Is This Love?

My names Alexandra. Am a student in a college outside my country—yes, am a foreign. I live with my cousin here. I have lots of friends when I came. And also, I do have a crush. His name is Evan. He’s my classmate, one of my close friend, and he’s friendly to everyone. He was good to me in everything. But it was over done since last week.

My friend Eleanor introducing me to a new guy in school. His names Louis, and he actually nice person. First day I knew him, it was awesome! He has so much jokes to make me laugh even I was upset. We and our friends often shared about our own life: love, family, childhood, everything. One day, I realized that my feel for Evan is getting bigger and bigger. It makes me going crazy every time I’m thinking of him. Honestly, it continued until the day of examination. Although I’ve been studied all night, he always called me up and come to my mind.

An hour before midnight, he called me. He said that he couldn’t understand at all and he needs me to do a favor. I was surprised to know it, but then I get upset. Evan wanted me to do all the exam tomorrow and give all my answers to him. I’m thinking so hard, and stupidly, I do what I say.

The next day, I finished my paper fifteen hours before times up. I already promised, so when the teacher didn’t look around me, I exchanged my paper with Evan’s. I was so afraid but then I told myself that it is the bill for in love with this guy.

Next week come. Teachers showed our scored when all of us in the cafetaria. Unexpectedly, it was Evan’s score whose the highest. His baseball friends yelled happy for him and no one knows I was so broken hearted. Some of them asked him how he killed it. Bravely, Evan told them it was made all by him, he said he’s been studied all night and he added when the exam came, I always asked him for some question. Then, every student starring at me and seems like they said “How could a smart girl asked answers to just an ordinary guy? What is so wrong with her mind?!”

I ran. I cried. I went to the garden alone. There, I screamed aloud that I mad. When my mind calmed down, someone came. It was Louis. He sat next to me and hugged me tightly. I don’t know what did he does that time. But the only one thing I knew is, I feel so much better. When he cheer me up, the bad guy came. He thanking me for my help with smile on his face. But when he saw Louis there, his smile went away. Louis stood up and slapped Evan’s face. I was gasped and don’t have any idea any thoughts at all. And suddenly all teachers came to found out what happened. They congratulate Evan first then asked Louis why he did it.

Amazingly, Louis answered just a simple sentence, “He is a liar,” pointing Evan. Teachers getting confused with his answers. “How could be? And what did you mean of?”

“I do know him better than all of you. He cheat, he makes Alexandra to do his paper,”

“How did you know?”

“That day I do my paper as fast as I could. And I finished it half hour before end,”

“Then?”

“I walked trough his class and caught the incident. He changed his paper with her,”

“What? Why does she did it?”

“Because Evan called her last night, and he knew that he is her crush, so he took advantage of her for doing what he had to do.” Louis explained.

“How did you know everything about it? You are new student, but you dare to judge our old student here? Who do you think you are, young Man?” one of teachers got mad on him.

“Huh? Can’t you see? I am his uncle! Of course I know everything about him! That is the reason why he lived with me for ages: his parents could no longer trusted him because he always fraudulent! I was so excited to know he registered to a good school, I was thinking by living with me, he would change. But I’m wrong. He never can changes, never can grow up. And knowing his score is the highest, he said it was all by himself, and she was person who always asked for his answers precisely. How could you be so blind? He doesn’t ever can circle answers on computer answer sheet. I know him very well, teachers.”

Everyone gasped, including me. I lost my mind. Then they judged Evan for the truth. Finally, he admit it. Every teachers disappointed to know that. Then they gave suspended letter for Evan for a month.  It was a relief.

Two days later, I’m started to talked with Louis. I begged him many times until he told me the truth. It’s true, his older sister is Evan’s mom. But Louis and Evan were born in the same year, and make it possible they in the same grade. I couldn’t stopped thanking him. Finally, one day he asked me out. In the middle of the great night, I asked him what can I do to paid what he did to me. He said nothing I should do, so I changed my question, what will he does for the next. We were laid down on the rooftop, so under the moonlight, I could see him perfectly, his eyes, his face, his personality, and his mind. And, he finally gave me an answer that made me smile happily, he said, “What will I do next is draw a beautiful smile on your face every time, every second, every hours.”

Then seems like he didn’t care about anything around us, he made the first step drawing a gorgeous smile by a softly kiss. So it makes me asked to myself, “Is this love?”