Deserving of love.

"Eh! professor, what kind of question is that?" 

Alix wiped her tears away as she looked at professor He whose question had taken her by surprise and made her feel somewhat offended. 

"You just seem to be much more emotional than usual. This is a very normal question that can help me assess the true source of your emotional outburst." professor He explained. 

She repeated the question again and looked at Alix with her normal professional seriousness. She even had her little blue notebook and pen ready to go. 

"I deserve to win of course, i didn't cheat unlike a certain someone that stole my sheet music. I worked hard by practicing daily, you can ask anyone if you don't believe me." 

Professor He held her hand up defensively and she replied, "I haven't said that i don't believe you. I have seen you work hard everyday in preparation for the competition. It's not about me right now or what i think.