And soon, I finally arrived at the university. After locking my bike at the bike rack, I hurriedly ran to the classroom where our first subject would take place.
I finally reached our classroom! "There you are!" said Hazel when I finally sat beside her. "How come you're almost late?" asked Elle who is sitting beside Hazel as well. "Some… stuff… happened." I answered as I caught my breath. "Breath first before you answer!" said Hazel. I laughed it off. "Did Simon cause something again?" asked Elle. I nodded while smiling. But before Hazel said something about it, our professor entered the classroom.
I told you. Everyone knows everyone. A new face in town means a new topic for the residents of this town. New canvas to paint on. New paper to create stories about. Gossip and rumors. In case you didn't get it.
"In the C++ ecosystem, we primarily distinguish between two manifestations: compile-time which is static and runtime which is dynamic polymorphism. Static polymorphism is–" our professor is discussing.
"Rie, what did Simon do this time?" asked Hazel while our professor was still talking. "He's looking for me because Andrew saw me with a man earlier." I answered. Hazel raised both her eyebrows and then nudged Elle, making her look at us.
"Why?"
"Rie is with a man earlier." answered Hazel to Elle while she's looking at her. Elle also raised both her eyebrows and then looked at me. "Now I see why Simon did whatever he did to cause your lateness." Elle said, making me raise my eyebrows while looking at her. "Really?" I replied sarcastically as I nodded at her.
"Do we know who this man is? Everyone knows everyone in this town." asked Hazel. I took my time to respond. How would I tell them that the One who we pray to and offer mass to every Sunday and special occasions in the calendar of the church is the One I'm with earlier? "Definitely new," said Elle. No comment."Soon, you will tell them who He is, but not today."
Elle and Hazel kept asking me questions about it but I kept my mouth shut for as long as I could. Why is this class taking so long?