Chapter 2
"You're late D…'' Mrs. Dearly said looking up from her desk and at D when she heard her run into the room. She saw D with another boy next to her. "Oh, the new student is with you.''
"D… I knew one day you've be late because you were making out with some guy…'' Her friend Kyosuke said to her.
"Shut up…" She rolled her eyes at him.
"You need to work on adds D and I might just overlook your tardiness today.'' Mrs. Dearly said to her.
"Yeah… I'll be in that room if you need me Au'lun…" D pointed at the room next to a door that led to the computer lab.
"Au'lun, come here and let's settle you into this class." Au'lun walked over to Mrs. Dearly's desk.
In the advertising office, D sat down at the desk and opened her binder. She noticed a note on the desk and picked it up. It was a note from her friends.
"Looks like I'm working alone again…" She put the note down and pulled out her ad list. When she pulled it out, a picture fell out of her binder. She picked the picture up and looked at it. It was a picture of her and someone she loves… and is waiting for. For the past three years, she's put her heart on hold for a guy she believes will come back. He left the country during they're sophomore year in high school and the picture depicted the last time they were together. From that day, she regretted not telling him how she felt. Her heart ached as she gazes upon the picture.
"Hey D!" Au'lun said coming into the office. When D heard his voice, she immediately hid the picture in her binder and turned to him.
"Hey Au'lun!" She forced a smile out to hide her pain.
"What were you looking at?" Au'lun pulled a rolling chair and sat next to her.
"Oh nothing…" D lied to him as she was looking for her call list.
"Mrs. Dearly wanted me to work with you because your members don't show up a lot.'' Au'lun said to her.
"Yay, another ad member!" D threw her arms up in the air in joy. Au'lun laughed when she cheered. "I'm happy you're working with me. This job is boring when I'm alone.''
"Well you're not alone anymore." Au'lun put his hands into his pockets and looked at D. "So what do you do? Do you make calls all period?"
"Basically… it's quite boring…" D picked up the phone and hung it up. "But I don't make any calls.''
"Showing Au'lun your advertisement tricks D?" Mrs. Dearly said as she came into the office.
"Sure…'' D said giving her the thumbs up.
"Ok, keep up the good work!" Mrs. Dearly said as she walked out of the office.
"How are you getting the ads if you don't make calls? Don't you have to get ads for your grade?"
"Yeah, I get the ads from my friends. They're families owns restaurants and other stores so I basically got everything covered."
"What would you do if they stop advertising?" He asked her. D looked puzzled for a moment and looked at Au'lun.
"Um… I guess I start calling." She started to scratch her head and laugh.
"Oh, I see. So what do you do with all this free time?"
"Um… probably do homework but today since I don't really know you yet, let's play 10 questions!" She clapped her hands and turned to Au'lun.
"Isn't it called 21 questions?" Au'lun said looking at her.
"Yeah but we don't have enough time to ask 21 questions!" She said to him.
"I'm guessing you want to go first?" He said adjusting his glasses.
"Well, I was going to ask you if you wanted to go first but ok.''
"Oh… that's ok.''
"Ok, first off what's your full name?"
"Au'lun N-'', he paused before he said his last name.
"Last name too.'' She said as she leaned on her knees.
"Ni- Nissan, Au'lun Nissan.'' He said to her.
"Au'lun Nissan… hey you have a car company name as your last name!"
"Yeah…'' He forced a chuckle out.
"Ok next question, what's your nationality?"
"I am Japanese.'' He replied to her question.
"Really, you have a weird name for a Japanese guy. I don't mean weird but…''
"I understand, I was born in France so my parents gave me a French name.'' He explained to her.
"You were born in France? That's cool!"
"I guess it's cool.'' He adjusted his glasses to see her better.
"Ok next question how many languages can you speak?" Au'lun thought long and hard as he came up with an answer.
"Six languages.''
"Six languages? What are they?"
"Japanese, Korean, Chinese, French, German, and English.'' He named off the languages he knew.
"Korean really?" She asked him again.
"Yes.'' He said shaking his head.
"Prove it.'' She said to him.
"The teacher's coming.'' Au'lun said in Korean. D suddenly picked up the phone and looked out of the office door. Mrs. Dearly was speaking to one of the graphic designers of the class. With a sigh of relieve, she put the phone down and punched Au'lun.
"Hey! You wanted me to prove that I spoke Korean!" Au'lun said as he punched himself away from D before she hit him.
"Don't scare me like that! Ok, you know Korean, why so many languages?"
"My parents… they want me to know the languages of the big… countries in the car industries…'' He mumbled the last part.
"Huh? I didn't hear the last part.''
"Uh, it's ok. I wasn't that important.'' He said trying to hide something. "Are you Korean D?"
"Only half'', she replied to him.
"What's the other half?" He kept asking her questions.
"Cambodian, hey it's not your turn!" D said to him.
"Sorry, I just wanted to know what your nationality is." Au'lun said apologizing to her.
"Don't be sorry, anyways how many questions have I asked you?" D had forgotten how many she asked him already.
"You've asked me… Five questions'', he replied to her.
"Five? Already? I thought I asked 3!" D said to him.
"You did ask 3 questions but what you said earlier counts as questions to and just now two more.'' Au'lun said using his fingers to demonstrate.
"You're really on this question game huh?" She asked him.
"Yup and that's 8." Au'lun said point to her.
"Ok, ok, next question. How many girlfriends have you've had?"
"I've never had a girlfriend but I was in love with someone before." Au'lun looked down at the floor of the office.
"What happened?" D asked him.
"Well, she didn't feel the same way I felt for her. She just wanted to be friends.'' He looked up at D when he finished telling her.
"You don't have anything to hide huh?"
"Well, there are some things that I need to hide and some that I don't. Now, isn't it my turn?" He rubbed his hands together and sat up straight.
"Yeah but you already asked me 2 questions."
"Ok, what's your real name?" He asked her.
"Daniene Hime." D replied to him.
"What a nice name, this is the first time I ever heard your name.''
"Thank you!" She gave him a smile.
"Next question, do you have a boyfriend?" Au'lun kept his eyes on her.
"No, I don't." She replied to him awhile gripping her pen.
"Are you in love with someone?" He kept with the questions.
"Well… you see… sort of. Actually it's more like I'm trying to forget him." She looked away from him.
"Why are you trying to forget him?"
"Because it's no use being in love with someone who isn't here, my friend Dong Wook told me to forget him because it only hurts me more to remember him." She gripped her hands as her heart ached with pain.
"Does it… hurt you to talk about this?" Au'lun asked her as he watched D gripping her hands together.
"Oh no", D pretended like it didn't hurt her one bit.
"Would you mind telling me what happened between the two of you?" Au'lun adjusted his glasses again and directed his attention back to D.
"Well what happened between us was like-'' as she was going to tell him, the bell rang.
"Damn, I'll tell you another time ok?" D got up and started to put her things away.
"I'll walk you to class D''; Au'lun said getting up from his chair and putting it where he found it.
"It's ok; you have to find your class. Where is it? I mean what class is it.'' D corrected herself.
"It's C6 calculus.'' Au'lun said looking at his schedule.
"Oh my next clear is near there.'' D said as a visual of her class popped up into her head.
"Oh then I'll walk you to your class.'' The both them grabbed they're things and walked out of the class. D noticed her friend Ryo standing near the door.
"Hey Ryo!" D said as they were walking to class.
"D! Who's this?" Ryo turned her attention to Au'lun standing next to D.
"Oh yeah, Ryo this Au'lun, Au'lun this is Christina but everyone calls her Ryo.''
"Nice to meet you'', Au'lun said shaking her hand.
"So D, is the class near?" Au'lun asked her as they were walking.
"Yeah, it's pretty close. Oh god, I have a test… Damn it, I forgot to study!" D said hitting her forehead.
"Do you ever study?" Ryo asked D.
"No…'' D smiled at the both of them. Au'lun laughed at D as he looked at her.
"Hey, what are you laughing at Au'lun?" D said pushing him awhile walking beside him.
"I'm laughing at you." He kept on laughing at her.
"Damn it Au'lun!" D grabbed his arm and started to shake him. Ryo looked at them as they were walking together.
"Um… I'm going to go to class now so I'll see you two later. Bye!'' Ryo winked at D and went on to her next class.
"Oh god…'' D looked down and shook her head in disappointment.
"What?" Au'lun asked her.
"… It's nothing… Oh, your class is over there Au'lun." D pointed to the classes partially hidden by the trees in front of them.
"Oh, where's your class?" Au'lun said looking around.
"Right there'', D pointed to the class in the corner of the building swallowed by the shadows of the trees. "The class looks especially scary today…'' She noticed the darkness surrounding the doorway. "I'll see you later ok Au'lun?"
"Let me walk you to the door of the classroom." He said to her as he looked at her.
"It's ok Au'lun." D said as she turned to her class. "You should be getting to your class anyways Au'lun, bye!'' D walked to her classroom. Au'lun stood there until he saw D walk into class. In her class, she walked to her assigned testing seat and didn't say anything. One of her friends in the class sat next to her.
"So who was that hot Asian guy with you outside?" She asked D.
"A friend, he's new to the school." D told her as she pulled her graphing calculator out.
"Are you showing him around the school, because if you're not, I will.'' Her friend smiled as she talked to her.
"D's doing more than showing him around, isn't it true D?" Another one of her friends said to her.
"No, what are you guys thinking?" D said to the both of them.
"Ok students, do your test and you two, and stay out of Daniene's love life!" The math teacher said to them.
"Thank you." D said to her math teacher with a sigh of relief.
"Let her deny the fact that she really likes him.'' Her teacher said awhile passing out the test.
"Shouldn't there be a rule called invasion of personal life?" D asked her teacher as she looked at her.
"No, if there was such a rule then that defeats the whole purpose of the teacher's lounge.'' D's teacher laughed as she saw D turn away.
End of Chapter 2