CHAPTER SIXTY SIX: I AM SITTING NEXT TO HIM
"I admire guys like him, his curly hair, his dimples, his swags and goddamnit… his voice" she responded as she daydreamed while, looking at the ceiling.
What did I just hear?
I looked at her, blinking so hard at what I just heard.
"I heard him speak to Bola this evening" she said as she turned to face me.
She is referring to Bola, one of her closest friends in the clique.
"He is bound to grow older and not the same" that is all I could say.
I think I am entirely drawn to her admiration story, knowing fully well that Daniel can't like someone like her even if she tries her best.
It is even true, I think it is high-time I asked for his green and red flags in girls.
"Yeah and, it is so cute"
"Why are you even telling me?" I asked her confused at why she will even say everything to me.
"I don't know" she shrugged her shoulders as she turned to face the ceiling "I just feel like telling you, you give me this chance to tell you"
"Because of what? Because of Daniel?" I asked in a calm tone with an eyebrow raised.
"Yes, I guess" she responded with a shrug again as she lifted her shoulders. "And also because, I want us to be friends" she quickly added as she smiled
"Friends without even working for it, what a joke!" I hissed as I looked away
"Working for it? Wetin you even mean?" (What do you even mean?) she asked as she looked at me with a confused expression, an expression that says she can get annoyed at anytime.
"Your character, everything… you can't just be friends with me. Just can't!" I said to her with while nodding my head and not even bothering to look at her.
"You talk as if you are one big trophy that I have got to win" she looked at me, I could feel those eyes on me.
"If you take it like that then, that is it!" I replied with a shrug and still not bothering to look at her
"I will just overlook it because, you are a friend to Daniel"
"See, I want to sleep" I said as I turned to make sure my back was facing her that, I was resting on my side.
I think she became speechless because I cannot hear anything from her again which, I appreciated.
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The next day, which is Monday…
The teachers oriented us and assigned us to the noticeboard where, our names and class names are.
When we were in junior secondary school three, doing our final exam. We were told to do an aptitude test that tells the kind of departmental class that we will be.
Departmental class like; Arts, Sciences, Engineering and Commercial classes.
My score fitted in well with the Engineering department.
In each departments, there are two classes for each of them because, of the way we were so over populated.
I was in Engineering B class.
I checked for Samuel's and Daniel's classes. They were both in my class.
I don't even know how to feel
"Hey!" I heard as I felt a hand resting around the back of my shoulder.
"What the hell?!" I said as I felt my heart skip.
"Hahaha!!!" Daniel laughed "Sorry" he responded as he looked at the notice board to check for his class.
"We are in the same class, dumdum!!" I said as I removed his hand from my shoulder and walked away
"Hey! Are you annoyed or what?" Daniel asked confused at the way I left and just followed me, walking side by side with me.
"I am not! I just want to go to class"
"You mean, our class"
"Yeah, whatever you take it as."
"Floral, we are in the same class" Gift came towards me with a huge smile.
What the hell! Why now of all times?
"You have a new friend already?" Daniel asked in a low tone as we stood to wait for Gift as she continued Gift coming towards us.
"Nah, she is just a corner mate" I answered in the same low tone he used to talk to me
"Okay" he responded with no expression on his face as he watched her coming towards us. "Should we continue walking to class or we should just wait for her?" he asked sounding uncomfortable.
"Let's continue walking" I answered as we continued to walk to class.
Gift later caught up with us as we have already gotten to the front of the class already.
"You two are in the same class with me?" she asked with a surprised expression as a smile started forming on her lips.
What did I just hear? She said, the same class. The same class as us.
"Which class are you in?" I asked to be sure of myself, to just clear myself from the misunderstanding I am feeling.
"Engineering class B" she answered with a smile.
What?
"See you inside the class, Floral" Daniel said as he excused himself and walked into the class
I also made way to follow him, "Isn't that cool?" she asked me
"Why will you ask me that question? We don't even know each other. We aren't even friends or anything close. Just corner mates that just started talking yesterday night" I blurted out at her in a normal tone to not sound as if we are arguing.
I immediately walked inside without even waiting for her to say anything in return.
What I saw next made me want to curse the school, there are numbers already assigned to the chair.
"I heard we are to sit according to our numbers, the paper is pasted in front of the class" Gift responded as she stood behind me
I ignored her to go check the paper at the front of the class for my seat number
She still followed me making me uncomfortable
"What do you want?"
"Guess what? I am sitting next to Daniel"