Right then, Jane’s expression froze. “I’m just a little more sensitive than others. I get curious whenever I hear something.”
I stopped what I was doing and looked at her. “So, you heard me tossing and turning last night. Then, just because you’re sensitive, you climbed into my bed to peek at me?”
Jane was speechless.
Our other roommate was quite direct with her words. “My god, Jane, were you filming a horror film?”
I lowered my head. “That’s right. Last night, I couldn’t sleep after I saw her peeking through the curtain. This was despite turning on the night light the whole time.”
She could pretend to be an angel, but I could also play the victim card.
She was not the only person who had learned some tricks from TV shows!
Jane became a bit frantic and immediately shook her head. “No, that’s because you’re too competitive. I heard the sound of flipping pages.”
I continued, “Since I couldn’t sleep, I started to read so that I could fall asleep again.”
Our two roommates stared disapprovingly at Jane.
One of them said, “Can you send me the link? I don’t want to be frightened in the middle of the night.”
The other roommate said, “Me too! Me too!”
Jane’s expression darkened as she watched all three of us switch to privacy curtains.
Of course, the curtains themselves would not be able to stop her.
Two days later, our roommate, Penny Dunne, walked in just as I was about to head out.
She saw me and simply asked, “You’re heading out?”
Before I could say anything, Jane interjected, “Are you going to volunteer? I saw your club’s notice on it. This could give students extra credit and a chance to receive a scholarship. How could Rue not go since she’s such a competitive person?”
I smiled. “Well, why don’t you be a bit more competitive and work to get it too? Do you feel like you won’t be able to do it?”
Penny looked a little peeved.
I remembered that Penny was volunteering at this time too.
We were students, so obviously we would try our best to get scholarships regardless of the amount.
Penny slammed her bag onto the table and said, “Do you see yourself as a camera? Why are you stalking her? You’re acting like surveillance.”
Jane’s face turned ashen, and she muttered, “I just saw it by coincidence.”
I did not waste more time with her and left. While I was distributing work with the other volunteers, I saw Jane coming over.
She glanced at me. “Rue, I really didn’t mean anything bad by it. Seeing you work so hard, I actually signed up to be a volunteer too. Let’s do it together!”
I was expressionless when I saw the fake smile on her face.
In my last life, I had also participated in this volunteer work. I had been tasked to share a couple of movies with some children.
However, when I sat in the dark classroom, I could not focus on the movies at all. All I could think of was Jane’s eyes in the dark.
Whenever I turned around, Jane would be staring quietly at me. I could not bear it, so I quit volunteering. I could not get my credits and lost the chance to receive the scholarship.
In the present, Jane seemed to look at me with pity. “Rue, if you manage to complete your volunteer work, you’ll be able to receive that scholarship!”
“How would you know?” I asked.
She smiled at me. “I calculated your scores, and you’re only ten marks behind me!”
Her smile from our past life overlapped with her current smile.
I nodded and smiled in return. “Alright.”
