HIS AT HEART

Part 12

___ VANGAMA ___

I put my phone on silent for the 50 minutes drive from Tzaneen (Amu's home) to Turf.

When I got to my room I had 10 missed calls from Amu. I also had 2 missed calls from Ruth and a text requesting for me to call her when I get to res or at least text her to let her know I arrived safely.

I dialed her number, it rang only once and was immediately answered.
"Vangama" Nathaniel's voice came through, he sounded a bit down.
"Ruth says you left. Are you alright?" He asked
"Yes I'm fine. I got a lift that dropped me off here at school." I told him.
"Alright, as much as I'd have loved to have been given the chance to say a proper goodbye I'm glad that you're okay. Let me give Ruth back her phone before she kicks me." Her laughs a bit.

"I'm going to see you again right? ... well not as Amu's girlfriend but as my friend." That's the first thing Ruth asks
"Of course, maybe if you happen to be around Polokwane one day I can come." I tell her
"Or, you can come to my birthday next month. It won't be in Tzaneen though. It will be back home at Mokopane." She invites me.
I don't want to disappoint her so I agree. I doubt that I will go because it's most likely that Amu will be there.
Here i can be able to avoid him because he is at a whole different faculty and I don't go out that often.

...

The week goes by so slowly. The only good thing about it was that it was our September recess week. I was supposed to be home but I didn't go because I didn't want my stepmom to see me sulking over a boy.
I lied to her and said I am too busy with my research work. She knows final year ain't child's play.

The first 2 days after I got back Amu tried calling but I ignored his calls and since then he hasn't called.

I've been talking to Ruth once in a while, she went back to Mokopane with Nathaniel the day after I left.
I've not spoken to Nathaniel ever since the call after I got back here. I guess it's time to forget about my stupid crush on him.

...

Catherine came back from home today and the first thing she does is come to my room still with her bag.
"Babe, I couldn't tell you this over the phone but b*tch I've got news" she says dramatically sitting on my bed.
I give her a questioning look.
"It's about your boyfriend. Girl! I feel so bad that I'm the one who introduced him to you because chile! That boy ain't shit." She says with those fake YouTuber accents.
I laugh a bit. "Well he's not my boyfriend anymore and there's probably no news you'll tell me that's worse than what I already know"  I tell her.

She looks at me wide eyed.
"Ya'll broke up!?" She exclaims then continues "well I found out from another guy in his circle that he has 2 kids imagine! Not that it's bad to have kids but why does he hide it? And well since ya'll have broken up i might as well tell you that I found out that the day ya'll slept together for the first time he had just slept with Mary from down the corridor. And they apparently did it in her room."

What???
Does this boy want me to die or what? Why would he sleep with another girl and immediately come to me?
And to do it just a few rooms away from mine... the nerve!

This probably explains why his lips were different that day. He had been kissing another girl. Damn I've been stupid. To think I kissed him, who knows where those lips had been.

"Earth to Vangi" Cathy moved her hand across my face. I must have zoned out from processing all this craziness.

We spent some time just talking about random stuff. When she asked about my visit with Amu and why we broke up I just told her that I broke up with him because I found out about the kids. I didn't want to explain everything to her.