The Beta's Catch novel Chapter 2

I'm Cybele Galanis. My brother, Agnus, and sister, Agatha, they're twins and are best at everything and considered to be godlike while I am an average. I am willing to be an average because no attention is no problem.

It's my first day of college, and of course for an introvert like me, I'm nervous and terrified as fvck.

"Breathe, Cybele," I say to myself.

I manage to find the Grand Auditorium and enter it. I regret coming to this place as soon as I step foot into the humongous room packed with people.

Suddenly, the lights dim in the room while the spotlights focus on the stage. The crowd cheers when a dark-haired girl walks on the stage. Even though I am sitting far away from the stage, I could still tell that she's drop-dead beautiful.

"And now, I must invite the President of the student's council on the stage." She speaks and the whole crowd starts cheering.

Soon, I see a tall figure step on the stage and as I study him from head to toe, I forget about the whole crowd and the noise. For a moment, all that matters is him. I couldn't look elsewhere but at him.

He is tall with well build. Even though I am sitting at the back of the room, I could not miss his facial features that look carved out of granite.

As he stalks to the center of the stage, towards the mic and the dark-haired girl, I couldn't help but notice his every move. He's so graceful unlike me who has a unique talent of tripping over plain surfaces.

"Welcome newcomers. I am Jake Emerson, the President of the student's council." He says, his deep, masculine, commanding voice sending shivers down my spine. The crowd is wildly cheering for him while I sit on my seat, lost in my thoughts.

Suddenly, I get up and my feet start to move without my whim. Soon, I find myself walking out of the crazily crowded auditorium when a part of me wanted to go running on the stage and see him up close.

After the welcome program in the Grand Auditorium, everyone flooded into their classes and so here I am, standing in front of mine, wondering if by any chance I'll manage to survive the first semester.

Since the entrance is at the back of the class, I take a seat nearby the door, away from the front because I don't want to be noticed. I hate attention. Through an awkward self-introduction, the first history class was finally over.

A feral look takes over his face as he steps forward and lowly growls a warning to the person standing in front of him. The person seems to have growled something back to him. They are currently having a stare down and there's visible tension around them, which the small crowd is trying to dissolve. There's something in the way they move, it reminds me of wild animals, exactly wolves.

The warning sign goes off in my brain. I turn on my heels and race to the back door before exiting the building. I don't want to be involved in a fight or even witness one on the first day of my college. It's not like that I am having the best first day of my college to start with. I messed up big time and I am sure that it left a pretty bad image of me on my classmates and the professor.

I sigh as I head towards the metro to go home. My heart is still racing in my chest. He was beautiful. I cannot forget his face easily. It keeps appearing in front of my eyes as I climb downstairs to the underground metro.

I can't understand why I am so obsessed about him.

Something strange attracts me, but I can't tell.

I shake my head and get rid of these wired thoughts, hoping to see him tomorrow. May be next time I saw him, I hope I can be a little brave. But I know I can't, because this is me, a coward.