"Let's pretend like we never knew each other, then whenever you need me, I'll pretend like I don't know you"

Vera's POV

"What the heck? You should've told him about your meeting with your brother" Florence suggests.

I'm here laying on her bed telling her the mistake I made..

"But the project isn't something that needs to be done by two people, don't you think he wants to to tell me something very important??" I say feeling eager to know the reason behind all this.

"What's more important, finally being in a good place with your long forgotten brother or Tobi asking you out?"

Wait what?!

Did I hear correctly??

"Asking me out? You know about this"

"Nooo! Isn't that what was on your mind? I mean why else will he want to meet you?" Florence says rolling her eyes

Drama queen.

"Coming to think of it, that might be the real reason... But its hard to choose-

"Get your head out of the clouds Vera! You must tell Tobi you can't meet on Saturday because you have a family thing you urgent need to attend to" She says with a change of tone

I sigh and roll over to her side.

"Why's life so harddd" I whine

"Sometimes, the one person you really want to be with, might not the person you're meant to be with... Its not your fault if you're not meant to be. Vera just tell him how you feel before it's too late.. Even though he might not feel the same, you'll regret not telling him... Trust me" Florence says playing with my hair.

When did Flo suddenly become a love expert?

"where did you get all that from?"  I ask with shock

"Wattpad, duhhh. I've read too many books to know how all these ends"

"well I hope you're right.."

"So what have you decided on? Are you going to see your brother on Saturday" Florence asks.

Well I guess I have no other choice.

"Nah I'll do the project with Tobi instead"

I could've sworn Florence was a blackbelt, because the kind of smack she gave me on my arm was the kind you'd get if you were caught stealing meat from the pot.

Damn it was painful as hell.

You definitely deserved it!

"What the fuck! Ouchhhh that hurt" I whine rubbing my pained arm

"That's for being an ass"

"Gosh Flo I was kidding. I'm not doing the project with Tobi" I say

And believe me, I was really kidding, I just wanted to see her reaction.

And that was the worst mistake I've ever made.

"Yeah right, you better must've been joking because there's a lot more where that came from" she threatens raising both fists in the air.

I fear this girl more and more each day.

"Then I'll break the news to Tobi on Friday."

"As long as you cancel your schedule with him before Saturday, any day's fine by me" Florence adds and starts  rummaging through her new lip gloss collection.

Yup! She finally got the 'Glossier lip collection' she'd been dying for since the day she started using lip gloss.

According to what she told me.

I on the other hand only have at least two lip glosses.. I hardly use them any ways... But Florence, oh no! She uses them everywhere, anytime!

There was a time I had a sleepover at her house, and she literally applied lip balm before she went to bed.

"I see you've gotten the Glossier collection" I say as I stretch my hand to check out the shiny pink glittered box.

She slapped my hand before I could reach it.

"Don't touch it!" Flo snaps

Geez..

"So much for being obsessed with lip gloss" I say rubbing my hand.

She really enjoys slapping me.

"I'm telling you, one day I'll own my own lip gloss and lip balm business and I call it 'Go with the Flo'" she says as she dances around with the box.

I'm definitely not the crazy one here.

***

FRIDAY
°°°

"Don't wait for me today Vera, my Mum is picking me up early today, I'm pretty sure she's around right now" Florence says as she grabs her bag to leave.

"Oh that's fine, I'll see you on Monday" I say as I also get up.

"I can't believe you've not broken the news to tobi, tell him now before it's too late!!" she warns and leaves the class.

Damn she's fast.

Oh yeah.. I haven't told him that I won't be able to make it tomorrow.

I wish I could clone myself tho..

"Should I leave the key?" a voice interrupts my thoughts.

It was Ayo.  She probably had somewhere to go, maybe that's why she's handing over the key to me.

I can't believe I'm literally the only one in class.

I look at her and nod.

Ever since our first 'civil' conversation, Ayo's been pretty nice to me, I mean I've also been nice to her also...

She hasn't thrown a tantrum at anyone after she got a taste of her own medicine.

She's actually pretty cool tho.. She has two elder brothers who hand over to her whatever gadget they seem not to like anymore. I mean, who the hell hands down an ipad after two weeks of use?!

"Because I really have somewhere to go, so lock it, thank you" she says and leaves.

Why is everyone leaving me like this?

Because you suck.

You little bitch!

I decide to finally leave class. Walking to the door of the class to take the key, a figure rushed to the class.

I can never ever forget that physique.

Tobi!!

Quick, make a run for it before you say something stupid!

No no no, I have to break the news to him.

Instead of walking to his direction, I run back into class, pretending I forgot a book.

Smart move Vera, real smart.

Before I knew it, he was already in class. He was literally standing at the door step.

Oh shit, there's no way I can avoid him now.

I told you to run while you had the chance.

"I just wanted to remind you about tomorrow, you're still up for it, right?" He asks hopefully.

And I'm about to make him loose that hopefully feeling.

I start playing with my fingers.

Focus!

"Actually, no" I say almost regretting this words slip out of my mouth like that.

I mean what the hell Vera!

His face drops with worry.

I'm so sorry.

"Oh, why? Anything wrong?" He asks as he comes closer and closer.

Oh My God
Oh my God

I can't breathe, don't you dare take another step!!

I'm liking this tension!

"Actually yeah.. I'm meant to meet up with my younger brother tomorrow, I haven't seen him in years, and he need surgery, so I really need to catch up with him before it's too late. I know I was so so stupid not to tell you earlier, but I didn't just want to say no because I wasn't sure you'd understand it, Gosh I'm sorry, believe me I wish-

Before I knew it, sparks flew up

His lips crashed against mine.

Vera?! Where are you Vera! Stop kissing him!!

You're loosing me Vera!! Veraaaaa? Stop!

Gosh I wish I was you right now.  How does his lips taste??

I smiled too much as we made out.

Too much that my lips broke the kiss.

Vera! What the hell.

"Oh so sorry, was that a mistake? Uhmm-

He laughs at me and shakes his head.

Oh my God, did I have a bad breath?

Shitttt!!!!

"that's what I wanted to do on Saturday, who the hell cares about the project" he says

Oh my God!

"Oh a kiss?" I ask, I swear I could feel my lips curving into a smile

Cut.
It.
Out.

Keep it totally cool.

Good luck with that!

"Well yeah kinda, but I was going to ask you out" he says smiling hopefully

Florence was fucking right! I wish I could dance right now.

Oh Jesus don't wake me up just yet. Let me have this.

Hurry up and answer you asshole! I need to rest!

Okay okay, should I say yes?

I give up.

I could feel my brain shut down after.

"Yeah, sure whatever--uhh I mean yes- duh.. I guess so?"

What the bloody hell was that?!

He laughs again.

I'm so so bad at this.

"You don't have to feel weird about it, you'll get used to it" he says as he reaches for my right hand.

I don't want to sound like all the Wattpad Clichés I read, but...i think I'm in love!

Too soon? Yeah I know but, I can never ever get over this feeling.

I hope I never ever wake up from this dream.

Hey hey hey!!

I've never written something as cheesy as that before, but I hope I tried..

Gosh Cliches are so so annoying

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