"Felice," called Mrs. Dinda because she felt the students were unfocused. "Are you ready with the title?"
Felicia even glanced at Jayden who again only shrugged his shoulders.
"You're part of the subacute rat toxicity test. And liver histopathology," said Mrs. Dinda again. Fortunately she is the type of lecturer who is patient although sometimes also firm.
"Ah, yes, ma'am. I'm ready," Felicia replied confidently. Then the girl thought again. Rats? What?
Jayden just shook his head where he saw Felicia, who looked busy alone.
"So it's fixed. You all will use rats and both test the toxicity. So Jayden will do subacute toxicity test and kidney histopathological test. Hepatic histopathological, Felicia. And Harumi, you check the blood profile. Complete blood."
So her name is Harumi, thought Felicia, who just found out the name of the student who was a group with her. But it seems that the girl is really arrogant. The proof is she is busy alone ,Jayden did not even speak to her. The man was even busy coding her with a mocking look.
It sucks.
"For extract making we will start after the proposal seminar. So for the past two months you just focused on the proposal seminar. Two months until the registration schedule for the proposal seminar trial. We have to catch the target. Especially you, Felice," said Mrs. Dinda, looking at Felicia meaningfully. "This is your tenth semester. Even though it is because of your leave that you graduate late. I want you to graduate immediately so that you can catch up with your classmates. At most, in the eleventh semester, InshaAllah, you can graduate." The woman who just turned thirty smiled sincerely.
Yes. Sincerely.
Felicia could tell which smiles were sincere and which were belittling. After all, Mrs. Dinda also knows her GPA and taught her in the first semester. Indeed, only people who know the story since the beginning of the semester can understand her current condition. Who wants to graduate long? If there are no obstacles?
If Felicia's father hadn't had an accident five years ago, of course she wouldn't have had something like this. But it's called a disaster, who can guess and prevent it? Maybe it was God's destiny to pick up her father first. Makes her and her mother have to think harder and work without knowing the time to survive. Because their siblings don't even care to see the misery of her and her mother. Felicia became reluctant to ask for help from others. Even though it's her brother though. It is better for her to work alone, than to turn herself into a beggar when she asks her relatives for help.
Plus her mother is only a child from an orphanage, she doesn't have any siblings. Only her father left first. While her father's family is a prominent family, which was not approved by his marriage.
After discussing the project with Mrs. Dinda, the three of them left the young lecturer room.
"Jay, let's go to the library to find material for a research proposal," said Harumi in an ostensibly friendly tone. Why "ostensibly"? Because when that girl looked at Felicia, it seemed like she didn't like her senior's presence. It looks like she's a transfer student from an associate degree continuing her bachelor's degree.
Felicia found out from the conversation with Mrs. Dinda earlier. Maybe she felt that she knew everything better because she was a convertible and had done research for her final assignment, so she looked arrogant in front of Felicia, who was an old semester but had not graduated.
"Uhm, Felice. Let's work on the entrepreneurial proposal together," asked Jayden who remembered the assignment proposal from Mrs. Lastri.
"Okay, but I can't take it long, because I want to work part time," Felicia replied enthusiastically.
"Yeah, whatever. If you look for the material for a long time, then your proposal will take a long time too. Our material is the same, but only in method. The rest find themselves in books," Harumi replied in a curt tone, making Felicia frown. She was surprised, suddenly the transfer student gave her a curtly words.
"Just calm down. It doesn't have to be from a book. Can be from journals and the internet. The important thing is the data is valid," said Jayden as if defending Felicia.
Harumi narrowed her lips. "It's up to you. The important thing is not to hinder those who want to pass quickly. If you are, it has taken a long time to graduate. I don't want to, especially Jayden who is smart and wants to graduate quickly. Yes, right?" she looked at Jayden as if asking for a defense.
"Just relax. I know my responsibility. After all, I graduated a long time ago but my GPA is good. Instead of you who are already a conversion student but have not graduated here for almost three years," replied Felicia no less sharply. She knows Harumi is in the same class as Jayden, only the difference is that she is a transfer student from an associate degree.
"How dare you—"
"Enough! We're a group now. You can't fight like this. It's not good." Jayden tried to intervene.
"I'll go to the library first. It's up to you. I just want to look for material from books so that my thesis is good. Not carelessly open google like your thoughts."
Jayden backed away with a surprised look. Even though Mrs. Dinda has no problem looking for data where the origin is valid and can be accounted for at the proposal seminar session later.
Harumi immediately walked quickly towards the library building which was behind the laboratory building without looking back. Her steps also look arrogant.
"What's wrong with her?" Felicia looked annoyed.
"Well, as we know I guess. Chased hastily graduated, because she was already old. Chasing the target of her next marriage." Jayden joked with his trademark laugh. He didn't really bother.
Felicia chuckled irritably.
"That's why it's better if you just stop it. You see the way people are smart and people pretend to be smart when they talk. She's the smart type. Even though she will graduate a bachelor's degree, she has already spent seven years. You, only five years, right? Do you want to be like her?"
"God forbid," replied Felicia quickly. Five years on this campus alone was enough to torture her with the bad eyes of others.
"She can also get this project because she begged Mrs. Dinda anyway. Even though her GPA isn't up to three." Jayden was like a spy reporting to his boss now.
"Are you a gossip … guy?"
Jayden raised his hand. "I saw it myself. And she used to be the type that while working so it took a long time to graduate. Just take a few SKS per semester. The turn is already going to the fourth year like this, then she pretends to graduate quickly. Even though she was afraid she might get a warning letter from the campus."
Felicia fell silent. Indeed, this campus has strict regulations to require students to pass before the deadline. Usually twelve semesters. For conversion, it is usually eight semesters because the SKS load is less than regular students. The girl thought again about herself. Hopefully in the next semester which is her eleventh semester on campus, she will be able to hear her thesis soon.
After working at the cafe, Felicia returned to her house by taking a Transjakarta bus, which happened to be the stop there from the Matching Point cafe. The cafe where she works after every class.Felicia immediately got into the bus which was taking her home. It is quite far from the bus stop to her house, about half and four miles. But this transportation is the cheapest. So that she can save money.About thirty minutes later, Felicia arrived at the bus stop closest to her house. She got down from there and came out after tapping the card on the automatic door. His long legs took a leisurely stroll down the main road then into an alley. Not far from the alley entrance, on the right there is a small gate inside which a small building stands
Jayden stared out his bedroom window, resting his chin. In front of him, the laptop is still open and lit, displaying a row of journals that he downloaded to complete his research proposal material. His head started to feel dizzy because he was still awake until this early morning. But he was reluctant to rest.In his head, Felicia's sweet face and all the stubbornness of the girl, let alone the madness she was so blatantly showing him, made Jayden smile to himself. The girl who caught his attention since the beginning of the semester. When he saw her in the garden reading a book alone. At that time Felicia looked left out from the others. But in the following semester, he did not see the girl's figure again. From the news she heard, Felicia took semester off. Even though they were in the same class, even though as he
About fifteen minutes away by Transjakarta bus, they arrived right in front of the campus main door which is indeed integrated with the bus stop. As one of the facilities to facilitate student travel here."It's cool to get on the bus," said Jayden again as he got off the bus and headed for the campus gate."Don't be tacky!""Please understand, I usually take an angkot.""Whatever! I didn't ask!" Felicia got annoyed by herself hearing the random and unnecessary sentences that Jayden said. She hopes that in the library the man's mouth will suddenly not open rather than bother he
Felicia stretched out her hand as soon as she finished copying the material to her laptop and some that she hadn't summarized, she took a photo on her cellphone. So that she doesn't have to go back and forth to the library again. Moreover, the opportunity to go to the library with a lot of time is only on weekends. The girl also glanced at Jayden's work which was summarizing the journals the man had printed."Are you done?" asked Felicia as she closed her laptop.Jayden even muttered indistinctly, with his hair disheveled, the man stuffed all his pile of journals into the file bag he was carrying. This man is quite diligent and tenacious, he even has a special bag for data which he will use later during research and thesis. Nothing wrong with
Felicia was just about to enter Pharmacy management class when she saw Jayden's figure who was gathered with female students and some students behind were cool chatting about something she didn't understand. That man was very easy to get along with anyone. Unlike her, who withdrew more often than tried to blend in. Felicia was just tired of pretending they liked her as a chat. Even though they like to talk about her from behind. Of course she knows and has ears that are still working properly. Although only a whisper, but she often heard people talking about her. Especially about the lecture.Instead of having hot ears or running out of patience clarifying the real situation, it felt like a waste of time. After all, telling other people about your good side is the most tiring thing, let alone telling people who clearly hate
Felicia glanced at her cell phone vibrating in the pocket of her work uniform. It turned out that she had been included in the research chat group by Jayden. There appeared to be several other members in the group besides Jayden and Harumi, whom Felicia guessed was the extract-making project group. Because for the Felicia group is the specialty of pharmacology, so that the assignments and theses are not discussed too much. Also, the work can be shorter and faster if done by many people. Besides, the extract will be made in a month's time. Meanwhile, the proposal seminar is still about three months away. So while waiting for the proposal seminar, she and the others can make the extract first. After the proposal seminar is over, it can be continued to the pharmacological test. Maybe about two months.Felicia only found o
Felicia sat in an empty chair in the lobby of the laboratory building as usual. The girl was busy with her laptop, revising the proposal that had been crossed out by Mrs. Dinda yesterday and sending the proposal to Mrs. Rahmi. She deliberately sent the revised one in order to reduce errors that might be revised again by Mrs. Rahmi. Mrs. Rahmi is a lecturer in phytochemistry, usually dealing with plants and extracts. According to Felicia and her group's thesis.So serious, Felicia did not notice a man sitting in front of her and looked at the girl deeply. Ansel. The narrow-eyed man watched Felicia's eyes focus on her laptop. Until the girl's eyes glanced at him and was shocked.
"Because I was too busy with my world, I realized I didn't have much money like other students so I needed to work hard. The person who I thought could accompany me during the lowest moments of my life, in fact, actually left me. And now he's back again by appearing in front of me. Even though I'm starting to forget about him."Jayden still remembers very much how Felicia's expression when she talked about her past, the reason why she finally broke up with Ansel. Actually he was just joking about Felicia, who seemed unworthy of having dated the youngest laboratory assistant. In fact, he admitted that they were actually compatible even though his heart was evasive. For him Felicia fits Ansel better. But seeing that his senior still had wounds and was so focused on what she was doing now, Jayden was reluctant to bother the gir