You Make Me Perfect

4. During the lecture...

I went to the first lecture with Jeff… We sat in the front row…

The lecture went so well. The lecturer was good, and the subject was also one of my favorites. Jeff is also a perfect companion to have by your side at a lecture. I hate getting disturbed by other people when I am at lectures, I want to have my full focus for the lecture. Jeff is the same… We talked with each other only when we both wanted to clarify a subject matter… I think I have found the perfect partner to study with…

I have worked with many other studios people, but Jeff is different from all those… He is not an insensitive geek like those people… Jeff knows how to behave according to the situation. He is a complete package…

We had two lectures before lunch, but I couldn't see Chris in any of the lectures… He came to the university with me. I don’t know what is he doing without coming to these mandatory lectures. The lecturers even mentioned that they are going to check 80% attendance…

I went to the canteen with Jeff during the lunch… I saw Chris there at the same table with his friends…

They were laughing and shouting just like yesterday… They all act like they own the place… I hate those type of guys… They are students just like us, why can’t they behave like that?

I started eating with Jeff. He was explaining to me about a competition he is going to participate, he wants me to team up with him for that. But my attention was mainly for the table Chris was sitting at. I can’t see his face from where I sit, but I couldn’t take my eyes off from him. He is like a magnet that always attracts me...

Suddenly, he stood up. I saw his buddies were telling him something, pointing out to our direction. He started walking towards us. All his friends were following him. My whole body started to shiver... Where is he going? Is he coming to us?

"Em, what happened?" Jeff asked, bothered.

"Ugh... nothing..." I quickly said.

"Don’t lie your face suddenly got changed." He said again.

But I was not paying any attention to him. I was staring at the way Chris is coming in this direction. He looked like a furious beast who is coming for his prey...

Chris was so close to our table now, my heart was beating faster... It was more like he was coming to our table, but why? I haven't done anything to make him this angry... Maybe he is coming for Jeff... But Jeff is not someone who will do anything to piss off anyone... So where he is heading to...

Passing our table, Chris hurried to the table which was right behind us...

I quickly turned to see what is happening.

There was only one guy at that table, he was eating peacefully... But as soon as he saw Chris, he stood up and tried to run away... But Chris grabbed him by his Tshirt...

" Where the fu** you think you are going? " Chris yelled at him...

Chris's buddies also started shouting at that guy...

By now, they have got the attention of everyone who was there at that time. Jeff was also staring at them, totally forgetting what he was talking about earlier...

"Let me go, Chris... This is none of your business..." that guy at the table said... Though he said, it as a command, he sounds more like he was pleading...

"Ah! Then you exactly know why I came here!" Chris yelled again.

"Also, you must know everything that happens here is my business!!!" he again yelled while holding that poor guy from his shoulders...

"Where is that fu**ing photo?" after a few seconds of looking into his victim's eyes, Chris again yelled...

"I don't have it with me." that guy said in a low voice...

"Don't lie!!! I hate liers!!!" Chris shook that guy...

"I am not lying..."

"I said don't fu**ing lie!!!" Chris punched that guy in his face...

God! That poor guy started to bleed... This is so gross!!! Why Chris act this way? Why no one ever tries to stop him?

"If you don't tell, I will break your leg, so you won't be able to walk for months!!!" Chris yelled.

"You know he will do what he says." one of Chris's buddy shouted...

"It is on my phone!!" finally that guy said.

"Give me your phone!" Chris commanded.

That guy quickly took his phone out of his pocket and gave it to Chris.

"Do you have any more copies?" Chris asked.

"No! I swear!"

Chris pressed his hands to that poor guy's neck like he was going to choke his victim.

"Are you sure!" Chris asked.

"Y...Yes..."

Chris released his hands from that guy's neck... Then he threw that guy's phone into the pond, which was at a corner of the canteen. The phone dropped to the water, making a thud.

God! I can't believe the way he is acting. How dare he just throw away someone else's phone like this? This is purely bullying!

"You know what will happen to you if you have any other copies..." then Chris said again, pressing his hands on that guy's neck...

"No! I don't have copies... I swear!!!" that guy was screaming.

"Good!!! If you tried to do something like this again, I promise you won't have teeth to eat again..." Chris warned and released his hands...

Then as nothing has happened, he just started to leave the canteen with his buddies...

Suddenly a beautiful girl ran towards Chris and hold his hands...

"Thank you!!!" I heard she said multiple times...

Chris just patted her shoulders and left...

That girl stared at the way he left for a few seconds, and then she also went in the same direction...

Even after they left and all the people who were gathered started to move away, I was just staring in utter shock... What happened just now is so close to a movie scene rather than a real-life scenario... But I couldn't understand if he is the hero or the villain... Who is that girl? Did he beat that guy for that beautiful girl? However, what he did was bullying, there are no other words to describe it...Who thought such bullies and thugs are there in this kind of a reputed university.

Yesterday he beat one guy, today another one... Maybe this is how he behaves every day. Perhaps that's why no one ever tries to stop him. Because it has become a usual, day to day activity...

I don't know why even lecturers don't try to do anything. There should be a discipline marshal, right? Is he sleeping while Chris acts this way?

"Em!!!" I came to reality as Jeff was shaking my hand...

"What happened?" he asked.

I had a lot to ask from him. But he seems like he doesn't want to talk much about Chris. So I think there is no use of asking him.

"Nothing... I was just shocked. " I said.

"Just ignore what has happened... Don't even try to think about those things... That's how things happen around here..." Jeff said.

I didn't say anything... I continued eating...

We had two more lectures in the afternoon, but Chris didn't come to any of those as well... When I was walking towards the gate with Jeff in the evening, I saw Chris was in the football court... Is he coming to the university every day to just beat guys and play football? Chris was out of the boundary line, holding the ball...Just as I saw him, he also saw me. He stared at me, I looked away... There is nothing I want from a bully. Maybe there is a good reason behind what he did earlier. But I believe no one can hurt other people like that. If that guy has done something wrong, it is the responsibility of the university authorities to take action against him... It is not his duty to take the law into his hands...

I went home with Jeff... After what happened in the morning, I felt like I shouldn't refuse his offer to drop me.

Jeff has a BMW i8, he is also a rich guy after all... As I said, he is a complete package... Rich, handsome, bright, and of course, decent... He is a perfect guy any girl would love to have int her life...

But for some unknown reason, more than this perfect guy, who seems to care about me a lot, my heart looks for that handsome rascal who made fun out of me... I told my self just a few minutes before that, I have nothing to do with a bully like him, but even when I was going home with Jeff, I was thinking about Chris!

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After going home, I had to put a lot of effort into not going to the balcony and look at his house... I know I sound ridiculous, but believe me, it was so hard...

I didn't want him to catch me staring at his house once again... Mainly because I was angry with him at the moment...

However, from my room window, I always took a look at his house, especially the balcony he came to this morning ... But I didn't see him at all... His room lights were also off... I stayed up until midnight, just to see when he will come home, but even until that he hasn't come...

Even after going to bed, I was thinking about him... I don't really know, what is my idea about him... I am pissed off with him... I hate him for bullying other people, but at the same time, my heart desires to see him...

I hate myself for becoming this uncertain about my own feelings... I am not usually like that. I am good at drawing the line between good people and bad people... But when it comes to Chris, I don't know which side he belongs to...

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I woke up early the next day... As you may guess, the first thing I did was take a look at his balcony from my window... But there was no sign of him...

Releasing a sigh, I quickly got dressed...

I went to the bus stop bit early, just to avoid meeting Chris... You may ask what the purpose of my act as I was searching for him through my window the whole night... Well... I don't know the answer to that.

I came to the bus stop early to avoid him, but deep down from my heart, I wish he will come, before the bus...

However, he didn't come before the bus.

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The morning lecture we had was management accounting. The lecturer is a charted Engineer from a reputed accounting firm... So we were asked to come on time for the lecture.

We all were there in the lecture hall when the lecturer come. After greeting us and introduce himself, he was about to start the lecture when the door to the lecture hall was opened, and Chris entered the lecture hall...

As soon as the lecturer saw Chris, his face got darken... But he let Chris in saying it is the first and last time...

He didn't come to any of the lectures yesterday, why he wants to come to this lecture all of the sudden? Anyway, I was happy to see him... He looked so hot in his black t-shirt!

Then the lecture started... Even before half an hour passed, I completely lost my focus on the lecture. I was trying so hard to pay attention, but believe me, it was one of the most boring lectures I have ever been to... I looked at Jeff, he was also just scribbling on his book... He was yawning too...

The lecturer was writing on the board, turning his back to us.

"Boring, right?" I whispered.

"I wish I could go out," Jeff whispered back.

Right at that moment, I saw Chris was coming to the front of the hall... What is he going to do?

The lecturer also turned to our side, and when he saw Chirs, his eyes got widened.

"I want to go out..."Chris said. He had his backpack also...

I was startled by how confident he sounded...

"Is that an emergency like your mom or dad is going to die?" the lecturer asked. Though he tried to act like he was joking, just by looking at his face, I could understand he was serious...

"No, sir..." Chris said.

"Then you are not allowed to go. Go back to your seat..." the lecturer said in a firm voice.

Without saying anything, Chris walked back to his seat...

Then the lecture resumed...

I was up till midnight, and even after going to bed, I couldn't get proper sleep, so I was yawning and wishing for the lecture to end soon...

I don't know if the lecturer saw I was half asleep, he asked me a question. Thanks to a book I have referred for one of my previous subjects, I knew the answer. If I had to tell the answer with what he taught us, I won't be able to do that.

I think he got happy because I gave the correct answer...

Then he continued the lecture again...

After a few minutes, when I was trying so hard not to hit my head anywhere while I was half sleeping, the lecturer screamed...

"What are you think you doing? Stand up!!!" his voice echoed in the entire hall... He is definitely pissed off... Since I was not paying attention, I couldn't even realize if he was yelling at me... So, I quickly looked at him. But his eyes were focussed on the back rows...

I looked back as same as the other students to see to whom the lecturer was screaming...

Chris was standing up, looking straightly at the lecturer...

God! What he has done now?

"What are you doing?" the lecturer shouted again.

"Playing a mobile game..." Chris replied in an unbelievable calm voice...

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