DÉJÀ VU: Almost Love classroom.
There are student talking to their
O Story
ne day, a clear sky morning, sunlight rays
semi-clear skin of Theo. Theo is a typical boy
who loves childish things even he is a high
school student. He woke up late so, he does
everything in preparation in going to school as
fast as he can. He ate his breakfast very
quickly, then he run there and here. Water
splashes around the bathroom you can hear
while he is bathing. Outside their house, a long
beep from a classic and old but powerful
vehicle arrive; and that is their transportation
to go to their school. It makes him panic. The
ironed uniform of his is now crumpled again
but not that very crumpled. After his quickie
preparation and saying goodbye to his mom,
he walks through the open door. It is his first
time to ride the vehicle because he just a
transfery student. A lucky Theo, he passes the
entrance exam to the most popular and
promising school in their area.
After he arrived in Newton’s Academy (name
of the school), his hair became frizzy and dry.
He did not know that it is a very long travel.
They just pass a long bridge that connects his
town to another town, the three consecutives
hills, and an unflat and rocky road. He comb
his hair with his fingers to fix it. Because it is
his first time stepping in the ground of
Newton’s Academy, he did not know anyone
aside from his classmates or friends who also
pass from the entrance exam.
Side of the gate, his friend are standing like
looking and waiting for someone. Nicolo, a
bubbly and fast talking friend of Theo, ask him
where he had been. So, Theo explains
everything to Nicolo. In fact, they are close
friend since they are junior high; aside from
that, they have the same blood running in their
veins which is a colourful blood. They are now
walking with his friend going to their classes.
They are talking and talking about what
happen in their summer vacation.
At exactly 7:30 in the morning, the classes
start. He saw new faces after entering in their
seatmates, playing some e-games in their
cellphones and others that make them busy.
Nicolo tell him that they are
seatmates. After a while, a stricted face lady
enter their room. The lady slams the teachers’
table with his bare hand. He and his classmates
shookt. But the most shooking and make them
confuse is she laugh out loud.
“Look at your faces. You like saw a
ghost.” , Miss Tella said to everyone.
She introduces herself as their adviser for the
whole school year. To know each other, she
tell them that they will introduce theirselves in
front. A tradition in every opening of the new
school year.
4 months after the opening of classes, he is
tired in waking-up early, prepare, go to school,
travel and have lesson every day, repeatedly.
In those past months, he saw many handsome
guys learning in their school but most them are
in relationship. So, no choice for him to see
them afar. Actually, he is NBSB which means
No Boyfriend Since Birth. He did not
experience to be loved romantically. Well,
every member of third gender is difficult to
find their true love.
In the same day but it is afternoon, Theo is
gazing outside their room. He is thinking why
he is single for last 17 years of his existent. He
thought that maybe he is ugly neither not sexy
neither feminine. It that makes him sad.
Outside the window is a perfect day to play
games. He saw a couple which is a third
gender couple or homo-couple. He envy them
so much.
But there is a guy pull his attention. The guy
has manly body and look, his skin is white and
charm that everyone would definitely fall in
love. No wonder many girl fell in him but he is
playboy. They got eye contact. Theo turns his
head quickly. He got blushes in his cheeks.
 “ Who is he?”, he ask his self.
Even it is time to go home, his smile didn’t
fade at all. His ordinary shirt is stained by
another student, he didn’t complain. He wear
ordinary shirt because it is Friday. Every
Friday in their school, they are excuse in
wearing uniform.
In their house, whatever they command to
Theo by his parents and his siblings, he do it
even it is pile of work. They are confuse what
happen to Theo. They think he ate gross,
something like that. After they ate supper, he
stalk the guy in different social apps. He found
the name in almost hour and his name is
George Cortez. Theo send a friend request to
George. He waited hours but due to his
tiredness, he felt sleep.
A new day for school for all the students. Theo
wake up late again so, he rush again. He did
not notice that there is notification in his
phone. He just notice the notification when he
is now in the vehicle. He almost shout quietly
because George accepts Theo’s friend request
in Facebook. He smile very big.
But unexpected situation, Theo accidentally
bumps George. Theo fell on the floor
everyone’s eye see on him. Theo think that
George will help him but unfortunately, he just
walk away without saying “sorry” or anything.
He became mad on him. The smile on his face
fade, Theo stand on his own.
“ What happen to your face?”, Nicolo asks
Theo unknowingly.
“ I hate that guy so much.” ,Theo replied.
“ Who is that guy?”, Nicolo said.
“ George”, Theo replied with anger.
“ Ah! The hot guy next door. Well, he is such
a bad guy but he is yummy, you know?”,
Nicolo said with jolliness.
“ Who cares! With his attitude. It’s a no no.”
“By the way, there is rumour that he is son of
our head teacher.” Nicolo said before their first
subject came.
Theo’s day became tragic. While, Theo and
Nicolo is buying their snack a group of
basketball players came in their table. Theo
glared them like killing a person. But one of
them, introduce himself to Theo.
“Hi. I’m Andrei”, the confident guy said.
Theo just ignore him because he is piss-off.
But Nicolo entertain Andrei.
“My apology. My best friend just have a bad
morning. And I am Nicolo, his friend.”, he
tells to Andrei.
“Bad morning?”, Andrei asks with curiosity.
“Well, he just only bump the son of the head
teacher.” Nicolo explains.
“So, you are the one who bump George.”,
Andrei nod while holding his chin.
A shout that everyone will deaf is hear around
the cafeteria. Everyone looks who shout even
Theo does. When they saw the one who shout,
the girls drool. A man is walking towards in
Theo’s place. Then suddenly, Theo speak.
“What are you doing here?”
“I did not came here because of you, fag!”,
George said.
“How dare you to call me fag? Narrow minded
asshole.”
“First and for all, you are truly a fag.
Secondly, you are fag. And third, you are fag.
Simple.”, George smirk.
Nicolo held Theo’s arm because any moment,
Theo will begin war. But Theo resist so, he
slaps the face of George with a red finger
mark.
“You do not know me. Who are you to judge
me?”, tears fell in Theo eyes.
Theo leaves the cafeteria running. He run and
run. He did not know where he go now. He
just found himself crying under a big tree. All
his bad feelings, he cry it. Theo hold his phone
and type George and unfriend him.
Next day, Theo wake up early this time
because he felt asleep early. His classes as
usual very boring. While Theo is looking in
outside the window, a student tell him that he
will go to the head teacher office. He got
nervous in his body. He think why the teacher
is looking for him.
“Hi sir, why are you looking for me?”, Theo
said in nervous way.
“I am looking for you because…”, interrupt
Head teacher.
“Please forgive what I’ve done to your son, sir.
Please don’t expel me.” Theo said without
thinking.
“It’s not that, it is because…”, the head teacher
stop again because a loud knock from the
outside.
“Came in”, head teacher said.
Theo got shookt what he saw behind the doors.
A guy wearing a smile in his face.
“As I am saying Mr, I am looking for you
because I am apologizing to you. In behalf of
my son, I am sorry.” Head teacher said with
sincerity.
“No sir, I am must to say sorry.”
“Yeah, he is right. He must.”, George said.
But Mr. Cortez glared and signed him to say
sorry to George.
“I don’t want to. He must. Look on my face,
there is mark of a finger.”, George response.
“If you don’t want to, you will got him home
and got him to school.” Mr. Cortez said to his
son with command.
“Dad.”
“Or else your allowance will be deducted and I
will get your car.” Mr. Cortez said.
Theo is just listening to them until George said
something to him.
“You will pay this.”
In the next day, Theo hears a noise from their
living room. His mom is talking to George. He
is surprise. Theo got shy because he realizes
that he only wear very short short and sando.
He go back to his room to change. After
changing, he quickly prepare because Theo’s
parent unknowingly George scold him to hurry
up. George became another person. He became
polite, kind and make him good person and
that make Theo fell in love again in him.
Theo got nervous because he is inside
George’s car. The car is full of silence but
Theo break the silence.
“You don’t need to do this.”
“It just my father wants so I can’t do
anything.”
And the silence reigns again between them.
Whole campus of Newton’s Academy is
surprise why Theo out in the George’s car.
Theo runs quickly to go to their room because
every girl and gay he passes, talk badly about
him. Nicolo asks Theo why he is with George.
Theo explains everything to Nicolo.
Theo and Nicolo are going to cafeteria to have
snack but they meet again Andrei. Andrei
invites them to have snack them and his treat.
While they are chit-chatting, a demon came so,
they stop for a minute. They look at him with
glare especially Theo.
“I want to eat, not fight.”
Days pass by, Theo and George are getting
close. They talking about their private lives to
each other. But George has feelings to Theo
now, yet he don’t want to admit it to his self.
Also, Andrei and Theo are getting close also.
In every recess time, they are together, Andrei
and Theo only without Nicolo.
One day, Andrei got confidence to confess to
Theo. He invites Theo to have dinner with
him.
“Theo, I have to ask you.”
“What is it?”, Theo replied
“You know we knew each other for a month
now. And that month, I got feelings for you.
So, Do I have a chance?”
Theo became speechless. He did not know
what he will said to Andrei.
“Hmmm…You are a good person Andrei and He touches his lips and reminding the moment.
a friend but I am sorry.”, he replied.
On Monday, he go to the school happy. In
Outside the window, there is a man watching arriving the school, he bumps George. Theo
them sadly. But Andrei and Theo continue think that it is happen again, like a deja vu.
eating like nothing happen.
Theo wake-up late again but he is looking for
George. It is strange for him because it is first
he can’t see George in their house. Arriving in
the school, he saw no George around the
school. He felt something wrong.
When Theo got home, he saw George standing
in front of their house. Theo walks closely to
George to ask why he did come and go to
school but he smell reek of alcohol.
“Where have you been?”
“What you and Andrei talk yesterday night?”
“Nothing”
“Theo, what have you done to me. When I
didn’t see you a day, my day became gloom.
My eyes are seeking for your presence.”
“What are you talking about?”, Theo replied
confuse.
“You are not just heartless, you are also rude. I
like you. I love you.”
Theo is surprise what he heard from George.
“Are you serious about that? You are drunk.”
“I am. I am. You make me smile every time
I’m thinking about you.”
George is walking closely to Theo. Their face
is getting closer and closer until their gap is an
inch.
“I love you too.” Theo replied
Then their lips became one.
A vivid light rays in sleeping Theo. Theo
wake-up confuse because all the things are just
dream. A dream that is like real one. He pick
up his phone beside his bed and he saw it is
Saturday. The magical dream of Theo has its
ending.
“What a dream.”, said to his self.