When Mike arrived at his apartment, he threw his bag on the bed and ruffled his hair as he cursed his carelessness. He knows he could never have her. Thinking back to the conversation they had today in class, he wondered if he was just imagening things or she really did get sexually affected by his words. He hasn't stopped thinking about the whole incident since it happened. He was barely able to concentrate in the last class. Good thing he has two clear headed friends who gave him the notes after that class because they noticed that he hadn't been listening or taking notes.
Shaking his head, he laughed at his foolishness.
'Even if she were to be attracted to a student, it would have to be James.' He thought.
James is one of his friends, the hottest among the trio and one of the most popular guys in their cohot.
After taking a shower and changing into something comfortable, Mike sat on his study table and prepared to copy the notes and keep up with his studies. As he read about continuum of care, he heard his phone ring. After looking at the caller ID, he swiped and answered the call.
"Gabe."
"Mike, what you doing man. We tried looking for you after class but couldn't find you. You home?" Replied Gabe.
"I had to rush home so I couldn't wait for you guys. What's up?"
"Well, James and I were thinking of hitting the club later tonight and we were kinda hoping you'd get out of your cacoon and join us." Gabe said with a hint of mischieve.
Knowing that the guys just wanted to set him with some girl like they always do, Mike shook his head and rejected with a flat tone. "I can't. I have an assignment due in three days."
"Come on, dude! It's gonna be fun. I heard Jessica and a few of her friends are gonna be there. You know the poor girl's been trying to get with you since the beginning of the semester." He begged.
Mike rolled his eyes and said, "Well, I'm not coming. Bye bro."
He then ended the call and went back to doing some research about continuum of care and he realised that it wasn't that complicated. Halfway through, he received a ring of notifications and he checked his phone to find that it's actually Tiana sending him the material he asked for. Smiling, he saved her number and thought of a reply. After thinking for a second, he typed.
*Thank you, ma'am.* He then stared at the text for sometime and upon realizing how formal it was, he deleted it and typed something else.
*Glad to know you're trustworthy."
After sending the message, Mike began sweating, thinking he might have been way too casual. He bit his nails in nervousness while staring at his phone and some time later he received a notification. After seeing that it was a reply from Tiana, his heartbeat sped up. He clicked on her name and read her text.
*It breaks my heart to know you thought I wasn't.*
Mike didn't even feel the smile on his face as he typed another reply. *I never doubted you. It just feels good to confirm. Anyway, thank you. I really needed these.*
After waiting for her reply for sometime in vain, Mike decided to just get back to reading. However, he couldn't seem to grasp any relevent information even after trying for over thirty minutes. Because of that, he chose to go to the school campus to get some coffee but was disappointed to find it stacked with students.
Looking at his watch, he frowned.
'How is it 20:27 already?' He thought.
"I hope the coffee shop offcamp is not closed yet." He mumbled.
The cafeteria in campus is always packed with students at this time. Most student never cook, they buy their meals at the school cafeteria and it is dinner time already.
When she was in the middle of her study session, Katrina heard a knock on her door. After opening it, she was both surprised and excited to see Wesley leaning against the door frame with both ands in his pockets.
'Gosh he's so hot!' She mused.
"Hey." He said when her face came in view.
"Hey. What are you doing here?" She asked.
After staightening his body, Wesley pulled Katrina into his arms and engulfed her in a tight hug. He nestled his head into her neck and mumbled, "Let's stay like this for a minute."
Katrina was confused but hugged him back nonetheless. She wrapped both her hands around his shoulders while her palm played with his hair. She often did this to calm her little brother back home but this felt so much better.
After hugging for a little over a minute, they both pulled out and Katrina led him into her apartment. After seeing him settle on the couch, she went to the kitchen and got two cokes from the fridge. After handing his over, she was about to sit besi de him when he pulled her down onto his lap. This lead to Katrina sitting on his lap with her back facing him.