Episode 3

So basically Derek has a crush on me for almost a year now. He has never confessed to me but he looks at me a lot and has made it pretty obvious in a lot of ways. The whole school probably knows about it but I can always use the defence of not knowing anything. I didn't like Derek. Not like I disliked him but obviously I will not say yes to someone easily available to me. I will like the guy who does not like me; who does not care about me.

"So Derek will obviously bring me up in some conversation of theirs and then Samuel will start to notice me and then..." Lily said aloud.

"Wow you got a whole storyline sketched," Caitlyn commented while playing Homescape on her phone.

"Huh.. I am just saying," Lily said, rolling her eyes but a little embarrassed inside.

Lunch break got over and the next class started. Samuel walked in with Derek. Zen was in another classroom.

Lily noticed some girls staring at Samuel. This made her want to not stare.

He must be getting it so easy, she thought, I will not even look at you!

She took out the notebooks for the class and started revising last day's notes.

"Lily."

She looked up.

It was Derek.

Of course, she thought.

Samuel was not with him.

"Can I borrow your homework?" Derek asked, a little fidgety, a little nervous.

Lily handed him the notebook without a word which made Derek even more nervous.

"Please don't mind," he added.

"I am not." Lily said.

Derek smiled, nodded and took the copy back to his seat which was next to Samuel.

Lily was curious as to whether Samuel would see her notebook but he did not. He just enquired whose it was and that was it.

Yeah well I don't care, Lily thought.

After a week of trying to gauge if there was any chance of whether Samuel might just like Lily, she gave up all hope. He did not show any interest in her or any other girl and only hung out with Derek and Zen. He acted so aloof that it pissed Lily off. She knew her anger had no base but she was pissed off anyway. She kept this information to herself so that Caitlyn wouldn't make fun of her.

It was Samuel and Lily's turn again for class duty. Class duty teams never changed unless one was absent.

Lily rolled her eyes.

Why with that egoistic guy, she complained in her head.

As soon as it was time for the cleaning duty, Lily did not even wait for Samuel. She cleaned the board, checked the desks for trash, cleaned out the trash bin and was about to mop the floor when Samuel walked in.

For the first time, Lily saw an expression on him: of surprise.

"You have done almost everything?"

"Yes, you were late and I have errands after school."

"I can mop the floor."

"I'm almost done. You can go home."

Lily could see that Samuel looked a little guilty.

"I didn't mean to be late."

"I don't care." Lily continued mopping the floor.

After she was done, she took the keys and went to the staffroom to hand over the keys.

As she was leaving, she saw Samuel unlocking his bike. They had eye contact but without reacting, Lily turned her head and walked towards her usual direction.

What am I even pissed at him for, she wondered; maybe tomorrow he will apologize or something.

Maybe this is the start of those manga moments: girl ignored popular guy and he is surprised. So he tries to get her attention.

Oh well, we'll see tomorrow. Lily couldn't help but get excited.

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