Mellon

Chapter 7

"Oooonnn......?" she asked .

"I have a crash on you Mellon. "

"GREAT!!!, you pick the last day of the semester and decide to say something like that to me."

The way she replied with the word 'great' really bothered , I wondered whether that was to degrade me or not, but how quickly she added that I picked the last day of the semester made me feel relived a little, able to add on at least something , maybe an excuse.

"Well Joe, now that I've finally known how you really feel , it's what is important right ?" she asked before I can say a word.

"Maybe,  but I hoped we can have a chance with each other but........."

"But......?"

"But there have been a couple of boys in your life and I dont really think I stand a chance, it's why  I have been reluctant ."

"But all those boys are not even my boyfriends , they are my friends ."

"Is it ?"

"You dont believe ,me? , you can ask Ivan ,he's a friend too and your friend to be precise. "

"Yeah to be precise , Ivan , at first I thought he is your boyfriend ."

"Seriously! , you make me laugh Joe,we've always been together and you should be knowing that Ivan is a friend."

"I know but the way you two used to behave earlier."

"So that meant to you that we were a couple."

"Sure and I couldn't add up to anything to that ,never wanted to be a third party ."

"Well then better get that out of your head because we never are ."

After a moment of silence ,i felt a bit romantic when having that conversation and am sure she felt so too .

" I think we can talk about this some other time," I suggested.

"Maybe."

"Have a good day then, it's late , and have a good night, " I joked ,it was still noon .

"I will see you soon."

"Alright , but at least you can accompany me to the gate, is that too much?"

"No , i will be doing the shifting ."

After waving goodbye to her , I left for the campus gate but as I was approaching a canteen outside the campus , I saw her running after faster like she was running after something or someone , and she had to do all she could to find it ,but when she realized that I've seen her ,she slowed down the rate at which she was taking . I remembered she'd told me she was to shift , what was she doing here ,at least that was something in my mind for that moment .

I really wanted to know what she was after so I decided to pretend that I was buying airtime from the canteen .

But what was she looking for ?