“Why didn’t you go to class?” Vega asked why Alberto was still there.
“I’ve been to my class earlier.” Alberto answered curtly.
“Then why did you come here?” Vega frowned, as she was confused.
“I’m worried about you. I’m afraid you have a problem, and something bad happened to you.” Alberto expressed his worry.
“Oh, Alberto! Don’t worry about me! I’m fine. I’m okay.” Vega tried to calm Alberto down.
Vega knows that Alberto is a person who gets panicked easily, She also knows that Alberto cares for her so much and he is so worried about her condition.
“If you’re okay, you won’t vomit.” Alberto argued, and he rolled his eyes immediately because he was annoyed with Vega’s behavior, who said that she was fine.
“Okay. Actually, I’m not really well, Alberto. I have gastritic disease. I’m feeling sick and have vomited several times. Since this morning, I have vomited several times. I don’t know why my illness is getting so bad now. Usually, my illness is never so bad as this, and I’ve never had nausea or vomiting so bad, Alberto. I am so confused,” complained Vega.
“Maybe the disease has gotten worse and requires stronger medicine or more doses.” Alberto only conveyed his analysis because Vega’s illness might get worse.
“But how is that possible? I’ve been avoiding spicy and sour foods lately, Alberto.” Vega frowned at Alberto. She was so confused.
“But, you’ve been eating lately. It can also raise your stomach acid.”
“Oh. I forgot that. That’s true.” Vega just remembered that lately she had been eating late because of her recent condition. She was so busy recently.
She felt nauseous every time she wanted to eat the food made by her maid. Not only that, she always wanted to vomit every time she smelled the food. Like it or not, she had to cook her own food, and she ate all of it at once. If she kept it and rewarmed it, she would have vomited when the food was warmed, and she wouldn’t have any appetite afterward.
Professor Vega took and chewed the gastric medicine tablets she always carried. At that time, suddenly, a fat man with black skin walked past them. The man is Professor Jose Trevor, who is the Chancellor of Brittle University. Seeing Professor Vega and Alberto, who were in the restroom, Professor Jose immediately glared at them while rebuking them. “Hey! What are you doing here?”
“We just went out of the toilet, Sir.” Professor Vega answered weakly, as her body was very weak.
“Why are you still here?” Professor Jose spoke curtly.
“I’m sorry, Sir!” Professor Vega immediately bowed her head and apologized to Professor Jose because she was not brave enough to fight him.
“I’m sorry, Sir! Professor Vega is sick. She has recently vomited. She just puked some minutes ago.” Alberto explained Professor Vega’s condition.
“Oh. It seems like that. Just take a rest, Vega. You can ask for and receive permission from me. You shouldn’t have to teach today.” Professor Jose advised Professor Vega to take a rest.
“I’m sorry, Sir! But I feel sorry for my students because they will receive the material later than the other students.” Professor Vega explained why she came to Brittle University and taught that day.
“Well, after teaching, you can go to the hospital. You must immediately check the condition of your body. I’m afraid and worried that something may happen to you.” Professor Jose expressed his worry to Professor Vega.
“Okay, Sir.” Professor Vega only confirmed the words of Professor Jose.
“Okay, I’ll go first!” Professor Jose immediately said that he would continue to go to the rector’s room. Meanwhile, Alberto and Vega walked to their class.
“Thank you for defending me earlier and explaining my condition to Professor Jose! Thank you for making Professor Jose understand my condition!” Professor Vega immediately thanked Alberto because he had explained her condition.
“You’re welcome.” Alberto answered curtly.
“I really salute and admire you for being brave and willing to explain my condition to Professor Jose! I thought you wouldn’t explain my condition to Professor Jose.” Professor Vega expressed her admiration for Alberto.
“Ah! It doesn’t matter. It’s just ordinary!” said Alberto, because there was nothing special about telling Professor Vega’s condition to Jose. It was just an ordinary thing for Alberto.
“They said that Professor Jose is stubborn and doesn’t care about the condition of his employees.” Professor Vega’s words were immediately answered by Alberto.
“I don’t think so. As far as I know, he is a very good rector. Many lecturers often don’t teach when they are sick or they can’t teach, and Professor Jose understands their condition,” said Alberto.
They had just climbed the five stairs, and Professor Vega was already feeling nauseous and wanted to throw up again. She immediately ran to the bathroom. Then, she opened the bathroom door and vomitted. Fortunately, she didn’t take a long time to vomit at that time. She then went to her place after splashing some water on her vomit. Then, they continued their journey to class.
Arriving in front of the class, Alberto immediately opened the door for Professor Vega and herself. Then they entered the class. Professors Vega and Alberto immediately walked to their respective places. After that, they sat down in their respective chairs.
Not long after, Vega immediately stood up to start presenting the day’s material. Just as she stood up, she felt a strong pain in her back. She held her waist as she groaned inwardly.
“Oh! It really hurts!” She complained.
Professor Vega was silent for a moment. Lorena immediately took the initiative to ask Professor Vega. “Why, Professor?”
“This!” She pointed to her back.
“My back hurts! I want to sit down, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to present today’s material well. So, I force myself to stand up,” complained Professor Vega.
“Oh, Professor. Come on, Professor! Don’t force yourself like that! We know that you’re sick, Professor. Just take a rest, Professor!” Dario suggested.
“Rest?” Professor Vega’s eyes immediately glared at Dario.
“Of course not! I can’t take a rest. I have to be professional to teach all of you in this class.” Professor Vega rejected Dario’s suggestion.
“How about if the chair is raised and lowered and you explain with a ruler, Prof?” Nicolas chirps.
“Can it be raised and lowered?” Professor Vega asked again.
“Yes, Professor.” Alberto and Alberto’s classmates immediately answered. Alberto and Professor Vega immediately walked towards Professor Vega’s chair. After they were close to the chair, Alberto immediately explained to Professor Vega how to raise and lower the chair.
“So, Prof., if you want to raise the chair, just pull it up to this section. If you want to lower the chair, you just have to press it under this part.” Alberto pointed at the tilt of the chair while demonstrating. Professor Vega tried to do that, but she couldn’t. She asked Alberto again how to lower the chair. Alberto explained patiently over and over again until Professor Vega could.
“Do you understand, Professor?” Alberto confirmed that, and Professor Vega was able to
“Yes, Alberto. Thank you very much!” Professor Vega immediately thanked Alberto.
“You’re welcome, Professor.” Alberto answered curtly as he walked to his seat.
“Okay, Students. We’re continuing our lesson today!” Not long after, Professor Vega continued the lecture that day. The lecture continued until she gave a quiz.
“Okay, Students. Today there is a quiz to test your understanding of the material I have given.”
“Ah! Okay.” Nicolas said.
“As Nicolas guessed that there will be a quiz today.” Dario complained.
“Yes. That’s right. It’s similar to what Nicolas said.” Alberto complained because he was annoyed by Professor Vega’s quiz.
“Nicolas, please help us later!” said Dario.
“Yes. That’s true. Please, help us!”
“Help us, please!”
Professor Vega tried to calm the students in the class. “Shut up! Be silentl! This is just a quiz to test your understanding of the material I teach. You don’t need to be noisy! Just concentrate on the test that I’ll give!”
“How can we not be noisy? We’re afraid that the material and the questions given will be very different,” complained Alberto quietly, because he was really annoyed with the previous quiz.
During the previous quiz, Alberto felt that the material and questions given were very different and had no relevance. As Alberto recalled, the questions that came out in the quiz had no answers in the material that Professor Vega taught.
“Yes. Of course. We will be panicked,” said Dario.
“That’s why I said last week. You have to look for the answer on the internet if you want good grades!” Nicolas spoke softly.
“Just share the answers later, Col!” asked Dario.
“Okay.” Not long after, Professor Vega mentioned ten questions. After she finished mentioning all the questions, she started to feel nauseous and wanted to vomit again. As before, she quickly went straight to the bathroom. At that time, Nicolas, Dario, and Alberto immediately looked for the answers to the quiz either in books, handouts, or on the internet. They immediately recorded the answers that they found and shared the answers with their classmates.
Meanwhile, Professor Vega was struggling in the bathroom. She was vomiting again in the bathroom.
“Ah! Why does my condition go so bad like this? Am I pregnant? Why does my back hurt so much?” She groaned in her heart.
After she vomited, Professor Vega returned to class. At that moment, the atmosphere immediately became silent. It wasn’t like before, where they became very noisy as they discussed the answers for the quiz. There were only glances and tosses of paper as a form of communication to ask for and share answers. Not long after, the class ended and the students had to collect the exercises.
“Students, time is up! You have to collect your papers! Otherwise, your score will be zero!” Professor Vega threatened the student.
“Prof, please give me a little more time!” complained Hermano (Alberto’s classmate).
“Yes, Professor. Please wait a moment!”
“No!” Professor Vega refused.
Some students protested because they had not finished their quiz.
“Oh no!”
“Oh, Professor! I haven’t finished this quiz yet. What should I collect?”
“Yes. What should I collect? The quiz is too much, and I haven’t finished it all!”
But no matter how they protested, like it or not, they had to collect the exercises or else they would get zero marks. They tried to finish it as quickly as possible and gave it to Professor Vega. At that time, Professor Vega gave Alberto a glance to leave the class and asked him to leave the building. “Come on, Alberto! Please help me carry things to my room!”
“Okay, Professor.” Alberto just nodded his head. Then, he helped Professor Vega carry her things.