Chapter 154 Sacrifice (2/2)

'Why not? What makes you think he'll really be there at 5pm?' - Ali

'He promised' - Xing Han

'That's settled then. 5pm it is. Just WHAT did you do to get him to promise?' - Kyle

All of them knew that once Sam gave his word, he'd never back out of it. However, he never made such promises easily. Since they all knew that Sam was doing his best to get away from them, why would he willingly enter the lion's den?

'His way of getting me out of the way' - Xing Han

'That doesn't explain anything, Xing Han' - Kyle

'I tried to steal a girl from him' - Xing Han

'WHAT!?!' - Ali

'Okay, details' - Kyle

'Nothing much. Just caught him with a girl in his arms. Offered to take her around instead of him. He went all hissy-fit and ran off with her' - Xing Han

'You sure we can stay at the Student Council office till late, Kyle?' - Ali

'Yes. We'll take all night if we need to' - Kyle

'Oh, we definitely need to' - Ali

✿✿ SAM ✿✿

”Um ... um ... Senior Sam?” Betty said tentatively while struggling to keep up. Sam was pulling at her hand while walking quite fast.

Sam slowed down and finally let go of her hand, while he looked behind them, ”Good. He didn't follow.”

He looked at her, and asked worriedly, ”Sorry, but Xing Han can be a real pain sometimes. I could see that he was going to tease you endlessly, so I had to get you out of there quickly.”

”Tease me? Why?” Betty asked curiously, walking beside him.

”He doesn't mean anything by it,” Sam assured her, ”It's just that he's quite a joker. If you're not used to it, you might get overwhelmed.”

”I can take it!” Betty declared, pumping her fist in the air, ”I may not look like it, but I can fight!”

Sam turned to look at her, from her childlike face, her slim body that he remembered was so soft, her dainty hands and long legs ... he blinked several times to get the bunny image that kept invading his mind.

”I really can!” Betty pouted, seeing the disbelief in Sam's eyes, ”I used to beat up those people who talked bad about Beatrice!”

Sam smiled softly at that, thinking of how this little dainty girl rushed up to protect the one she loved. He resisted the urge to rub her head and hug her close, thinking that she was the one that should be protected instead.

Betty smiled wistfully when she saw how Sam smiled just from the mere mention of Beatrice's name. She sighed, patting her chest while saying, ”I don't think I would need to do that anymore though.”

”Yes, you are right about that,” Sam said, ”No one bullies her here. No one dares to anyway.”

After all, Beatrice was not only of Sage Class, but she was also the Vice President. Everyone knew how protective Kyle was with all members of Sage Class and of 'his people'. No one would dare offend him simply because they all wanted to be on his good side.

Betty nodded, thinking that Beatrice truly was lucky to have Sam by her side. He even declared how he is protecting her and all that. Seeing how firm and strong Sam was, Betty sighed again. Where can she find such a perfect guy like this again?

”You really like Beatrice, right Senior Sam?”

”Of course,” Sam replied honestly, ”She's a very capable and dependable person.”

Betty sighed, nodded. As expected of someone who ended up with Beatrice. He would be as logical and straight forward about it, but she was still a bit unsatisfied. Beatrice should be wooed with sweet words as well.

Perhaps he just needed a little help?

She asked hesitatingly, ”Do you think she's pretty?”

Sam thought about it deeply. Pretty? He supposed so. What made a face 'pretty'? The shape and thickness of the eyebrows? The length of the eyelashes? The sharpness of the bridge of the nose? The high cheekbones? Full lips?

All sorts of physical characteristics went through Sam's mind and he placed them as a template upon Beatrice. With those thoughts, he answered accordingly.

”Yes, she's pretty,” Sam replied and looked at Betty.

With Betty, there were many things that were clearly lacking when he used the template. Her eyebrows were not the 'perfect' arc. She didn't have high cheekbones. Her upper lip was a bit thin.

Yet, despite it all, he couldn't deny that he found Betty really, really cute. Beautiful, even. Much more than Beatrice.

He sighed, thinking that his analytical skills were getting really out-of-whack. He vowed to get his raging hormones down to a manageable level so that he would be able to handle Betty much better in the future.

This was the reason why he decided to get the whole Initiation ordeal over and done with. The other three had gone through this much earlier and would be in a better position to advise him. The Initiation Day wasn't just about flashing their d*cks in the air, but it was to have a heart-to-heart talk about the changes they were going through.

Sam felt he needed that badly before he started doing or saying things that were out of the norm for him. As it was, he was already thinking and feeling things which were not normal. He needed to get back on track.

All of that at the cost of Sam Jr.

He looked down briefly at his own crotch and lamented over its innocence that would be sacrificed today.