The Sands Of Tshani 2

Part 27

**Marcel

I got to my room and I told Nate and Nate wasn't around. I called the class rep and she wasn't around campus so she asked me that I meet up with Briana instead because they roommates, said she wouldn't be back until Monday morning so I had 2 choices; meet up with Briana or keep the papers with me and I obviously chose option two, keep the papers with me. That Briana cheek is way too talkative or she caught me in a bad mood but either way I still wasn't in the mood for small talk. I took one of the papers and started working on the pieces of the work that did not need the lab. As I was busy with that trying to not think about Anam, Nate walked in talking on the phone laughing.

//Him: oh come on mom...

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Him: I just walked in and he is studying.... As usual

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Him: ok hold on.... Say hi to mom

Me: Mrs Hartley Hi

Her: who knew that you of all people would dump me

Me: I would never do that to you

Him: yeah well he's having girlfriend problems

Her: what has she done? Please tell me it's not that Merissa chick again

Me: mom come on.

Him: it's not her though it is because of her

Her: when will you listen? That girl is bad news baby

Him: thank you mom

Me: may I defend myself now?

Her: no. I know what you going to say, that she's going through a rough patch and that she needed you

Me: but she did Ma

Her: I lost my husband but you didn't see me turning to my ex for comfort

Me: its different

Her: how so?

Me: you and your ex aren't friends

Her: that's because there's no such thing as being friends with your ex, one of the two will eventually fall for the other. Feelings are going to surface no matter how hard you try to fight it; they always do... or at least that's what I've come to learn

Me: Mrs Hartley you didn't ask to talk to me to lecture me now

Her: actually I did. Nathan told me everything

Me: of cause he did

I said giving Nathan the look and he shrugged. Nathan and his mom have become the best of friends ever since his father died, he had to step up and become the man of the house to his mother and 10-year-old sister. His father died on the day his sister was born.

Her: I'm sorry she dumped you thou

Me: thanks Ma

Her: give her time ok... if she is what Nate says she is then she will come around ok?

Me: yes wifey

Him: don't! just don't ok?

Her: what? Jealous of my cutie? Both of you are my husband

We laughed. This woman was a cooler version of my mom, she was the one I ran to when my mom was being dramatic and she would talk to mom on my behalf.

Him: no I'm not. anyway where's Nora?

Her: she's locked up in her room grounded

Us: why?

Him: what did she do?