Chapter 15 Who Fell in Love First
Timothy sat in the car with a cold face and said nothing.
The driver asked cautiously, "Professor Carter, where are you going?"
"Go home," said Timothy.
The car was driving on the road. Timothy took out his phone and called Ursula. After a while, the phone went through. "Hello."
"You came to my old house today," Timothy said affirmatively.
"She told you? Young girls are not good promise keepers," Ursula said on the phone.
"What does my business have to do with you? Why do you go to see her?" Timothy sneered, "You think you can meddle in this because you have pursued me for more than 20 years and failed, or you think you are my backup girlfriend?"
"Timothy, I think you need to calm down now. Don't be so rude to me."
"Am I rude or are you shameless?" Timothy sneered, "Ursula, I have told you many times. I'll tell you again today. It's impossible for us to be together!"
"I let you drive away the women around me, not because I like you, but because I don't want to be harassed by them!" After saying that, Timothy hung up the phone without a second's pause. He stared fiercely ahead, unable to calm down for a long time.
He took several deep breaths to calm himself down. He hadn't felt so angry for a long time. Over the years, he felt that he was about to become an emotionless man. He didn't expect that he would be so sad because Queenie told him she wanted to end it. Timothy closed his eyes and covered them tiredly. She said she pursued him. What a fool! She didn't know the truth until now. If he didn't want to, how could she become his girlfriend?
The car continued to go forward, and the scenery on the road kept retreating. Timothy's memory came back to him crazily. Timothy was only sixteen years old when he went to college, and at that time, he was only 5.67 feet, almost the same height as Queenie, who was 5.74 feet. Although he was not tall, he was so smart. He went to the best medical school in the country and joined a six-year program, while Queenie was barely admitted to the next media school.
Although Timothy had tried his best to help Queenie in high school, Queenie was still slow in learning. She was not smart at all. She kept her grades only by memorizing what he taught her. But he didn't expect that when Queenie was in the second semester of her last year in high school, she fell in love with someone in secret. She had been thinking about having a relationship with that classmate. Fortunately, that classmate didn't know about that. After SAT, Timothy was very unhappy with that thing. He even didn't want to talk to Queenie, but Queenie seemed not to know that at all and went to his school very often.
At first, he thought she missed him just like he missed her. He thought that she couldn't live without him.
When he pulled a long face and asked her why she came again, Queenie always smiled and said, "Of course, it's because the food in your school is delicious! And the price is much lower! The steak for a dollar is so big, and yours even had a fried egg! And spaghetti! We don't have that in our school!"
"The canteen of a top school is really better than that of an ordinary one! I really should study hard back then!" Queenie said regretfully. With a disdainful look on his face, Timothy took out his student card and said, "It's too late."
But Queenie finally realized that she had made a mistake. It was worth buying her a steak.
"You are so nice to me," Queenie praised him happily. The two of them took their steaks to their seats. Queenie leaned over mysteriously and said, "Besides, your school is a medical school. If I can find a boyfriend here, I will make a fortune!" Timothy's heart skipped a beat.
"What's so good about med students? Most of us will be doctors in the future. We will be very busy," Timothy said.
"I like doctors! Every girl likes doctors. They are so handsome in white coats!" Seeing that Timothy didn't look good, Queenie immediately flattered him, "You will be very handsome when you become a doctor, too!" Timothy was so angry that he picked up the steak on her plate and put it on his own plate. "You don't know what my major is after eating so many meals with me? I majored in medicine and biology, so I can't do operations and treatment in the future. My major is drug research and inspection."
"Ah, you won't be a doctor in the future?" Queenie had always thought that Timothy would be a doctor in the future. She glanced at him and said, "It's a pity that such a beautiful hand can't hold a scalpel." Hearing her praise, Timothy felt happy again. He pursed his lips and said, "I don't know what you are thinking about every day." Queenie put on a flattering smile and picked up the steak. While eating, she looked around and said, "There are so many boys in your school. We have many pretty girls. We really should have a get-together."
"You went to college just to hunt for a boy, right?" Timothy asked impatiently.
"Of course. Why not? I heard that we don't have so many social opportunities as soon as we left school. If I can't find a boyfriend, I'll have to use date apps. I have to hurry up. If I can't find a boyfriend before I leave college, I'll be in trouble." Timothy bit his lips and cut the steak into pieces without saying anything. Queenie then said to him mysteriously, "Hey, Timothy, look at the boy next table. Do you think he is a med student? Will he be a doctor in the future?"
"How do I know?" Timothy said crossly.
"You're right. I'll ask him."
"No" Before Timothy could stop her, Queenie had already sat in front of the cute young man with a plate in her hand. She looked at him with a smile. The boy was a little embarrassed by the sudden appearance of a beautiful girl. Queenie chatted with him for a while and got his phone number smoothly. Queenie got the phone number and happily returned to Timothy's side. She said proudly, "Hey, I'm good-looking, so I have an advantage. If I want anything, I can get it easily. See, I get the phone number."
"Queenie, is this what you come to our school for?" Timothy was so angry that he almost lost his temper
"Hey, why are you angry? You can go to my school next time. There are many beautiful girls in our school."
"I don't need to! You can't come to my school anymore!" After saying that, Timothy picked up the plate and put it in the collecting area. Then he left without looking back. Being left behind, Queenie scratched her hair, feeling a little depressed. She didn't know why Timothy was angry again. This guy got angry easily.
She wanted to find a boyfriend in college. So what? He didn't help her and even stopped her. Some girls in her dormitory found boyfriends through their old friends from their hometown. Timothy finally knew that Queenie came to his school every week not because she missed him, but because she wanted to find a future doctor as her boyfriend in this top medical school.
Even smart as Timothy was, he didn't expect that Queenie was so shameless. All she thought about was dating!
Timothy got angry. He ignored Queenie's message, answered her phone coldly, and refused to accept her invitation. Timothy thought that Queenie would understand something and come here to apologize.
However, Queenie didn't need to worry about her exam rankings anymore in college. Of course, she didn't need to beg him. He was even forgotten by her.
At that time, Timothy was almost seventeen years old. He knew clearly that he fell in love with the girl who shamelessly insisted on letting him teach her in high school every day.
He couldn't just do nothing anymore. She was so active looking for a boyfriend, perhaps in less than a semester, she would bring her boyfriend to see him. After all, she was very beautiful. After thinking for a while, Timothy called Queenie and asked her to have steak at his school. Queenie still remembered how angry Timothy was that day. She said in a bad tone, "Didn't you tell me not to go to your school?"
"That was because I'm not in a good mood that day. Why did you take it seriously?" Timothy coaxed her in a soft voice. Queenie asked unhappily, "Why are you angry with me?"
"You ask for a boy's phone number. You don't know what kind of person he is. What if he is a bad guy?"
"How bad can med students be?"
"Don't think med students are all good."
"Humph! It's just a phone number. I'll find out more about him later. Do you think I'm stupid?"
"Yes, I know. If you really want to know someone who will be a doctor in the future, I can introduce him to you."
"Really?" Queenie said in surprise, "Will you really introduce someone to me?"
"Really. I will definitely introduce you to a boy of good character and excellent academic performance." Timothy agreed without hesitation. Of course, Queenie was happy to hear that. She even added shamelessly, "I don't want an ugly one. I want a tall boy!"
"Got it," Timothy said angrily. Timothy was always two or three years younger than his classmates. Besides, he was not tall and looked childish, too, so few girls liked him. When he was in high school, half of the girls in his class liked Leon Anderson. Many girls gave him love letters, including Queenie. What they wrote was so childish that Timothy wanted to tear it up right away.
But because there were too many girls who had sent love letters to him, Leon threw all of them away and didn't read them. Timothy looked at himself in the mirror and found that her face was very young. He still looked like a high school student and was not tall enough. Timothy thought that it would take at least two more years for him to look like Queenie's possible date.
So, he had to make her wait for two years. He couldn't let her find a boyfriend.
For this, Timothy made a detailed plan and began to watch all kinds of teen love soap operas, read relationship manuals, etc. He learned the several kinds of boys that girls liked most and the moment when girls were most likely to fall in love. According to what he had learned, Timothy first resumed contact with Queenie. He still invited her to his school for meals every week and often sent her some delicious food. He also gave her some girls' favorite gifts for all kinds of festivals and her birthday. At the same time, he stayed by her side to avoid her being taken away by others. He denied all the boys who were interested in her. They either did not study in a top school or were not tall enough. Or he said to her, "You should wait. My schoolmate is really excellent but is very busy recently. I will introduce him to you next month."
"Really? That's great! The boys in your school must be the best! I'll wait!" Queenie looked at Timothy with her big eyes wide open, full of trust. In this way, Queenie was delayed by Timothy's fake promise for a long time. Of course, he wouldn't confess his love to her while preventing her from finding a boyfriend, nor would he show his love for Queenie. Otherwise, he would be fifty percent likely to be rejected. Timothy, who pursued one hundred percent accuracy, was not in a hurry to get the answer.
He had made preparation carefully. He drank milk every day, jogged at night, and jumped ropes as well. Finally, when the third year in school came, he felt it was almost time. During the summer vacation, he deliberately didn't go back to the hometown with Queenie but stayed at school. The two of them hadn't seen each other for nearly three months. When Queenie returned to the school to look for Timothy, she was shocked! In just one summer vacation, Timothy suddenly became super handsome! Perhaps it was because he had spent the whole summer vacation in the lab and didn't have a good rest, Timothy had lost a lot of weight. His baby fat cheeks were thin, and his facial features were so strongly marked. He was tall and fit. His legs were long and straight. He was exactly her cup of tea. What else boyfriend did she need? Just Timothy! He was from her hometown, good with grades, good-looking, and also a medical school student. That was perfect! Wasn't he the person she was looking for? Queenie, of course, didn't know how much effort Timothy had put in during this long separation. Night run and exercise lasting a whole summer made him stronger. His long hair was especially changed to the same hairstyle as Queenie's favorite male star's. Even his smile and inadvertent body contact were carefully designed. In order to make Queenie feel his change in an instant.
It worked. Obviously, Timothy felt that Queenie became more enthusiastic with him, just like she begged him to teach her how to do homework when she was a child. No, she was more enthusiastic than ever before. When he taught her how to do homework, she always said nice things. Now, she always touched him. She touched his hands, pulled his clothes, and leaned against him if possible. When they took the subway, she would find an opportunity to lean against his arms. She was really shameless. Timothy tittered in bed at night. However, according to Queenie's favorite roles in movies and TV series, Timothy analyzed that she preferred boys who were shy and smart, so Timothy often backed off when she pursued him. When she became cold to him, he would come to her again. Timothy didn't get close to Queenie. He just watched her go crazy for him.
After more than a year, Timothy thought that Queenie should confess her love to him, but she still didn't make any move. She saw him every day and did all kinds of things to get close to him, but she didn't dare to go further. Timothy decided to help her again, so he invited his roommates to dinner on his birthday. As the birthday guy, he was naturally drunk. His roommates all fled and left him to Queenie. Timothy thought that he was so tall, so she certainly couldn't help him go back. He chose the restaurant because it was only twenty meters away from a hotel. Queenie wouldn't miss any chance to get close to him. So he thought that she wouldn't miss such a good opportunity. But he was wrong. He didn't know what Queenie was so strong. He was dragged to the taxi and hit the wall, door, and car roof many times along the way. He pretended to be drunk but was too embarrassed to shout, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it! When they arrived at the dormitory building, she dragged him all the way back to the dormitory.
When the roommates opened the door, they found it hard to believe, and so did Queenie. "Don't you all have something to do? Why are you all back?"
The roommates said, "We... Come back to take something, yes, take something."
"Oh, if I had known that I would let you take him back! He's so heavy." Queenie gasped and put Timothy on the nearest bed to the door of the dormitory. Then she waved her sleeve and left. Timothy sat up silently with a gloomy face. The roommates held back their laughter, but they didn't say anything. Timothy finally realized that Queenie was a coward. She said that she wanted to have a relationship every day, but she didn't dare to do that when she had an opportunity. Timothy thought for the whole night while supporting his aching head. Then he made a move again. He inadvertently showed Queenie the love letters in his schoolbag, deliberately answered the phone calls from his pursuers in front of her, and even pretended to promise a girl to go out together at Christmas.
On the second day, Queenie asked him how were they last night with dark circles under her eyes. Then he told her casually that he didn't go but went to the library.
Seeing that Queenie was finally relieved, Timothy couldn't help snickering. He didn't believe that Queenie would be affected.
Sure enough, on Valentine's night, Queenie nervously asked him out. That day Timothy specially wore a white shirt that Queenie liked to see him wear. Every time he wore this white shirt, Queenie would find an opportunity to touch his arm and hold his hand. He also went to the barber shop to have a haircut. Then he walked to the appointed place unhurriedly. As he expected, Queenie confessed her love to him. Looking at her nervous expression and hearing her clumsy confession, he was very happy. He wanted to tease her, so he refused on purpose, saying that he had no intention of starting a relationship.
In fact, he wanted madly. He tried every means to seduce her every day.
Seeing the disappointment in Queenie's eyes and how she pretended to be tough, he was afraid that if he refused her this time, she wouldn't confess her love to him next time.
He quickly pulled her back and said, "Okay, if it's Queenie, I can think about it." Looking at Queenie's bright eyes, Timothy also smiled. Having planned for such a long time, it finally came to this day. Satisfied, Timothy held Queenie's hand.
In the following days, every time he heard Queenie mention how hard she had been pursuing him, he couldn't help but chuckle. He said to himself, "Silly girl, I want you to pursue me. If I have no feelings for you, it's useless even if you are a fairy."