Horizon Cole's Point of View:
After that class, I made my way to the comfort room, I heard the chitchat of a ton of girls who were busy applying their make-up on. My phone suddenly rang. I saw the name of our volleyball coach on my screen, informing everyone that we were having a training session tomorrow after class.
"Hey!" Someone intentionally bumped into me. She was wearing a light blue crop top and a mini skirt. Her lips tinted with a red curve in a teasing way. Her curly hair was kinda messed up. I took a glance at the girl behind her, they looked familiar. If I was not mistaken, they were my block mates. Their eyes were on me.
"I don't have time to be your subject," I told them. They were all shocked by what they heard from me just now. I really wanna have a peaceful and unforgettable college life, but I think the students of this university won't allow me to have one.
"Do you want me to rate your acting skills? You're acting as if you don't like Thorn, but deep down inside I know that you like to be his partner, don't you?" She accused me. I was not numb, not knowing that everyone hated me since I was Thorn's partner, but I never expected them to immature this much.
"If that's your problem, I pity you. Stop acting as if we were still high-school students. You know what, I have a lot of things to think about, so please don't add." I turned my back against them, knowing that how this kind of conversation will end up.
"I am not yet done talking." She gripped my arm to stop me on my way outside the comfort room. She was so determined to get even with me.
"Let go of me, I am not interested in what you wanna say. I don't have much time for this nonsense conversation. Let me just inform you that you don't have any right to do this kind of thing just because you're bored." I said and shook my head in disappointment due to her immature behavior. It was pretty obvious that she was head over heel to Thorn.
"What did you just say? FYI, Thorn and I are dating, so I have rights. I know you are not numb to not be able to feel that I like him and I hate you! " She emphasized the last three words. I snorted in response to her act. I totally did not care whether they were dating or not, the issue here was that petty accusation she was putting on me.
"You don't like me? Wow, so much in common already." I was about to go out, but I decided to look back at her.
"Before I forgot, If you have rants you can go to the faculty room and talk to Miss Leif, she must have time to listen." I rolled my eyes, I barely heard her hissed.
"I am warning you, girl." I can say that she was really irritated. I gave her a sarcastic grin.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I am not threatened. I'll share my acting tips next time when I have much time for this petty chit-chat." I made my best to played it cool to irritate her, then I made my way outside.
"Did you hear that? That girl dissed you, Xaine!" I barely heard her friend.
On my way to my class, someone blocked my way. He was wearing his gray jacket underneath his black coat. He shoved his hand in the pocket of his faded pants. I stopped and shot him with my indignant stare. He snorted.
"Miss Leif wants to talk to us." I did not see any affection in his expression. Up until now, I was still nervous whenever I remembered how stern she was in our last meeting.
"Maybe she will punish us. I knew it, or maybe she will suspend us." I uttered while jumping to so many conclusions.
"Apparently." He shrugged his shoulder, deadpanned.
"It was all your fault. If you're not that rude, she will not be mad at us." I put the blame on him.
"You've talked a lot." He furrowed his eyebrow.
On our way to the faculty room, a tall, slender type girl called Thorn was in a hurry and went in our direction. She was wearing a beige crop top and knitted skirt with her chunky boots.
"Brother, I have this for you." She laid a mint green paper bag for Thorn. At first, I thought that she was one of Thorn's admirers, but I think I was wrong. Last time, I witnessed how other girls in this university exerted effort on giving gifts to this cruel creature.
"Don't worry, it is better than the Balsamic-Glazed Steak Rolls." She smiled, and it emphasized the dimple on her right lower lip. She looks so classy.
"I'm not hungry." He responded, not even taking a glance at her. She just smiled and put down the paper bag that she was giving to him. I really wanna punch this heartless guy right next to me. She smiled at me, I did likewise.
"I'm Alexey." She laid her hand, her gray nail polish emphasized her fair skin.
"I'm Horizon." I accepted it. Alexey nodded in response.
"I like your puff sleeve dress." She looked so pure. I smiled, I cannot deny her taste of fashion.
"Thanks." She nodded and shifted her gaze to Thorn before she wrapped her hands on Thorn to hug him, but he just looked away.
"I'll see you around." She waved at me then, I nodded as a response. She walked on her way.
"You're so heartless!" I mumbled, but I think he heard me. He let out a heavy sigh before he shifted his gaze to the hallway where Alexey was walking.
"Lex!" Thorn called her in a loud tone of voice, just enough to call her attention. They were siblings, I guess. Alexey looked at him then, Thorn walked faster in her direction while taking off his coat.
"Don't wear clothes that you're not comfortable in. Speak for yourself." He placed his coat on her shoulder. Alexey nodded and laid her paper bag to him again. He hissed before accepting the paper bag from her.
"Don't waste your time doing this kind of stuff." She was smiling as if she didn't hear what he just said, so genuine.
"I gotta go." She casually said. Thorn simply nodded. I ran in his direction on our way to the faculty room. I kinda saw a different side of him. He was not that showy type of person but deep down inside, he really cared.
We made our way to the faculty room. Miss Leif walked in our direction. She was wearing a dark brown knitted dress with her pointer heels that accentuated her fair skin color.
"I need to -" I cut her off.
"I'm sorry, Miss Leif. We promise that it will never happen again." I heard a laugh from this cruel-annoying guy. This was the first time I saw Miss Leif smiled. I smiled awkwardly when I noticed that scolding us was never been her intention.
"I'm sorry. I thought you're going to scold us." She just nodded and shifted her gaze to the guy next to me that cannot help himself but laughed.
"I just want to give you a copy of the activity. I added another one, please do disseminate the info. Okay?" She was still authoritative in her words. I nodded politely.
"Yeah. No prob." This annoying guy uttered. I hissed while watching him. As if he was responsible.
"Okay, thanks." We went out to the faculty room. I hit him with the papers that Miss Leif was handed over to us. He laughed as a response to what I've done to him.
"What's your problem? Do you really think that she's about to scold us?" He burst into laughter. I felt as if I was too slow to not realizing that early.
"You're annoying more than words allow me to express," I said and furrowed my eyebrows.
"You're so paranoid, you jumped to conclusions. Don't blame me if you are easily deceived. To be honest, that was unplanned, I don't think that you're gonna buy that one." His voice laced with sarcasm. He shook his head as if he was disappointed. I sighed loudly in frustration.
"Whatever! Nag someone else." I said and walked ahead of him.
"Horizon!" Someone nudged me slightly even before I managed to look at him, for sure that was Sage. I felt Thorn's eyes on us. I looked at him then, he rolled his eyes and looked away.
"Don't you have class?" I casually asked Sage, but he simply shrugged in response.
"I cut my History class, I felt so sleepy." I shook my head in disappointment. He used to cut classes whenever he felt sleepy. I was still wondering, how he still managed to have high grades. Maybe because of his charm, I guess.
"Sage!" Someone called him and it caught our attention. He was a basketball player in his department, aside from academics he had a lot of things to prioritize.
"Bro, we have a practice game after class." The guy with tan skin tone taps his back. He simply nodded in response.
"Thanks, man." I shifted my eyes to the man beside me. Is he mad? Well, yeah, as always.
"What?" I asked him and gave him a perplexed look.
"What's your plan in that activity sheet, then?" He looked at the papers that I was holding. I have easily forgotten things lately, I think because, I was preoccupied with a lot of random things like, what would I wear, the time slot of the new series I was watching, the release of the latest edition of sneakers that Dad and I will buy for our next jogging, and the house chores lessons I had from Mom. My attention was turned back on Sage that was currently talking to his teammate. I slightly nudged his elbow and then, waved my hand.
"Text me after your class." I nodded at him and barely heard Thorn's hiss. Sage was looking at whom I was with, but we already turned our backs against him. I held the strap of Thorn's bag and dragged him to the elevator.
"Hurry up! 3:00 PM will be the deadline of the third activity." We got into the elevator. A group of varsity players went in, Thorn let me stand behind him.
"Bro!" They greeted Thorn. He just nodded in response. He was obviously famous, I mean not just in our department but in the whole university. I heard a tumultuous laugh, but I did not pay too much attention to them. He took a glance at me. I felt a bit awkward, maybe because I was the only girl here.
Our class in History got started, my eyes really wanted to take a nap, not sure if it was because of the topic or how she delivered the lesson, but she looked so smart in her eyeglass. My phone immediately buzzed, I hardly closed my eyes for a moment. It caught the attention of the whole class. I rummaged in my sling bag and tried to hang up the call, but obviously, I failed.
"Whose phone is that?" Our instructor asked. My phone stopped buzzing. I sighed as a relief.
"Thank God," I mumbled under my breath. She resumed discussing. My phone buzzed once again. I let out a deep sigh. I think that was the real end game!
"Go out, Miss Suarez." She exasperatedly said.
"I'm sorry, Miss." I made my way outside and got all my stuff. As I felt the eyes of the whole class on me, I walked faster out of embarrassment. I swiped the green button when I saw Mom's name on my screen.
"You forgot your notes here at home. Do you have class?" I heard her sweet voice.
"Yes, Ma. I do have classes. Thank you for calling. I'll call you later." I acknowledged.
"Uhm." I felt someone's presence behind my back, and I looked back to check who that was.
"Moral lesson: Set your phone in a 'Silent Mode' when you have classes." He grinned. A thick strand of my hair fell down on her forehead. I blew a puff of air at the thick strand of my bangs, that was literally blocking my vision.
"Are you insulting me?" I irritatedly asked him while giving him an indignant stare. He stared at me and curved his signature annoying smile.
"If you're insulted." He shrugged. I hissed as I heard what he just said.
"Whatever!" I casually folded my arms across my chest. He walked away.
"Hey, where are you going?" I asked before he went away. He did not answer, but instead, he walked straight forward in the hallway. I followed his direction. Thorn took a glance at me and a familiar grin flashed on his face.
"I'll come with you. Let's start our output, we will be having our training after class, so-" He stopped and looked at me. As if, I said something that was inappropriate.
"Men's room. You'll come?" He asked while raising up his eyebrows, he tried to play it cool. I swallowed hard.
"Never mind!" I turned my back against him, but I still barely heard his laugh.
"Crazy girl." He mumbled under his laugh.
"What did you just say?" I looked back.
"What do you mean?" He acted as if he didn't say anything. He furrowed his eyebrow just to look so convincing.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Colins but, I heard you, liar." I firmly said and emphasized the last word.
"You heard me? Then stop asking." He grinned as if he just got even. I shouted out of frustration and heard my voice echoed in the hallway. While walking in the direction where I spotted vacant bleachers around the hall and started doing a bunch of activities. I saw Sage sitting at the vacant bleacher near the corridor.
"Don't tell me, you cut your History class?" I sat beside him and rolled my eyes.
"Mom called me in the middle of my history class and unfortunately my phone was not on silent mode." I let out a deep sigh. I took a side glance at him as I heard him laughing.
"Stop laughing, Sage! I needed a friend right now, you know? I was hungry." I smelled his scent while he was rummaging in his bag.
"Here." My eyes lit up as I smiled at him. He was half laughing. I got a chicken sandwich in his hand and devoured it as I was staring at him.
"Drop that already, Horizon. We're bros, remember?" I exhaled half a laugh.
"Whatever, Sage!" He was laughing and shoved his hand in his pocket, I think someone texted him and in his reaction, I think that was serious.
"What's the matter?" I was concerned, asked him.
Thorn Trevor's Point of View: I noticed a mid-sized black luxury SUV Fortuner, which was considered as one of the best variations in its segment. The lavish interiors design and its top speed have no doubt. This model has just launched a week ago and is already on the top sale list for this month. The high-end features and equipped capabilities. Yzack dropped down his window and took a glance at me. "Bro, hop in."He shouted for me to hear him. I waited for him for almost an hour. There were lots of people in our university staring at me, and I hated it a lot. I hated being talked with, being the center of attraction. And that was exactly the reason why I refuse to sign the three-year contract as a model in one of the well-known brands that offering an exclusive contract in their company. "What took you so long, Bro. I was waiting here for almost an hour."I hopped in the passeng
Thorn Trevor's Point of View: Our locker room was messed up, it was horrible, a big time. Some jersey uniforms and socks were strewn all over the floor. I shook my head watching some of my teammates singing without thinking about the tune of the song out of their happiness for the promise of our coach in winning tonight's game. "Unwind?" One of our teammates suggested after the practice game. The tumultuous laughter of our teammates echoed in the locker room. "Call." Kin respond. He was the point guard and the one who had never been absent from all the celebrations of our team. "I'm in," Cody said while removing the lace of his shoe. He was one of the shooters on our team.
Thorn Trevor's Point of View: She got her red notebook from Yzack. "How are you, bro?" I laughed. "Stop it, man. That one was serious." He simply replied. I took a glance at her and saw how she shot us with her indignant stare. Thick strands of her hair fell on her forehead. She clumped her hair into another side as she always does and tucked some strand behind her ears. Her friend gave her a burger, she's still angry, but she managed to devour that burger. "That was tough," Yzack commented while rubbing his arm that has been hit by Horizon. "Like I was told you, bro. She's not a girl." I chuckled while checking my phone.
Thorn Trevor's Point of View: I went to school at five o'clock in the morning and wore a black hoodie jacket underneath my coat. I yawned, realizing how early it was. "Thorn!" I heard my name was shouted by someone to get my attention. She was wearing a maroon puff sleeve knitted dress with her sneakers. I made my way in her direction. "You're so noisy," I commented, and noticed her tired eyes, signifying that she woke up too early just for this. She immediately rolled her eyes. I smelled her scents that became more familiar day by day. Horizon clumped her hair to the other side. She rummaged on her light pink shoulder bag that was hanging on her shoulder. "Here."
Thorn Trevor's Point of View: I saw Horizon wearing a halter top and a pair of jeans with her white sneakers. She was with her friend walking in the hallway. "Horizon, earlier when Andy and I started our activity, we talked about Thorn." Her friend said. I stopped when I heard my name. "I think we had a misunderstanding. The guy she was fought with during the first day of class, was the guy trying to hit on his sister." Her friend noticed my presence as I showed up and tried to tell her through a simple gesture that I was at her back. Horizon shifted her gaze to me, we exchanged a glance. I saw how a thick strand of her hair fell on her forehead. The bell rang, indicatin
Horizon Cole's Point of View: I folded my hands together and tucked them under my chin. I felt that I was too insensitive, not realizing the situation, I stared at him. His dark brown hair was wet and the side was cut in a bit shorter than before that it was not easy to be noticed but kept the top longer that still allows it to fall over his forehead. He was glued to the screen of his laptop and immediately took a glance at me. "It's cool, not a big deal." Maybe he noticed that I was guilty. I took a glance as he nudged me. I exhaled, half a laugh. "Here, I am done."He showed me his screen. I got it from him. "You can encode it here. I'll send it to your email, for you to have a copy."I nodded. The rain was accompanied by a sudden burst of winds. I abruptly hold my dress and noticed that he looked away. I clumped my hair on the other side. He was playing the ball pen in his fingers. I
Horizon Cole's Point Of View: "Thorn! Horizon!"That was for the nth time. Miss Cine's voice echoed with a great deal of volume here in the gymnasium. I felt the eyes of the whole class in us as if they were not threatened in the presence of our strict P.E. instructor. We came closer to each other and tried to follow the step that I did not get. I heard murmurings around. I accidentally stepped in his foot. "Is that intentional?" He accused me. "What are you two doing?"She noticed us again. Thorn deeply closed his eyes. I knew that this was my fault. The song stopped, thank God. I finally let go of his hand. "You can change your partner if you wanted to" I suggested to him knowing that I was that slow in getting all the steps in just a short period. He took a glance at me. "What do you think?"I rolled my eyes at him and was about to go to our professor tha
Thorn Trevor's Point of View: I could see the black and white theme of this pizza house near our university. It can just easily be noticed the few tables with huge umbrellas here outside the shop. The brilliant lighting and the loud music that played all over the shop gave a different vibe to this cozy ambiance. I used to come here because this was my Mom's favorite shop. Before Horizon's attempted to push the transparent glass door, I pushed it from her back. I was standing behind her. As we came in, warm air hit us. There was a black and white theme of tables and chairs, I let her choose the table. I walked next to her. Her hair bounced as she stepped. We made our way to the vacant table near the counter. She placed her sling bag on the chair. "Wait for me here."She simply nodded as a response. I felt the eyes of some students from our university on us. I took a glance at her, she was watching me from th