CHAPTER 8: DISAPPOINTED

Nelson walked toward her as he must have thought she was the one that dropped the letter when he saw her standing beside his desk in the morning.

Clarita stood up and walked toward him with her heart racing badly because... the letter he was holding really resembled hers and it might even be hers!.

When she left the class in the morning, she got to her own class and fell into deep thought about what she was supposed to do after finding another girl's letter on Nelson's table but the only thing that kept coming to her mind was to dispose the girl's letter and drop hers but she found that too ridiculous to do and she gave up.

" I should just keep this and give it to him another day." she said to herself and made to keep her letter but it was nowhere to be found and she panicked. she looked for it everywhere but she couldn't find it.

So, seeing the one that look like hers in Nelson's hand made her nervous and confused at the same time.

. Different questions were forming in her head but none was making her heart peaceful.

What was more disturbing was that the students, especially the girls already gathered behind Nelson and were following him to see why he was so upset and holding up a love letter...

" What's your name?" he asked Clarita as soon as he got to her and Clarita widened her eyes.

So, the guy she had been crushing on for a while now, doesn't even know her name??? WTF!

" you... You... you don't know my... name?" she asked with disappointment in her voice and Nelson nodded.

" Her name is Clarita!" Binta butted in, while rolling her big eyes at Nelson.

She once was an admirer of Nelson but she stopped when she saw how rude and arrogant he could be and especially when she saw the way he behaved to Clarita and act to her like she was not existent.

" Ah~ Clarita..." he mumbled and smirked.

he raised the letter up and opened it. " What's this?" he asked with an annoyed voice as he turned the letter to her and everyone rushed behind her to look at what was written in the letter.

Clarita was so shocked with his attitude that she quickly lowered her head before he could even turn the letter to her. she couldn't believe that Nelson could be this foolish and thoughtless!

¤ what? what is that?"

" Is that not a love letter?"

" She actually wrote a love letter to Nelson?"

" She indeed is so brave! what a stupid girl!"

The students started mumbling to each other as they all criticized Clarita.

Clarita clenched her fist as she lowered her head more. her eyes were moist with tears and she found it difficult to breathe well... she was just too disappointed and broken!

" Its... It's not her!" a girl suddenly blurted and rushed out of the crowd.

everyone paused at they turned to the tiny girl and gave her a questioning look.

" Its not Clarita's letter." the girl said again and looked into Nelson's eyes " It was mine. I wrote the letter inside the card. " the girl confessed with choking voice and everyone gasped!

" You?!"

" what?!"

The students were all confused but the two who were confused the most was Nelson and Clarita. " You?" he asked as he turned to the girl and frowned. he looked between Clarita and the girl and frowned even deeper.

He turned the letter to himself and smirked " So, you wrote this stupid letter?" he asked with disgust in his voice and the girl nodded.

" Because I like you." the girl replied as her tears fell. she knew she would be embarrassed and even beaten up by the girls but she was ready to say out her mind and Clarita somehow envied her.

Nelson smiled smugly " You know what I hate the most in my life?" he asked the girl but the question was not only meant for the girl but for everyone else there...

" I hate stupid and silly people who don't face their studies and go around fantasizing weirdly. If you want to admire a guy, admire someone in your level so that there won't be much gap between you.

Not a dull head like you asking me out! and with this wrong choose of words!" he muttered and threw the letter at the girl.

" Correct your words and face your study, Silly girl!" he cursed and turned to leave while the girl slumped on the ground as her tears fell uncontrollably.

Clarita stared at the girl. she was feeling both anger and disappointment at a time. she wasn't pitying the girl but she couldn't imagine herself in that same situation... she would have been the one in that position if the girl did not come out!

. " You!" she suddenly shouted and ran toward Nelson. " Wait!" she shouted again as she stood in front of him and stopped him from moving forward.

" What? do you want to submit your own stupid letter too?" Nelson asked mockingly and Clarita scoffed.

" I would rather give my letter to a dog than give it to you! I would rather throw it in the pit than let you have it!" she blurted and Nelson raised a brow.

" What?"

" Yes! You disgust me! you know, I at once thought you are perfect because you are handsome and all but today, you just proved to me how lowly and foolish you can be.

. You are such a scumbag, you irritate me!" Clarita shouted as her tear fell from her eyes. she wiped the tears with the back of her hand and smiled " This is the last tear i will ever shed for you, Nelson. because you do not deserve it. " She said and walked off while her two friends followed her, leaving Nelson standing beside the steps as he looked at a retreating back with a frown on his face...