“I’m sorry guys. Its me who landed you two in trouble.” Benjamin apologized, sounding low-spirited.

“Nah, its not your fault.” She assured him. “I just hate the fact we have to come back next weekend to do some cleaning. What a crappy punishment.”

“Be glad that Mrs. Lydia decided not to call our family.” Sylvester added. With his hands stuffed inside his pants, he walked suavely out of the gate, about two meters in front of them. “I just can’t imagine that incensed look on Auntie Florence if she ever knows we fight.”

“For goodness sake!” exclaimed with exasperation, stomping after him, “Its you who started it all first. Not me! If you didn’t attack David, we won’t be in this state now.”

“Cool it down guys.” Benjamin rushed between them, cutting off the argument, “Sylvester did that to save us. If not, you might be at the hospital wing now.” It was then did ’s harsh eyes relented a little. True enough, she was grateful for Sylvester’s help. But she didn’t like the idea of violence. She also hated how even Benjamin seemed to be at Sylvester’s side.

“But I still think this is a mistake.” she voiced out defiantly. “If you want to display your karate skills, this isn’t the way to do it. You could have ended up getting into trouble with the police.”

“Yeah. David could have filed a police report.” Benjamin nodded like a puppet, “’s right too. Why didn’t I think of that? By assaulting, it is considered breaking a law.”

Sylvester sighed, couldn’t be bothered by this endless debate. “If the two of you think I’m wrong, then I guess its also a mistake I saved you.” he declared rebelliously, staring right into ’s eyes. “Anyway, rules are meant to be broken.”

“All right. You win!” stamped her feet. Her fury was too big to manage she felt like tearing down the sky. “If you ever gets into trouble with the law, you can tell that to the police! None of my business anyway!” With that, she thrashed her way down the pavement, heading to the bus stop.

“I guess she’s just concerned for our well-being. She doesn’t wants to get you in trouble.” Benjamin comforted, giving Sylvester’s shoulder a buddy pat. “This classmate of ours is never good at expressing herself.”

Sylvester remained silent as he watched ’s back view getting smaller and smaller.

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That evening during the bus ride home, Sylvester and didn’t speak a word. He wanted to start a conversation but that harsh glare in her eyes revealed she was still fuming over the matter.

Am I really wrong? He found himself searching deep within for the answer. After all, scolded him based on good intentions. It wasn’t a good experience to come across someone touchy like her. Although a little spooked by her abysmal attitude, he was somehow fascinated by her hidden charms.

He had this weird reaction to the first time he saw her at the airport, like he knew everything about her even though he didn’t. Sylvester couldn’t explain why. He was just intensely attracted by her special personality but sort of scared at the same time.

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That incident of Sylvester and going against David De Cruz had spread fast like fire. The whole of the campus had learnt of it and many girls were actually going gaga over Sylvester, the new transferred student. They appreciated his sense of righteous and what’s more, he was rich and cool.

Definitely, he fit the bill of a perfect Prince Charming. Every girls in the class felt that way. All except .

It was odd having girls sticking up to him like perky bees, bombarding him with lots of questions. Sylvester flinched at the thought of flirts. He wasn’t used to girls that were finding all possible ways to draw his attention. That was what made different from them. Many females were so uptight about getting close to him but she chose to disregard his presence.

After every lesson when he tried to grab his only chance for a talk with her, those girls would buzz around him, sparing him no chance to even call out her name. Before he knew it, was already nowhere in sight.

Looks like she’s still angry with me, Sylvester thought.

A sudden gloom washed over his mood.

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End of chapter…

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