The Thrill Of The Chase

Chapter 3

"Take your seat"

We're already inside the room now. Yza and I are close to being late; she came in at 7:10 AM. It's a good thing I waited for her, or else she would have lost it here. Our campus is huge, after all.

"Okay, well, I am Rosalie Agadipa. Your Philosophy teacher," she introduced herself. "Quickly introduce yourselves. Then a 1-minute quiz," she added.

My classmates quickly introduced themselves. Is that it? She introduced herself and then immediately a quiz. Yza whispered to me as she approached. Our seats were one desk apart, so we couldn't sit together.

"Copy my answers. Agadipa is such a pain, giving a quiz right on the first day of school," she whispered. Luckily, Agadipa didn't hear her.

While my other classmates were introducing themselves, I took out my Philosophy book. I need to review; I read yesterday, but I need to be sure. I have to maintain my top position; I can't afford to drop.

"Luigi Keil Gonzales, 17, you can call me Luigi," the voice that spoke caught my attention.

Seriously? Luigi? He's my classmate again? Since kindergarten and now in high school too?!

After he sat down, I stood up. I stared at him for five minutes before introducing myself. Why are we classmates again? I'm tired of looking at his face. What if he surpasses me now? What if he's smarter now? I don't know anymore.

"Solace Bridget Marquez, 16, you can call me Lace. Nice to meet you guys," I continued after Yza introduced herself. Then, I resumed reading. Yza tried to change seats to sit next to me. Our introductions took almost 20 minutes to finish, so we started with the 1-minute quiz. The last one who introduced himself still hadn't sat down when Miss Agadipa already collected 1/2 of the quizzes.

"Exchange your paper. On the count of one, two, three...." Miss Agadipa stood up and approached the whiteboard, "...I'll only repeat the answer once, so listen well," she said.

What bad luck. I got Luigi's paper. Tss. There's not even an empty spot on his paper, nor does he have an eraser. How I wonder, did he also review? Of course, duh! He wouldn't be able to answer if he didn't review.

After we finished checking, we returned the papers to Miss Agadipa. She said she'd take the papers first, record them. I double-checked Luigi's score, since you could lose points if you made a mistake in checking the answer sheet.

"Okay. It's already recorded; when I call your name, come up," Miss Agadipa said strictly.

She organized the papers one by one and began calling.

"Luigi Keil, he got 44/50," she said. Luigi immediately stood up to get his paper.

I was nervous. He can't get a higher score than me. This is our first quiz, so he can't surpass me.

"Solace Bridget...." I nervously stood up and approached Miss Agadipa. "... 45/50," I felt relieved when I heard my score.

Not bad. At least I'm one point higher than him. That's okay, like I said, it's only our first quiz. I can still surpass him even more.

I almost rolled my eyes when I saw my paper. Luigi had corrected my paper. What the heck! He wrote all sorts of things on my paper, but luckily my score wasn't reduced because of it.

Solace Bridget Marquez STEM 11 - Wisdom

1). A - ✔♡

2). A - ✔♡

3). C - ❌♡

4). B - ✔♡

5). D - ❌♡

SCORE: 45/50

CORRECTED BY: ig:hotluwiji

fb: Luigi Gonzales

note: congrats baby♡♡

He even erased something there, tss, he erased it but I could still read it. He wrote something there, "Relationship Status: single/ngsb." WTF. What do I care?

Yza and I immediately left when the bell rang. She was so happy because she had a high score. She's really good at copying! Good thing Miss Agadipa didn't see her.

"Why are your eyebrows wrinkled?" Yza asked.

"Tss.." I rolled my eyes and showed her my paper earlier. ".. the heck is this? Who would be happy when someone does this to your paper?" I said, irritated.

She chuckled and looked at my paper. I saw her trying not to laugh when she saw what was written on my paper.

"Definitely not you," she said. I rolled my eyes at what she said. "Baby damn" she said while laughing.

I don't know how many times I rolled my eyes out of annoyance. Yza didn't stop teasing me, so I decided to leave her there on the table.

"Joke only, but what if forever is that?" I stopped walking and looked at her with disgust.

"Ew, no!"

"Arte. If you can't in your crush, you're in a friend," she said, I walked fast so I wouldn't hear what Yza said to me.

I sat down on my chair so I didn't have to pay attention to my classmates. I also put on my headphones and played loud music.

I saw Yza approaching me, so I looked away. She came closer to me to face us. I saw the opening of her mouth, as if she was saying something, so I took off my headphones to listen to her.

"What?" I asked. Am I deaf because the music is so loud? Why can't I hear what she's saying? But I can hear the conversations of my classmates.

I hit her when I realized that she's spitting some s**t on me. People these days are really different. I just wanted to relax.

I stood up and went to the restroom. I washed my face and fixed my hair before walking back to the classroom. While walking, I suddenly ran into Luigi. He stroked his hair, messed it up again, and adjusted his polo collar. When we faced each other, I immediately smelled his perfume. He smells like vanilla. I stepped aside and continued walking. But before I could get far, he spoke.

"Next time, I will ace the test," he said, causing me to stop walking. I was about to walk again when he spoke again, "I will get a higher score than you," he said as if he was sure it would happen. He said something else, but I didn't hear it.

"You wish," I said.

After class, I went straight home. We have an activity tomorrow, so I prepared what I'll use for tomorrow. When I got bored, I took out the paper I had earlier from my bag. There's nothing wrong with stalking Luigi a bit, right?

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Luigi Keil Gonzales

the more u hate, the more u love

His profile was a mirror shot, topless with a towel hanging on his shoulder. He used a black and white filter, making the picture look even cooler.

"Good enough," I bit my finger as I scrolled through his feed.