#Chapter 8: Accidentally Met
Rapunzel's POV
Today a few new students and a couple new lecturers arrived from UK and Japan. The Japanese one was cute, but the British guy was just so hot! His charming blue eyes. How feathery his silvery white hair was, you just couldn't help but want to run your fingers through! I saw some female students fainting and giggling like a bunch of lunatics. Hmph, well they better not think of getting him because they were never going to stand a chance against me
Sadly, the new lecturers teach computer and technology, not art. And I love art! I own a personal studio back at home. I specialized in murals! Those new students though. Ugh, they're such nerds! Well, that's not my problem anyway. At least I wasn't some miserable person who's stuck all day pressing space bars.
In fact, I was way better than that! I was the most popular girl around campus. The College Princess. My father was the owner of this college and I could do as I pleased. I could meet those newbies at lunchtime or at the end of the day.
But now, I was currently with some of the most awesome people on earth. We made a group called 'The Big Six. The members were of me, Annabeth Overland, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the III, Merida DunBroch, Kristopher Henderson, and Eugene Fitsherbert. The one I was especially close with would have to be Eugene. We had been best friends since middle school.
We all gathered around under a nice, shady tree near the fields, chatting. We were talking about the newbies both student and teacher. An idea popped in my head.
"Hey guys! Why don't we ask Mr. Overland to join our group?" My question was only received with looked as if there was a full grown cactus on top of my head.
"Punz, he is our teacher, wouldn't that be kinda, I don't know, weird?" Eugene said, starching the back of his neck, the usual gesture whenever he's nervous.
"Oh c'mon, it'll be fun! And the guy needs a close group of people to show him around!" I said.
"Well, if you put it that way, it does sound like a cool idea!" Anna gushed. "I will ask him to join later, okay?"
I nodded in agreement.
The rest went on talking about the new kids. I wasn't too interested so I took the time to take a selfie before posting it on Instagram
"Well guys, I have to go home now, see you tomorrow!" Anna said, waving at us before going into her sports car and drove away
Eventually, the rest of us went back as well. Including me. I was now in my Ferrari on the way home. I did a self-facepalm as I remembered something.
"Darn it, tomorrow is dad's birthday!" I exclaimed
I drove my car to a nearby music store. My dad loves Michael Buble. So I decided to buy one of his albums as a gift for my dad.
"Do you still have Michael Buble's' new album?" I asked the shopkeeper.
"Why yes! We still have some of that over there," she said, pointing at a shelf
"Thank you ma'am," I said and head toward the pointed direction.
As I got closer, I spotted someone I didn't expect to see. There's Mr. Overland, holding the album.
"Mr. Overland?" I squeaked. I didn't prepare myself to meet him so I was slightly fidgety. Wow, today was my lucky day!
"Oh, hi there," he said and stepped towards me. I gulped. Just chill Punzie... act natural.
"Uhm, are there any more albums left? Like the one you're holding?" I asked him.
"Oh, sorry, but no. This one's the last," he said, waving the album. I sighed sadly.
My dad was going to hate me...
"But hey, If you want this, you can have it." He graciously handed me the CD with a smile.
"R-really? But what about you?" I said. Hesitating to take it.
"Meh, I'm not that interested in Michael Buble anyway. Oh, and by the way, the CD is already paid. So it's on the house!" he said.
"Thank you Mr. Overland!" I exclaimed gratefully. This world did not deserve such an angel!
"Psh. Being called that way makes feel all old and wrinkly, just call me Jack!" he considered. I nodded giddily in response.
"Right. See you at University then," he said and waved at me before heading towards his car and drove home.
I did the same, going back to my house diving into my room. I wrapped the CD in wrapping paper and laced a ribbon. I then kept it away safely in my drawer. I just couldn't stop smiling.
I then laid on my bed to take a short nap before a few minutes of studying. And..daydreaming about Jack...
Jack's POV
I arrived to my room and went to change my clothes. Before I could unbutton my shirt, I heard a knock.
"Come in!" I said. The door creaked open and Anna poking her head in before entering.
"Jack? Can I ask you something?" she said.
"Okay, what is it?" I said.
"Do you want to join my group called 'The Big Six' in college?" she asked.
"Well, yes?" I said, doubting a little. But I couldn't see why not. Anna would be there with me anyway
"Great! Meet me at a big tree around the fields. You can't miss it, it's very sturdy!" she said excitedly and went outside.
I finally got to change my clothes and opened my laptop. There wasn't any notification in my email. I sighed out of boredom. I was still thinking about the huge incident that happened back at the university. I still couldn't believe it.
I was a huge fan of The Diamond Snowflake. It's not about the looks or the personality. Heck, nobody knows what he's/she's like or his/her appearances. But I was very impressed in how he/she worked and how successful he/she is. His/her identity was to never be revealed to the world. He/she also made a great computer program called 'SIGMA'. It's totally awesome. He/she never failed from his/her works. Ever.
An idea came to me. Why don't I try to make an Antivirus? It might be as good as The Diamond Snowflake's!
I quickly grabbed some books about computer programs and began to work.
The Diamond Snowflake's POV
I busied my head, thinking of theories of how such a virus could bypass the Corona University's security. I mean, it's unheard of! The mainframe there had been protected by countless firewalls. Yet, that could all still be penetrated.
I was in my room, chatting with other White Hat Hackers like Vampire's Daughter, Dragon Master, and The Mechanic. I texted them in Russian, since I've stay in Russia for a long time. My nickname is Snow Queen or SQ.
At the same time, I was updating my SIGMA program as well. I stopped typing as I received another text
DM : "Эй SQ, вы хотите знать, что стоит за вирусов Goodnight, верно?" (Hey SQ, you want to know what's behind the Goodnight Virus, right?)
SQ : "Должен ли я ответить на это, DM?"-_- (Should I answer to that, DM? -_-)
VD : "Да, SQ право you . Вы тоже над действуя DM." (Yeah, SQ's right. You're way overreacting DM.)
TM : "Просто скажите ей уже DM!" (Just tell her already, DM!)
DM : "Ладно, ладно, Иш! Хорошо, таким образом, мы все знаем, что Спокойной ночи также троян. Вы уверены, что полностью удалили вирус? Вы знаете, что бы произошло, если бы вы не сделали." (Okay, okay, yeesh! Okay, so we all know that Goodnight is also a Trojan. Are you sure you have completely removed the virus? You know what would happened if you didn't.)
SQ : "Я уверен, что я сделал." (I'm pretty sure I did.)
VD : "Ты так повезло, кв. У вас есть такая удивительная программа! В то время как мы..." (You're so lucky, SQ. You have such an awesome program! While we...)
SQ : "Не так пессимистично VD ! С уважением самом деле удивительным тоже. Помните, когда вы удалили вирус «привидение руки» от компьютерной право директора школы ? это здорово вы знаете !" (Don't be so pessimistic VD ! Yours is actually awesome too. Remember when you removed the 'Ghost Hands' virus from the headmaster's computer? That's awesome!)
TM : "Да, верно SQ в. Думайте положительно VD !" (Yeah, SQ's right. Think positive VD!)
DM : "Ребята, это уже поздно. Лучше пойти спать. Доброй ночи ;)" (Guys, it's getting late. Better go to sleep. Goodnight ;))
TM : "Да, здесь же."(Yeah, same here.)
VD : "Спокойной ночи всем." (Goodnight everyone.)
I closed my phone and went to bed, laying down as I kept thinking about the happenings when the university was attacked by a simple, but very dangerous virus.
"Я до сих пор так много, чтобы учиться. Это становится опасным." (I still have so much to learn. It's getting dangerous.) I mumbled, before drifting to sleep.