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Petal's POV

As I went for shopping yesterday. I was so tired that I slept early, and today I woke up late, so I am running late. I had my breakfast rushing. My dad dropped me at the university when I reached my class, in which professor took English class, as I knocked on the door. Everyone's attention towards because I was 10 min late today. The prof didn't ask anything and let me in.

I muttered a “sorry” to the professor, as I didn't want to further interrupt the lesson. I reached an empty seat and sat there. As the lesson came to end, the professor gave the assignment of writing an essay of 10 pages and made a pair of 2 peoples. When I heard the professor calling my name and my classmate Jake, I was shocked. I thought I was sitting beside a girl.

When I turned to my right, there sat Jake staring at me, I was still processing what happened just now because I don't usually speak with any of my classmates unless they approach me. When Jake called my name, I came out of my trance. “Are you OK petal", Jake asked me, “yes, yes I'm good?” I said, smiling at him.

As the bell rang, everyone went to their assigned partner to discuss their essay. When I was collecting my books, “Petal, let's go to a nearby park to discuss the essay” Jake said, “OK” I said. “Wait a minute Jake I'll be back”, I went to samy “hey Samy, let's go to the park, bring your boyfriend with you to discuss the essay”, samy got her boyfriend as a partner for the essay, she was sitting with him, “OK” she agreed immediately. Then we 3 called Jake and headed to the park.

The park was full of children, old age people, babies, and their mothers. We entered the park and found a quiet spot to do our work. Samy and I sat in the same seat which was long and Jake and Mark sat across from us. We started to discuss the essay without wasting time, as we were discussing, “petal, you are looking beautiful” Jake said all of a sudden, I looked at him, “thank you” I said while blushing.

When I checked my watch it was already 2:00 in the afternoon, I didn't even inform my mom, so I decided to take my leave, “Jake let's do it tomorrow, I didn't inform my mom, I have to go” I said, to which “okay, let's discuss this essay tomorrow after class, in a café” He replied. I nodded my head. Samy was also ready to leave. We 4 made our way to the entrance, and while searching for a quiet place, we went deep into the park. This park is huge, and a child can easily get lost, so without parents, they aren't allowed here.

The sky was rumbling, saying it was going to rain. Without thinking, we walked out of the gazebo where we sat. When we walked a short distance, it started to rain. We couldn't even take shelter under any tree and couldn't even reach the gazebo. We all got drenched making our way to the park entrance. When I looked at the entrance, I became shocked. Shocked is an understatement. I was like literally stopped breathing. My breath hitched from what I saw.

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