It had been three days since my dad's birthday party. I didn't know why, but I had a feeling that Ron had something in his mind, for me. I was not certain, but I couldn't shake off that feeling. He didn't tell me anything, directly. But I could sense that with my natural instinct. I read somewhere that all women have a sixth sense. It was possible that my sixth sense was forewarning me that I should eschew Ron or anything which could any way lead me to him and I was doing that. Because I didn't want to cause any terrible misunderstanding which could cause me to lose my precious friendship with Rose and Oli.

Again Ron came to drop Oli for college like he did many of the other times.

I didn't comprehend how he could provide so much free time, When he was actually taking over a damn emperor.

When I saw their familiar car and spotted Ron, I immediately just turned around and rushed hastily from there. I went to the bathroom and shut myself in a cubicle until my class started.

"Where did you run off?" Rose inquired me when I sat beside her later in the class. Oli looked up from her open botany book at me.

"I was really in a hurry to use the bathroom." I said casually as I lazily opened my brown backpack and took out my notebook.

"Is your tummy upset?" Oli frowned at me with a puzzling look as she closed her book after placing a pen between the pages.

"Nah." I winked at them slyly. "I just couldn't control my pee."

"You are really weird." Rose huffed and glared at me with fake anger. "You made me worried."

I smiled thinly at her. I couldn't imagine how she would react if I revealed my thoughts about Ron to her. She would probably end up despising me.

I really treasured them and their friendship. I gently placed both of my both palms on her cheeks and pinched her cheeks lightly.

"Ouch!" She winced a little. She angrily slapped my hands away and caressed her cheeks. "What was that for?"

"Just because." I opened my dog ear notebook and took out a pen from her backpack.

"You..." Rose started to rant my ear off, which I was letting go through from one ear to another.

"How is your Chemistry project going?" Oli asked me as she checked her social media on her mobile. "Mine is stuck with mass spectrometry."

"Yeah." Rose folded her pretty arms on the desk and rested her head comfortably on them.

"Me too." She whined a little. "I hate chemistry."

"Well, well, well." I gave them a cheeky smile. "I am kinda lucky about this matter."

"You look creepy." Oli frowned at me.

"What is it?" Rose asked me uninterestedly as she closed her eyes. "Stop acting more weird than you already are."

"Brant is going to help me with the project." I tidied my rebellious hair with my fingers and used a pencil to transform them into a top bun. "I am going to his apartment this Sunday, and we will spend the whole day together." I batted my eyelashes dramatically. "Oh my!"

Brant moved out from his parents home just after entering college. His duplex apartment was near Golden Square.

My savings were ready, so I was. I would move out after Christmas. I already chose three options for apartments. I planned to tell my parents about it at Christmas. And also I will ask them to help me make the final decision on those three options. My parents were willing to support me financially, but I declined their help. They already supported me buying the car, but those two were completely separate matters. I wanted to live wholly independent without anyone's help.

Rose snapped her eyes open and sat back straight. She stared stark at me and blinked a few times. "What type of underwear are you going to choose for that day?"

I choked on the oxygen.

What the fu...

"Whoa, Whoa!" My eyes widened. "That'a a very displeasing thing to ask, you know!"

"Just answer her," Oli said to me as she carefully placed both of her hands under her chin to support her face on the desk.

"I never waste my time on them, because they will get covered by our clothes, anyway." I shrugged impatiently. "I mean, who is going to see them anyway..."

"Brant is going to see them." Rose cut me off.

"What?" I choked again. "Why would he see my underwear?"

"You are dumber than I thought." Oli narrowed her eyes while shaking her head. "You are going to visit his apartment, where he lives alone. You guys will be all alone with each other. Of course, you two will have sex. And to have the sex you have to remove your clothes. Are we connecting the dots here?" Oli squinted her eyes as she visualised something. "Well, you can also do it with clothes on. But still, you shouldn't take chances. I mean at least you have to remove your panties..."

"Okay, okay, hold on." I covered her foul mouth with both my palms with a super red face and baked ears. "What is wrong with you?"

"What.Is.Wrong.With.You?" Rose cross-questioned me with raised brows. "We are helping you here. Of course, you guys will have sex. Actually, you should also bring some condoms with you. In case he forgot to purchase."

I blinked and bit my inner gum as I thought a little.

"Should I really?" I hesitated a little. "Won't he think of me as a pervert or too eager for something like that?"

"That's why you are still a virgin!" Rose and Oli said in unison.

I rolled my eyes.

"So what type of underwear are you going to wear?" Oli sincerely brought the topic back to the flashlight again.

"Well, I always wear some boy shorts with a Sloggi bra," I said.

"Seriously!" Rose's eyes widened. "I mean, I didn't expect you to wear an Amour convertible, but seriously? Boy shorts and Sloggi?"

"Hey, I told you I don't waste time on them." I protested a little.

"And you are planning to wear them on that day?" Oli asked me sarcastically with a grave serious face as she tilted her head.

"I was. WAS!" I said to them in a rush.

"Good, today, we are going shopping for sexy lingerie." Rose announced triumphantly.

*****

"What do you think about this?" Rose picked up a light blue lace bra and panty. We were at that moment inside of a lingerie shop. Rose and Oli were trying to kinda explode this place by their searching. They seemed very aggressive like some hungry person.

"I don't like the colour." Oli purchased her lips with a negative look on her face.

"Is it too light?" She promptly picked up a darker shade of the blue. "How about this darker one.

"No." Oli solemnly shook her head. "They are not sexy at all."

"How about this yellow one?" Rose picked up a yellow coloured pair.

"NO!" Oli put her hands on her waist. "You don't have any colour sense about sexiness. You virgin!"

"Oh, yeah. What about you?" Rose wasn't the ideal type of person who would listen to everything silently. "Are you a gold medallist, about them? You super virgin!"

I found a stool from the corner of the shop which I assumed the employee used for stocking up the self with goods. I was sitting uncomfortably on it in silence, watching tensely as Rose and Oli were throwing words at each other. People were looking at us, and I smiled at them awkwardly.

"This is the one!" Oli cheerfully picked up a black crochet lace back bra.

"Yeah, I like it," Rose also seemed mesmerised by it. "It's perfect."

They both turned to me at the same time. "Try this one."

"Do I really need to try?" I pleaded with them. Everyone in the store was looking suspiciously at us as if we just finished escaping from some mental asylum. I just wanted to finish this embarrassing shopping as soon as possible and get out of there.

"YES!" Rose explained to me with wide eyes. "If you won't try them, how do we know if they are the right one or not?"

"Yeah." Oli pushed that pair to me in a. "We have to make sure that your cleavages and tits...."

"Fine, fine." I huffed and hastily snatched them from Oli's hand and headed grumpily to the trial room.

After properly putting the lingerie on I looked at myself in the mirror and gasped slightly.

Ba-thump

My heart hammered against my rib-cage.

I didn't recognise the girl who was staring back at me through the mirror.

Damn.

That girl, who was staring back at me, was hot and sexy. I couldn't believe that girl was actually me. I narrowed my eyes for a while as if I couldn't quite really process it.

"You look damn sexy." I instantly jumped off my feet by the sudden exclamation from Rose. Oli and Rose are both peeking their heads in through the thick curtain into the trial room.

"I will pray for Brant, that he won't die because of excessive nose bleeding," Oli closed her eyes and put her right hand on her left chest.

"Amen," Rose mimicked Oli.

I rolled my eyes.

**********

After paying for that sexy underwear we came outside where James was waiting for us with a cup of coffee. He straightened himself up as he saw us. Poor him.

"Should we grab something for dinner?" Rose suggested. "I am hungry."

"Yeah, I am hungry too!" Oli said. She promptly turned to me. "What about you?"

"Yeah, fine by me," I told them. "Where should ..."

"Hey, Oli." My words got cut in the middle when a familiar deep voice called out Oli. We all turned around to see Ron was standing with Ryder. He was still in his office wear. I thought he just finished his office work.

But the most important thing was, what was he doing there?!

"Hmmm...." Rose hummed with profound satisfaction in her tone. "What a pleasant view."

"What are you doing here?" Oli asked him with a surprised tone.

"How cold," Ron said with a teasing smile. "I just came here to accompany you."

Oli rolled her eyes. "How did you know we are here?" She inquired.

"I asked James, and he told me you guys came here to shop." Ron smiled at us.

I bit my lower lip as I was desperately searching for a reasonable excuse to escape from there. I couldn't use the same excuse every time. But I really need a decent excuse to....

"Let's go liza." Ron gently called me out from my juggling thoughts.

"Huh?" I was so lost in my inner thoughts, that I missed their conversation. "Where are we going?"

"To grab something to eat." Oli told me with a 'duh' tone. "Remember?"

"Dinner, riiiight." I pointed my index fingers to them. "I would really love to join you guys, but I just remember something important to do so..... I will see you guys later."

I cautiously started to step back from them.

"But you just said yes." Rose squinted her eyes. "You are acting weird again."

"Yeah?" I laughed nervously. "And also I didn't inform my mom that I am eating out." I was about to turn around and walk off.

"How old are you again?" Oli instructed me impatiently. "Just call and inform her."

"I can't." My brain was working super fast to make these sufficient excuses. "My...phone's...battery...dead."

"Use mine." Ron slowly extended his well toned hand to me which was holding the most recent model of the i-phone. I looked at the phone then slowly trailed my eyes up to the hand then shoulder and then the sharp icy blue eyes which were too calm to be. I could also see a crooked smile which was carefully hiding in the corner of his lips. "I saved her number the other day." I didn't know why, but I felt like he knew about my lies, by his calm stare.

"I just remember that she is going to make my favourite dinner today." I finally ran out all of those poor excuses at that moment. "Sorry guys, next time." I waved my hand to them and turned around to leave.

"Liza!" Rose and Oli called out my name loudly.

I turned my head and my eyes met with Ron's and which were staring starkly through me.

I jerked my head back and quickened my steps.

Sorry guys. But I really thought, right that moment, that was the best thing I could do.

                       ***********
Author's note:-

Are you sure Liza, You are doing....right?

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