CHAPTER 2: I Do Like Her

Ember and Luna went to the toilet when the break was almost over. Luna insisted that Ember should remain in the school clinic, but Ember said that she was fine.

"Are you really okay now?" Luna asks while being worried. "Really, I am fine now! my stomach is fine now!" Ember said sounded a bit irritated. The whole time that they were with each other, Luna keeps asking her if she is fine.

"Okay... you're fine, don't be angry, okay!" Luna said she was a bit scared since Ember is not a person who gets irritated all of the sudden.

"Ember you know Bleu?" Luna asks while looking at Ember with curious eyes.

"Yeah, he was an old friend of mine, he went to France last year..." Ember explained, Bleu and Ember met when they were ten years old.

"Really is he your classmate in your old school?" Luna asks, she was curious because Ember didn’t say much about herself. Ember does not want to answer Luna. Ember Knows Luna well, she knew that if she continuously asked a question she would not stop until it was answered.

"No..." Ember replied "should we go, it is almost time for our second subject" she added, thinking of stopping Luna to ask more questions. As soon as she said it, Ember went out to the comfort to avoid Luna.

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Ember was almost in the classroom when she saw Bleu leaning on the door waiting for someone. Bleu saw her approaching the door, he waved his hand and approached her.

"Ember, are you angry at me?" Bleu said he looked a bit sad. Ember felt guilty towards Bleu "no! Bleu it's just that I was surprised that you're here that is all..." she said while looking away.

Ember  wished he did not notice her expression "why do you ask?" she asked. "Well... it's just that I feel you're avoiding me…. I guess" he said while being shy.

Ember was shocked to hear Bleu’s question “I-I didn't… I am not avoiding you!” she said, she was defending herself…

“Did you change your phone number… I tried calling you when I was in France but…” he asked.

"Errrr...I changed my phone number..." Ember answered, she suddenly thought of something ‘did he also try to call me?’.

While Ember and Bleu are talking, Luna goes inside the room and talks to her other friends. Luna gave some space to Ember and Bleu, she thinks they needed some space to talk something.

...

After Ember and Bleu finished talking they went inside, Cain approached Ember, he smiled “Zeze chosen girl… seems like he does have a quality standard in choosing a girl” he said.

Ember was confused and asked Cain ``Zeze?”, she didn’t know who Zeze was. Cain smiled at her and whispered “Blaize… he always talks about you...”.

Ember was shocked, Bleu was confused, he didn’t notice that Cain walked toward Ember and he didn’t hear what they talked about.

...

The teacher came in and the students who were busy mingling with each other stopped and walked towards their seats. “Good Afternoon Class I will be your teacher in mathematics. You can call me Ma’am Joan” The teacher smiled.

Joan started to discuss the lesson, she didn’t try to let the students introduce themselves...

After the discussion, Joan gave an activity, which is three members per group. Ember knew that Luna and she would be a group so she invited Lan as the third member.

"Ember, do you have a group? " Bleu asked, he was shy and a bit flustered. "Sorry Bleu, I already have a group and we already have three members..." Ember said while feeling guilty.

She knew Bleu would ask but she already invited Lan, who helped her this morning. "HUH?" Luna responded with a shock on her face, she did not know that Ember already invited Lan.

"Luna I forgot to tell you... I invite Lan" Ember explained. "The hood guy?" Luna asked, she really didn't care who the third member was, but she thought that Ember would ask Bleu because they were friends.

"Yeah," Ember said with a smile on her face. "Then next time..." Bleu said, sounded and looked sad.

Bleu and Cain are in the same group... The first activity is a little bit hard but for Cain and Bleu it would be as easy as reading a storybook.

Cain ranked third in their year overall ranking, in their past school and while Bleu is the first. It's not only Blue and Cain, Ember can also do the activity all by herself, she ranked first last school year.

"Can I help with anything?" Lan asks Ember. "Yeah... Can you do this..." Ember replied, giving him a paper.

Wondering, Ember felt she heard the voice of Lan somewhere. "Me too Ember!" Luna said with excitement. Luna is not smart as Ember but her grades are average.

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Only a few more minutes before the activity needs to pass to the teacher... Bleu and Cain already finished there. Ember's group is almost done…

"Bleu, can I ask you something?" Cain asks while writing their names in the paper.

"Yeah! sure!" Blue responds while looking at Ember. "Do you like Ember?" Cain asks him while fixing their papers. "You're so straightforward! Why do you ask?" Bleu said while being embarrassed.

"You always approach her, you always look at her..." Cain said while looking at his face to face and straight to eyes.

Bleu starts to blush, his face turns red and he avoids eye contact with Cain. He stopped and looked at Ember.

"You're so honest," Cain said while stopping himself from laughing.

"Well I do like her in the past and I still like her" Bleu said. "Maybe this is the time... I will court her" he added.

Cain keeps quiet and starts to continue what he's doing… "You're so mean!" Bleu said with a mad tone because Cain didn’t respond to him.

Cain just keep quiet... he moves his lips "Zeze this is bad" he murmured to himself

On the other hand the group of Ember... Ember is having trouble. She can not finish the hardest question in the activity. She is helping Luna in doing her task and she cannot concentrate on what she is doing.

"Can I have some of that?" Lan said, getting some of the tasks of Ember "Ahhhh! Uhhhh… sure!" Ember replied she can not refuse.

Lan already got some. "Luna are you finished?" Ember asks Luna. "Yeah! I do not need any help with this... I already understand and this is the last one" Luna said, she knew Ember was having a little trouble, she is being considerate.

"Lan you leave only one question," Ember said, she is done with it and wants to get the other paper to Lan. "I am done..." Lan said he gets the other paper to Luna and Ember. "I will write our names and pass them to Ma'am Joan..." he added.

Ember was shocked when Lan told her, he was done. Lan gets the hardest question in the activity and finishes it in a few minutes.

Lan wrote their names and fixed the papers and he somewhat changed something and the two girls didn’t notice. "Lan you should let Ember look at it," Luna said. She is doubting Lan because he is too fast to answer it all.

"Pass all the papers..." the teacher said. Lan immediately passes the paper without consulting it to Ember because the teacher is in the hurry...

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