Chapter 172 Figuring Things Ou (1/2)

Now that Sam had a more concrete plan for Valentine's Day, he felt more assured of what to do.

”O-kay, anyway,” Sam said as he tapped the paper in front of him, ”Shall we get back to business? Are you interested or willing to help me out for this?”

”Sure!” Betty agreed readily.

Betty thought she was very lucky. By helping out Sam, she would be able to spend more time with him and dig more information. Sam was happy as well, for he could use this opportunity to get to know Betty better and woo her slowly.

”What is it that we need to do?” Betty asked.

”Well, this needs to be put up on the notice board,” Sam explained, ”But before that, we need to talk to every class representative about the rules. That will be done as a group, so any questions can be dealt with at the same time.”

”So wouldn't this be the President or Vice-President's role? Why you?” Betty asked curiously.

”I'm the PRO, so naturally this would fall under me. Kyle and Beatrice have a lot on their plate already anyway, so of course, they'd delegate it,” Sam explained.

”Are you sure I can be of help?” Betty asked, cocking her head to one side while looking at Sam.

”Of course,” Sam assured her, a slight hint of a smile on his face. Betty nodded, smiling widely at him, hitting Sam squarely in the heart.

'Gosh, this bunny is lethal,' Sam thought to himself.

From a distance, Beatrice watched Betty and Sam as they talked. They looked so natural together. Their heads were rather close together, they were laughing - Sam wasn't even looking as stoic as he normally did.

A little part of her didn't quite like seeing that, for she was envious that Betty was able to invoke such reactions from Sam. He was usually very serious and talked like an adult yet, with Betty, he appeared like a normal 13-year-old boy.

Beatrice sighed.

She turned back to her work, thinking that she is what she is. She is not Betty and could never imitate Betty's natural bubbly personality. It would be a disaster! She may wish she had that ability but she was not resentful nor did she feel any animosity towards Betty for being able to do so.

✿✿ Beatrice & Betty's Dorm ✿✿

That night, Betty was busy 'reporting' to Beatrice about what she had learned from Sam.

”Well, it's confirmed,” Betty was saying as she was brushing her hair, ”Sam has someone that he likes but she only sees him as a friend. So now he's decided to try and get her interested.”

Beatrice's heart felt a bit of pain upon hearing that but it was as she suspected anyway.

”I still think it could be you,” Betty insisted, pointing her brush at Beatrice, ”I mean, you guys have known each other for ages, and it was only recently that you realised how you felt, right? So he may be thinking that you still see him as a friend.”

”Betty,” Beatrice said with a sigh, ”It's not me. It's a first-year student.”

”What? NO! How do you know for sure?!” Betty gasped, turning around to look at her, ”I mean, we suspected it only, right? But it's not certain.”

”Yes, it's certain,” Beatrice said with conviction then proceeded to tell Betty about the events that happened the other day in Sage Class, when Xing Han had announced he was going to ask a first year out and Sam ran off after him.

”But I've never seen him around the first-year classes,” Betty said in deep thought, ”Who could it be?”

”Well, as the Student Council PRO, he's been in contact with the first years quite a lot, hasn't he?” Beatrice pointed out.

”Not that much,” Betty said with a nose twitch, ”It was only during that assessment and when the results were announced. He helped explain what the classes were about but that's about it.”

”You didn't see him with any first-year?” Beatrice pressed on. She hadn't been there when the results had been released, as it was basically Sam's role. Kyle had said Sam was enough to handle the matter.

Beatrice suspected it was Kyle's way of helping Sam meet with his crush.

Betty shook her head, ”No, not really. Then again, I wasn't with him 24/7. Though he did help me quite a lot that day. Sam must have thought me to be so ditzy. He was really kind and patient with me and all my questions.”

While Beatrice was listening to Betty talk about the day, a slight suspicion began to enter her mind. Once the thought came, she couldn't brush it aside.

Beatrice's heart started pounding hard for some reason.

The person he likes is a first-year.

The said first-year only sees him as a friend.

She took deep breaths and started thinking back.

The image of the two of them earlier in the day, as they were talking like old friends. Sam looked so patient, dealing with Betty.

The way Sam asked Betty to help him in his tasks when he was more than capable of doing it by himself.