Heartbeat, I Love You

Jasmine's eyes opened drowsily, and she squinted first, holding her forehead tight.

She's still on the bed, as tired as hell from yesterday's school stress.

It didn't occur to her to check the time till she sighted the sunlight.

It slipped in through her opened window, and her eyes widened.

"How come the sun is out already!" She gasped, grabbing her alarm watch from the small stand.

Her eyes widened to an O when she saw 9:30 staring at her.

"Arrggghhhhhh!!!!!" She screamed, throwing the alarm away immediately.

She jumped down from the bed and fell, but she stood immediately and yanked off her big Tee.

She was left in only her pants as she rushed into the bathroom.

"Why did the alarm not wake me?, I'm late for professor Yoshi's class!" She shouted, turning the faucet immediately she got under the shower.She slipped down her pants and got paste on her toothbrush, she was bathing and brushing at the same time.

She had a quick bath and ran out of the bathroom.

The time is currently 9:36.

"What do I do!" She said frustratingly, not bothering to even cream her skin before throwing on a long jean skirt from her small wardrobe.

She topped it with a big blouse and removed the band in her hair, it fell on her shoulders, all tangled up

She didn't brush it before getting her backpack.

She slipped on her old sneakers and ran past the mirror, out of the room.

There's no use looking at the mirror anyways, everyone knows she's ugly.

She got to the living room and met Victoria (her mum) in the small dinning room, she was placing breakfast on the table.

"Mummy" she smiled.

"Darling, come here" Victoria widened her arms, and Jasmine rushed into it.

"You should have woken me up, i told you I have a nine o'clock class" she said.

"You came home exhausted yesterday so I thought you needed the rest" Victoria replied, breaking the hug .

"Wait...your skin looks dry, you didn't cream?, And your hair!" She said.

"I'm already late" Jasmine replied.

"Then have some custard and pie" Victoria said, trying to hold her back.

"No mum, I shouldn't miss the ten o'clock class too, I'll see you later!" She said and started rushing out, only to meet Daniel by the door....her dad who hates her madly.

"Goodmorning dad" she greeted cheerfully, and he pushed her out of the way, then he started walking in.

"Dad....the textbook I need, please.... give me some...money..." She said fearfully, and he turned back to look her her disgustingly.

"Do you even have any idea of how rotten your voice sounds in my ears?, You want money for a textbook?, Go get yourself a better face then I can start thinking of sponsoring your education" he smirked.

"Daniel!" Victoria shouted, walking to him.

Jasmine was facing the ground, unable to look him in the eye.

"What?, You should have given birth to an angel instead of an ugly thing, I'm not even sure if I'm her father!" He shouted.

"How could you say that Ignatius!, Stop hurting my baby!, It's unfair!!!" Victoria shouted, and he slapped her immediately.

She staggered and fell on the ground.

"Mummy!" Jasmine quickly bent beside her and held her.

"Don't ever talk back at me" Daniel said and faced Jasmine.

"Stay off my lane, I hate your presence" he said hatefully before entering his room.

"Mummy are you ok?" Jasmine asked, and Victoria smiled before looking at her, her cheek so red from the slap.

"I'm fine" she said, and Jasmine helped her up. She immediately dipped her hand into her jean skirt pocket and brought out five thousand dollar notes.

"Get the textbook with this" she said.

"Where did you get this from?"

"Just take it, get the textbook ok?" Victoria said, and Jasmine sniffed back her tears before taking the money, then she hugged her.

"I love you so much mummy".

"I love you more darling, go fast, I added lunch money to the money, eat from it"Victoria pecked her, and Jasmine smiled before leaving the house.

*****

STANFORD UNIVERSITY**

Jasmine ran into the school fast, and she didn't stop till she got to the front of humanities LT, she's studying humanities.

Her house is not that far from school, so she takes it upon herself to run to school every morning, there's always no money for taxi.

She looked at the LT, holding her backpack tightly to her back while thinking of what'll befall her today again. Everyday is always bad for her, she's the prey to all the students especially THE SUNSHINES.

She looked at her arm and inhaled when she saw the wound on it, it's from yesterday's bullying, only God knows what'll happen today again.

It was exactly 9:50 when she stepped into the hallway, and her legs started shaking on the ground immediately.

The students shifted their attention to her, and they started laughing immediately they saw her.

One of them even spit on her, and it landed on her sneakers.

Still, she kept her face down and continued walking, she's used to it.

She was about to take another step when she got pushed from behind, and she fell on her face, hurting her arms, forehead and knees.

Her backpack fell, and the weak zip fell off, her books scattered on the floor.

Everyone in the hallway laughed as she sat up on the ground, looking at the hostile faces around.

Everyone hates her here, cos she's a ugly dullard who's polluting the school with her face according to them.

She held back her tears, and THE SUNSHINES appeared in front of her.

They're the ones who pushed her.

Immediately she saw them, her fears got raised to power ten. They're a group of three girls, hot sexy ones who are every guy's crush in the campus, they're her greatest bullies.

Their expensive perfume hung in the air, and Virginia squatted in front of her.

She's their leader.

Jasmine was unable to look her in the eye, so she kept her face on the ground.

Her wounds were already bleeding slowly.

"You don't get irritated when you look at the mirror?" Phoebe asked with a devilish demeanor

"She wouldn't dare have a mirror at home, trust me" Cora replied behind Phoebe, and everyone laughed.

Cora is the second member

Tears slipped out of Jasmine's eyes slowly.

"Aww, she's crying" Phoebe laughed.

"Maybe she needs candy" Abigail giggled.

Abigail is the third member.

"Candy?, It wasn't made for a spooky faced girl like you!" Phoebe spat and stood, taking a bottled water from Cora.

"Gosh... I just hate seeing your creepy face" she said, opening it.

She poured all the water on Jasmine's head, and her minions laughed loudly behind.Jasmine cried more, and they only laughed more.

"Spooky face" Phoebe giggled, marching her hair with her heels.

"Please...stop doing this" Jasmine cried.

"And why should we stop!" Cora smirked.

Jasmine looked up at them at once, but their scary faces made her return her face to the ground.

Her wounds hurt, and her clothes were already wet.

"SUGARBOYZ!!!!" A girl screamed out her guts.

"My idols!" Phoebe shouted.

"Ahh!!" Abigail screamed.

"My princes!" Cora yelled, and their heels made loud sounds as they rushed away

The students in the hallway ran past Jasmine, and some even marched her knowingly as she kept sitting on the ground.

SUGARBOYZ are the three stars of the school, singers who hosts concerts in the school hall every Friday.

Lucian, Luke and Walton.

Lucian is the leader though, but no one has ever seen his face cos he performs with a mask on.

No one knows anything about him or his identity.

Only Luke and Walton comes to school, Lucian only appears masked up on stage during their concerts.

When virtually everyone has ran out of the hallway, Jasmine made to stand, but someone passed by immediately, matching all her books as he walked.

She kept sitting, watching as he walked, no one needs to tell her who he is.He stopped when he got to a point, and he looked back

It's indeed him, Brandon.

Brandon is another singer in the school, though he sings alone...a soloist.

He's the rival of SUGARBOYZ, and he's one of the people craving to know who Lucian is.

He's dashingly handsome! His voice is angelic and sweet at the same time, but definitely not as sweet as Lustre's.

Even with his face hidden, Lucian has more fans and crushes.

Brandon looked at Jasmine blankly before walking back to her, then he started picking her books one by one till he picked them all, then he pointed them at her.She kept looking at him, not knowing what to do at first.

The great Butter just picked her books!

She slowly raised her hand to take the books, and immediately she took them, he started walking away.

"Thanks" she muttered.

His fans started screaming crazily, but he didn't even smile before entering the class.

Jasmine quickly stood and checked the time.

10:15!

Her eyes widened, and despite her wounds and wet clothes, she ran to class.

Immediately she entered, all eyes fell on her, and she stopped walking, water was dropping from her clothes to the ground.

The lecturer is already in class.

"If you're a dullard, you should at least come early" the lecturer said harshly.

"I'm... I'm sorry" she muttered, and the students laughed as she walked to the last seat at the back.

It has been left for her, no one else sits there cos they claimed it has been infected by her ugliness. She sat and got her books, but throughout the class, nothing entered her memory

Everyone kept answering questions, but she started crying slowly when she couldn't answer any.

How would she when she doesn't understand???

The class ended an hour later, and students started moving out of the class.

"Hey Brandon!" Phoebe waved at him.She has a dangerous crush on him, but he's just not interested in girls.

He snubbed her as usual and left the class.

"Can't believe it!" She stumped her heels.

"Calm down Phoebe, he's always yours just like Calvin is mine" Abigail said, holding her right arm.

Phoebe smiled.

"I can't wait for SUGARBOYZ concert tonight, to see my Lician" Cora said, and they all laughed as they left the class.

Jasmine stood from her seat and decided to do the only thing she could think of, though she was already sure of failure.

She walked to the middle of the class to meet Snow Denmark.

Snow is the most brilliant girl in the department, but she has never spoken to anyone.Many guys want her cos of her hotness, but she's only after studying and frowning.

Jasmine tapped her, and she removed her earpieces from her ears to look up.

"Hi" Jasmine said awkwardly, and she kept looking at her like she's poop. She composed herself before speaking, her tangled wet hair scattered all-over her face.

"I don't understand what the lecturer taught just now, can you please explain to....

She hasn't finished speaking when Snow stood and packed her books.

She left the class without looking back, and Jasmine gave her lip a slightly painful bite.

She expected this, so she started walking out of the class, her wounds hurting badly. Immediately she stepped out of the class, she bumped into someone, and a camera fell.

"I'm so sorry!" She said quickly, bending down to pick it, but the person was faster. He picked it, and they both stood to face each other.

It's Calvin, the crazily brilliant guy, he's even brilliant than the lecturers, he's the demigod of humanities department, he's handsome!

"I'm sorry..." Jasmine said.

He glared at her before walking away.

Jasmine sighed frustratedly.