One day, there was an extra orange on the table, and a smiley face was drawn on it.
Sandra looked around, and she landed on Zachary, who held his chin up and smiled at her foolishly. They were the two youngest members of the newly joined team members. However, they were the ones who achieved the highest scores in the written test.
Sandra ranked the first, and Zachary ranked second.
Marcus seemed to want to match them up, so he arranged for the both of them in the same group. Some of the classmates made fun of them too. Zachary raised his eyebrows and made a hush gesture to everyone.
After class, Zachary asked Sandra to have dinner together.
Sandra was embarrassed to eat as Zachary did not touch the food in front of him.
“Sandra, do you really not remember me?”
Sandra smiled awkwardly. “I have to thank you for sending me to the hotel the last time.”
“Besides the last time, do you remember anything before that?”
Sandra thought about it. Apart from the previous time when he splashed water on her and brought her to the hotel, had they interacted before?
She thought deeply. She would not have forgotten someone with such good looks.
Sandra shook her head. Zachary’s eyes dimmed, looking slightly disappointed.
“I see. I thought you would remember me, or at least you’d feel I was familiar.”
“Are we classmates from a certain period of time?”
Zachary tapped her forehead. “Did you forget the scientific research intensive training we participated in one of the summers?”
Sandra seemed to have some impression. If she remembered correctly, he should be the ‘Mr. Lawrence‘ that was mentioned by her roommate at that time.
Sandra finally realized and uttered, “I remember… Somewhat.”
Zachary smiled. “It’s great that you remember me. At that time, there was always someone named Keith around. you. He was really annoying.”
Sandra’s chest tightened suddenly. She had not heard Keith’s name for a long time.
“Marcus intends to match us up. Do you feel it?”
Sandra smiled awkwardly but did not answer.
“What if I want to pursue you? What do you think?”
Sandra was a little stunned. Her face blushed instantly, and she felt her body was tingling. Zachary’s sudden confession caught her off guard.
“What…what did you say?”
“I said, I like you. Do you know how hard it is to be accepted to this research team in order to be with you?”
