<b>Being </b>Basterel’s <b>top </b>science student wouldn’t normally drive these professors crazy<b><i>, </i></b>but there was one thing <b>that </b><b>absolutely </b><b>did</b><b>. </b><b>Sharmaine </b>was a <b>legendary </b><b>Boa </b>Hanks from the tech conference, the genius who’d made the Republic of Wallington’s entire scientificmunity <b>proud</b>. <b>Now </b>line 7/13* <bpletely </b>different story.
The chemistry department professor was probably the happiest of all, since Shermaine had chosen chemistry as her major. He was <b>practically </b><b>dying </b><b>to </b>invite her into hisb right away so they could dive into some serious chemistry discussions and tackle some of the field’s toughest <b>problems </b><b>together</b>.
<b>So </b>when all these students and parents showed up at the dorms, they couldn’t help but stare at this whole crowd of famous professors just standing around downstairs. Everyone was totally curious about what was going on.
It wasn’t just the freshmen either. Even the sophomores, juniors, and seniors here?‘ they thought.
were scratching their heads. ‘What the hell are all their professors doing
These guys usually disappeared after ss and the students never saw them around campus, dorms like some kind of convention.
but now, they were all gathered together outside the
Naturally, a bunch of students and parents went up to say hi and ask what was happening. The professors actually spilled a little. They said they were waiting for someone.
This whole scene was big enough to get Jameson’s attention up in the guys‘ dorm.
When he heard there were a ton of professors downstairs, including some from theputer science department, he figured he’d head downter <b>and </b>schmooze a bit. Maybe it would help Jason have an easier time in the CS program.
Though honestly, with Jason’s skills<b>, </b>he was definitely going to crush it inputer science no matter what.
While Jameson was thinking about all this<b>, </b>some guys in his room started gossiping. “I heard the professors are <b>all </b>waiting for some freshman named
Shermaine.”
“Shermaine? Isn’t that the girl who got the top science scores in Basterel<b>?</b>”
“Yeah, that’s her. This girl must be something else if all these professors
are down there looking
like about
to fight over her.”
are waiting for Shermaine?‘ <b>he </b>thought. ‘She’s just the They kept gossiping about Shermaine, and Jameson’s expression shifted. ‘Wait, those professors. science valedictorian. Previous science valedictorians never got this kind of treatment. Why her?‘
Then, he had another thought. ‘Actually, the professors are probably waiting for Joshua, <b>right</b>? I mean, Joshua’s invested in several projects running <b>out </b>of Basterel University’sbs. There’s no way it could be Shermaine,‘ he reasoned.
Jason didn’t say anything about it.
Natalie’s mouth twitched with annoyance, but she kept it to herself. ‘Whatever<b>, </b>even if Shermaine is amazing, Jameson can’t see it anyway. No big deal<b>,</b>‘ she thought.
Once Jason finished setting up his bed, they figured they could head out for lunch and all went downstairs together.
Jameson knew how to y the game though. He walked over to the trunk and got Jason toe with him to bring the professors some water. With the sun beating down like that<b>, </b>they had to be thirsty.
It was just water<b>, </b>after all. The professors definitely needed it and dly epted the drinks when Jameson offered them so enthusiastically.
Just as Jameson was chatting with the professors, Shermaine and Joshua came down from the girls‘ dorm building. They were heading <b>out </b><b>to </b><b>grab </b>lunch too.
The professors had sharp eyes. The moment they spotted Shermaine, they didn’t care about being thirsty anymore and rushed right over.
<b>“</b><b>Hello</b><b>, </b><b>Shermaine</b><b>, </b><b>I’m </b><b>Professor </b><b>Yoel </b><b>Lewis</b><b>.</b><b>” </b>
<b>“</b><b>Nice </b><b>to </b><b>meet </b><b>you</b><b>, </b>Shermaine, I’m Professor Kenny Gordon<b>.</b><b>” </b>
Hello<b>, </b>Shermaine<b>, </b>I’m Professor Sheldon Wendell.”
<b>They </b>went around introducing themselves one by one.
Jameson’s mouth twitched <b>as </b>he watched this bunch of professors fall all over themselves to get in front of Shermaine. His theory just got <b>blown </b><b>out </b><b>of </b>the water again.
These brainiacs weren’t here for Joshua at all. They came looking for Shermaine.
Shermaine had no idea these professors would camp out at her dorm building waiting for her. She felt pretty ttered by all the attention.
In fact, Sheldon had some history with Shermaine. The first SSS–level job she’d taken behind that project.
came from Sheldon’sb, and Joshua happened to be the investor
After Sheldon finished his introduction, he shot Joshua a look that was pure usation. ‘You should’ve introduced me to Shermaine ages <b>ago</b><b>, </b>his expression seemed to say. ‘I’ve been dropping hints forever, and you didn’t throw me a bone.’
Shermaine responded to each professor individually, then said, “Actually, I was just heading to lunch. Would you <b>all </b>like to join me?” Otherwise, standing around chatting here would definitely draw way too much attention.