Ben's Arrival

Now we had already completed our first year in college and had just started our second year. The classes this year were a bit challenging as there were many of them but luckily we got some time to spend and recently we moved to a larger dormitory which contained five persons. This time we were all together and I really loved it.

"Guys , guess what, I got a good news for you all" said Rica

." What kind of good news got our lovely girl all smiley like that" replied Mia

." Just guess it guys , it's nothing hard for you to do right?" said Rica.

" You got yourself a boyfriend, I guess" Lea commented nonchalantly. which really made us all turn to look at her. She turned to look at us and asked if she said something bad but we just laughed it off.

"Guys, that's totally right. I got a boyfriend and he is very handsome. I met him at the mall, where he came to buy some stuff for his artist. Actually I was drawn in by his beauty. I bumped into him as I kept staring at him when he was passing but he, being a gentleman, helped pick my things up and apologized to me. I immediately introduced myself as Rica and he said he was also Mark. It was a little bit awkward as I blurted out the words , can I get your number ?. He stared at me for a while without saying anything so I snatched his phone ,dialed my number and got his contact" Rica explained.

" You really did that?" I asked while still fascinated.

" That's not all, he was still staring at me just like that and I could see he was shocked but never mind , I placed his phone back in his hands and ran off. I went home and never called. Two weeks later, I went back to the mall to grab some groceries and met him again but he seemed too busy. I approached him and said hi but he didn't seem to recognise me. so I just called his phone and smiled when I saw the look of remembrance in his eyes. He just said hi and turned to leave but I stopped him again asking if he could be my friend but it was actually a no.

He rejected it and said he didn't have time for it and left. That night, I sent him a message but it took some time before he replied. This went on until he finally opened up to me. We became friends along the way and one day I requested to have dinner together and he agreed but since he was very busy, it took us two weeks before we got to go to dinner.

That's when I really dolled up to meet him and I mean who wouldn't fall for a beautiful girl. Since this vacation was a four month vacation, we spent a lot of time talking to each other and that's when we decided to be together. I know he is really busy and so am a little bit patient" Rica said.

" So come on like how old is he and which work is he doing" this time Vicky inquired.

" He is a manager for a famous celebrity and he is just twenty five." replied Rica .

" Which celebrity is that?" Mia asked as we were all curious.

" Guess, " said Rica .

" Lyons Rogers ?" replied Lea with a laugh.

At the mention of his name, I froze. I didn't hate him and I wish things were good between us but it's never going to happen I guess.

"That's right but how can you guess it correctly Lea " asked Rica .

"You ought to be kidding me right now" said Vicky.

" No, that's the truth," said Rica .

Rica then searched on Google to show us Lyons manager as they were always seen together with Lyons assistant and after that she face timed him to prove it and it was indeed true. She introduced us to each other and he was really handsome but not as compared to Lyons and Ben . Actually ,the five of us were all from a wealthy family but Mia was the richest among us because she had a movie production company under her name and it was really doing well.

It managed many popular celebrities. I was now twenty one, Rica was twenty two,Mia was twenty one, Lea twenty three and Vicky also twenty one.

During supper that day, I got a call from Ben and went to the balcony to receive it. After our usual greetings , we talked about some stuff and he told me he was getting a transfer to my college,AMDA and that he will be in school by next week.

"Who is Ben? " asked Vicky with a raised eyebrow.

"My closest male friend, he is coming here next week" I replied casually .

Four days later, which was a Friday, after our class, we went back to the dormitory as usual. while getting ready to go out for supper, Rica just shouted" guys , I just checked the school forum and guess what I found"

"Is someone dead" asked Vicky or " or maybe did someone get expelled "concluded Lea .

" No, actually we have a new transfer student in our faculty of performing arts and do you know what they are saying about him?. They are saying he is very special apart from that he is very handsome and guess what, he transferred from Hannovard college in Germany buh he is an American though. He went there during our first year and he is coming back. I guess we will be in the same classroom and he is reporting to school on monday" said Rica . We spent that weekend taking pictures and videos .

That Monday, many people gathered at the school administration just to take a look at the new transfered student. As I stood at the third floor of our faculty with my friends, Ben came out of the administration stunningly handsome.

"How I wish I had his contact" said Rica .

"But you already have a boyfriend right?" asked Mia.

" who wouldn't want to get his contact and yes I have a boyfriend" said Rica while rolling her eyes.

" Do you really want to talk to him?" I asked with a slightly raised eyebrow.

"Yes, " shouted Lea .

"Then don't worry , it's a piece of cake but maybe later" I said as I started walking back to the dormitory as they followed behind.