After the night I almost got caught, you all must be thinking I should have learned my lesson and kept out of trouble till I graduated. I did try my best, honest. I tried listening to music, playing games on phone, and even watching movies. Somehow, either I was falling asleep or my butt was. But the real problem began when I started dating this guy.
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| olia danilevich |
He was like my
first boyfriend. I even introduced him to my father. And the very next day my
father dramatically declared that I cannot date him and forbade me to see him
again. Apparently, my father had some beef with this dude from an incident in
the past. So obviously I kept it going secretly. Hence, began the second round
of skipping the class phase. Life was good, I had an oblivious father and a
boyfriend I went on dates every night, well every school night. We went for
dinners or rides, it was fun. I was high on love, high on hormones.
Until, to my horror, again I found
my father almost at the exact spot waiting for me in front of my campus
chatting away with a guy next to him. We just came out of the café half an hour early so I can go back inside on time. The moment I saw him, I felt tingles in
my arms and my body began to go numb. I quickly sent my boyfriend away, no way I
was going to get caught with him. If I did get caught, my father will obviously
think I was with him, but if he saw us together it would be red-handed and I would
rather die than that. Once I hurriedly sent him off, I quickly called my friend
and told her about the situation.
Now, I had no idea how she
understood what I was saying over the sobbing somehow, she got it and came from
class. She stood just outside campus discretely checking where my father stood
and looking over at the trembling mess peaking from the café. She leisurely
walked over and I grabbed her instantly begging her to do something. I obviously
cannot call my father and tell him my ID story again but we needed a plan, fast.
So, I called him and told him that I would be half an hour late. He replied
that it was fine, he will wait. I was going out of my mind, my hand and feet
getting cold and numb. For a second, I just wanted to wait for my impending heart
attack. I mean, he will kill me anyway so if I were to have a heart attack, I won’t
be fighting it.
Time was running out, and we did
not have a plan. I knew this was the end, I was going down. I was standing
there, hopeless and desperate when we suddenly noticed a large crowd of around
8 to 10 people standing from their tables at the café and began towards the exit.
My friend and I looked at each other and she slowly gave me a nod. I
strategically placed myself beside the crowd and started moving, using them as my cover.
Although the road was so narrow that
a crowd of that size could hide me, the street lights made it quite visible
that if he looked specifically for me, I was afraid he can spot me. I prayed
with my might and kept my head down. Once they covered the space between campus
and the café, halfway at the road I turned and made it look like I was coming
from campus. My father looked bewildered and asked me where did I come from. I put
on my most innocent face and said in a sweet voice “from the campus, of course”. Like
he was being silly. But inside, my heart was beating so hard I was sure people in
China could hear it. He nodded and we rode off. My performance was Oscar-worthy, I
had never felt so much fear/stress in my life, I had lost weight and gained 10
years.
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