Fridays at school was considered not different from Saturdays. Lectures hardly hold and we had free periods most of the time.

During the free periods, I didn't go to the main library to study even though we had our continuous assessments tests coming up in a couple of weeks. I groaned as everyone left the lecture theater leaving me and Oluwatobi, who sat some seats away from me. Her head was on the desk, so I was practically staring at her back. She felt my eyes on her end she looked up.

"Are you checking me out?" Oluwatobi whispered but I heard it clearly.

I laughed. "Sorry, what?"

She gave a weak smile and said nothing afterwards.

"I wasn't checking you out, just wondering why you didn't go for lunch with your friends." I replied

"Hmmm, I'm not hungry. What about you?"

"Well..... I'm waiting for someone"

She nodded and continued what she was doing under the desk.

After fifteen minutes into the free periods, Grace came into the lecture theater. She passed through the front door and I waved at her so she could easily see me. We had met couples of time after Favour introduced her to me.

Grace was a girl you'd fall in love with fifteen miles away except if you're gay but don't argue that, Grace was beautiful and sexy enough to make a gay ni**a fall in love . Grace came over to where I was sitting. She was dressed in a black jean with a white crop top and a black jacket. Her hairs were partly covered with a scarf as the ones at the front ran down a part of her face thus covering her right eye. Her face shone bright like an harmattan sun.

I had developed feelings for Grace although I found it really difficult to admit it and honestly, my feelings for Favour had died. I only loved her as a friend not as a girlfriend but there's a little to what I could do because I don't want to be responsible for breaking my best friend's heart.

Grace finally got to where I was sitting and I offered her a seat beside me.

"Finally," Grace said. She bought meat pie and Fanta for me from store five at the walkway. I quickly gulped down the Fanta out of thirst which resulted in a brain freeze. I held my head and shut my eyes. Grace who was beside me quickly held my hand. She looked really concerned.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine" I answered as soon as the brain freeze stopped. She just smiled and didn't say anything again. At that time, people had started coming back into the lecture theater. I looked at Oluwatobi and Gabriel who were busy in a silent conversation same with Paul and Mary too. I and Grace were left out.

"Third wheels aren't we?" I asked and I laughed out loud.

"Do you want us to go somewhere else?" She asked

"Sure!" I threw the already empty bottle of Fanta on the floor and followed Grace out of the lecture theater. Gabriel and Oluwatobi gave me a suspicious look and I rolled my eyes. They would have assumed something was up between Grace and I.

We walked through the corridors of zoology department till we got to the Zoology library, the last office in the department block. The library wasn't occupied by anyone. I sat down in a corner of the library. Grace did too, she sat close to me.

"So......." I stressed the word signalling that I was about to start a conversation. "So Oreoluwa is your boyfriend?"

"He was, but not anymore. Oreoluwa is an asshole." Grace spat out. I saw how angry and furious she had become. I wanted to skip the discussion but I didn't.

"But how did you get to know about Oreoluwa? I never mentioned that to anyone."

"I've heard about him," I replied.

"So you believe things based on rumours?" She muttered.

"They weren't just rumours Grace, I've met with Oreoluwa couple of times and I've seen how he acts around everyone. Forget it anyways." I added and muttered indistinctively

Grace didn't say anything for a while.

"I'm sorry I made you remembered him. I'm sorry for opening your healed wounds." I apologized. I didn't want her to have a wrong impression of me.

"It's okay. Oreoluwa is just going through rough times. He is not always like that."

"Okayy...." I replied feeling a little relived that she didn't pick an offence from what I just said.
"Uhm.... Grace, I'm hoping we can just go beyond this friendship of a thing." I said while holding her hands gently. She  laughed really hard and I enjoyed the sound of her mature laughter which warmed my heart. It made her look more beautiful.

"So where should we go beyond just friends?" She added sarcastically.

"Well, I'd love to have your heart and attention and besides, I don't think you have any other boyfriend presently."

"Well, yeah I don't have a boyfriend." She replied with a smile on her face. "And for my heart, I don't think I can spare it." She concluded.

I already knew it wasn't going to be easy winning Grace's heart but I have started already and nothin is gonna make me back off.

"I don't necessarily need all your heart. You can keep the part that pumps blood and all. I just need the emotional part of it." I said with a smile too while still keeping an eye contact with her.

Grace laughed and tilted her head. She looked at me with the most charming smile I've ever seen my whole life. I moved closer with my hands on her. I was about to say something when Hussaynah, the Zoology librarian came into the library. We changed the discussion.

"So Timmy, do you bring every girl you meet here?" Grace said

"Nopppe," I said stressing the 'p' "its just you."

"Wow, thanks," she blushed.

Just then, Maleek our class representative came looking for Grace.

"Grace, the level adviser said you should come for your final clearance ASAP," Maleek announced as he popped in his head in the library.

"The level adviser wants to see me. I better get going now Timmy," Grace said.

"Sure, feel free to come here anytime you need to think or be alone," I smiled.

Grace picked up her bag from the bookshelf and hung it on her shoulder. I looked at her again and her glowing, spotless skin made me so weak.

She looked back at me and said "I guess we'll talk more on Monday"

"Yeah," I said and moved close to her. I planted a kiss on her forehead and then moved back to observe the shock on her face which she later broke into a smile. I smiled in return and she walked towards the exit door.

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