It's not his kind of thing ke?

"Why did you come in the first place?"

He stopped replying.

I dropped my phone in my bag dejectedly.

Concentrate, Jummy!

"Hey, girl."
Kayode approached.

Oh, God, Kay, not now!

"Hi." I replied non-chalantly.

"You look tired already and we have barely started.

Nobody asked, sir.

"Nah, just bored, where's Enny?" I stood, ready to end the conversation.

"She's with Kemi, I guess."

"Oh, Kemi is here? I need to say Hi to her."

"Wait... I"

"Goodbye, Kay." My voice overshadowed his.

I made my way to where Kemi and Enny stood.

Kemi was our third Friend. She was dark skinned and the shortest among us. She eats twice as us but she was very skinny and I always wondered where all the food went.

"Kemi Kemo, how are you, been long I saw you."

"Jumjumjumjumm!" She replied, sounding like a car about to ignite. That was what she was she always called me whenever she was in a good mood.

"What's up na?"

"It's my department. They want to kill me with stress o."

"You'll be fine, sweetheart."

"Guys, let's join the rest, so we don't leave them waiting." Enny suggested.

*....*
We spent 3 hours already and the fun we had been having didn't seem to want to come to an end. It was 6:30pm already, people had started leaving. I needed to go home too. I knew I had told them I mightn't come back home, but It wasn't that easy. My mom might suddenly call and say there's no one to cook at home. Dad might call to say his tomorrow's cloth needs to be ironed, even though Brother Timi was home- doing nothing!!

After eating enough food, I made my way back into Enny's room and changed into my former clothes.
She then joined me in her room.

"You're leaving?" She asked.

"Yes."

"Didn't you already take permission to do a sleepover?"

"Enny, you know my house. They'll soon start calling now, just wait."

"I have a perfect Idea."

"That won't make them call?"

"Yes, baby."

She raced out of the room and came back in few minutes.

"My mom has called your mom." She let out, breathing heavily.

"For real?"

"Yes, so put those fucking bags down."

"What did she tell her?"

"Actually I didn't hear, but I knew it ended with...We'll take care of her, ma."

"See you o, if you were a Police officer, culprit go don run away." I chuckled.

She frowned.

"Y'all, that's what I get for helping my best friend."

"Who are the "y'all?" I cried out, amidst laughter.

Enny shone her eyebrows at me as I mimicked her.

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I woke up with stomach upset the next day.

I must've eaten too much cake yesterday. Thank God today is Friday, our lecture free day.

Coming out of the Toilet for the third time, I sat at the edge of the bed and rested on the wall. Enny was still sleeping soundly on the other side of the bed.

Aww, birthday is finally over!

"Chumchumchum!" My phone beeped.
I checked it and it was a text message.

Let's meet 10am today for the continuation of the Project.
Alex.

"Today? 10am? Alex Mathew would not be the end of me!"
I dropped a note for Enny.

"Hey, Big head, I've gone home. Text me when you wake up! I love you❤️

I packed my stuff and headed out.

"Bike!" I called. A young bike man with no passenger approached.

"Madam, where you dey go?" He questioned.

"Kasa. How much?"

"Kasa na 200 naira o."

"200 keh? From here to there?"

"Na like that them dey carry am madam. You get this money, spend am!"

After much bargaining with him, we settled at 150 naira and I sat.
When I got home, the doors were locked. Mom and Dad had gone to work and Bro Timi wasn't home either. I got in using my key.

By the time I washed plates, swept the sitting room, cleaned my room and bathed, I found out the time was 9:35 am.

Omo, food will wait till I come back. The project discussion shouldn't take up to 2 hours.

I put on a white sweater with "BABY" designed on the chest with a pair of black leggings, then I brought out the Project Jotter and placed it in my mini school bag. Finally, I ran to Bro Timi's room and sprayed a little out of his perfume.

What's left? What's left? Nothing, Jummy, let's go!

I got to the school gate around 10:02 am.
The school was a bit scanty, probably because it was weekend and the muslims have to pray.

Where did he even say we should meet? Oh, right, he didn't say any location in his text!

"Where are you?" I texted him.

"Lecture Classroom D5."

I stepped into the big building adjacent the school cafeteria.

Damn, why did he have to choose here? The scent coming from the cafe is killing and I'm so hungry!

I broke out in a cold sweat when I saw him. we were the only ones in the class. The air was full of freshness surrounding him. A fresh Creed Aventus or maybe a Baccarat Rouge. Whatever his perfume was, he smelt really nice. He wore a black round neck and a pair of black pants. His hair was neatly brushed and his eyes were fixed on his phone.

"Hi." I greeted, sitting opposite him.

"You're 5 mins late." He replied, raising his head.

I could feel his eyeballs scanning my body, from head to toe!

"Yeah, late notice."

I brought out my Jotter and placed it on the table between us.

"About the project, we stopped at features of pangolins, I browsed a few more and.."

"Were you angry yesterday? He cut me short.

Yes! Why would you say those romantic words and still end up disappearing!

"No."

His eyes were still fixed on me. I didn't want to care because I didn't want to assume. At the end, he might just be thinking.

"Pangolins are nocturnal animals. They are also teethless but they have a long tongue. They only smell and ear, they can't see. They are often thought as a reptile, but actually a mammal. They are solidatry, they only meet to mate and mate only once a year..."

"So, why aren't you looking at me?" He interrupted again, this time, placing his head between the palm of his hands.

What exactly is wrong with my crush today?

"Does it matter?" I raised my eyeballs.

"We are going to be presenting it to our Lecturer without looking at his face?"

"You're Alex, not my lecturer."

"I know."

"Pangolins are found.."

"I know you're mad at me."

"They are found in grasslands because they.."

I stopped when I felt his warm hands on my hand.

"I guess I wanted to try something new, that was why I decided to come for the birthday party. But when I got there, it just felt like all eyes were on me somehow. People were taking pictures of me and they wanted to take with me too. It was pretty uncomfortable."

He's trying to apologize. Awww, it's so cute!

"Still, I should have told you before I left but I couldn't even walk to where you were."

"It's okay, I understand." I mumbled, my cheeks were red and I flashed a smile. I finally locked eyes with him and tried to withdraw my hands but I failed.

"I'm sorry, Olajumoke."

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