JUST FOR YOU

《4》Vincent.

As fast as it came, the holidays ended, and it was time to get back to school. I was very pleased because I had missed school so much. I got to be myself when I was among my friends, rather than the fake face I put up at home. Home was beginning to annoy me.

Activities resumed very fast, and everything was back to normal except that classes were less congested now as everyone wasn't offering the faculty courses as in our first year. But a few of us in biological sciences still offered some courses together, and that was when I met him.

"Hi. I've been seeing you for quite some time now, and I think you're really cool, and I'd love to be your friend." I was so engrossed with what I was doing on my phone, and my headphones were on that I pretended to not have noticed him, hoping he would go away. I needed zero interruptions. "Hellooooo," He drawled, waving his hands to catch my attention. I looked up slowly to see another handsome guy staring at me. Mehn, this school was crawling with handsome guys everywhere. I was instantly captivated by his handsomeness. Having a baby with him seemed more realistic than with the other guy because we were in the same class.

He was tall and skinny. Just how I liked my guys. He was also dark-skinned and had the most beautiful pair of black, round, sparkling eyes I had ever seen. His eyebrows were very bushy. His face was clear, unlike mine, which looked like a battlefield for acne scars and had no beard. He was clean-shaven. His hair was ebony, and he had white hair tossed around the tips. It had been rumoured that young people with white hair were usually very wise and intelligent, which was a good thing because our children would be wise and intelligent.

Focus Janette. You can't go around imagining having kids with every fine guy you come across. My subconscious finally spoke some sense to me.

I smiled to myself for a while before realising he had been standing before me and talking to me. And my mind was wandering like a lost soul. "Sorry, I didn't hear you." I apologised as I took off my headphones and turned them off to pay more attention. "What did you say?" I asked.

"Nothing much. I just wanted to say hi. I've been seeing you around, and I felt like talking to you and knowing you more. If that's ok with you, though."

"Oh, that's okay." I replied amusingly. I thought I was invisible. Apparently, I wasn't.

"Alright. My name is Vincent. I am in the cell biology and genetics department, and I really like making friends, especially pretty ones." He extended his hand to shake my hand.

I blushed slightly but quickly concealed it. "Hello Vincent, I'm Janette, and I'm in the biochemistry department." I took his hand into mine and couldn't help but notice how soft his palm was for a guy.

"Can I get your phone number?" He asked.
Obviously not! I still had to play 'hard to get', plus I just met him. So that was a big no.

"No, I don't think so. We just met, and I'd like to know you well enough to know that you aren't creepy." I blurted and wished I hadn't said that last part out loud.

His countenance fell. "Oh, it's okay. That's understandable. I was too forward." Then he said, "When we get to know each other better, you'll feel a lot more comfortable around me, and don't worry, I'm not creepy." He smiled. His smile was so radiant and sexy that I almost felt like kissing him.

I had self-restraint. I didn't want to come off as creepy, so instead, I thought of something else to say. I smiled back with what I thought was a sexy smile, but I think I looked like a frog with what I did. "Yeah, so I'd..."

"Tear out a sheet of paper. All of you." I was cut off by the lecturer, who came in fifteen minutes late and greeted us with an impromptu test.