Listless Beauty
Listless Beauty
Finally,at the end of class,he started calling out the names of the students to collect their projects.He announced the last two names together-Alicia Lu and Onita Dew.Onita Dew immediately went ahead and collected the paper and without glancint at it stffed it into her bad.Alicia Lu was slow to respond and realizing that she had been called ahead,clumsily walked towards the desk.The professor felt a smug smile blossom on his face as he handed her 'F' graded paper to her.Deciding to teachher a lesson in front of the whole class and warn off slackers,he lectured,"Miss,you are in a prestigious university now.This is not a place for you to day dreamand slack.The competition is tough.Even if you were able to gain back door entry into the university,you should still work hard.Your paper is the worst I have ever seen in my career.Do you know,this girl,"he pointed at Onita Dew and continued,"look at her paper.The research is so perfect and to the point.That is how you write a paper.Go and beg her to help you out with your studies."As the professor continued,many students looked at Alicia disdainfully.She was still looking down at the paper in her hands apparently oblivious to the professor's scolding.This made the professor even more angry but before he could open his mouth to scold her more in a calm voice she said,"Sir,this paper does not belong to me."
Angrily staring at her he snatched the paper from her hands and said,"What do you mean does not belong to you?It has your name right here,Onita Dew!"Alicia pursed her lips at the arrogant professor and withouut saying a word,took off her ID card from around her neck and placed it on the professor's table.The ID card said,Alicia Lu.Just then,the girl who had earlier stuffed her papers into her bag came ahead shame facedly and handing the top graded paper to Alicia took the F marked paper from the professor's hands and scurried to her seat.Seeing that the professor had been so insulted the other students found it difficult to control their laughter.He had been scoldingand praising the top student of his class.Just then a bell rang, indicating the end of the lecture.The professor went out in a huff while Alicia quietly returned to her seat to wait for the next lecture.All the boys in the class could not help but glance bak at Alicia.Her beauty and the loneliness in her eyes was like a siren's call to them.Most of them had been trying to approach her from the first day but did not know how.And today with the fiasco just now,they were even more curious abot this girl...