"Hi", I said with a fake smile plastered on my face. How did he see me?
"Um... Hi", he said. "How have you been?"
"Great", I said my eyes fixed on the shelf.
"I was at your house the other day..."
"Yeah. I saw you", I said interrupting him. I really wanted to ask why he just left but I shouldn't.
"I remembered something really urgent that's why I left without coming in", he said quietly.
Disappointing!
"Oh", I mouthed. I shoved the textbook back where I found it. I needed to leave here. I turned around to leave.
"Wait!" He yelled behind me.
I snapped my head to him. What did he want now?
"You are leaving already?" He asked.
"Of course not. I was just coming in", I said with an eye roll.
"Can you stay..."
"I have Maths class", I said attempting to leave.
"No you don't."
I stopped to see Ifeanyi walking towards me.
"What?" I asked for clarification.
"You don't have maths class. We are in the same class remember? And right now, we have Economics. You don't offer Economics", he stated.
"Oh. You realized that? So you get the fact that I don't want to have a conversation right now?"
"You're joking right?"
"Don't you know what it means to not be wanted. I thought you would at least get the message..."
"Just listen to me", Ifeanyi said interrupting me his eyes pleading with me.
"OK. Go on", I replied with a bored expression. He hesitated for a while before he began talking.
"I know this might sound crazy but I really really like you. I know it's insane but I have had this massive crush on you in like forever and it's driving me crazy. I have been holding back the feelings for a long time but I don't think I can anymore. Can you please be my girlfriend?" He said in one breath.
I am sure I stopped breathing for a second. It's a lie. A huge one. It's a lie right?
"Alya can you please say something, this silence is killing me", he begged.
No way.
"You and Chiamaka_"
"I broke up with her", he said almost before I finished my statement.
Wow. She didn't mention it. A part of me was really impressed by this news.
What was I even thinking? How on earth would I even be happy that my best friend's boyfriend broke up with her to be with me? When did I become this twisted?
But then this could only still be a lie. How could he like me and start dating Chiamaka? As he said, he has been crushing on me in like 'forever'.
I mentally scoffed. What a joke!
I am not buying the shit and there's no way I am dating my best friend's boyfriend/ex. I still didn't know what to believe.
There was a moment of silence between us. After a while I broke it, "Okay, so Mr.Crazy, what makes you think that if you break up with Chiamaka, I'll date you?"
"You feel the same way about me", he said inching closer.
"What?" I asked my heart rate accelerating.
"Don't you?" He asked. My breathing increased. His face was now less than an inch from mine.
He tilted my head up a bit and I drew in a breath knowing what was coming. Before I could properly process my next line of action, he crashed his lips against mine.
I shut my eyes at the feel of his lips against mine. I tried to steady my breath as my heart raced in my chest. I felt the urge to kiss back, and somehow, it felt right at that point.
My fingers intertwined themselves around his neck as I kissed him back. He nudged me closer to him. This was bliss, paradise, the emotions we poured out in the kiss.
I dared to enjoy the kiss as my heart beat increased with each minute. Then I heard a moan escape from my lips. That sound laced with so much bliss brought me back to my senses.
What the hell do you think you are doing?
My conscience all but screamed at me and I found myself pulling away immediately. I ran my hands through my hair repeating the f word over and over again through uneven breaths.
I didn't know when I stormed out of the library.
Why can't I stop being a fucking idiot? How on earth could I just let him kiss me? What if he was actually still dating Chiamaka? That would fucking mean I cheated on my best friend.
I felt like stabbing something or punching something or I would actually break down in tears.
I accidentally stubbed my foot against something.
"Fuck", I muttered kicking the object as far away as possible while glaring at it. If anyone walked past me at the moment, they would probably conclude that I was mental. I continued walking after glaring at the object to my heart's content.
"Alya!?"
I heard from behind. No way, I wasn't in such a mood.
"Can't you just..."
I turned around. My jaw almost dropped as my words were halted. The person standing in front of me was none other than... Genevieve.
~Ifeanyi
I didn't exactly know what I was thinking when I kissed Alya. And the way she stormed out immediately after the kiss just confirmed what stupid a decision it was.
She probably hated me by now. What exactly was I thinking? But she kissed me back didn't she? Why then did she suddenly leave like that?
I rubbed my face as memories from a few minutes ago flooded back. I dared to grin but almost smacked myself. Lord! I really deserve death.
And I was still pacing around the library when I could actually run after her and maybe try to talk to her. I was really an idiot.
I raced out of the library the moment this realization hit me. I made up my mind that she was probably in the class. I headed towards the direction of my class and although it took time, I got there soon.
I slid into the class scanning it quickly for Alya but I didn't see any sign of her. I double checked, this time carefully.
I still didn't see her. I attempted to leave the class as Chiamaka attempted to enter.
We both stopped on seeing each other. I moved to the other side to allow her to pass but she just moved in front of me. It was obvious that she was just trying to block me.
"What is it?" I almost snapped.
"Geez. Why are you so pissed?" She asked.
"Do you have anything to say because I am not cut out for this shit"
"Oh! It's shit now right? But for some reason you used to have time for my shit", she said sounding annoyed.
What the hell? Now was definitely not the time for me to listen to her ranting. I didn't mean to but I just moved past her. I felt really bad for doing that but if I kept putting up with all this, she might just keep denying the truth like she was now.
For some weird reason, she thinks we are still dating even after I made everything clear to her.
I soon walked out to a part of the hall where I spotted Alya. I wanted to walk up to her when I noticed the horrified look on her face.
I immediately got worried. I followed her line of sight and saw her staring at... Genevieve Chidi?