5 Chapter 5: Jason Chan
I turn around to see a mid height teenager coming toward me from the west corridor, since the entrance door is facing the south corridor, he is wearing a grey T-shirt, black Denim jeans, and black combat boots.
“He is almost always late to classes” say Khan.
He is walking very quickly “ Hey” I call after him, he stopped and came near me.
“Hey princess are you lost” was the first thing he said to me.
“Yes, a little bit, this is my first day can you help me please” I responded.
“Did you get your schedule yet” he cast a glance a his watch “Oh shit, I think I’m going to outplay my record of tardiness this semester”
“I didn't get my schedule yet because I don’t know where the offices are located”
“So this is your lucky day, I’m part of the welcoming committee” he says and cast me a warmth and reassuring smile.
“By the way my name is Sybil Aurora, but my dad call me Daisy, you can call me Daisy too if you like better Syb or Aurora...hum..” ‘stop rambling berated me my inner self’ this is what happens if you are not accustomed to meet new people.
He smiles “It’s ok, I was right to call you princess Aurora, I’m Jason, Jason Chan” he says before adding “And I have nothing to do with Jackie Chan”.
“Jackie Chan? Who is he?” I asked him.
He looked at me for while, for a moment I started to feel uncomfortable “you’re are honestly saying that you don’t know who’s Jackie Chan?” He asked.
“Did I say something wrong, I’m being sincere I honestly don’t know who he is”.
He shook his head “ That can be, anyway we will talk about him later. Let go get your schedule, come with me”. Before following him I looked at Khan who was standing there as mute spectator of our exchange. He gave me a nod before disappearing.
I followed him, he went toward the north corridor and turned right, he knocked a the third door on the left side “ Come in” said a voice from inside the office.
“Come with me” he said has he take my hand and we booth enter into the office. “Good morning Ms. G this my good friend Aurora, it’s her first day and she didn’t get her schedule yet, so here we are” he said smiling at her.
Ms. G was a beautiful woman in her late forties at most early fifties, she has a fair white skin that make a perfect harmony with her red hair, she has symmetrical features. She has honey-like colored eyes, a button nose from where hangs a spherical spectacles.
“Mr. Chan your are late again don’t pretend you’re helping this young lady out of kindness” says ms.G looking furiously at Jason whose smile didn’t falter a little bit.
“Ms.G this is grave accusation, I can swear over my best video game that I came early, then I saw this young lady lost not knowing where to go, and she is extremely shy and can’t talk easily to strangers” putting on hand on his heart “ When I saw that damsel in distress I couldn’t help myself, you know me Ms. G I’m a twenty one century knight and it’s my obligation to help damsels in distress” he say dramatically.
Ms.G give him what I think is her own version of don’t-mess-with-me glare and looked directly at me “ It’s that true young lady”.
I feel frightened by the way she glaring at me “uh...uhm...” I can’t find the right words.
“Now you can see it Ms. G she is too shy to respond to you let me talk to her or we will be stuck here for the rest of the day” oh God that can be he is a total comedian “princess Aurora in which year you are” he asked me with a sweet voice.
“Oh... I’m a junior” I responded in a small voice still frightened by Ms.G.
“You hear it Ms.G the same as me, we just need her schedule so we can rejoin the other students in the classroom, you know it education can’t wait you said it yourself” he said giving her a charming smile.
“Stop it mr. Chan, you must be miss Lightwood. I talked to your father last week, welcome to Kamiakin high , I hope you will feel comfortable studying here. Our school is one the best, I must be partial saying this but we provide excellent studying programs, each year...” she was stopped Jason who an halt sign with his hands.
“Ms.G don’t frighten her more than she already are, is only her first day, she doesn’t need to know everything today doesn’t she? And if you will excuse us we are wasting precious time here, remember education can’t wait, tic-tac” he said tapping the glass of his watch.
“Wait for a minute” she said, looking at the screen of her computer that give me time to look around the office, when our sight met Jason grin and wink at me. He has a real talent for jokes. Hang on the wall behind here there are diplomas and certificates delivered to Katherine Gale, one specially catch my attention a doctorate in psychology from Yale. She must be really smart, but why is she just a secretary in a high school. She seems like a very capable women. The office is silent except for the sound of the keyboard touch. Then she handed me a freshly printed piece of paper “Here is your schedule, and mr. Chan this is the last time I would be looking the other side upon your tardiness” she said to Jason whose smile falter a little bit.
“I can assure you ms. G this is the last time, cross upon my heart” he responded“ Now let get out” .
When I was about to walk out the door ms. G call after me and I turn around to look at her “ miss Lightwood I hope you won’t be copying mr. Chan bad habits, you seems like a smart girl so you understand what I mean”.
“Yes ms. G” I responded.
“It’s ms. Gale, mr. Chan is it funny to call me like that, I will take care of him later, but about you, I hope you know why you’re here and for your own good you won’t be a troublemaker. Now you can go find your classroom” she is a tough woman, thankfully she is not my mother if she is the same way with her own children I can’t even imagine being raised by a mother like this.
Jason is waiting for me outside leaning on the wall tapping something on his cellphone, then he looked at me “Let go princess” he is wearing a blue backpack that I didn't notice until now “show me your schedule” he said so I handed him I the paper. “Wow you must be super smart you’re taking AP classes of biology, physics and chemistry, you like sciences so much?”.
“I don’t know maybe but I’m taking literature too”.
“Yes lucky you, I reckon it’s the only class not boring at all” he said.
“What do you mean by that” I asked him.
“Nothing, I don’t want to get you more frightened than you are now, soon enough you will see what I mean. First you have mathematics, next literature alright then let go to your first class.” He said after examining my schedule.
“And you, shouldn’t you be in class right now?”.
“Not necessarily and right now I have better things to do first of all to be your guide around the school”.
“You don’t mind what ms. Gale said about not being late in class, what do you reckon she will do if you skip them without any plausible reason. Please I don’t want to cause you more trouble you can just tell me where I need to go and I will find it by myself” I said, he is the first person I met today who was kind to me maybe in near future we could become friends or sort of, so I don’t want him to get in trouble by my fault.
“Ok princess you win, but don’t worry about ms. G I will handle her. Come with me your math class is right to mine and lucky you again we are in the same literature class”.
I followed him has he went through the corridor, he is very skinny, he must have just recently enter puberty because he still has those boyish features, the mischievous smile he always wearing and his glare which make you think he is plotting roguery. He has short hair almost shaven which enhance his almond-shaped eyes, one of his parent must be Chinese or maybe Japanese.
“I can hear your thoughts you know” he stopped walking and looked at me seriously.
“How can it be it’s...that can’t be”
“They are quite loud and you know...” then he burst out loud “You must have seen your face, yes you are right it’s impossible isn’t it?” He said in a weird tone. “Here we are this is you classroom” he said signaling at the door right in front of us “Mine is the next, if you need me just think hard about me and I will come. And rest assure I will see you in your next class remember same literature”. He knocked ed three time at the door before opening it “ Morning sir Haggens I’m here to deliver your new student she is a bit shy so please go on easy upon her, she is my new best friend I know you will take care of her” he said to the professor who was looking at him angrily.
“Mr. Chan I don’t allow such complacency from my students a little bit of respect, it’s not your fault anyway you didn’t had someone to teach you good manners. And for you miss Lightwood I except from you total respect and hard work no like him who is already a lost cause” I looked at Jason for a moment I think I catch a glimpse of sadness in his eyes but disappear in the next second replaced by a bemused glare. “You can come in”. Before entering the classroom I looked one more time toward Jason at the moment I got the feeling that he is not just a simple high school boy.
