Note: This is my first time writing so please be nice LOL... but do give out comments and VOTES!! Thanks.
I wasn't sure on which category to put... either mature or romance but then I figured romance would probably be better. What do you think?
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He captivated me.
The very first moment I laid my eyes onto him, my heart seemed to swell and grew into this unknown tingling feeling that left me shivering. He was just sitting there with the rest of the lecturers -- innocently, since he wasn't aware of the pounding he caused in my heart, his hands folded neatly on his chest and he just listened to the lecturer's welcoming speech to the rest of the students. I was among them. The new 2009 batch of Grayson University, I mean.
He couldn't be that old. He looked like he was in his early thirties.
He must have been a postgraduate student or maybe a technician. He couldn't be one of the lecturers for my course.
But boy, I was so surprised to see him in the next day, walking into the lecture room with his briefcase and placed it on the lecturer's table and said, "Welcome to Mechanical Engineering Department," he smiled. Oh that beautiful smile... "My name is Dr. Michael Matthews but you can just call me Mr. Matthews."
Oh. He was a doctor? But he looked so young to have held a PHD qualification.
Perhaps he sensed the shock wave coursing among his new students since he cleared his throat and continued to explain, "I graduated earlier than what was expected," he continued to smile, "Perhaps I'm too nerdy."
That made a few people cracked a smile.
I smiled too.
"All right then," he proceeded to click on his laptop on the table. The screen on the wall turned blue and then a presentation popped out. "I won't start the lesson today as I need to give an introduction on this course. So, I'll be teaching Engineering Mechanics in the next class." He clicked on the mouse and out came a list of the topics which we will learn in the following weeks. Some of the topics were familiar with my A' Level work so I guess I'll be fine. Michael -- well, I will call him 'Michael' and not Mr. Matthew, at least not to his face -- continued to talk and talk about the course and although he sounded a bit monotonous and I could see a few students falling asleep and yawning, I kept on my focus at him. I never wanted to divert my gaze away. My heart continued to pound and I felt this warm sunshine feeling in my heart.
Oh God.
Was I falling in love?
It seemed impossible as I had just met him yesterday. His beautiful brown eyes reminded me of the colour of my hazel nail polish. He kept on talking and pointing with his laser pointer on the screen but I couldn't hear him. My mind seemed to block any sound as my eyes focused onto him. The way he cracked a little smile when he accidentally pressed a command 'Next' button and even how he looked at us. Suddenly, I felt equally disgusted with myself, why am I acting like a freaky obsessed stalker here? I wasn't like this. I was prim and proper. I wouldn't let myself get swayed by random guys even a really cute one like my lecturer but...
Yes, there was always 'but' in this case. The but can never be forgotten; it seemed like it -- to me anyway and before I could even realize and fathom my weird stalkerish behaviour, his slide presentation reached to the end and before I could even register that fact, people around me started to get up and leave the lecture room.
Michael managed to say, "Oh yes, do not forget to obtain a copy of Engineering Mechanics textbook from the bookstore."
