JAMIE

"Are we free next period?" I asked Zen, my classmate who was seated next to me.

"I don't think so but let me check first," Zen said while ruffling through the pages of his register and nodded in confirmation. "We have Business studies next."

"Ok, and the one after that?"

"Unfortunately no, we have a full schedule today," Zen said, mocking me.

"Screw this, I'm going," I said annoyingly and handed out my register notebook to Zen. "Take care of this Zen and ple--"

"NO FUCKING WAY!" he yelled, loud enough for the students around us to notice.

"Tch! I didn't even finish my sentence." 

"Because you have been telling me the same thing for the past four days.  Teachers aren't as dumb as you think. Go ask someone else," Zen said bluntly and reverted back to study.

"I can't be so sure about others so please Zen," I begged him faking innocence. "Just for this class, give proxy for me." 

"Only this class huh!... Ok fine," he shrugged.

"I owe you one man. Thanks a lot," I said while giving him a pat on his shoulder and then continued to type a message on my phone.

"So who's the chick?" Zen asked, getting curious.

"Not telling but she's hot," I said, my eyes still glued to the mobile screen.

"Is she the girl you were talking about earlier?"

"Which girl? I don't think I ever mentioned about her to you... Yes!" I exclaimed in excitement when my mobile beeped, and I typed in for a quick reply.

"Bastard, you don't even remember which girl. Not that I care. Now, go before the teacher comes," He said, and motioned me to go.

I sneaked out from the backdoor and ran down the stairs with a smile on my face. I managed to convince Zen somehow. I like that guy. He's actually a cousin of my well known friend from Australia. He resembles Neal in so many ways. Neal and I have been best friends for a long time. He was the one who suggested me this college since his cousin Zen studies here. So far we have been good to each other and I've also visited his house a few times. His mother is an excellent cook. She always made kheer (South Asian rice pudding) for me whenever I visited and obviously I loved it.

I shifted my thoughts away because I was about to do something very crazy. I've never even done this before.

To sneak inside a girl's washroom.

I waited for about five minutes till the path was clear and slipped inside the washroom. 'It does smells like a girl's washroom', I thought. I looked at myself in the mirror, and ran my hand through my hair when I saw Ayu's reflection in the mirror, standing behind me. "Are you stupid or what?" Ayu said, grabbing my arm and we rushed over over to an empty stall at the end of the all the washrooms. It was spacious enough for both of us to fit in perfectly. I looked at her in awe. She's wearing a dark purple buttoned top which hugged her body perfectly and a tight blue jeans. Just being near her turned me on.

Without wasting any time, Ayu pulled me by my collar, brushed her lips against mine and ran her fingers over my chest, making me sensuous. I placed my hands behind her butt pulling her closer to me and deepened our kiss. I leaned over her and moved my lips to her neck and further down as I begin to unbutton her top revealing curves of her breasts.

After almost a minute she called out my name while panting. "I think we should go before anyone comes."

But I wasn't in the mood to leave her yet. "Too soon babe," I whispered and grabbed her from behind circling my hand around her waist and licked her ear. She let out a soft moan and lifted her face to kiss my jawline. We made a naughty stare but it was short-lived after we heard some footsteps outside.

"I told you so," Ayu whispered. Fortunately, there is an exhaust fan in these washrooms, so we turned it on to overpower our noises.

"Don't worry." I assured her with a mischievous smile on my face as she looked at me. We brought our faces close to each other and kissed once more, trying not to make a single sound. Knowing that it was risky only made me more aroused. The sounds of the footsteps faded away which probably meant that the girls had made their exit.

"Finally!" I said huskily and pushed her body against the wall. I gently touched my left hand tracing her back.

"Remove your shirt," she said breathlessly, her hands already opening the first button of my shirt.

"Quite eager aren't you," I smirked as I looked at her unbuttoning my shirt without taking her eyes off mine. I felt her fingers playing with my bare chest. Shit! My breath was getting hitched already. Ever so smoothly we brought our bodies close and I entered my tongue into her mouth, making her moan with pleasure. Thus we both let ourselves get lost in time once again.

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"Ah! That felt good," I said to myself feeling satisfied. We didn't do 'that' but who knows... maybe someday I'll get lucky. This routine had been going on since the last week. We either meet up during college hours while bunking our classes or during the evening, hanging out and finding a private place to crash into. It could be a dark corner, a parking lot, a mall or a club, just any place where we wouldn't be seen in public. Kissing her small, soft, pinkish lips became my favorite thing to do. I never got tired of it; I don't know why when I have already kissed a lot of girls in the past.

I was on my way home, fantasizing about Ayu when a certain girl called me from behind. I looked back to meet the source of the voice.

Sarah

She had a short, silky black hair upto the length of her shoulders and a girl fringe that covered her forehead. She had slighter paler skin and a bit of a healthy figure which made her look chubby but in a good way. Overall, she's really cute.

"Hi there," I greeted her, forcing a smile.

"Don't hi me, Jamie. I've been trying to contact you for the past two days... Were you busy?" She asked, making a worried face.

"Yeah kinda, those assignments kept piling up you see. So how are your exams going?" I asked as we continued to walk together.

"Yeah, they were good... And they were over two days ago," she narrowed her eyes at me.

"Ah! Sorry I forgot," I tried to laugh.

"Yes, I can see that you were busy," she giggled. She walked a little further and looked back at me smiling nervously. "So Jamie, now that my exams are over, I'm finally free so-"

Shit! This was one shitty situation I've got myself into. Everything was coming back to me. Zen talking about the girl I mentioned a few days back. The time Sarah and I spent at the terrace one late night when her parents were out of town. Her confession that followed, the promise to go out once her mid-term exams were over. And then realization crept through me.

Guilt.

These few days with Ayu had made me forget about Sarah. It was when I saw Sarah with her mom yesterday that I began to remember, so I avoided seeing her. She did seem like an honest and a sweet girl. Maybe I should reject her now, gently. "Sarah, there's something I need to te-"

"Hey look," She interrupted. "Why don't we go and sit in that cafe over there," she suggested, pointing over to the 'Cafe Coffee day' in the right hand corner of the road.

"Alright," I sighed.

We settled down at one of the tables and ordered a Cappuccino each. She began to talk about school and exams while I listened to her, trying to make my mind about what to do.

"Is something wrong; am I boring you?" She asked, with worry.

"Of course not, I was just watching you. You are wearing a new top today, aren't you?" I said looking at her amused and noticed her face as she turned red.

"Ye-yeah, mom got it for me the other day. Don't think I bought this to show you though," she pouted.

"I never said that, stupid but, you look cute. Blue suits you," I complimented her and she looked sideways nervously pushing strands of her hair away from her face.

A waiter arrived with our drinks and placed them on the table.

"Excuse me, sir," Sarah said politely and I looked at her, surprised.

"Yes, ma'am?"

"Can you bring some more Chocó chips please? There's only a few in my cup," she said, pointing her finger at the cup filled with cappuccino. The waiter excused himself for a second and returned quickly. He sprinkled the Chocó chips in her cup while she watched him do his work, with a childish grin on her face. I placed a finger on my chin and simply watched her in amusement.

She's interesting in a funny way, I guess.

"I believe in making full use of the money I spend. Seriously, what you find so funny in this?" She asked after she noticed me laughing softly. Suddenly,  I stopped laughing to look at her with a serious face. She blinked, watching me in anticipation.

"Sarah, I can't go out with you right now. I need some time to think," I finally blurted out.

There was a long pause. "Oh," Was all she managed to say.

For a second, I was afraid of her outburst or something but she didn't say anything else. We finished the rest of our coffee in silence.

“Am I being a bother to you?" She asked hesitantly. 

I shook my head sideways. "It’s not you Sarah, it’s me. I’m the one who needs to figure this out." I began to explain.

"But I don't understand, why the sudden change?" she frowns. I can see that she is starting to lose her patience a bit. I place my hand on her shoulder.

"I just don't want to take you for granted, okay?" I say giving her a reassuring smile.

"Okay! I'll wait for you" she smiles back.

There are moments when you know you have to do because it’s the right thing to do, but you surprise yourself and end up doing the exact opposite. This stuff usually doesn't happen to me but it did today. I was supposed to reject her, but ended up buying more time. I guess her dimples that appear on her right cheek whenever she smiles got to me.

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Being the selfish guy I am, I did what my instincts tell me. It's been about two weeks since that kiss with Ayu in the classroom and we have been hanging out ever since. It's fun getting intimate with her and I'm not getting bored of her, either. Its just that I have a hard time figuring out what we are doing, exactly. We both know its physical attraction but, we don't just stick our tongues down each other's throats all the time. If, by chance, we have some free time left in the evening, we would hang out for a little snack at Mc Donald or Pizza hut and chat. To be honest, I can't see her as girlfriend material because she's the bossy type. Not that I want to keep a girl under my control but I don't want to be a wimp either. I guess I should just go with the flow for a while.

However, there’s something off about her today. I can tell that she isn't in it while we are making out on the terrace this afternoon. Is she bored of me already? Or, did I do something wrong? Somehow, it disturbs me throughout my classes. My curiosity is piqued up when she calls me later in the evening to talk about something. And from the look on her face, I can tell that it definitely isn't something pretty.

We sat down at a table in Pizza hut with a margarita placed in front of our table. She quietly places one half of it on her plate and starts eating the triangle shaped piece stealing quick glances at me in between.

“So, what do you want to talk about?” I blurt out in a tone that is more commanding tone rather than a questioning.

“Eat this first, you know that pizzas get cold quickly, right?” she says, before chomping down another large bite. No one, correction, nothing can interrupt her moment with the pizza once she begins to eat it, she just loves it to that extent. That’s one obvious thing I’ve come to know about her in the past two weeks.

“I want to tell you something... Um! I've wanted to say this for a while.” she says with a serious face after we finished eating our pizza.

“Okay...” I say, raising an eyebrow. Fuck. Is this how it's like? Does she like me or something? I mentally freak out. She rests both her hands on the table and looks up at me with determined eyes.

“Let’s end this, Jamie.”

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With the exams going on I wasn't able to finish this chapter but I'm glad I finally did. I hope it wasn't too long. So tell me what you think? What will Jamie do?

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