Chapter 22

The sound of my alarm ringing woke me up to a schedule-filled Monday...

I yawned and looked around, said my morning prayers and walked into the bathroom, I had a class by 08:00am and it's 7:14... I walked out and picked up a pair of baggy trousers and a top, black to be precise...

I checked the time again after putting my hair under a baseball cap and white lip gloss on

I got to the college as my 08:00 alarm rang

"Hey girl" Merissa's walked up to me and gave me a quick hug

"What's up Merissa??" I walked by her side to the first lecture we had

"I have news for you" she looked at me closely

" What is it??" I looked at her closely and she raised her eyebrow

"What??" I moved my head back

" I've got his number!!" I looked at her and chuckled

" Who's number??" I rolled my eyes

" Juan of course" she playfully hit my arm

" Oh God, how did you get his number??"

" So I kinda like went back to that club and met him there, he has very sharp facial features so he was easy to recognize"

" The funniest thing was...he remembers you" she giggled

" So he asked me to give you his number" she passed me a card and nudged me

I looked at it closely

"You know I don't need this" she squirted looking forward

" When you think it's okay, call him" she moved forward

" If you say so" I put it in my bag and followed behind her

"By the way, how's Jamal doing??" She paused

" He's still unconscious but stable tho" I smiled

" He'll be fine" she hugged me, I inhaled her Cologne

" Let's get to class" I smiled grabbing her hand

" You know I used to date Jamal" I looked at her almost immediately

" I'm not telling" she made a gesture zipping her mouth in the air

"Talk" I held her bag

" Talk or else" she pouted

" After lecture" she walked away

"I don't trust you" I chased after her jogging into the lecture hall

She chuckled and sat down beside me

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The screen of my phone lit up...I looked down at it

I'll check it later

I looked up at the person in front of me

" I searched for you everywhere" I smiled looking at his brown eyes, damn...he's cute

" Merissa gave me your number and i didn't want to be rude so I called" I looked at the cup of smoothie in front of me

" Thank you for calling" he held my hand

" It's nothing really" I sucked the the juice through the straw and looked around

" Would you like to go watch a movie??" I nodded

" I'm not doing anything after this" I checked the time, it was 7:00 pm

" Then dinner after that??" I shrugged

" It's settled then" he raised his hand and the waiter came jogged to our table

" What movie would you like to see??" I looked sideways and looked back at him

" The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard" I replied

" I hear it's great" I added picking up the popcorn I ordered for, I brought out a $20 note and handed it to the man behind the counter

" No let me" he gave the man a $100 dollar note and collected another popcorn and a soda

"The movie was great by the way" I looked at him and smiled as we walked into the restaurant

" I'm glad you enjoyed it" he grabbed my hand

" So what would you like to have for dinner??" I looked at him

" Maybe.....pasta" he laughed and took his own seat in front of me

" I'll have that too" he smiled at the female waiter softly

" You're studying art, do you draw or paint or have a hobby related to art??" I smiled

" I paint and draw" he nodded after taking a sip of his wine

" It's nice" my phone chimed in my back pocket

" Excuse me"

" Hey Natalie, what's up??"

" He's awake"