Chapter 05

"Bonjour tout le monde", our french professor greeted us while entering the lecture hall. She was a middle aged woman with an average height and her french accent was parfait. She wore glasses and her hair was tightly tucked into a bun. She slowly begin to look at all the students who by the way were all girls and no boys, sitting while facing her and when her gaze fell upon me , I felt nervous.

Actually there were only thirty students present and it seems French as a degree wasn't everyone's choice, well of course there are other  languages like Japanese and Korean that were quite famous.

Even I was interested in learning Korean specially because of their K pop but it doesn't go well with my career options and so that's a dream crushed instantly.

I think everyone was feeling nervous except a two or three people and I still haven't talk with any of these students even though some had already made friends. Some of the students looked really out of one's league like I would not be able to fit in with them. I signed and looked at the girl who's sitting next to me, I think she was a very peculiar girl with her pixie pink hair, nose ring and over sized baggy shirt and shorts. she also had a large parapluie with her and even though the professor had arrived , she was glued to her phone. "Should I talk with her?" I asked myself,"No Hope, she looks like trouble" I thought again as I kept looking at her.

"Okay students, Je m'appelle madame Samantha and bienvenue!!" Our professor's voice made me focus on her and take my gaze away from the peculiar girl who by the way was still on her phone." The only thing that you all have to remember is that you live a new life for every new language you speak and learn, and that la langue française is renowned for its captivating, harmonious tones and its refined, articulate language, so you picked the right language to learn."

"Bonjour Madame, c'est un plaisir de vous rencontrer et j'espère travailler dur dans cette matière." someone on the front raised her hand and spoke up. "She speaks well, doesn't she?" I was shocked to hear the peculiar girl beside me talking to me right now..It took me a few seconds to gather my thoughts and then I finally replied. "Yes..her french is very fluent that it makes me second-guess whether I could manage this as I'm not so good in it" I said and the same time was having a conversation with myself .."stop it Hope...you are blabbering and speaking too much, just responding to her question would be sufficient..."  I brought my right palm to my forehead in a swift, slapping motion.

"What's wrong??" the peculiar girl looked at me again ...I just smiled at her indicating that I was fine.

" The two girls in the back, why don't we start the self-introductions with you two, as it seems you too have to talk a lot"  oh no...Madame Samantha was looking at us and so is everyone else, "See Hope, that girl was bad news ...I knew it!! ugh....Why did I respond to her" I kept beating myself up as I walked towards the Professor who was not looking very pleased at us. I turned towards the students and I saw each of them judging me and it made me a bit nauseous.."well then, Commencez déjà " the professor told us strictly. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath but before I could even let one word come out of my mouth, I felt on the verge of vomiting and thus covered my mouth and ran out of the lecture room.

When I finally found the washrooms, I threw up and emptied the contents in my stomach..tears were streaming down my cheeks and my hands were trembling. "Hope..what is wrong with you!!" I asked myself while looking at my face which is not a really nice sight and more tears started to stream down my face.

It took me about 30 minutes to calm myself up and then I washed my face and exited the washroom but then was startled by the sight of the peculiar girl in the french lecture. "Hey..I..er..brought your bag as you left it in the lecture room and also the lecture was over and Madame Samantha will excuse you because I told her that you were sick since the morning"she said while handing me my bag.."Nothing would have gone wrong if you haven't spoken to me" I whispered to myself while taking the bag from her. "Excuse me, you mean it's my fault that you vomited" the peculiar girl looked at me with a scowl on her face..."whoa !! does she has super hearing or something!! "I thought to myself but she scowling at me and the embarrassment that I felt today made me angry and I guess I snapped.."Yes it was , why the hell did you talk with me ...you were so glued to your phone that you didn't even care when the professor came and so suddenly you started to talk with me and so it was ALL YOUR FAULT!!" I shouted at her and she just signed dramatically, and then said , 'Well, isn't this just wonderful , first of all you were the one who kept looking at me and second of all..why the hell did you responded then..you should have stayed quite and so Missy.. its your fault as well" it was my turn to sign dramatically because of what she said, "everyone was looking at you when you entered the lecture room , so why didn't you start to talk with each and everyone of them huh" I finally said while throwing my hands up in the air. The peculiar girl looked taken back a bit and kept looking at me and it seems as if she was upset..she turned her back and started to walk away but then stopped mid -way and whispered in a small voice.."It was because you were the only one didn't look at me with disapproval or judgement".

I was surprised and felt my heart thud as I heard her words and I just stood there motionless as she walked away from me. I crouched down on the ground and pressed my hands against my face and gave it a quick rub.

" Oh Hope....Life is never easy for you even if you move to any place , you are destined to be unlucky and hopeless and happiness seems to be moving farther away from you " I told myself as tears started to stream down my face again.

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