Save The Best for Last

Chapter Three: Who is Tyler Bancroft?

Later that evening.

Moira threw herself on her bed, while feeling dead tired.

Her original plan was to prepare her dinner, take a shower, and review her notes. She's so exhausted, and it feels like her eyes are going to close any minute now...

She finally decided to cancel her plan. Since she's not really that hungry, she decided to take a shower and go to bed rightaway. She'll just wake up early tomorrow, cook herself some breakfast, and review her notes while eating...

Moira forces herself to get up from her bed, and walked towards the bathroom to take a shower...

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A month has already passed since Moira became a College student..

KRINGGG!

Moira groaned as she lazily reached for her mobile phone to hit the stop button. Her phone has been making sound non-stop, and it's already giving her a headache.

Half-asleep and half-awake, she looked at the time. Her eyes suddenly widened in shock when she noticed the time.

"s**t, I'm going to be late!" Moira screamed at the top of her lungs. She instantly got up from her bed, as if she was electrified.

She only has 15 minutes to take a shower, get dressed, and cycle her way to the University campus!

She quickly took a shower and got dressed. She didn't have time to eat or drink something warm, so she just decided that she'll have late breakfast at the school's Cafeteria.

While she's cycling her way to the campus, she suddenly remembers that her first class is Physical Education. So she still has to make a quick stop to the Girl's Locker Room to change her clothes into gym clothes...

Once she arrives at the University, she parked her bike at the designated spot and quickly changed into a white t-shirt and black jogging pants. Then, she quickly ran towards the school's sports gymnasium as if she's in the middle of a marathon...

And once she reaches the gymnasium, she saw her classmates doing warm ups. She heaved a sigh of relief when she realized that their Physical Education Instructor is not there yet. So technically, she's not late...

"Moira, over here!"

Moira smiled when she saw Sarah waving at her. She quickly ran towards her direction to join her.

"Good morning, Moira!" Sarah greeted her rightaway.

"Morning, Sarah." Moira greeted her back.

“Good thing you arrived on time. I thought you’re going to be late, and I'm getting a bit worried." Sara relayed.

"I thought I'm going to be late too. So,what do you think we're going to do play today? Are we going to play some sports? Or are we going to jog around the field?" Moira curiously asked.

"I don't have the slightest idea, girl! But one thing's for sure, we're going to sweat a lot and we'll be very tired today..." Sarah started whining.

"Let's look at the brighter side, Sarah. At least we'll be more active today." Moira tries to console her friend.

"I have another "brighter side" in mind, Moira. Look over there..." Sarah smilingly stated, as her eyes flew to a certain direction.

Moira followed where Sarah is looking. She saw Tyler at the corner, and he was busy warming up on his own.

She secretly surveyed him from head to toe. Eventhough he's wearing a very simple sweatshirt and jogging pants, he still looks very handsome. He looks like a sporting goods model.

Her heart almost did a high jump from her chest while watching his every move...

"Oh, just look at him. Every moves he makes, he literally takes my breath away..." Sarah breathlessy enunciated.

Moira shook her head as if she's trying to wake herself up from being hypnotized by Tyler Bancroft...

She can't be attracted to Tyler!

"Stop exaggerating, Sarah! Tyler Bancroft isn't the only guy in this planet. And besides, it looks like he wanted to be left alone." she reprimanded her friend.

Sarah was about to say something but she wasn't able to continue it because their Physical Education Instructor, Mr. Cairns, entered the gymnasium.

"Perfect timing." Moira thought to herself. She wants Sarah to stop gushing about Tyler, early in the morning.

Once Mr.Cairns enters the gymnasium, he started the class rightaway. He asked the students to gather around and stand infront of him.

"Good morning, everyone!" Mr. Cairns greeted all of the students.

"Good morning, Mr. Cairns!" all the students said in unison.

"Today we will be doing a 4X100 Baton Relay. You have to reach the goal on a given time. Our goal this time is for 51 seconds..." Mr. Cairns finally made an announcement.

All of the students lets out a groan once they heard Mr. Cairns' announcement.

"Well, I can see and feel your enthusiasm there. But you have to remember, your grades are at stake here. So please, do your best.You can choose your teammates now, and per each team, there should be 4 members." Mr. Cairns clearly gave out more instructions.

Before Moira could speak, Sara quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her towards none other than... Tyler Bancroft.

"Hi, Tyler. Can we form a team with you?" Sara quickly asked him.

Tyler looked at Moira's direction first, then afterwards, he nodded as an answer.

"Sure. But can I choose one more member for us?" he asks them.

"Of course, who do you want to add to our team?" Sarah excitedly inquired.

"Please wait a minute." Tyler walked towards a certain direction, and he talked to a certain guy.

Moira and Sarah are already familiar with the guy. His name is Zachary, and he is known to be a loner.

After a few minutes, they watch him walking with Zachary...

"Oh, Hi there, Zach! Welcome to the team!" Sarah smilingly greeted him.

"Hi." Zachary greeted back, as he gave out a polite smile.

"Hello, Zach. Welcome aboard." Moira welcome him as well.

"Now that we finally have four members in our team, we need to have good communication with each other. This is not an individual test, but this is a group effort, okay?" Tyler spoke again, in a confident manner.

"Got it." Zachary nodded.

"Aye, aye, Captain!" Sarah beamed at Tyler.

"Crystal clear." Moira was the last one to speak.

"---Okay, everyone, I’ll give you 20 minutes to do warm-ups with your teammates. You also have to think of your own strategy to win. Afterwards, we'll start the baton relay, alright?" Mr. Cairns reminded them again.

"What are we going to do now, Leader?" Moira asked Tyler.

"Yeah, I think we should follow your plan." Sarah nodded in approval.

"We're willing to listen and follow you." Zachary joined in.

"Thank you for trusting me, guys. Anyway, Sara, please pair up with Zachary to do series of warm ups. I'll take care of Moira." Tyler instructed.

"Yes, Leader!" Sara ethusiastically replied, while saluting at Tyler. Afterwards, she gave Moira a playful wink before pulling Zachary away...

Moira gave her an annoyed look.

"So... Shall we start with the warm-ups, Moira?" Tyler called for her attention.

"Thanks, but no thanks. I can do it all by myself." Moira coldly replied.

"Well, I'm the leader of this team, Moira. You have to follow me." Tyler responded back, in a matter-of-factly tone.

Then without any warning, Tyler grabbed Moira's hand and pulled her at a quiet space.

"Please lie down and raise your right leg." he suddenly commanded, while looking so serious.

Moira's eyes widened in shock after she heard him.

"W-What? How dare you! You're such a p*****t!" she exclaimed.

But come to think of it, why is her heart beating so fast? Why is she getting all affected by this man's presence?

She feels like she's getting crazier every minute because of him. She feels like she's not in her normal self!

"What are you talking about? Just follow me, and believe me, this is for your own good." Tyler said, while looking a little confused.

"Oh, really now? It's for my own good? But you sounded like a maniac. And I told you already, I can exercise alone. I don't need your help!" Moira spat out.

"Look, whatever you're thinking... You're totally wrong. I'm just doing this for our team. And just look at out other classmates, they're helping each other doing warm ups!" Tyler pointed out, while looking at their other classmates who were all busy doing exercises.