It was a Thursday, not just any Thursday, it was my birthday Thursday; and since I was back in town, Mrs London took it upon herself to celebrate my birthday. She said she was trying to make up for all the years she lost.
I tried to explain to her severally that I wasn't dating her son anymore
7 YEARS AGO"Happy birthday dear Jumy, happy birthday to you," my parents sang, smiling lovingly at me as I sat in the expensive dress my boyfriend got for me.
7 YEARS LATERI woke up to the sound of my infuriating human alarm, Eric, shouting stupidly in my ears, as he shook my body.
“Hey, you're the road runner from this morning, aren't you?" Yu Bin asked me, with his beautiful brown eyes piercing straight into my soul.I opened my mouth to answer, but there were no words, my mind was blank, it was like seeing nothing; I had nothing in my head.
I finally found the courage to sit with other teachers for lunch. They looked like half decent people, but it was evident they liked gossip, like this is a fucking elementary school for fucks sake.“So, Jumy, what’s your deal?” One of the teachers asked. She was very pretty with nice blond hair. I could tell from her attitude and the way she talked that she was the Queen gossip, and she loved things going her way. No one dared to say no to her, in other words, she was very full of herself.
I woke up to another day of Eric constantly singing about this very pretty lady of his, I hated it because he was doing it to spite me; because I came home talking about Yu Bin."Okay fine! I won't talk about Yu Bin again! Hearing about your boss that way is
It was at noon, after lunch, that I started to hear the rumor from the teachers, something about Yu Bin and his wife.I was in one of the stalls in the restroom, peeing, when I heard footsteps; they were more than one person, that much I could tell.
"Are you sure we haven't met before?"I kept my eyes on Yu Bin, not saying a word, not because I thought he remembered me, but because I didn’t know how to speak; the man had a way of making me forget how to talk. Yu Bin kept his eyes on me for a while, then his gaze started to go lower.
It was officially a week since I started working as a teacher in the elementary school. I was surprised I kept the job that far. I usually didn't last three days; I knew I had to respect myself, I was responsible for children now, two of which are the children of the man I have a heavy crush on, I couldn't afford to lose my only chance to be that close to him.