Chapter 307
WILLA
"You don't even have to ask, Willa," she said. "What are friends for? Of course I'll help you. You can borrow my notes anytime. You'll have to repeat the lab session you missed though as soon as possible so the workload doesn't overwhelm you."
I nodded. I now had long and lonely make up lab sessions to do without even a lab partner.
Just the hours of work I would have to put in to all this made me tired. But at least I had Sienna to help me.
Students began to trickle into class. I just had time to skim through the notes for the previous class when the professor walked in.
The class ended a couple of hours later. Sienna and I decided to go to the cafeteria as we still had time to kill before our next class.
We had found seats and were about to order when Theron walked in. He took our orders, and went to get them at the counter.
"Here you go ladies," he said, laying down a salad and water in front of Sienna. A sandwich and milkshake for me.
I was so hungry I grabbed the sandwich almost as soon as he had put it down.
Theron grinned.
"What's with her?" he asked Sienna.
"The backlog of work I have to do makes me feel like I could eat a horse," I said.
Theron laughed and started to say something when there was a slight commotion at the door of the cafeteria. We all stared in that direction.
"What the-" Sienna began.
"It's the love bugs," Theron said with a laugh.
I leaned back in my chair. "Oh."
The love bugs was Worchmount's very own love club. The group organized parties- loved themed parties- especially during the Valentine season. They also helped organised proposals around campus.
About a dozen of them came into the cafeteria, singing their theme song. Something about love and hearts and how it makes the world go round.
Sienna made a face as she dipped into her salad.
"I swear that song gives me a headache every single time," she complained. "It sounds like something I heard in kindergarten. We're in university for Pete's sake."
"I agree," I said.
Theron was watching the group with a smile on his face.
"Come on. Don't be a hater, Sienna," he said. "I think it's cute."
"Cute," Sienna said and shuddered.
The song finally ended. The leader of the group announced that today they were going to be reading out shout-out requests.
"Listen close and listen well," she said. "The one you love might just have a message for you."
"Hear hear!" the students echoed..
They banged on the cafeteria tables.
"Seriously? People go for this stuff?" Sienna said under her breath.
There was a slight pause as one of the love bugs reached into their heart shaped bag for their very first request. It was printed on a brightly coloured square of paper.
The girl cleared her throat and read. "You're the most beautiful girl in the world. That was what I thought the first time I saw you. Now that I know you better, I know you're not only beautiful, you're amazing, sweet and one of the best things that has ever happened to me..."
There was a collective sigh of longing from everyone as she paused.
"...You complete me in every way that matters and I thought I should let you know. To Willa, from your boyfriend, Theron."
At first I couldn't process what I had just heard. Then I saw people starting to stare at me.
It didn't help when Sienna grabbed my arm and shrieked excitedly, "Willa! That's you!"
That drew everyone's attention in the cafeteria to me. I felt my cheeks start to burn.
I turned to Theron, a question in my eyes. The grin on his face looked like it would split it into half.
"I've been wanting to tell you that for a long time, sweetheart," he said, speaking in a loud, carrying voice. He leaned over to kiss me on the cheek. "You're so pretty when you blush."
The room erupted into cheers.
"Way to go, Theron!" someone shouted.
The girl reading the notes pulled out another note to read but the cheers for me and Theron didn't stop. Theron carried his chair close to mine.
He sat, put an arm over my shoulder.
I noticed a few of the students were shooting uneasy glances at a table to my right. There, sure enough, was Lucian.
He sat very still. He was staring down at his hands on the table. His face was dark with rage. He looked like a man that could snap at any moment.
I shifted uneasily in my seat. Why was Theron doing this? I wondered.
Was he trying to get back at Lucian for beating him up or was there another deeper reason?
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