FRENEMIES IN LOVE

CHAPTER TWO

As the moon illuminated the night sky with its beautiful light, the gang gathered in room CR7 for their usual conversation, this time focusing on Marvelous's girlfriend. Shifting the topic, Joe spoke up, "I feel like getting some Shawarma. Who wants to join me?" He pulled up his hood, preparing to go out.

Sal hopped off his bed and replied, "Alright, let's go. I would love to get Shawarma too." Slipping his feet into his brown palm slippers, he added, "Peace out, bros."

The friends left the room and made their way through the hostel gates. As they reached the Shawarma spot, Joe's eyes quickly scanned the area, and to his surprise, he spotted his crush sitting with a friend, engrossed in a conversation. Taken aback by her presence, he swiftly turned to face Sal.

"That's the girl," Joe blurted out.

"I don't understand" Sal said. "What do you mean that's the girl?

"The one I told you I saw at the Orientation" Joe replied.

Sal, looking around to identify the girl, asked, "oh nice, which girl exactly? There are obviously more than four girls here."

"The one with the long braids wearing purple," Joe replied.

Sal followed Joe's gaze and eventually found the girl they were talking about. As he laid eyes on her, he realized that she was the same girl Timmy had mentioned having a crush on. "This is going to be both funny and interesting," he thought to himself, with an evil smirk on his face. "She is truly stunning." He said aloud

"Even though I wear glasses, my eyes are still top-notch," Joe expressed as he adjusted his glasses.

"So, are you going to go speak to her?" Sal inquired.

"What! No, I'm not. Maybe another time," Joe replied.

Teasing Joe, Sal asked, "Why not? Are you scared? Are you not man enough to speak to a lady? Or is it that her beauty frightens you?"

"LOL," Joe chuckled. "Not even close."

"Well then, I'm not going to force you, but I'll be glad to be your wingman when you're ready," Sal said.

"Whatever, man. Let's just get what we want and go,"

"Alright," Sal said. He dipped his hands in his pocket and brought out his debit card. "Shall we?" he requested.

"Alright, boss," Joe expressed.

They walked to the counter and placed their order. Then Sal looked around and found a seat positioned directly adjacent to where the girl of the hour was seated. He walked over and sat there. Joe joined Sal at the seat, and Sal teased Joe about his crush throughout until her order was ready and she and her friend walked out.

"Simeon Joe, Abdullah Salman, your orders are ready," the woman stationed at the counter announced.

"Alright, that's us," Joe signified.

They got their meal and left for the hostel. They met Timmy at the hostel's gate, and he told them he wanted to go get noodles from a store at the school's cafeteria. Joe and Sal returned to the room, finding it extremely quiet as all other roommates were busy on their phones.

"An announcement is about to take place," Sal majestically joked, stealing all attention. "So all eyes on me," he added.

"This man," Marvelous sighed.

"What noise do you want to fill our ears with now?" Alfred asked.

"Apparently, the girl Joe was talking about in the auditorium, the one he was yapping all about, well, she is actually quite pretty, and I mean pretty pretty," Sal stated.