Love Life At School (Chapter Twenty Nine)

Calvin smiled as he walked on, thinking how cute Angela was when she laughed and joked. Suddenly, he saw someone coming. It was Arron, who had a confident look on his face. But he was looking at the ground so he did not notice Calvin. Then, they bumped into each other. Calvin purposely said harshly, “Watch where you’re going’, yeh little twit!”

“Sorry, sir. So sorry,” Arron quickly apologized.

Calvin: Arron! Its me, Calvin. Can’t you recognize my voice?

Arron: Calvin? Oh Calvin.

Calvin: Now you know.

Arron: Oh, sorry anyway. Erm.. I have something to ask you.

Calvin: What is it?

Arron: You like Hebe don’t you?

Calvin: Er.. Yeah. (he had to say that in order to keep his relationship with Angela secret until he announced it to everyone)

Arron: Oh.. Well, I’m going to try and win her back. You won’t mind, would you? (feeling stupid for talking like that to his rival)

Calvin: Huh? Erm.. no. Of course not.

Arron: Are you sure? ‘Cause the last time I was with her, you tried to, so called, kill me.

Calvin: Er.. hehe.. My bad. Sorry.

Arron: But I somehow get the feeling that you like someone else.

Calvin: (feeling nervous) Why do you think that?

Arron: Because although I said I was going to win Hebe back. You didn’t seem to bother. If you still liked her, you would at least say something different.

Calvin: Oh.. er.. Really?

Arron: (smiling) Come on, spill. Who is it?

Calvin: No one!

Arron: Don’t lie. I’m sure you don’t love Hebe anymore. So tell. Or I’ll the whole world you walked down the street naked today.

Calvin: Hey!

Arron: So?

Calvin: Fine. I’m only telling this for the sake of my reputation. So don’t think I’m doing this for you.

Arron: Whatever. Just spill.

Calvin: (take a deep breath) Angela.

Arron: What?!

Arron stared at Calvin as if he was insane. He had never thought that he, Calvin, known as the playboy of the school, would actually fall in love with a studious girl, whom, in returned, loved him too. It was just too unbelievable. Calvin looked at Arron and made a gesture. “Arron?”

Arron: Oh my God! Hebe will be over the moon! She...

Arron stopped. He was certainly happy for Calvin and Angela. But he had forgotten that he had broken up with Hebe. He longed for her even more now. It was silent for a moment. Then, Calvin broke the silence. “I know what happened between you and Hebe is all my fault. But I do have to say this to you. Go for it. Make Hebe love again as she had always done so.”

Arron smiled at Calvin. Someway or another, he knew Calvin was right. He should go for it and win Hebe back. He nodded his head and replied that he was going to her house now. They both bade goodbye and went their separate ways.

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(minutes later)

(in front of Hebe’s house)

Arron again stood in awe of Hebe’s house as he had done the first time he saw it. He stared at it for quite a long time when suddenly someone tapped him on the shoulder. He quickly looked in front and a woman was standing there. “May I help you, mister?”

“Oh, er.. I’m looking or Hebe Tian. Is she in?”

“I’ll find out for you. Do you mind waiting for a moment?”

“Not at all.”

“Oh, mister, may I know what is your name?”

“Tell Hebe I am Arron Yan.”

The woman bowed and turned around before walking into the humungous house.

Arron continued staring at the house. He couldn’t seem to understand why he was looking so intently at a certain room window. Suddenly, he saw the curtain move a little. He blinked. He looked again but it didn’t move. He continued waiting when at last the woman appeared. “Mister, please follow me.” And he did. She brought him to the living room but he saw no one. She told him to wait. And he was wondering how many times did he have to wait. Then, Hebe appeared. She walked to him, looked at him and sat down on a sofa.

“What do you want?” She said, coldly.

Arron: I want to say sorry for what I did.

Hebe: What did you do?

Arron: Huh? I mean, I’m sorry that I hurt you. Sincerely.

Hebe: Sincerity doesn’t seem to be in your dictionary.

Arron: Huh?

Hebe: You said you’re sorry. Explain then.

Arron: Well, I did you wrong and...

Hebe: And?

Arron: I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean anything I did.

Hebe: Oh really? Then why did you kiss Rainie? Don’t tell me you didn’t mean it either.

Arron: I..I..I really didn’t. She forced me to be with her.

Hebe: Under what circumstances?

Arron: She blackmailed me. She said she would tell everyone especially you that I got her pregnant. She...

Hebe: You got her pregnant? How dare you!

Arron: No, I didn’t. She just wanted me to be with her. And that was not the only reason. She said she’d ruin my whole reputation by saying many unthinkable things. And she also said she’d hurt you if I don’t follow what she asks me to do. Since I didn’t want you to get hurt, I just followed.

Silence.

Hebe: That’s it?

Arron: Erm.. no. Actually.. I also have another reason. Er.. Its because of that Angela’s incident. I didn’t want you to feel bad if I got hurt so... I... did what I did.

Hebe: Is that all?

Arron: Er.. yeah.

Hebe: I don’t care any more. So, you can leave now.

Hebe got up from her seat and walked off. Arron quickly ran up to her and pulled her hand. She stopped, not looking at him. She couldn’t because if she did, he could see in her eyes that she was lying that she didn’t care.

Arron: Why are you doing this? I said I’m sorry.

Hebe: Some things just can’t be forgiven and forgotten with the mere word, sorry. Let me go.

Hebe pulled away from him and ran up to her room. Hebe forced herself to lie to him. She still loved him. But she couldn’t accept the fact that after all he had done, he only tried to get her back by saying sorry. She just couldn’t forgive him. Not yet. Arron stood there, recollecting her words. Then he walked out. As he did, he felt a tear dropping from his eye.

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(Hebe’s room)

Hebe looked out the window, watching Arron walking away. She saw him wipe off something from his eye. She couldn’t help feeling sad but she could not forgive him just like that. After all he did to her, he expected her to forgive him that easily by just saying sorry. No, she won’t.

But despite what she was thinking and what she had said to Arron, she couldn’t help tears welling up in her eyes as they rolled down her smooth, gentle face.

-brenda, co-written with ratana-