Chapter 1 - 1: Weirdo

When I talk to my friends, they always laugh. I wonder why. When I approach my sad friends, their mood will certainly be lightened. I have used to this. It is normal for me. Perhaps I am born to be a comedian, who knows?

I have just finished my first Chemistry lecture, and enjoy having my lunch in the cafeteria. ‘G’day, Wyatt!’ , shouted Marcus to me. Marcus is my best friend. We are studying the same course in this university.

He sits besides me. ‘Hey, how was your first lecture?’, he asked curiously. ‘Well, I just don’t understand what the lecturer said’, I answered him while still eating my pasta. ‘Hey, you were the best student in our high school, yet you don’t understand?’

‘Best students still have things that they don’t understand, I m not a genius’. I stared at him. ‘Ok, I get what you mean, sorry,’ he said unwillingly. He stood up and walk to the counter to buy food. He knew me very well, how unhappy will I be when someone claims that I am a genius. In fact, I am a genius in cheering people up, I guess.

Marcus has finished buying his lunch. With his lunchbox still in hand he sat besides me and whispered to me. ‘You know what, Wyatt, there is a weirdo in my tutorial class!’ ‘Weirdo?’, I asked him, raising my eyebrows. ‘Yes, she always sleeps in class. No one can wake her up’, he said, ‘Well, after the class ended, she will wake up and ask me what the tutor has taught in the class. Isn’t she weird?’ he explained to me when opening his lunch box. ‘Doesn’t she realize that she has fallen asleep during the class?’ I ask, even I have already had the answer in mind.

‘No, she didn’t know it at all!’ yelled Marcus. I m surprised. Someone who doesn’t know that she has actually fallen asleep? Suddenly a creepy feeling comes to my mind. Would there be something abnormal with this person? Is she under a curse by a wicked witch, as in some children storybooks?

‘Hey Wyatt what are you thinking?’ Marcus shook my arm. ‘Could you please bring me to see this person?’ I asked. ‘Sure, I will have a tutorial later, maybe she is already in class’, said Marcus while still chewing his sausage roll, ‘Oops, it is about time now!’

We quickly finished our lunch, and hurried to Room 209. I wonder why, but a weird feeling kept lingering in my mind. We increased our speed, and finally come to the door of Room 209.

Marcus pushed the door open. The room is dimly lit but I can clearly see a shadowy figure sitting on a chair. Marcus pointed his finger to the person and whispered, ‘This is the weirdo!’

I walked near to the girl. It was very creepy to see that a person sleeping while sitting. Her eyes are closed tightly, and she keeps on murmuring. I try to wake her up by calling her, but I failed. I called her several times, but she was still sleeping. ‘Forget it, Wyatt. She won’t wake up!’, said Marcus, ‘You better go for you next lecture, or else you will be totally late.’

‘Wait, I will try to wake her up and ask.’ I said to Marcus while shaking the girls shoulder. She didn’t move. I try to shake again violently, and suddenly…!