HighX

Seeing Lucas leave the room, Letícia sighed and looked coldly at the students.

Nobody was a child, yet these wretches never stopped staring at her intensely.

If it were up to her, she would have sued everyone already. But as a professor at such a renowned university, she cannot do something so controversial without consulting her superiors.

Seeing Leticia's bitterness, Ralph felt a little guilty and stood up.

"I don't think I have enough morale to order you to stop, but if you think you like Professor Letícia so much, why do you keep making her feel so embarrassed?" Ralph spoke out loud, making Leticia have a little hope.

"Even though she looks very cute when she's embarrassed, they don't think it's better to think about her inner well-being, so maybe someone will have a chance with the teacher." Ralph spoke frankly and without a hint of shame.

Upon hearing this, the students looked funnily at Ralph, they thought Ralph was just trying to earn points with the teacher, but agreed with him anyway.

"Haven't I told you already? I'm married." The teacher spoke in a surprised way.

"..." A silence fell over everyone, making Leticia a little uncomfortable.

Ralph especially looked gray.

Married ...

The male students looked at each other and one by one they left started to leave the room.

Before leaving, however, they heard the teacher say:

"I remember saying that to Lucas, didn't he tell you that?"

Upon hearing this, Ralph and the others were furious and decided to take revenge in some way. They wasted time!

While the others left, Ralph remained seated in the same place. It's not like he has some kind of strange fetish, but why he also wanted to attend electromagnetism class.

He thinks that this field is one of the most important in modern society.

After some time, only 20% of the students remained, where the majority were women, the rest went to attend other classes.

Seeing this, Letícia was a little relieved, since, probably, she would not suffer as much harassment as before.

But also a little disappointed, as only 1/5 of the students remained.

She was a little surprised to see that Ralph was still in the room, but just nodded to him in thanks for the words from before and went back to writing on the board.

After attending Leticia's class, which lasted an hour and a half, Ralph got a little hungry and decided to go to the cafeteria.

There, he met Sieg and Louise, an 18-year-old girl with long brown hair and brown eyes.

"Hey Ralph, what's up?" Louise spoke.

"I'm good, and you?"

"Good, it would be better if it weren't for a certain idiot." She replied while looking angrily at Sieg.

Upon hearing this, Ralph understood more or less what may have happened, and just asked while looking at Sieg:

"Lucas?"

Sieg nodded furiously.

-As I thought.

Ralph thought.

Lucas, the big mouth, must have told Louise about yesterday's tour.

-That miserable man already has almost all potential enemies as enemies, now he also wants his friends to become enemies?

Ralph thought angrily.

-I can't leave my sister with someone so troubled!

Ralph took heart.

"But you are also an idiot, how can you not realize that Ana likes you?" Louise spoke to Ralph.

Ralph just smiled bitterly and didn't respond. His and Ana's relationship can easily be misunderstood, as the two are very close.

After a short conversation with the two, Ralph bought something to eat and took a seat farther from the cafeteria to eat.

He then put on his headphones and a song he had downloaded on his cell phone.

After eating, he felt a little tired and lay down on the grass.

He knew he couldn't spend a lot of time there, but sometimes he just wants to get away from reality a little.

As Ralph wandered in his thoughts, he didn't notice a figure approaching.

Suddenly he noticed someone lifting his head slightly.

Opening his eyes, he saw Ana sitting up and putting his head on her thighs.

When their eyes met, and with the addition of the somewhat melancholy music, a strange mood took over.

While looking at Ana, Ralph reflected for a while and found no kind of loving feeling in his heart.

"You must be wondering if you like me, right?" Ana suddenly asked.

Ralph nodded slightly.

"We already tried that and it didn't work, why keep thinking?" She asked again.

"I don't know ... But whenever I look at you, I have a nostalgic or melancholy feeling." Ralph replied as he reached for Ana's cheek.

"Anyone looking at us now will think we are dating." Ana spoke.

Ralph laughed and said as he stood up:

"I didn't think you cared."

Ana gave Ralph a tired look and also stood up.

"I don't want to be alone all my life, sometime I have to find someone ..." She spoke in Ralph's ear with a playful look.

Ralph's face hardened a little and he spoke with a weak smile:

"I think I want you to be alone for a lifetime."

Upon hearing this, Ana gave Ralph a ridiculous look and said:

"I'm not going to be alone just because you want to ... I've already given Professor Joseph's class time, and I need to finish Electrodynamics I this semester if I want to continue studying here."

Ralph said goodbye to Ana and went to watch another class, this time from Mechanics I.

The day went on, and when it was 1 pm, Ralph decided it was enough for the day and would study more at home.

After taking the bike, he suddenly remembered the conversation with Ana and smiled bitterly.

He remembered when they met in high school, they looked perfect to each other and even dated for a while ...

Shaking his head, Ralph shook off the disturbing thoughts.

After putting on his headphones, he started pedaling his way home.

The day before, his father drove him to university, so he had to walk back. But remembering how long it took him to return, he decided not to ride more.

After about 20 minutes, he got home.

After putting the bike in the garage, he didn't go straight to the room since, due to the cold weather, he didn't sweat a lot.

"Mom, I'm here." He spoke out loud after entering the house.

Strangely, no one answered and he went to the kitchen.

There, he saw a note on the table.

Mother (note) -> Me, Torvi and your father are going to have lunch at the restaurant in the square. If you want you can come, but hurry up. We left when it was 1 pm.

After reading the note, Ralph sighed slightly and decided to eat what he had in the fridge.

There was a pot of beans from the previous day and rice.

He then opened the freezer and took a piece of frozen steak.

After a few minutes, he had fried the steak and heated the rice and beans.

He then took a tomato and a leaf of lettuce out of the fridge and made a salad.

After finishing, he took a juice from the fridge and started to have lunch.

While eating, he saw some news on his cell phone.

Jornal Latino-> Scientists are intrigued by the strange behavior of some animals at the zoo in Rio de Janeiro.

BCC-> The protesters' movements against the reform are out of control.

NYT-> The New York Stock Exchange fell 1.3% in the last trading session.

Without realizing it, he finished eating and put the empty cutlery in his mouth.

After washing what he had soiled, he went to his room to bathe and change his clothes.

He was not so tired and decided to play some CS: GO on his computer.

He remembered the promise he made to Torvi and smiled bitterly, he just got nervous unnecessarily.

At most, those students were going to say something behind his back or ignore him. But now he has to let the little demon play on his computer.

He had to save money for an entire year to be able to buy it, and she broke his keyboard on the first day!

Remembering what had happened, Ralph felt the blood boil a little and calmed down.

After opening the game, he put on a headset and opened Discord.

Unfortunately none of his friends were online, and he had to play alone.

After an hour of gambling, he felt a little tired and decided to take a nap, but then he heard a noise in the house and decided to check it out.

His parents had arrived, strangely without Torvi.

"Where's Torvi?" Ralph asked.

"She said she was going out with her friend, Lucas ..." The father replied badly.

"Did you have lunch in the fridge?" The mother asked.

Ralph nodded and went back to the room.

As he fell asleep, he strangely remembered Leticia's class, about electromagnetism ... About waves ...

After Ralph fell asleep, his phone started to ring, but since he was on the mute, he didn't hear.

It was Ana who was calling, and she was in her room elsewhere in the city.

She was reviewing a certain subject and had doubts about something, and she remembered that Ralph probably already had a certain domain.

Strangely, Ralph didn't answer, leaving Ana a little frustrated.

She then tried to speak to the teacher, but failed.

She then decided to leave and go to the library that was close to her home, where some students from TULA (the university) sometimes studied.

After arriving there, unfortunately there was no one she could answer any questions.

Annoyed, Ana decided to try calling Ralph again, but he still didn't answer.

She then gave up and decided to go home.

As she left the library, however, she saw something strange.

Looking at the aurora in the sky, Ana murmured:

"A Northern Lights, by day?" She then remembered that she was currently in Brazil, and not in her homeland, she was Canadian.

In Brazil, there are no Northern Lights ...

But it wasn't just in Brazil, everywhere in the world, the same phenomenon was taking place.

A great colored aurora covered all the skies in the world, being it day or night, north or south.

And the more time passed, the more the aurora became bright, even outshining the sun with its colors.

While all this was going on, while his friends stared at the phenomenon in amazement, and the newspapers announced the same thing ... Ralph slept.

"... Son ... Ralph ...!" Ralph heard his mother's screams and woke up.

Getting up quickly he asked nervously:

"What is it? What happened?"

The mother pointed nervously at the window, and when Ralph looked, there was only a night sky with the usual lights.

-Shit, I slept too much!

Ralph thought and looked at the time on his cell phone.

Fortunately, it was only 6:00 pm and he had plenty of time to study.

He then turned to his mother and asked:

"What is it? Why did you wake me screaming?"

The mother was just amazed when she looked at the window, almost at the same moment that she pointed at the window, the aurora disappeared.

Looking at his mother's expression, Ralph thought she was sick and put his hand on her forehead.

His mother was unresponsive for a moment and said shortly after:

"There was an northern lights in the sky, watch the news! Did you sleep all afternoon !?"

Ralph was a little confused, as well as a northern lights in Brazil, that was impossible.

He then took out his cell phone and researched it.

After a few minutes of watching the news, Ralph's face hardened and he cursed internally.

-Why did this happen right when I was sleeping ??

His mother had left the room some time ago, and Ralph looked at the messages on WhatsApp.

Everyone in the university group talked about it, and Ana and a few other colleagues asked privately why he didn't answer the phone.

He then looked at the call log, and was amazed by the number of calls

After taking a deep breath, he left the room and went into the living room, where his father and mother were watching the news on television.

TV-> After the auroras that covered the whole world, many are finding it an omen of the end of the world. But scientists say they have detected no radical changes on the planet and the solar system. The government...

Ralph did not stay in the room and decided to leave the house.

What was happening asked for a beer!

He pedaled to a nearby bar, where some people thought the same as he did, and started drinking while talking to strangers about the dawn.

"What? Are you seriously asleep all afternoon? How bad luck!" A strong man said surprised to Ralph.

"Didn't anyone wake you up? Or do you live alone?" A woman asked with a strange expression.

Ralph just sighed, he remembers his mother's reaction, most likely he woke up the moment the aurora was gone.

While regretting internally, he felt more like drinking.

Whenever something extremely impactful occurs, human beings tend to take refuge in some way.

An example is if a loved one dies or a relationship ends, people tend to drink more or look for ways to escape anxiety and bitterness.

It wasn't just Ralph who was doing this, most of those at the bar were already completely drunk.

After feeling that his own condition was not very good, he decided to stop drinking and paid the bill.

After saying goodbye to the strangers he talked to, he staggered to the bike, he knew he was not in a position to cycle to his house, so he was pushing the bike.

After arriving home, he saw a girl in front of the gate.

At first, he thought it was Torvi, but soon realized it was actually ... Leticia?

The same time he saw her, she saw him.

After looking at each other for a while, Letícia asked:

"You are drunk?" She was smelling a strong alcohol smell from Ralph.

Ralph nodded slowly.

"What are you doing here?" He asked in a slightly loose voice.

"I'm here to see your father."

"My father?"

Ralph was confused, what did she want with his father?

"But it looks like nobody's home ..." She said.

Ralph was a little surprised, where did his parents go?

He then opened the gate with a key and after placing the bicycle in the garage said:

"Sorry to see you in that state ... But if you want, you can wait for him in the room, since shouldn't be long before they arrive."

Leticia looked a little annoyed, but agreed.

After entering, Ralph guided Leticia to the dining room and asked to leave.

He went quickly to the bathroom of his room to take a shower, he had already forgotten that he had to study.

After changing clothes, Ralph struggled with drowsiness and took medicine to help detox.

He then went to the living room, where Letícia was sitting and working on her cell phone.

Ralph was in no mood to talk, as he spent all his words at the bar.

Leticia seemed uninterested in talking too.

He then went to the refrigerator and drank two glasses of water.

He offered water to Leticia but she politely refused.

He then sat on the sofa, since he cannot leave a guest alone in the living room, but kept on his cell phone, which attracted Letícia's attention.

Usually, she gets the least amount of attention when she walks into someone's house, but this student of hers seemed pretty disinterested, was it because he was drunk?

Ralph noticed that Ana called him ten more times, and cursed himself for forgetting to take the phone out of the muffler.

He then called her, who didn't answered.

He laughed lightly and texted her.

Ana (private):

Ralph-> I was not with the phone, sorry for not answering.

Ana-> Fuck you!

He did not send another message and, perhaps because he was drunk, decided to go to her house when his father arrived.

He then noticed Letícia's listless look.

Smiling slightly, he said sarcastically:

"Sorry if I'm bothering you."

Letícia was surprised and almost irritated, but remembered that the boy was still drunk.

After sighing, she went back to her cell phone.

Ralph then decided to turn on the television to watch the news.

And all channels broadcast news about the dawn.

"What do you think?" Leticia suddenly asked.

Ralph smiled bitterly and said:

"I've been asked that question at least ten times today ... But I will answer. I think this is just the result of an unidentified cosmic or solar activity."

Letícia seemed to have expected this answer and said:

"I thought the same thing at first ... But do you know how long the phenomenon lasted, and that it even intensified?"

Ralph nodded with little interest.

"Do you remember what I said in the room? Waves don't change frequency unless they get more energy or lost it."

Ralph then said in a tired tone

"Why don't you get straight to the point? Sorry but I'm just a student."

Letícia was irritated by Ralph's speech and didn't speak anymore.

After a few minutes, Ralph's parents finally arrived.

Seeing this, both Letícia and Ralph were relieved.

"Sorry for making you wait, I was attending to something extremely important." Ralph's father told Leticia.

"... It is a pleasure to meet you, Doctor Tom Karman."

After a short greeting between them, the two sat down and the mother of Ralph went to the kitchen to prepare something to eat.

"I came as a representative of the company HighX. In order to invite you to an experiment that the company is planning."

Upon hearing this, Tom frowned and Ralph was surprised.

HighX is known worldwide as the only private company capable of putting astronauts into space.