Chapter 3 Lab Play

It's finally Monday. Time flew fast for Sebastian. He spent his weekend on the muddy field of Illyria playing soccer.

Riiinggg ** Riiingg **

"God please tell me it's not Monday yet!"

"Okay, I won't." Duke said groggily. The Alarm took it as queue and have itself known by blaring an annoying sound again.

"Kill that damn thing will you!"

Duke decided to get up and head to the bathroom 'cos its seems that his roommate decided to get back to Morpheus land again.

*** 45 minutes passed

Duke is starting to get pissed that Sebastian is taking his sweet time changing.

"Dude hurry up! You dress like a girl!"

"Coming! " Sebastian shouted from the bathroom. Just in time to see a very pissed off roommate already in the door ready to go.

They it made right in time for their Biology class.

Alright you two. Pick a name in the box.

"Olivia Lennox" Sebastian scanned the room for his partner

Olivia heard her name being called and was surprised and delighted to see Sebastian. She waved at him.

"Yay! The Gods might be in good mood today huh" Olivia thought.

Upon seeing the blondes delighted expression Sebastian wasn't able to suppress a ghost smile appear on his face.

Duke's head snapped when he heard Sebastian mention Olivia's name. He shot his roommate a deathly glare "Hey you got her! Let's swap!"

"Can't. I already said her name out loud." Sebastian said coolly."

Duke stared at the paper at he's holding "Eunice Bates"

A braced girl smiled and waved.

"Just my luck!" Duke cringed seeing the nerdy girl.

"Hey be nice!" Sebastian chastised. And walked over to his workstation where Olivia is already settled.

"Hi, I don't think we're properly introduced. I'm Sebastian Hastings" He offered his hand.

"Olivia Lennox" Smiled sweetly. She held his hand longer than necessary thus reveling the smooth feel of his hand. Olivia decided to be bold and started rubbing Sebastian's hand with her thumb; she was surprised when he flinched. Sebastian just grinned sheepishly. Quite embarrassed by his own action.

"Ah this just gets interesting" Olivia thought. She flashed him a sexy smile.

"Uh uh trouble" Sebastian thought knowing he's blushing furiously.

Malcolm's incorrigible timing saved him from further embarrassing himself.

"Hi Olivia! So..." Malcolm started, again sporting an annoying smug look.

Olivia wanted to kill him on the spot for interrupting her smooth and subtle flirtation. "Oh Hi Malcolm!" She forced a smile that looks almost a glare, "NO and NO". And with that she turned her back to face the board when the teacher started the attendance call.

Malcolm glared at Sebastian upon seeing him stifling a laugh. Hammered ego. He left stomping like a kid in tantrum.

After listening to the teacher explain the coverage and what not's of the subject. Olivia finally faced Sebastian with a new and sturdy plan of torturing him knowing how he reacts to her subtle flirtation.

"Ah so mister high and mighty is a regular guy after all" She though as her brain gears started rolling again.

Sebastian noticed the glimmer on Olivia's eyes when she faced him. And he was once again struck dumb when Olivia flashed him her signature smile.

Olivia thoroughly enjoying her very own game rounded the table to stand beside Sebastian.

"So partner…Would you like to do this frog dissecting? Or would you rather stare at me whole day? You know I don't mind.. Just no drooling. Okay?" She proved her point by gently wiping the nonexistent drool on Sebastian's chin.

"Uh..." Sebastian stammered.

"Relax! I'm kidding!" Olivia said laughing. Finally letting Sebastian off the hook.

" Ha ha. Ms Lennox you're funny" Sebastian laughed nervously

"I try." Olivia yet again flashed her disarming smile.

The rest of the period was spent with exchange of playful banter. Olivia realized Sebastian became more relaxed when she stopped flirting shamelessly. "Maybe he's just shy" She reasoned. She found it really adorable when Sebastian blushes. Yet she's also enjoying the more relaxed Sebastian.

After 3 hours in the Biolab, Olivia learned a lot about Sebastian that made her like him even more. He seemed reserved but he's got this natural sweetness that'll surely sweep any girl off their feet. Relaxed Sebastian is witty and smart. He babbles when talking about things he likes. Which Olivia finds incredibly adorable. She also noticed how smooth his face looks. No itchy stubble's. It took a lot of willpower to stop herself from reaching across the table and touching his face. What made him more attractive is that he doesn't even act like he knows it. He seemed oblivious of the appreciative glances the girls throw at him when he passes by the hallway.

Olivia felt nice when Sebastian gives her his full attention when she speaks. He's attentive and very much easy to talk to. Conversation flew easily between the two.

After the tension of Olivia's shameless flirting decapitated, Sebastian felt himself relax around the beautiful blondes' presence. He can't as of the moment explain his actions, acting like a love struck idiot in front of Olivia is not gonna help his already confused brain. No matter how much he tries to ignore his growing attraction to Olivia, one smile from her and he's back to wondering how it would feel to kiss her. He is this close to accepting.. yes this close to accepting what Kia kept telling him. But NO. Just not yet. ( OH God are you confused yet? I did mention I'll be addressing Viola-pretending to be Sebastian as Sebastian himself (which means I might also use He instead of She.'Coz I find it weird calling Sebastian a "she". So there!. Don't worry the real Sebastian is not going to appear in the near future. I don't even know where he is at this very moment. And we're back..)

Sebastian was surprised to actually enjoy Olivia's company. Minus the flirtations – which he doesn't mind if she started doing again now that he recovered from earlier embarrassment. He thought he can actually get a hold of his self this time. He now felt relaxed in her company that light touches won't burn his skin and send tingles to somewhere he doesn't want them. And he just discovered that Olivia isn't the usual blonde. Mind you, NO blonde moments with her. She's hotter than hell and she's cool as they come. She's smart and she's wild all rolled into one ( Ops! Sorry, was just listening to theclickfive). But yeah you get the point. She's not just some dumb blonde who probably uses her makeup more than her brain. Olivia is different; once you get past the "she's hot" judgment, she'll blow your mind off with the real her. The real Olivia is a sweet little thing. (Haha did I just call her that?) Yes she is, she's compassionate, caring and extremely sweet. Not flirty sweet if that's what you're thinking. She's also adorable in an "awww"- kinda way. Sebastian felt at ease and was able to relax and be his real self with her. It's refreshing knowing he doesn't have to act what "the real Sebastian" is supposed to act in front of Olivia anymore. She seemed not to judge him when he told her he'd rather watch "Stuck in Love" instead of "Kiss Ass". Rather she found it romantic and sweet.

Time flew fast for both of them. When the bell rang both agreed to meet at the library to finish the lab project they're supposed to start doing 3 hours ago before they got engrossed with their conversation.

"See you later Seb" Olivia said touching Sebastian's forearm to get his attention.

Sebastian craned his neck when he felt a hand touched his forearm. He was rummaging his messenger bag for his phone to get Olivia's number.

"Later Liv" Sebastian's smiled faltered when he saw Duke's deathly glare.

When Olivia left the room, Duke grabbed Sebastian to the side and hissed "What was that Hastings? I don't think your girlfriend will appreciate you flirting with Olivia!"

Sebastian was beyond pissed of Duke's sudden outburst. "I don't have a girlfriend!" he spatted angrily.

Maria was just coming in of the lab to get the notebook she left when she heard Sebastian; she smiled and jogged back to catch up with her roommate all excited to spill the good news, already forgetting the main reason of coming back to the lab. "Oh you'll gonna love this Liv!"

"Right!" Duke stated not totally believing Sebastian. "What's up with the sudden interest with Olivia btw?"

"Come on Duke! It's not what you think!" Sebastian replied. Suddenly tired of arguing to Duke when he's already tired arguing and denying to himself that he actually liked Olivia in a non-friendly manner.

"Then what is Sebastian?! You knew I liked her!"

"You can't force her to like you. Olivia's not a piece of meat Duke. You can't just expect her to like you because most girls do. She's different." Sebastian said sounding almost resigned.

"Snitch!" Duke huffed and walked away.

Sebastian shrugged. "Oh well, you win some, you lose some"

Ah so the friendly air between Duke and Sebastian is slowly being sucked away because of their obvious attraction to one blonde. Though Sebastian has never even come in terms with his own attraction toward Olivia, Duke hated the fact Olivia seemed to like him without him even trying.

Olivia on the other hand thought her day could not get any better. She was able to enjoy just being with Sebastian's company. Wait till she hears Maria's good news.