Meanwhile, Lorena’s class just finished a microbiology lesson taught by Professor Esteban.
“Ah! Finally, class is over. Now we can take a rest.” Lorena stretched her hands, which were already aching from taking so many notes in Professor Esteban’s class. Her act could relax her hands and fingers. After that, she took out her lunch box and chemistry textbook from her bag and zip-tied the bag. That day, she would take a follow-up class in Alberto’s class.
“Yes. Now, the class is over!” Bonita was very happy because finally they had finished Professor Esteban’s tiring class. Bonita walked to Lorena’s place excitedly and she sat across from Lorena. Meanwhile, Lorena, who had opened her lunch box, immediately ate her churros. Churros is her favorite snack.
Lorena also typed a message to Alberto that read, “Hi, Alberto! Where are you? Can you come to my class for a moment? I really miss you, and I really want to see you right now.”
Lorena immediately finished the churros until she was feeling full. Then, she put her lunch box in her bag and closed the zipper. Then, Lorena stood up as she carried the books, and she started walking to Alberto’s class. Seeing her friend’s strange behavior, Bonita asked Lorena.
“Lorena, where do you want to go?”
“I want to go to Alberto’s class because now I have a follow-up class.”
“Why are you going to go to his class now? You can go later! It’s still a long time for Professor Hugo’s class, Lorena. We can relax and take a rest here first.” Bonita’s words made Lorena’s steps stop immediately, and after that, Lorena turned towards Bonita.
“I really can’t wait to meet Alberto, Bonita.” Lorena was really looking forward to meeting her boyfriend that day.
Even during Professor Esteban’s lessons, he had been daydreaming of Alberto and their meeting that day. She daydreamed that Alberto would treat her gently like a queen.
“Ah! I can’t wait to meet Alberto. He will definitely treat me very romantically today. He will definitely kiss my forehead, my lips, and my cheeks. Later, he will hug me, won’t he? I hope he will hug me!” Those were the things that Lorena had imagined that day. She also wondered about Alberto’s appearance that day, like, what perfume did he use?
“You can’t wait to meet Alberto, or you can’t wait to meet Professor Hugo?” Bonita teased.
“Obviously, I can’t wait to meet Alberto, Bonita.” Lorena revealed who she missed the most.
“Really?” Bonita wondered if Lorena couldn’t wait to meet Alberto. Because, according to Bonita, Lorena also falls in love with Professor Hugo.
“Yes, of course! How can you think that I can’t wait to meet Professor Hugo? Do you think that Professor Hugo is my boyfriend? “No, Professor Hugo is just our professor, and Alberto is my boyfriend, Bonita.” Lorena explained why she missed the person she missed so much.
For Lorena, she needed to explain Bonita because rumors about the relationship between Lorena and Professor Hugo were spreading widely. For Lorena, this rumor arose because many people talked about Lorena’s closeness to Professor Hugo like the closeness of a couple who loves each other. Indeed, it can be admitted that Lorena is also close to Professor Hugo, besides being close to Professor Chico. Lorena feels that she is not only close to the two professors, but also to all of the professors at Brittle University.
Lorena has also heard that there’s another reason her friends believe the rumors. Everyone believes Lorena and Professor Hugo have a special relationship because of Lorena’s perfect grades in every lesson taught by Professor Hugo. In fact, Lorena really likes Professor Hugo’s teaching style. For Lorena, if Professor Hugo teaches, any difficult subject will be so easy. This makes Lorena eager to learn Professor Hugo’s lessons, and as a result, Lorena consistently receives perfect scores in almost every lesson taught by Professor Hugo.
When it comes to Professor Hugo’s feelings for Lorena herself, Lorena doesn’t know and she has never cared about them. Lorena never even asks Professor Hugo about it. It’s because she doesn’t think that’s a big deal, and it’s inappropriate to ask Professor Hugo about it.
“But your closeness to Professor Hugo makes me so jealous.” Indeed, Bonita is very jealous of the closeness of Lorena and Professor Hugo, which for Bonita is very romantic.
“Oh, you’re always like that! Every guy who is close to me, you must be jealous of me!” Lorena teased Bonita again.
“Yeah, I really envy you.” Bonita admitted it.
“I really dream of having at least one man close to me.” Or if that’s really impossible for me because I’m so ugly, at least I’m close to the lecturer, even though there’s only one lecturer. Yes, I know. I’m not as perfect as you. You’re the perfect girl. You’re so pretty, so elegant, and so smart. That’s so different with me.” Bonita is indeed very jealous of Lorena, who is perfect in her eyes.
“I’ve always dreamed of becoming a woman as perfect as you, but it seems so impossible.” Bonita has always dreamed of being Lorena, but she feels it’s impossible.
“Ah! You always praise me too highly. I’m just an ordinary girl,” said Lorena.
“Okay! Goodbye! I want to go to Alberto’s class first! I’m afraid I’ll be late for Professor Hugo’s class.” Lorena immediately asked for permission to leave the class for Bonita.
“Okay. Goodbye! See you later!” Bonita waved her hand at Lorena.
“See you later!” Lorena waved her hand at Bonita.
She went to Alberto’s class excited, and she couldn’t wait to meet Alberto while she texted him, “Are you in your class?”
While walking to Alberto’s class, she was looking at the message conversation with Alberto. She couldn’t wait to get a reply from Alberto to one of her messages. Whether it’s the first message or the second message, it doesn’t matter to Lorena. For Lorena, the most important thing was getting the reply to her message from Alberto.
She knew Alberto was fine in this manner. After she arrived halfway to Alberto’s class, she didn’t get any reply from him. At that moment, her worries began to appear. She began to wonder about Alberto’s whereabouts.
“Alberto, where are you? Are you okay?” Lorena asked herself as if she knew the answer.
She saw Alberto online at that time. Why didn’t he answer Lorena’s message? What caused it? Did Lorena have something wrong with Alberto? Those were the questions that popped up in Lorena’s mind, because Alberto was only slow to respond to Lorena’s message when he was angry with her.
“Oh! How come Alberto didn’t reply like this? Usually, Alberto always replies to my messages quickly. Why is he not replying to my messages now? It’s been fifteen minutes since earlier, but he hasn’t answered my messages either,” Lorena complained to herself.
Lorena was very worried about Alberto, besides the fact that she missed him so much.
“Oh, Alberto! Why didn’t you reply to my message? Are you alright? I miss you so much, and I’m so worried about you.” Lorena spoke to herself as if she were speaking to Alberto.
“Why isn’t Alberto in my class? I always hope I can do it in one class with Alberto, but it has never happened. If there is anything wrong with him, I will know it immediately. Like now, how do I know his condition? None of his friends informed me that Alberto was okay. What should I do?” She groaned in her heart.
She was very panicked. She was afraid that something would happen to Alberto. Therefore, she immediately typed a message to Alberto that read, “You’re okay, right? I really miss you. Please, answer my message! I really miss you. I’m afraid anything could happen to you. Please, answer my message now! Did I do something wrong to you? No, right, Alberto? But why are you even treating me like this? If I’m wrong, please talk to me! Don’t do the silent treatment to me like this!”
Before sending the message, Lorena started to think again. Is it important for Lorena to send all of the contents of the message to Alberto? Is it important for Lorena to beg Alberto to reply to her message? Is it important for Lorena to know where Alberto is?
She began to feel that it was important for her to do so. But a moment later, she began to think again. Wouldn’t Alberto be angry if he asked like that? Would Lorena and Alberto’s relationship be fine even if she asked that?
***
A moment later, she remembered when Alberto scolded her so fiercely because she asked such a question.
“What are you doing, Lorena? I’m fine. If I don’t reply to your message, it means I’m busy. Please, value my time and understand me!” Lorena reminded when Alberto got mad at her.
“Don’t be a selfish person! Not only are you preoccupied in this world. I’m also busy. You’re busy with your study, and I can also be busy with my study. If you do that again, you’re ruining my concentration!” Alberto was got mad again.
“Do you want my grades to be bad? You don’t want that to happen, right? Come on! Don’t be a selfish person who only thinks about yourself, Lorena!”
“You’re an adult. You’re not a baby again, who must always be with her parents. I don’t want you to be like that. If you do that again, I’m sorry! I must block your contact if I’m outside, and I’ll unblock you again when I can reply to your message. Do you want that happens?”
“No.” Lorena shook her head.
***
“Oh, I forgot. Surely, I have interrupted his time. I’m sorry, Alberto! I’m sorry for being selfish to you!” Lorena said to herself.
She really wanted to send that message to Alberto, but she was afraid that he would be angry with her again.
“Oh! Shall I send my message to Alberto? I’m afraid she’ll be angry with me again because I’m considered annoying. What should I do?” thought Lorena.
She was very confused. She knew that; she made a mistake. Therefore, she wanted to apologize. But her fear overtook her.
A moment later, she chose to continue her journey to Alberto’s class and meet Alberto later there. She thought that her anxiety and panic would disappear when she met Alberto. She would talk for a long time and enjoy romantic moments later with Alberto. She could also apologize later to Alberto.
She tried to calm her frantic mind, but she couldn’t. She had been inhaling and exhaling repeatedly but couldn’t. In fact, usually it is a very effective way to calm her and relieve her anxiety for her. She immediately took the candy and bit it to relieve her anxiety and panic, but it still couldn’t.
Then she tried to pull her long hair until it fell out. After a while, she did that, and her anxiety and panic disappeared so much, although there was still very little. She had a hunch that something bad had happened. She didn’t understand what his bad hunch meant. But she suspected that the hunch was related to Alberto because she had been very worried about him.
Not long after, she arrived in front of Alberto’s class. She immediately walked into Alberto’s class, and after that she felt the atmosphere of the class was quiet. There were only her, Nicolas, and Dario in the place. Her eyes immediately bulged.
She really did not expect that Alberto would not be in his place. Since earlier, she had been trying to convince herself that Alberto would be in her seat. As it turned out, Alberto was not in her place. Where is he? That was the question that popped into Lorena’s mind.