Chapter 2 - Scholarship

As soon as I heard him, it immediately sent chills down my spine...Again...Then I turned to look at him finding him already looking at me, while still having his head resting on his arms on the table.

Ria: "What are you...talking about?" I replied, trying to act calm.

Scara: "Don't play dumb, I heard you saying I look like I cause a lot of trouble."

it made me speechless and quickly turned my head to my right side.

Scara: "Not even trying to cover it up eh?" he said mockingly.

Ria: "I gotta listen to Prof. Hazel" I said while turning to look at Pro.Hazel.

When I said that, I heard a "Pfft" from him.

Scara: "acting like a good student huh?" he said mockingly again.

I just ignored him, then suddenly my hair was being tugged.

Ria: "Hey what are you doing" I told him, looking and sounding very annoyed.

I Immediately turned to him seeing him grabbing my hair with his right hand, while his head is rested on his left hand while looking and grinning at me.

Scara: "You finally looked at me" he said, then grins.

I immediately turned to Prof. Hazel, to escape him knowing I won't be able to reply to what he just said.

"What the hell is wrong with this dude..." I said in my thought, with a wth face.

While I'm listening to Prof. Hazel. Scara just keeps playing with my hair, trying to get my attention. Then finally, Prof. Hazel noticed it.

Prof. Hazel: "Excuse me, can you two please stop flirting?" she said angrily, while looking at me and Scara.

When Prof. Hazel said that, all of our classmates turned around to look at us.

Ria: "Prof. Hazel! I had been telling him to stop!" I said guiltily knowing I haven't told him to stop.

Scara smirked, clearly knowing I'm putting all the blame to him.

Scara: "Sorry Ms. Hazel, just can't help playing with her long hair."

Prof. Hazel: "Playing? and you thought that's an excuse? in my class?...come here" she said angrily while beckoning Scara to come next to her.

Scara calmly stood up, then told me "You gotta thank me for this" then smirked.

"Thank? you're the one who put yourself into this" I replied to him in a low voice and angry tone.

He just smirked and makes his way to the front next to Prof. Hazel.

Prof. Hazel: "Answer This" she pointed at the question on the white board.

"What? she's asking him to answer the question she haven't even discussed to us yet." I said in my thought, looking surprised.

Scara took the pen and started answering the question on the board. Prof. Hazel, crosses her arms then suddenly had a surprised expression.

"Done" Scara said while giving the pen back to Prof. Hazel

Prof. Hazel and the class were surprised by how quickly he answered the question. While Scara is making his way back to his seat, a student questioned...

"The question is...is his answer correct?" he asked mockingly.

the whole class went quiet for a bit then Prof. Hazel replied.

Prof. Hazel: "Yes" she said while erasing everything on the board.

I was so surprised that his answer was correct despite he was not listening to any of Prof. Hazel's discussion earlier.

Prof. Hazel: "But either way Scara, stop playing with your classmates hair." she followed while still erasing the writings on the board.

Scara: "Understood miss" he said in a serious tone.

Prof. Hazel nods and went back to her discussion

"Gosh. This Scara dude is built different. I haven't even understand any of what she was discussing earlier and he just answered it easily and quickly." I said in my thought.

Scara: "So...amazed?" he said, looking at me then grins.

I turned to look at him and said...

Ria: "No. I bet I can get better scores than you" (why did I say thatt??) I said confidently.

Scara: "Pfft. Oh really" he replied mockingly.

I didn't replied to him and just went to continue listening to Prof. Hazel's discussion.

after a few hours...the class ended.

Scara: "I know that you're the top student of BSCS course" he spoke to me in a serious tone.

I turned to look at him waiting why he have to mention that.

Scara: "I also know that you can't keep your scholarship when you aren't the top of the list" he said while getting ready to leave.

Ria: "I don't have any problems with being the top of the list" I said while fixing my stuffs.

Scara: "Then ig you better look at the list again" he said mockingly then grins and left.

It taken me by surprised and took my phone out to check the current list. My name is still on the top but suddenly moved to 2nd.

"what the-" I said loudly.

Then a name appeared on the number 1 on the list.

"1. Scara Mouche - 99.9%"

"what kind of score is this?? its literally Perfect!" I said, so surprised.

"how am I gonna beat this..." I said in a dispirited tone while looking at my percentage.

"2. Ria Bluem - 98%"

"This is gonna be hard..." I said sounding like giving up.

---Outside the University---

"Great. Now another thing to worry about. My scholarship! I knew that dude is no good news!" I said aloud while walking my way to my part time job.

after a bit I reached my destination. Then I opened the door and a little girl ran to me and hugged me.

Serra: "You're backk!" a little girl said excitedly while hugging me very tight.

This is Serra, she's the kid I'm baby sitting and she's only 6 years old.

Ria: "How are you Serra, am I late?" I said and asked nicely.

Serra: "nope! papa just went out just now!" she said, trying to reassure me.

Ria: "I see, have you eaten?" I asked.

Serra: "nope!" she said then laughed.

She then pulled me to the kitchen then our conversation continued.

I had been baby sitting Serra for 2 years now. I was looking for a job and suddenly came across this baby sitting offer. Ofcourse to fend for myself as I am living alone and a student. So I grabbed the chance.

The offer was saying that Serra is a naughty and disobedient child and that the parents will charge the baby sitter if they see even just a scratch on Serra.

It is why no one took the job offer. But the reason I took the job despite the risk, is because it pays a good amount of money. Where it can cover up more than my needs per month.

At first, Serra didn't liked me. But as time goes by, she suddenly started liking me for I don't know reasons. We became close and now even her parents likes me. They're like my family in this place.

---Back to Present---

After awhile, I finished my part time job, said goodbye to everybody and went straight to my apartment. Its nice that I can finally relax after such a tiring day. Especially with a big problem of beating that Scara Mouche on the top list.

I gotta think of something. The only way I can beat him is to be 100%... but that's impossible...

I lied down on my bed and thought to myself that...

"Maybe I gotta resort to some dirty tricks..."