3: Laura

Laura cursed on herself and Samuel all the way from the guys dorms to her dorm room, ignoring Celine who was still tidying Laura bag after finishing hers, and running to the bathroom.

"No way I can return this!" She mumbled after handwashing her cloth and his. "He should've just ignored me. That stupid, idiot...." And the curses went on till she left the bathroom.

"Whose shirt is that?" Celine who was a clean freak and accustomed herself with all messy Laura stuff would notice a new appearing shirt.

"Samuel." Laura mumbled. "I got my period and he just had to help. Why was he like that? Didn't we agree on loathing each other till death it will part?"

"Samuel had always been a gentleman regardless of his hatred, no rivalry, towards you." She chuckled.

And Laura snapped "I am sure he will rub it off on me all the time when we are in the trip, I don't think I will stand it!"

Laura threw herself in the floor and rolled around muttering her hate toward him even when he saved her from the embarrassment.

Celine sat near Laura on the floor and put a candy on her mouth "why do you guys hate each other this much? I don't believe it is because of me and Theo, so make your excuses."

"I don't know, I just hate him!" Laura rolled and set her head on Celine labs "you know I love you and you are the best so Celine, bare with me and my cramps on this trip."

"You know I'm always with you." Celine flicked Laura forehead "I prepared your bag, come and make sure you stuff are in place."

"I will not live a day without you." Laura groaned.

Next day, the bus stopped by the airport, Laura was dragged by her friend in and found the boys waiting for them, Laura traitorous heart skipped a beat when she saw Samuel. It was either because of yesterday events and accident or how he looked like a model out of magazine.

Laura chose to beleive that it was neither of them, she believed it was because her period and moved on.

But it was impossible to not look. Samuel wore a baggy black pants and a very normal white shirt and had a black jacket on, sleeves loosened as he leaned on a pillar talking to Theodore and white shoes. He didn't even bother combing his hair and it still looked more subtle than Laura hair that refused to be styled and she ended with the scissors in hand if Celine didn't safe the day.

Theodore was the first to notice them. Laura felt guilty about only focusing on Samuel and ignoring Theodore, so she silently praised his engineering outfit even when he wasn't an engineer major.

"Right on time." Theodore grinned, even after breaking up with Celine, he was still the same kind understanding guy as ever. Unlike someone else who frowned his handsome face upon seeing her.

"We still have 30 minutes before the plane boards," Celine pointed at the food court and smiled "should we get some snacks?"

"Let's do that!" Theodore smiled "Samuel twisted his ankle this morning so he will probably look funny walking, should we go without him Laura."

Laura wanted to terribly join them, she was hungry, or it was her cramps, she couldn't tell but she didn't have an appetite for anything after they couldn't stop on a certain bakery this morning because they would get late if they stayed in its line.

"I'm good." She forced a smile and sat on the floor, legs unable to carry her any longer.

Celine sighed and nudged Theodore to move without them, as if they weren't couples before.

Soon as they left Laura couldn't keep her mouth shut. "You look good." Is what she wanted to say but instead said "twisted your ankle, I should've seen that."

"Shut up!" He frowned "I might be clumsy but not the point of putting my stuff on a stranger's basket."

"It was your fault for being there."

"You should be grateful that it was me or you will not have your stuff in the bag right now."

"So what do you want me to do? Bow to your mercy?"

"You are sitting in the floor like a beggar so might as well do it!"

Laura snapped and jumped to her foot, headbutting his chin in the process. Yes, she was on the floor but she would never beg or bow to his mercy.

Samuel staggered on his feet and glared at her like she killed his dog, he held his jaw and growled "how dare you?"

"Yes, what are you going to do?" She hit his chest with her head asking "will you hit me back? Do it in front of the whole world, I dare you."

A kid passing by saw them and sucked on her pacifier rather aggressively. Laura and Samuel couldn't fight in front of her so they awkwardly took a step away from each other.

"Kid, where is your mommy?" Laura knelt to her.

The kid pointed at her parents minding their own businesses on their phones not realizing their daughter was missing.

"How about sister take you to them, this place has so many scary peole!" Laura looked sideway at Samuel "but sister can fight them for you."

"Why don't you do this baby talking all the time instead of pickering and picking fights?" Samuel asked from behind her.

Laura stood on her feet and pinched his cheeks hard, he only looked at her in shock, "see, little girl, I can fight all the bad guys."

The girl took her pacifier and threw it at Samuel. "Do you believe I am the bad here?" Samuel pushed Laura hands and said "bad people can trick you to believing they are good, do not trust anyone and go back to your parents." He handed her the pacifier after cleaning it with a tissue and the girl went back weeping.

"Did you have to scare her like that?" Laura hissed.

"She would know the world is not that nice." He frowned at her.

"That was not your call, she is not even 2!"

"It wasn't yours either, it was her parent's and their negligence is not our responsibility."

"It is not but helping that child without scaring her was what a good person should do!"

"Playing hero, aren't you?"

"No, this is called humanity if you didn't hear of it!"

Theodore came back holding some fries for them, Laura and Samuel directly pretended that the other did not exist.

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