took it phone from his pocket to see who it was.

It was just as he anticipated, a text from yours truly asking if he has finally kissed her. She was well aware that Pablo was there only to help her study. Suddenly, René's phone buzzed and lit up. She left her phone on the table. He turned the phone to himself and slide it open. Surprisingly, it had no password on it. He looked up from the phone to the direction where she went. He didn't want to check but couldn't help, he was just too curious so he clicked the message.

His mouth dropped and his eyes popped out. His heart began to race fast his hand shaking in fear. He looked up again then back to the phone. The message was a conversation between René and some other dude, about Pablo.

"Did you find anything?!…"

"No, not yet, only getting closer to him!"

"You need to act quick!…"

Seeing this, Pablo quickly packed his stuff without wasting time and ran out of the library. Just when he thought things are going perfectly it get ruined by something else. Should he have listened to the eye? What if it wasn't him they were talking about?

A week passed, and Pablo made sure he avoided meeting with René. He sometimes missed the classes he knew she attended the most just so he won't meet with her. He had no explanation and haven't thought of anything to tell her.

…He knocked on professor Cunningham's office door. "Come in…" Kelland's raucous voice answered. His voice makes him seem like a bad guy but he was actually really nice.

Pablo slowly pushed the door while holding some paper in his hands, papers which he wanted to give to Mr. Kelland. Now inside the office he smiled and inhaled softly. The sweet scent of the office never gets old. It was a mixture of lavender and a sweet tangerine scent. The room was warm and cool at the same time, the ventilation was perfect and it was as if the room was soundproof because the sound from outside was not penetrating in.

Inside, he meet the professor whose eyes were fixed on his phone.

"Mmmm, Pablo… I wasn't expecting you, what brought you here today? Is there a topic you can't comprehend?" He asked without raising his head from the phone.

"Oh no… uh I brought the paperwork you asked for from last week!…"

Cunningham sighed, still not taking his gaze off the phone. "Could you wait a few moments and give it to my TA!?"

"Sure…" he answered quickly.

He wouldn't miss this opportunity. Finally going to see the hot TA everyone was talking about. He fixed his collar and cleared his throat. A few minutes later, the door opened, and in walked…

"…Re-Reema?!…"

He stood there staring at her with his mouth dropped to the ground. No wonder they wouldn't stop babbling about his TA being hot. She smiled to reveal her bright teeth. "Oh hey… ehm Pablo?!…"

At that moment, he felt his heart sink, the way she pronounced his name was just heartwarming for him. He only spoke to her like twice but she still remembered his name,

"You're the TA?…" He asked.

"Duh!…"

Every word that came out of her mouth was like an arrow of love piercing his heart. He passed the paper to her. She smiled before collecting it. It was a miracle to Pablo, even though he feels disappointed that he has known Mr. Cunningham for more than a month but didn't know that she was his TA. Maybe she could have been his girlfriend by now.

…

"I swear she likes me…!" Pablo says, hugging the pillow he was holding tightly.

Now back at home, he told everything to Alexa, who is taking a sip from her glass of water and nodding to everything he says. Everything except the René incident of course.

"Bro, she doesn't like you, she was only being nice… just because she smiled doesn't mean she likes you… this is not a fucking anime you know!"

He stopped for a moment before hissing. "Then how come she still remembers my name?… I tells ya she likes me too!"

"My god, you're impossible Pablo… I can't with you!…" She says before standing from where she was sitting. She walked to the door but stop when she pulled it open. "Which reminds me, I'll be going over to my aunt's, she's sick and her old ass need someone to help her with some things!…"

"Mary?…" He queried.

She nods.

"Okay… and I'll text you when she confesses her feelings okay?…"

She shook her head before walking out of the room.

End of chapter.