11 No Return 2 (1/2)
It was another typical school day. Monday. Last week concluded the midterms so today should be when the rankings and scores would be announced. Since this was the case, many students flocked towards the wide bulletin board of their respective grade levels. The administration had always been posting the names, scores, and rankings there
”Yo, Chris!”
A young man with a fair complexion, leaned but toned built, and handsome face, turned to his left. There, one of his real friends, Larry, not from Floyd's gang, could be seen rushing to his direction.
”Good morning, bro! How's your score!”
”First!” Larry jokingly answered.
”Oh, from the bottom of the list?” Chris chuckled.
”What? So confident in your score that you belittle average students like me?”
”Wow, where did come from?”
When the other guy caught up with him, they strode side by side and then joined the crowd of students peeking at their rankings.
Once they reached the rear, they noticed that there were more students than usual. Or probably the obvious commotion in the front was just giving him that illusion.
”What's going on?”
Chris shrugged at Larry's question and tried to crane his neck to see where he landed on the long list.
From behind, he heard someone answered Larry.
”It's Miss Sofony! She's with her best friend, Miss Wendy. As far as I know, Miss Sofony just found out about the Goddesses List.”
”Oh? That's odd. The list has always been pinned on every bulletin board in the campus. How did she manage to only find out today?”
”Well, she's a nerdy that never pays attention to bulletin boards aside from when it's a time like this. Announcement of rankings,” shrugged one of the onlookers.
Larry was somewhat excited by the news so he pulled Chris to the front. And there they saw two beauties standing in front of the side bulletin where the Goddesses List was pinned. A radius of two meters was vacated around them. People probably knew they had to give space to beauties so it was like that.
”Oooooh! It's true. Goddess Sofony only found out that she's now on that list! She's still acting dumbstruck! And it's very cute!”
Chris' lips twitched. His eyes went to the long-haired scholarly beauty standing next to the Miss Number One of their level. He knew the girl because she's been the topic of interest of a certain bastard that he hated. She's currently a well known nerdy since people always referred to her as such. However, that's her only shortcoming, a shortcoming that was actually already a thing of the past given the fact that she's not wearing eyeglasses anymore.
'What a very fair skin.' That was the first thing he noticed when she saw the clearly embarrassed woman.
”Miss Sofony is very amazing. Last week she lost her eyeglasses and then became more active in her classes. Many classmates like her due to her kindness. She always makes sure to help people out, especially those who ask for studying tips. She's much more approachable than her friend. Very admirable.”
”She's also working part-time, you know. Her dad is kind of a jerk, or so I heard.”
”Lol, I don't know and don't care about her dad. All I know is, I'll be glad to die if I could date her!”
”Dream on!”
”Hey, stop speaking like that about her! She's a goddess of our campus now, you know. It's blasphemy to dirty talk with her name!”
'Wishing to date someone is dirty talking? What the fuck?'
Chris shook his head and left Larry there in the middle of the gossip-mongers and stupid-mouthed boys. He went to where the main bulletin board was and checked his name.
'Twenty-first huh. Not that bad. After all, the whole grade has more than 500 students.'
His eyes searched for a particular name after confirming his. Chris frowned because Felicity's score and the name were on the lower side and he couldn't help blaming that certain bastard as his brain immediately assumed that it was because of him that Felicity, his beloved childhood friend, did not have much time to study.
'That guy is really no good for Felicity!' He furiously thought.
”E-excuse me.” A female voice came from his right.