INTROSPECTIVE

Chapter 20

Please read Chapter 19 before you read this chapter. I have made some changes there and you can only understand this chapter if you've read the new chapter 19.It's only the last dialogue.

Somebody had likened Nairobi weather to a hormonally imbalanced teenager.

As Eva walked through the college's grounds she felt it was more apt to liken it to a hormonal pregnant woman with crazy mood swings.

One moment it was raining and the next it was unbearingly hot.

Had the universe conspired against her? She wondered. Because while she was about ready to burst because of this vengeful weather, everyone else looked totally undisturbed and composed. On the other hand, she felt like she was walking through a hot furnace.

Sweat meandered through her scalp, threatening to drip onto her brow.Discomfort didn't even begin to cover what she was feeling. She felt like a walking sponge that was slowly expelling all its liquid.The stuffy clothes she was wearing due to the college's strict dress code didn't help at all.

Her agony wasn't limited to her physical state. For the past week, her emotions were running haywire.

She couldn't stop berating herself.

Firstly, for letting her guard down.He had kissed her! The idiot!She had only been teasing. She hadn't meant for him to come at her like that.

The other part of her though, was berating herself because of the way she had handled it all.He had kissed her and she had ran off.

She took off as if she was being chased by a hellhound. The minute she had gotten home, she had blacklisted his number and resisted the urge to unblock him for the rest of the week.

So she was simultaneously mad at him and herself.

Was she being immature and idiotic? Most likely, she was and wouldn't be surprised if Louis thought so too.

But she didn't care. She didn't want to talk to him. The way her heart beat whenever she thought of that kiss was scary. Not scary in a romantic breathless sort of way. But in the sort of way that made her think she'd need an oxygen mask.

It was for that reason she was closing her mind off him. Erecting barriers in her head to ward off even the slightest thought.

Her accounting textbooks felt heavier than usual as she reached the parking lot. Instead of going straight to uni after high school, she had asked for a year to figure out what she wanted to do with her life.

Her mom had insisted that she at least take some accounting classes in the meantime.

Relief was the only word in her mind as she approached where she had parked her car. She just wanted to drop her bag and rela...

Thud!

Her heavy bag fell on the ground.

"I would recognize this car anywhere. You practically scooped me up with it."

She was angry. So damn angry. She couldn't do this right now. Her nostrils flared and with a huff, she picked up her bag and began walking away.It seems she would have to take a matatu home.

Being melodramatic wasn't her thing. But every girl has her moments.

"Eva wait."He followed her, "Eva please just...."

He reached for her arm to stop her.

"What! What do you want Louis?" She had reached her last aorta of patience.

"Calm down. I'm not asking for a kidney or something.Just a few minutes to talk."

"Why the hell are you here? Can't you take a hint. I don't want to talk to you."