Filed to story: A Girl Nobody Wanted Book by SansaR
I was thinking a lot if I should tell Jake about all of these… He will definitely scold me, right? Knowing how much he concerns about little things, there is a possibility of him sending a vehicle every day to pick me up from home, university, and cafe… On the other hand, with his situation now, if I tell him this, he will get panicked unnecessarily, right?
So, I finally decided not to tell him… Maybe that’s not the best decision… But I didn’t tell him anything…
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Did I tell you, Sally is getting to be a good friend for me. She sits near me when we have lectures together. She comes to eat with me during the breaks. Sometimes, if we both have free time, she comes to study with me in the library. You can tell she does all these just because she loves Luke. But I don’t care… I never had another girl as a friend… I find having her around is really fun and interesting.
I got to talk about all the girlie stuff, which I cannot talk with Jake or Luke…
On the other hand, Sally is really a good girl.
However, whenever she is with me, Luke didn’t even come near me… I thought I have to put some extra effort to make him talk with her.
So, on Friday, I thought of giving these two a chance to at least study together.
We had free time in the morning before lunch… I asked Luke if he is willing to study with me in the library. He said yes, thinking only I would be there.
But I asked Sally to come with me. She was extremely nervous, knowing Luke would come.
“Will he like me, Sarah… What am I going to do if he doesn’t like me?” she kept on asking.
“You are just going to talk with him today, don’t be nervous… I will be there…” I had to say every time to calm her down.
I was giving advice to Sally like a pro… But I was even more nervous to even meet Jake on the hallway, a few weeks back. I still remember how nervous was I when I had to work in the same group with him during our workshop… Poor Sally… I feel you… I will do everything I can for you…
She spent a long time in the washroom, trying to look her very best for him. But I don’t really think any of those is required, because she is naturally a beautiful girl with pretty golden-hair…
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I first went to the library… To my favorite spot… I waited for Luke…
He came after like 5 minutes… He was in a really good mood…
“Why you want to study with me all of sudden…” he asked, taking a seat next to me.
“Didn’t you say, you have some confusion related to sorting algorithms? I thought of studying that.” I replied casually.
“Yeah… Yeah… that’s good…” he said, opening his laptop.
We both started discussing the lecture content. After a few minutes, Sally came to us, as I planned.
“Sarah, you said you are going to study sorting algorithms, right? I have some confusions related to that, do you mind if I join with you?” she asked casually. But I could sense the nervousness in her voice.
I looked at Luke… He was staring at his laptop… His face was expressionless.
“Oh sure, Sally… Please join…We just started. “I quickly replied.
Luke was still looking at his laptop… He didn’t say anything…
Sally took a seat next to me….
She was also looking at Luke… But he didn’t even raise his head… Is he angry at me? Does he feel that I did this on purpose?
God! I am terrible at doing this stuff…
Luke was still looking at his laptop without any expressions on his face. Sally was extremely nervous and worried, I could easily understand it by seeing her face. God! I have made both of them uncomfortable. What the hell have I done? I was feeling guilty to death… But I have to do something, right? We all can’t just stay like this. Luke or Sally won’t take initiative in breaking this awkward silence. So it is my duty. “So, shall we start?” I asked, looking at Luke.
He didn’t say anything, but he nodded his head slightly.
So, I took one algorithm and started to explain it. After some time, Luke raised his head from his laptop, and he started to pay his full attention. His reaction made Sally a bit less nervous, and she also started to concentrate.
Luke even started to ask questions about the things he needed clarifications. This motivated Sally too. So, she also started to ask some questions.
Everything was going fine and I was so happy.
“Next we have Red Black Tree… But I too have some confusion related to that.” I said.
“Oh! I can explain it to both of you. I watched a few videos and read some articles about it.” Sally offered.
“That’s great!!!” I said quickly.
Luke didn’t say anything.
Sally started explaining to us. At first, she was a bit nervous. She avoided eye contact and talked while looking at her notes. But when I started to ask questions, she had to look at me. Then Luke also started to ask questions. When she was answering the first question Luke asked, she stuttered. She looked extremely nervous. Poor Sally…
But later on, she got comfortable. she could even look at Luke and explain things without stuttering and sound nervous.
However, in the end, we three could spend a very successful and efficient few hours. Our session could give these two some time to spend together, but not only that, it helped us to improve our knowledge too.
“Let’s go to the canteen. I am hungry.” I said when we were packing our bags after the session.
“I will join you. I am hungry too.” Sally said.
“Luke, would you join us too?” I asked, praying he would agree.
“Okay, let’s go…” he said after a small pause. Sally couldn’t hide the bright smile that lit up her beautiful face…
So, we all went to the canteen.
“Today, I will buy you two food… For teaching me…” Luke said, smiling.
“Oh! wonderful!!!” I laughed, looking at Sally’s face. She looked extremely happy.
“So, what you guys want?” he asked.
“Sandwich and a hot chocolate…” I said.
“What you want, Sally?” Luke then asked Sally.
“Mmm… I will also have a sandwich and hot chocolate…” she replied.