The night before my first CA test subject, I was a nervous wreck. All I knew was my trip to Eket depended on me acing this test to the best possible degree, and surpassing every other student in my grade, that was no easy feat.

We had Marketing, and even though I was pretty good at it and immensely prepared, I still felt very nervous. I had to have perfect scores in all my tests or else there was no way I'd beat every other student. My phone vibrating distracted me from my worrying.

It was Isaac, and a wide smile spread over my face immediately at the memory of our first kiss, my first kiss. Ever. He'd called me every day since then, we spent hours talking both at school and in our homes, texting. Everyone thought we were a couple, although it wasn't official yet. I felt comfortable around him.

Although Caleb had stopped talking to me since the night of the party, it didn't hurt as much considering things were almost magical with Isaac. Although, I still missed the first guy I could sort of call my best friend. Aside from Dami, he was the one I made a real connection with. Faith and I were close but I was a lot more open with Caleb and Dami than I was with her, and now both of those relationships were done for.

"Hey, stranger." I answered the phone, my voice sounding ridiculously giddy.

"Hey beautiful, how are you?"

"I'm okay. How are you?"

"I'm fine. I knew you'd be worried about the test tomorrow so I called to know if you were feeling alright." He said.

"You're too sweet. And yes, I'm hella nervous. I feel as if I'm just gonna go in there and mess everything up."

"We both know that's not gonna happen. You'll be fine it's just nerves." He said, chuckling lightly.

"Thank you. So how was your day?" I asked.

"It was funny. I went to a restaurant to eat, they were playing this song, Otedola. It's actually half based on my dad. It felt kind of weird being there and listening to someone sing about your dad, funny too." He said, chuckling.

"There's a song about your dad?" I asked incredulously.

"You'd be surprised." He replied vaguely.

"So you're like famous or something?"

"My dad is, not me. No one has any idea who I am. How was your day?" He replied.

"Well it was alright, I spent half reading, quarter watching Grey's Anatomy, and the rest worrying about the test tomorrow " I replied truthfully, feeling the nerves rise up in me again.

"Sounds like a perfect day to me." He muttered, "I think you should rest, it's pretty late, we wouldn't want you falling asleep during the test."

"You're right, goodnight Isaac." I murmured sleepily, feeling the excitement from the day kick in, I really did need the rest.

"Good night."

I dozed off to the sound of his voice, ending the call in a dreamlike state where I could almost imagine telling him how I felt, and hearing him return my feelings with equal intensify.

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I woke up feeling refreshed and invigorated, ready to conquer the world. And blast my test, naturally.

After the morning assembly I rushed to my class to do some last minute revision, and was pleasantly surprised to see Isaac leaning against the door to my classroom.

"Hey," he greeted, smiling widely when he noticed my presence.

"Hey Isaac!" I responded, hugging him slightly.

A cough from a passing teacher caused us to spring apart guiltily and I tucked a stray strand of hair behind my ear, meeting his gaze shyly.

"So how are you feeling?" He asked, shoving his hands in his pocket. I noticed he'd gotten a new haircut. Most boys around did something similar but in my opinion his looked best.

"I'm okay. Excited for marketing but I'm nervous as well."

"It's natural. You'll do great, don't worry about it." He said.

"I hope so." I replied shyly.

"I'll let you revise now, but we'll see during break." He responded, giving me a small smile. I wondered if he would ask me out anytime soon.

"Alright. Thanks for stopping by." I said, trying and failing to hide my blush.

"You're so cute." He said, "I'll talk to you later."

We parted ways and I turned around to enter my class, bumping into Dami who 'accidentally' spilled her drink on me.

Rolling my eyes I chose to ignore her and went to the bathroom to wash the small stain off my shirt sleeve, rolling my sleeves up when I finished.

The bell rung to signify that our tests would commence soon and I hurried back to my class, trying not to panic at the fact that I didn't get the chance to revise.

I settled into my seat and scanned through my study notes for about five minutes before a teacher walked in and ordered us all to put our bags away. Obeying wordlessly, we all took our bags and hung them on the hooks provided on the wall beside the board and returned to our seats.

I swallowed down nerves as the teacher rearranged the class, making Caleb sit by me. He was still ignoring me and he didn't look thrilled at all, yet he obeyed.

When she was done shuffling, she shared our test booklets to us and told us we had thirty minutes to finish the test. Like Isaac and I discussed, I began with the theory section because it carried more marks. We had to answer two questions out of three and I was grateful I knew the answers.

I answered both questions, ensuring that I didn't miss anything out and reread my answers when I was done. Finding my answers satisfactory, I moved to the ten objective questions. One by one I ticked the correct answers easily till I was done, then I went over the answers again. Halfway through going over the answers, Dami stood up and submitted her booklet, picking her bag up and exiting the class. Then the teacher announced we had five minutes left. I went through my answers and waited for about three minutes, checking my wristwatch and going over the answers a third time, knowing they had to be perfect.

By the time I was done, over half of the class had submitted their answer booklet and so I rose to submit mine.

I picked up my bag when I was done and left the class. I knew we had one more test before our break time so I went down to an empty classroom to study a bit for my government test. After studying noiselessly for a while, I was interrupted by a cough. On looking up, I saw Isaac and I felt my heart rate increase tenfold.

"Hey, what's up?" I greeted him, noting that we were completely alone. There was no sign of life on the entire floor, not even the occasional teacher passing.

"I'm okay. How was your test?" He asked, moving over to sit on the desk where I was reading.

"Was okay. Yours? What subject did you have?" I asked, my voice coming out in a rush and betraying my nervousness.

"Chemistry. It was good. I missed you, though. I think I rushed through it so I could see you again." He said, looking away with a shy smile. I felt my heart tighten in my chest with affection, and chose to stay silent.

After a while, I spoke. "Do you want to study for your next test here?"

"Sure." He replied, fishing out a note from his backpack.

We studied in silence till the tension was too much to bear. I looked up at Isaac only to find him staring down at me too. Wordlessly, he pulled me up and positioned me between his legs. We were so close, I was scared he could hear the frantic beating of my heart.

"What are you doing?" I asked stupidly, cursing my hot cheeks.

"Admiring you." He said, maintaining his half smile.

He wrapped his hands around me and enclosed me in a warm hug, and as my chest met his, I was relieved to find that I wasn't the only one plagued with nerves. Warm lips met my neck so slightly I could've missed them, and my knees threatened to give out beneath me. I was thankful he still held me tightly.

Boldly I met his eyes and the force of emotion I saw there almost overthrew me. My eyes had a will of their own as they fluttered close as Isaac leaned in to me. And the last coherent thought I had before his lips met mine was how perfect that moment was, I never wanted it to end.

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A/N

*nervous chuckle*

Is anyone still reading this? Have a cookie👀
I can't apologize enough for not updating this book..I hope the #mavaac action in this chapter sort of makes up for the long wait. Finishing this chapter made me smile because I remember how deeply we felt things back in secondary school.

As always, tell me what you think.

-Rhys💖