Chapter 2. Tragedy

After Alberto arrived at his class, suddenly a woman came to his class. The woman has long, wavy hazel hair. Her skin is smooth and fair. She has a sharp nose, slanted green eyes, thick eyebrows, and thick lips. That woman is Lorena Adeline, who is usually called Lorena.

She is Alberto's girlfriend. She didn't only come, but she also brought her task book. 

"Lorena?" Alberto asked in disbelief, which made Lorena frown because, as far as she remembered, Alberto never forgot her name. He was surprised because Lorena rarely came to Alberto's class.

"Yes, I'm Lorena." Lorena opened the book and searched the pages.

"Do you forget me?" Lorena made sure that Alberto didn’t have forgotten about her.

"No, I don't." Alberto shook his head.

"Then, why did you ask me that?" Lorena was annoyed and pouted. The smile on her face loses.

"I'm sorry. You rarely attend my class. So, I believe that will be a problem that you wanna talk with me." Alberto immediately apologized and explained his reason for asking that question.

Meanwhile, Alberto's reason made Lorena feel even more annoyed with him. He looked at Alberto with a sharp gaze and said curtly, "Do you think that I come to your class only to solve and tell my problem, huh?"

"No, I don't mean that. But you only come to my class once in a while." Alberto tried to explain more subtly.

"Then? Must I come to your class every day? I'm busy!" Lorena got mad at Alberto, which made him only bow his head and apologize. "I'm sorry, Lorena.”

"So, what's up, Lorena?"

"I'm confused with Prof. Vega's task. I don't understand the material that she taught me." Lorena explained the thing that she felt confused. 

Then, Lorena showed the task from Prof. Vega. There were seven questions. Alberto's eyes were wide because he was surprised and shocked to know that Prof. Vega taught Alberto's generation.

"Does she teach you?" Alberto asked.

"Yes, she does. Because of that, she gave me this task."

At that time, Dario (Alberto's best friend who was sitting behind Alberto) immediately replied, 

"Didn't you meet Prof. Vega? Why do you ask that?"

"I mean, does she teach our class?" Alberto was confused.

"In my class, she teaches me, but I don't know in your class. I think she will teach you too. Because every Human Physiology and Human Anatomy lecturer must teach Human Physiology and Human Anatomy in two classes, Mr. Daza teaches at class E and class F. Mr. Chico teaches at class G and class H. Mrs. Alf teaches at class G and class H. So, I guess Prof. Vega teaches in class A and class B." Lorena explained her analysis.

"You don’t lie, right?" Alberto looked at Lorena with a sharp gaze.

"No, I don’t lie. What’s my benefit for lying to you?" asked Lorena.

"Oh, my god! I can only hope that doesn't happen!" Alberto said in his heart. 

His eyes immediately bulging and he touched his head with his palm. His face turned white.

“Why, honey? Is everything okay?" Lorena suddenly asked, seeing Alberto's sudden behavior like that. That question made Alberto realized.

“No problem.” He answered quickly and he shook his head.

"Everything is okay." Alberto tried to cover up for Lorena and explained that all was well because he didn't want Lorena to be jealous of Vega.

"Why do you look so shocked?" Lorena inquired.

"I'm also confused, Alberto. Why? What's wrong? All lecturers are the same for me." Dario's words forced Alberto to find an excuse. Alberto immediately racked his brain and tried to find the exact reason.

"I'm just confused. So, it is possible that out of all the lecturers, she is a doctor. How can doctors teach in our major? Is it possible?" Alberto was still perplexed as to why Vega was teaching at his major. Indeed, Alberto admitted that Vega was very smart, but wasn't the pharmacy major also taught by a professor in the field of pharmacy?

"Certainly, it's possible! Don't you remember, Mr. Chico? He is also a doctor," said Lorena.

"Oh. Yes, that's true. You're right, Lorena." Alberto just remembered that Mr. Chico is also a doctor.

"So, is she a doctor?" Dario couldn't believe Alberto's words.

"Yeah, she's a famous doctor at Rege Hospital." Alberto explained everything to Dario.

"Who are you? How can you seem so familiar with her?" Dario's question made Lorena look at Alberto jealously. Not long after, Lorena and Dario looked at Alberto sharply, which forced Alberto to explain about his past with Vega.

***

At that time, there were no people or librarians in the library except Alberto because it was lunch time for the librarian. Alberto was reading a book in the library because he had an assignment to review a book. In the middle of reading and reviewing a book, suddenly he heard Vega's voice. "Hush! Come on! Quickly! Don’t take my time so long! Then he'll see us!"

"Okay, Honey!" The voice of a man that Alberto didn't quite memorize.

"Come on! We must hide here! Don't let anyone see us!” 

“He is focused on his task! So, he won't hear us hook up here! After all, how can Alberto like to read science fiction books? That's impossible!"

"Oh! You’re really impatient!" The man felt Vega was in too much of a hurry.

Not long after, Alberto heard the moans and sighs that came from the couple. The moans and sighs disturbed Alberto's concentration and made him even more curious about the people who were dating in the library. How can people be dating in the library? That's so weird for Alberto. 

It made Alberto find out about people who were dating in the library. Alberto walked slowly. He tried to make everyone unable to hear his steps until he found Vega and Dion hooked up in a corner of the library covered by science fiction bookshelves.

"Vega? Dion?" Alberto's eyes immediately bulged. His face was pale. His fingers and toes were cold. His heart was pounding.

"I'm sorry, Bert!" Vega immediately apologized to Alberto and put on her clothes.

"We broke up!" shouted Alberto while he ran away from the place.

"I didn't mean that." Vega chased after Alberto while she tried to explain to him, but Alberto didn't want to hear Vega's reason. For him, Vega was trying to make sense. Vega called Alberto's name continuously, which made Alberto stop his steps and then turn towards Vega.

Alberto immediately put his hands on his hips and glared at Vega. "Then what do you mean? Do you mean you cheat behind me for your own amusement? You are a bitch! I thought anyone couldn't pay you. That is why I’m interested and I become your boyfriend. It turns out you're just as bad as the other women."

Alberto immediately left Vega, as he blocked all of Vega's social media contacts. Vega tried to chase after Alberto, but Alberto was not caught. Vega also tried to contact Alberto, but she couldn't because her contact had been blocked.

***

"So you're still in love with Prof. Vega?" Lorena asked jealously.

"Honestly, yes. However, she prefers another man over me. Because of that, I tried to move on. Then, I meet you and I become your boyfriend.” Alberto's answer hurt Lorena and made her want to cry.

"Okay, Bert. I’ll go away from you for now. You don't need me anymore! You love Prof. Vega! Just catch your love and try to get her love!" said Lorena sadly. 

She wanted to cry. Her eyes filled with tears.

"Thank you! Bye!" Lorena immediately left Alberto with her book. 

Alberto immediately tried to chase after Lorena, but Vega was in a hurry to come to Alberto's class. Vega gave Alberto a direct stare. 

Vega's gaze instructed Alberto to sit back down in his chair. Alberto wanted to go after Lorena, but he was reluctant and didn't dare fight Vega because Vega is his lecturer. Alberto chose to sit back down and sighed, whether he liked it or not.

"Who is she?" Vega looked outside. Outside the classroom, it turns out that Lorena is still walking towards her class.

"Lorena." Alberto replied in an even tone.

"Lorena? Who is she for you?" Vega inquired, enviously.

Alberto wanted to reply that Lorena was his friend because he didn't want to cause trouble with Vega. But Dario immediately replied that Lorena is Alberto's girlfriend.

"Is that true?" Vega glared at Alberto, which made him only lower his head. Vega walked towards the window, showing the conditions outside the classroom. Once near the window, Vega immediately looked at Lorena.

"She is not beautiful. Only an ordinary girl. I'm prettier than her.” Vega said in her heart.

“What are the benefits of this woman? Smart? I'm smarter than her! I'm Lorena's lecturer. Yesterday, Lorena cried in my class because I asked her a difficult question. I'll make her cry a lot in my class because she is trying to get love from a guy that I love (Alberto)," said Vega in her heart as she glared at Lorena.

Then she smiled at everyone in the classroom. Then she greeted everyone there. "Hi, Everyone!"

"Hi!" The students greeted her kindly.

Then she prepared for the presentation. Her introduction started the presentation. There were her name, her title, and her phone number on the screen. Then she introduced herself.

"Okay. So, today is our first class meeting. My name is Vega Belinda, and that's my phone number. You can take a note of my phone number."

"So, if you need to contact me, you can contact me! If you want to call me or chat with me to ask about the materials outside the classroom, that's okay. Never mind. You can do that."

"Remember that, Alberto!" Vega looked at Alberto with deep eyes and smiled. Alberto nodded his head quickly and wrote down Vega's phone number as Vega asked.

"Why does she look like me with that expression?" Alberto asked himself from his heart. He was confused by Vega's act. Alberto never imagined that Vega would teach him. Vega explained the materials as best she could, while Alberto remembered the moment.

"How am I supposed to explain this to Lorena?" Alberto asked himself in his heart. Alberto immediately tried to find a way to explain all this to Lorena. He thought for a long time until he finally chose to explain that Alberto's future will be with Lorena, while Vega is just the past for him.

"Can Lorena accept that?" Alberto asked himself.

"I think she can… hopefully!" thought Alberto.