I told my family about the event that happened yesterday. They were happy.
“You know I don’t lie. It’s a very big thing for us but honestly, none of us expected this from you like see Miss. Daphne Tuffin leading a group of people who are going to present their college for others.” Alena laughed.
I looked annoyingly towards my parents just to see them laugh silently with her.
“It’s not like what you think, girl. It's just kind of ironic. Don't you think so?” my father paused his laugh just to say it.
I stared at him and moved directly towards my college.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbUKlDw8Jo
I was scared about my behaviour with Amor last night. I could have avoided him the whole day but he’s my professor. He has the last lecture each day. Thus, I can't.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQZsq2jI2V
Phoebus was not there yet. I don't know how he avoids coming to classes most of the days. My parents would throw me out if I avoid classes frequently.
I heard someone saying Amor was AWOL. Thankfully.
“Daphne!” Bella hugged me tightly.
“Yesterday they sent us back early but I heard you managed everything nicely. That's a very big thing. I told you, there’s nothing that Miss Daphne Tuffin can’t do. I know you better than any other person in your life and even you know you can’t deny that.” Bella patted my back.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOhs923Igf
“Indeed I can’t deny your facts Miss Bella. You are omniscient in my life. Nothing in my life is more important for me than your friendship.” I said, hugging her back.
She is indeed my solutionist and the only person who has been constant with me, long enough as much as I remember.
I remember her breaking up with her long awaited boyfriend just because he talked shits about me in front of her. She even got suspended for beating him badly in front of the whole school.
She kept shouting “Never dare to say anything bad about her.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOAcgsVRxk
That was the day I stopped doubting her powers. Indeed a badass whole life but still witless, she is.
My short erratic.
She also gets the credit to remove the nerdiness I had when we initially started schooling. Still many consider me nerdy. I don't know what they would do if they saw me studying constantly for hours and hours, that was hard to count.
The day went well until Amor came out of nowhere. He was supposed to be absent. He was not there the whole day. Why doesn't he take a day off? I have never seen him being absent since his first day. He ought to take one.
I don't know if I was imagining or he was actually staring at me the whole lecture.
“Is he staring at me Bella?” I asked Bella softly.
“What if he does?” Bella said, looking at him with a straight face.
“Stop making it hard for me. Tell me, is he looking at me?” I said, hitting her under the desk.
“Obviously not Daphne. You are overthinking. He is not.” She assured me.
“He better not. I will start feeling awkward”
“Well he is indeed one of those who pick the thorned roses out of the smooth ones.” She whispered in my ears. I got goosebumps just because of a cheap quote stated by her.
“I am a thorn!” I exclaimed looking at her.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbA5aggUSZ
“Indeed you are. You are the rose with a thorn which keeps the rose safe from others who intend to pluck it. You are not meant to be plucked Daph, you are meant to grow as long as you wish to while others get plucked and dry out faster.” Bella spoke all this out of nowhere and made me speechless.
“Thank you.” I said and we both smiled.
At the end of class, while we were leaving, Amor asked me to stop. I told Bella to stay with me but he asked her to leave.
I was scared.
“Sir, I realised it late but if you are angry about our conversation last night, I am sorry. I was really upset with my behaviour.” I said looking down.
“Are you really sorry about yesterday?” He asked.
“Yes. I am.”
“Then you have to do something for me.”
I looked at him and asked about it.
“Baila conmigo.” He said.
“Sorry? I didn’t understand you sir.” I said, looking puzzled.
“You will when time comes.” He said while leaving the class.
He is weird. Totally. He speaks in another language and doesn't tell its meaning. I can’t take a language class just for him.
Bella was waiting for me near the gate.
“You know Spanish, right?” I asked her.
“Yes I do know it. Did she say something in Spanish again?” She asked.
“Yes! He should not. Even if he does, he should tell its meaning. Such an eerie person he is.” I spoke in disgust at his continuous annoying behaviour.
“What did he say?”
“Something like Baila Co…” I tried remembering his words.
“Baila conmigo?” She asked.
“Yeah! That's what he said. What does it mean?”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdilyg5RYH
“Strange.” She said putting her hand on her chin.
“Strange?” I asked.
“He asked you to Dance with him. Why?”
I asked her to repeat the meaning.
“He wants you to dance with him.” she repeated.
“Huh?”
I don’t even know how to dance!
I have once fractured the feet of my dance partner on prom night. Thankfully he didn’t take revenge on me, mainly I think because we never met after that incident.
No one in the home would have known until Bella told about it in front of our families to avoid awkward silence after someone told her mother about the rumour of Bella having a boyfriend when we initially joined the college. That rumour was actually a rumour, I went with her as her boyfriend to make her crush jealous in which we failed successfully.
I remember once I was rejected from the annual function as I could not remember the steps. That was very embarrassing for me as a kid.
The body language of Amor is so confident that everyone will think he is a virtuoso.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFq9Tvfna0
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knowing about me being hopeless at it?215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNZ3kmbljF
Phoebus found me distracted during our after college study session. I was unable to find a reason.
“Do you want to share something?” He asked.
I looked at him. I got a reason. Yesterday.
“Yesterday. You seemed weird on the way back home.” I dropped the pen to turn towards him.
“ Was I?” He said, clearing his voice.
“Yes. You were different a few minutes ago and different a few minutes after.” I said.
“I think that's how I am, not all the time, but mainly while driving I stay focused.”
“You are many times unpredictable like the weather of Denver.” I joked.
He stared at me. I looked at him, raised my eyebrows and saw him give me a giggle. I frowned and smiled back.
After thinking a lot I asked, “Someone asked one of my friends to dance with him but she doesn't know how to dance. Will that boy still want to dance with her?”
“Hmm… Well it depends. If he really wants to dance with her, it won’t matter if she dances or not. He will be ready to teach her too.” He said and continued, “is that friend of mine like some named Daphne or something?” He laughed.
“Stop! No, it's not for me. No one asked me to dance with them.” I said ignoring looking into his eyes and looking back into books.
“Then I can ask you to. Will you dance with me, Daphne Tuffin?” He asked.
I looked at him and gulped. This time I knew the language too.
He is a lot like the English version of Spanish Amor, it's just he makes me feel comfortable by speaking the same language as I do.
“Hello dear children.” My mother entered the room and we looked at her with a smile as she brought waffle brownies along with her.
Hot fudgy waffle brownies. Tempting it is.
My mother enters like a fire alarm as soon as there’s fire around me. Right now it is Phoebus and his question. If I let my mother stay a little longer, he might forget about his question too.
My mother seemed happy to see us together. I don’t understand her. Instead of making the environment calmer, she made it more awkward. We just tried to focus on our studies instead of talking.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrFN9brdTg
I accompanied him out near his car after completing our studies. He opened the door.
“You didn’t answer my question. Will you dance with me?” He asked.
I opened my mouth to say something that even I didn't know.
Alena shouted my name.
“Go. think about it. We’ll talk later. Bye.” He smiled and went.
I went inside my home.
Till now everything was going fine. Suddenly two good looking men asked me to dance with them and neither I knew the answer nor the reason.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbpBzXhdAc
I sat with Alena at night and told her everything about both proposals.
“This professor of yours seems weird to me. He is indeed a red flag, Daphne. You should understand it yourself. If you get a choice I would still suggest you choose Phoebus but still, he’s your friend’s boyfriend, if you remember. Choose none.” She said.
She was right but she has not met Amor yet.
“Only if I had to choose between these two, I am still going to run away, somewhere I will not find them. They are irritating me.” I said.
“Still, right now we both know that's not gonna happen. Whom will you choose is your choice. No one can force you Daphne. It’s late. Sleep. Good Night.” She left me behind with lots of thoughts clashing with each other.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ur9CWWmb9
Both are red flags to me. One is my professor and another is my best friend’s boyfriend.
Whom should I choose?215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fNLxPig9V
