Mr. Steve stopped the car at the main gate of the campus. Catherine said thank you and hopped out before Mr. Steve would come out and open the door for her. She swung her bag back on her shoulder and started to walk in.
The eyes came on her instantly. She was one of the famous ones here. She and her gang. It was her first year in university and already she has a gang of best friends they already gathered a lot of fame around here with their stupid pranks and fun all the time.
She barely stepped into the corridor when a shrill voice screamed. "CATHERINE!" And Avery jumped on her in a bone-crushing hug as Catherine laughed and hugged her back.
"You scream like-" Catherine was about to say when Avery moved back with wide eyes. "Don't even start," Avery warned as Catherine let out a small chortle.
Avery aka the melodramatic queen of their group. She's the typical long nails, high heels, red lips, and blonde. But she was just so sweet by heart.
"Aww such a pretty reunion. How many years have passed since you last met? Oh yeah, probably 18 hours or so." Samuel joked with an eye roll as he came to stand beside them.
Samuel was tall and handsome with tan skin and curly hair and his smile, you could say; his smile causes the heads to turn in his direction.
"Don't be jealous Sam." Catherine mused, causing him to grin at her.
"Am I missing some party?" Joseph came running wearing his number. Yeah, Joseph was the typical bad boy, Jock of their campus. Famous, absolutely, but his circle of friends involved Samuel, Avery, Catherine, and Quinn. These five were inseparable.
Some think they become friends in uni but none knows they were in the same college, they're family friends as well. Sam, Joseph, and Avery were diaper friends. Quinn and Catherine were the ones who became their friends in college and from then the biggest and fantastically psychotic and most fun-loving gang was created. It was not that it was fun all the time, they did study hard to get admission to Stanford University. And gladly they all got admission on merit but poor Quinn had to work hard on Joseph cause the bad boy was null in his studies.
"Where's Quinn?" Joseph asked as he deliberately ruffled Avery's hair causing her to growl at him. "She's the nerd of our circle. The class starts in two minutes, where do you expect her to be?" Avery asked with a cocked brow causing Joseph to chuckle.
"Alright, let's meet at the cafeteria in recess," Sam said and they all nodded heading to their first class.
Quinn, Catherine, and Joseph were majoring in business so almost all their classes were the same. Sam is doing law whereas Avery is totally and unapologetically lost in the deep love of history so yeah she was majoring in history.
They walked into the class and Joseph went to sit in the back not before pulling Quinn's ponytail in his way of greeting, she glared at him as he smirked and sat at the last seat.
Catherine too sat in the last seat beside Joseph's, whereas Quinn was sitting in the first seat. Catherine and her whole group were a backbencher except only the great Quinn. Though this doesn't mean they get bad grades. Nope, they all are blessed with good brains so they enjoy a lot and get good results too, viola.
Within a minute they heard footsteps approaching so everyone straightened up as the professor walked in. He greeted the class as everyone settled down in their seats.
"Class, there's a new student who joined." The professor said and everyone stared at each other confused. A new student! That too in the middle of the semester.
The footsteps that followed were heavy. All eyes were set at the door when a tall hunk walked in. Probably 6’2. His head down, the dark black hair finger-combed back as one of the rogue strands adorned his forehead. His skin was tan. She instantly noticed the trimmed beard on his sharp jaw, she could bet he was older than her. Her eyes narrowed as she noticed his pink lips sealed in a thin line. High cheekbones, straight nose, thick brows knitted together, was he angry? His lashes were thick. She lowered her eyes down, he was wearing a black T which was full sleeves and fitted, damn his body. Oh damn! She looked at Joseph who was to her left and he looked at her at the same time and she cocked her brow at Joseph, looks like someone would give Joseph a tough time because this dude was giving out pure bad boy vibes.
The dude was wearing black pants, black boots, and Oh la la. She checked him out thoroughly before looking up at his face again.
She took a sharp breath, her eyes widening slightly when she found his olive eyes staring straight back at her. They were cold. He looked mad and she didn't know why.
'Look away dude.'
She muttered in her head.
'I know I'm pretty. But stop gawking in front of the class. Jeez, where is your etiquette?' She thought while still matching his gaze.
Her jaw dropped when the handsome dude looked away and she saw him rolling his eyes.
'Wtf! What do you think of yourself huh? Stupid.' She thought with an eye roll.
Unfortunately, Joseph saw the whole scene and he was controlling his laughter. Great.
"This is Rasmus Colt." The professor introduced as everyone just gawked. "Take a seat, Rasmus," Professor said and unfortunately, there were only three seats left, two in the front row and one just beside Catherine.
The silent man walked back and hopped on the seat beside her.
Silence.
Catherine blinked and made eye contact with Joseph, he was still smirking at her. To prove him wrong and wipe that smirk off of his face. She turned towards the silent guy aka Rasmus.
His name was unique.
"Hey!" She smiled at him and the big guy didn't even spare her a glance.
‘Did he just ignore my existence?’
She heard a snicker from Joseph and she turned to glare at him.
Idiot Joseph.
Stupid, arrogant Rasmus.
"By the look on Catherine's face, I'm dying to know it." Avery chirped as Quinn cocked a perfect brow at Catherine, completely saying, 'what did I miss?' "So the professor introduced a new student today." Joseph started as Avery put her spoon down and grasped her hands together giving him her utmost attention. "I'm all ears." She said, These two should join a circus. Catherine thought with an eye roll as her eyes landed on someone sitting on the table, two tables away from theirs. He sat alone with his food and didn't bother to spare anyone a single glance. The dude looked as if someone had forced the crap out of him to attend the university. "Catherine was checking him out when that dude rolled his eyes at her," Joseph said with a low laugh, causing Catherine to scrunch her nose at him in annoyance. "Woah. He must be something to roll his eyes at such beauty." Avery said dramatically. "Shut up, Avery," Catherine muttered. "That's not it." Joseph mused. "Oh, there's more?" Sa
"Here goes nothing." She muttered with a deep breath, taking slow and calm steps toward him. She smoothly sat on the chair opposite him. The man didn't even notice her presence, drowned in his food. She didn't dare look at her friends because they must be grinning like idiots right now. Catherine dramatically cleared her throat to get his attention, which did get his attention. He stopped eating for a complete two seconds before he started eating again. Eyes still on his food. Catherine again cleared her throat a little loudly now. He smoothly grabbed his can of coke and put it in front of her. Her cheeks tinted a bright shade of red as she heard the booming chortle of her idiotic friends. "Thank you." She said rather plainly as she opened the can and took a gulp of the drink, his eyes were still on the food so she timidly toasted the drink at her friends who were smiling at her. "So why did you take admission so late?" She breaks the ice. No reply. 'God. What was this man? Mu
"Horror," Adriel said. "Action." Catherine chirped. "Horror." "Action." "Horror." "Action." "Horror." "Fine then watch it alone I'm leaving," Catherine muttered as she tried to jump off the bed when Adriel immediately held her hand, stopping her. "Fine! You're a blackmailer you know." Adriel grumbled as he searched for an action movie on N*****x. "Aww thank you." She smiled while shuffling his hair as he grumbled and both the siblings watched the movie while eating popcorn. Half of the movie passed and Adriel was already snoring on her shoulder making her roll her eyes at his enthusiasm of watching a movie but ending up asleep in the middle. She moved carefully and laid him properly on the bed as she covered him up with the blanket. Turning the LED off, she kissed his forehead. She wasn't the one to show affection a lot but she loved Adriel dearly. He was her only family. She cherished him a lot. Closing the door she walked out only to halt in her steps when she found Mr. R
"He said what?" Avery asked with wide eyes. "I was about to fall, he grabbed my arm to save me and said, '' Careful!" Catherine said the last words in the same manner as he said them. "Wow, he ain't mute," Quinn said as Catherine nodded feeling stupid for all the things she has said to him. Gosh, he wasn't even mute which meant he's not deaf also. Why does she always embarrass herself? "You won't believe half of the things I said to him in my blabbering," Catherine muttered as she took out the books for her next class from the locker. "Awesome. Then what happened after that?" Avery muttered as she checked her nails. "He steadied me, stepped away from me as if I'm a cactus, and then strolled away," Catherine said with a sigh. "I don't know how to approach him. He's just too weird." Catherine mumbled. "Leave it, Catherine. Admit your defeat." Joseph mused with the waggle of his brows, causing her to scoff at him. "In your dreams." She muttered. "It's getting boring," Avery mutt
The next day passed in complete silence. Catherine didn't bother him. Nor did she pay him any attention. She made him want to believe that she had finally left him alone. She was sitting with her friends in the cafeteria as Avery brought the topic of Rasmus up gazillions of times, so Joseph spoke up. "I've heard from the coach that Rasmus will be joining us in the practice match tomorrow for player selection for the finals," Joseph informed which got her attention. "Wow. I didn't know that he was a player." Avery mused saying double-meaning words, causing Joseph to roll his eyes as Quinn munched on her food quite elegantly. Samuel too sat quietly eating and watching. "13 days left babe." Avery reminded her, making her sigh. "I know that already." She muttered as she noticed Rasmus walking in. He walked to his usual table and sat at it alone. The rest of the day followed smoothly. The next day Catherine left the home a bit early. She couldn't sleep the whole night. She wasn't feel
She inhaled sharply only for his rich cologne mixed with his earthy scent to fill her lungs. She tried to move back but she was frozen feeling his hard muscular body against hers. Her heart stuttered when his hot breath hit the crown of her head. A loud gasp left her lips when he grabbed her arms rather roughly in his calloused hand and pushed her away as if she had burned him. Luckily Joseph was right behind her as he held her arms to steady her. Her eyes barely raised as they met with his glaring ones. "Dude, it was an accident," Joseph said seriously as he came to stand beside her. Mr. Mute only glared daggers at her before he walked past Joseph. "He's weird," Joseph said. "He's terrifying." She muttered slowly. She didn't know why she found him scary and cold. "Let's go or we'll get late for class," Joseph said as she nodded her head and they went in his direction because Mr. Mute has the same class as them. She ignored him not because she was scared of him or anything. He
Catherine started whistling while looking at the sky as she tapped her foot on the floor in a cool nonchalant behavior, so he wouldn't think she was gaping at him. But how in the world could she not react when a giant of a man who smells like cinnamon and fresh rain was hovering over her like a looming death sentence? There was still some distance between them. Catherine pretended to just notice him as she furrowed her brows and gave him a confused look before a beautiful pearly smile adorned her face. "Hi. So you finally decided to talk to me. I wonder if you're here to give me your number. In case you don't know my offer still stands." She blabbered nonstop while comically moving her hands. "To be honest you'll be good together with my Avery and she keeps asking me about you, nonstop. I think she likes you a lot. On a serious note, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get in relation with Avery. Though she could be a pain in the ass sometimes and push your buttons to irrit
"How did he get to know about it?" She asked with menacing narrowed eyes as Joseph stepped back totally freaked out by her murderous behavior. "How am I supposed to know that?" He said while putting his hands in his pockets and staring at the comical changing expressions on her face. "You sure there was no one when we did the deed?" She asked with a questioning brow. Joseph's jaw dropped as he stared at her with wide eyes and then he raised one of his brows and gave her a flirtatious look. "When did we do the deed?" He asked in a fake deep voice making her frown for a second but when she understood what he said, she face-palmed herself and gave him a bored glare "I'm saying when we were putting our plan to action, was there someone who saw us?" She asked with forced coolness. Joseph made a thinking face as his finger tapped his jaw and each passing second was irritating her more. "Nope." Joseph plopped the 'p' and Catherine's eyes narrowed even more. "So was it you who told him