Jace's POV.......
"Stop it......" Sophie says with a giggle.
I'm sitting on the couch in the living room with my legs on the glass center table, playing Clash of Clans.
I hear Idris' room door open and then footsteps.
He and Sophie's.
They're saying something that I can't hear....well.
"I ain't doing nothing." Idris says.
"Oh.....Morning Jace." Sophie says to me after she came out to the living room with Idris.
"Morning Sophie." I say.
Idris and Sophie start walking towards the house front door.
"Will see you later, babe." Sophie says to Idris.
"Okay. Lemme know when you get to your place." Idris says. He kisses Sophie.
"Okay.....bye Jace." Sophie says and proceeds to leave the house.
"Hey man." Idris says to me. He playfully pulls my legs down from the glass table and sits on it.
"Hey" I say.
"When did you get back yesterday?" Idris asks.
"Uh...around past ten or so." I say.
"Oh....I didn't hear you come in." Idris says.
"Would you've heard me?" I ask not really expecting any answer.
"Maybe....maybe not.....so...how did it go with the Mia girl?" Idris asks.
"What are you talking about?" I ask.
"It's too late to deny, dude. I saw you guys walk to the front of the house and then turned back.
"Oh......I was only showing her where I live." I say.
"Okay...I see you guys finally took the walk that you said was "interrupted" on the night of Dave's party." Idris says.
Dave is his friend who is not my friend.
I know I've mentioned that before.
"Yeah....that was all that came to my mind after I left." I say.
"How did it go? Did you ask her out already?" Idris asks.
"Huh?"
"Jace, I've seen the way you look at her. I know you love her." Idris says.
"You don't know that." I say.
"I do. She seems nice. I think you guys can work out." Idris says.
"That's what you think but that may not be the case." I say.
"You know my thoughts are never wrong." Idris says.
I let out a little sigh.
"Did you ask her out?" Idris asks.
"Not really." I say.
"What do you mean by "not really"?" Idris asks.
"I asked her to go out with me as a reward for being a good student to her." I say.
"You're kidding, right?" Idris asks.
"I'm not." I say.
"Why would you even do that? You could've let your feelings be known and then you ask her out properly." Idris says.
"She doesn't date, what was I supposed to do?" I ask.
"What?" Idris asks.
"She doesn't date, Idris. She has never dated." I say.
"How do you know that?" Idris asks.
"She told me." I say.
"Did you ask her why?" Idris asks.
"She said it's for a reason she couldn't tell. I didn't know how else to ask her so I chose to use "being a good student" that should be rewarded." I say.
"Damn! dude. But what did she say to that?" Idris asks.
"She said she would go out with me if I perform well in the tests." I say.
"So your going out with her will be decided on Tuesday when the tests results will be released." Idris says.
"Yeah" I say.
"Well....I guess that's a fair start." Idris says.
"Maybe. I just hope I'll be able to get her to change her mind, whatever is the reason why she doesn't date." I say.
"Okay dude. You've all my good luck." Idris says as he stands from the table, taps on my shoulder and starts walking away.
"Thanks" I say.
"You know......you don't always have to leave the apartment whenever Sophie comes over here." Idris says.
"Yeah....maybe if you guys stop being so loud." I say, looking back at my phone. I had looked away from it during my discussion.....about Mia......with Idris.
"What?"
"You heard me." I say.
"Are we always so loud?" Idris asks.
"Yeah, you guys could be heard from outside." I say.
"Shit! Are you serious?" Idris asks.
"Of course I'm not serious.....about being heard from outside. But you guys really need to tune down a little." I say.
"Why? Are we making you so uncomfortable?" Idris asks.
"Maybe" I say.
"I'm sorry, Jace. You gotta deal with it sometimes till.....you know......get the girl since you're not a pervert type or have you become one without me knowing?" Idris asks.
"Idris, weren't you going somewhere before?" I ask.
"Oh....right. I'm gonna go freshen up." Idris says.
"Okay" I say.
"Before I finally go, you up for a game or two?" Idris asks.
"Of course." I say.
"Nice...lemme go freshen up real quick." Idris says.
"Okay dude." I say.
Idris finally leaves the living room.
I really can't seem to let go of Mia's image in my head. Her adorable brown eyes that I couldn't stop staring into, her soft-looking lips that I may have wished to kiss last night, her body that I crave so much to hold close to mine.
Gosh!!
I'm really going crazy right here.
I've always wanted to be around Mia but it's worse this time. I may be obsessing over her now. I felt really bad when she said she doesn't date.....I still feel bad 'cause I've no idea how to confess my feelings to her, let alone be with her.
It makes me more nervous.
What the hell am I gonna do???
I can't wait for the tests results. I hope I'm gonna nail it so I can spend more "off-session time" with Mia who I happen to have fallen in love with.
Even if I don't nail the tests, I'll still find a way to hang out with Mia.
Speaking of that, lemme check up on her.
Yes, you should
I should
That's my boy!
Shut up!
Mind conversation as usual.
I quit my Clash of Clans to text Mia.
What do I text her?
Maybe "good morning"
Yeah
I text Mia "Good morning, Mia"
"You up?"
And.....send....
Now I'm gonna wait for the reply as I wait for Idris to freshen up so we can play a video game and have breakfast too.
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Mia's POV.......
"Good morning, babe." I hear Michelle say to Caleb.
I'm sitting on the kitchen stool, having coffee and doing some browsing with my phone. Michelle and Caleb are still on the couch, the way they were since last night.
"Good morning, love." Caleb says, kissing Michelle.
I can hear them.
"Hope you had a good night." Michelle says.
"Of course. You were right beside me." Caleb says.
"Do you wanna stay beside me longer?" Michelle asks.
"I'd love nothing more." Caleb says and proceeds to kissing Michelle, making her giggle so much.
I wanna roll my eyes now.
Michelle's giggling just turned into low moaning.
Oh..come on....
"Stop....Caleb...." Michelle moans.
"I don't want to." Caleb says, still doing whatever he's doing that's making Michelle moan.
"You've to....." Michelle says with a moan.
"I really don't want to......"
I suddenly stop hearing the moaning and the kissing.
"Babe, you've to stop." I hear Michelle say.
"Why? Don't you want it?" Caleb asks.
"Of course I want it.....just....we just woke up and we've got things to do....so I don't think that's a good way to start the day." Michelle says.
She's sounding reasonable
Impressive!!
"Aw..come on. I wanna start my day like this and I could spend the entire day like this.....with you." Caleb says.
"Don't flatter me, Caleb." Michelle says.
"I'm not" Caleb says with a deeper, lower kinda of voice. The kinda voice that guys would use to seduce their partners in some of the movies I've watched.
I know y'all know what I mean.
"Go home...Caleb." Michelle says, sitting up. Caleb does the same.
I can now see them.
"I'll go but not yet." Caleb says.
"Why?" Michelle asks.
" 'Cause I'm hungry." Caleb says.
"That's why you should go or do you want me to make you breakfast here? What do you want.....omelette?..... sandwich?.......toast?.....just name it." Michelle says.
"I want you." Caleb says with the same kinda voice I mentioned earlier.
Yeah....that voice...
Oh....for the love of God!!
I'm trying to have a coffee over here.
"You've had enough of me last night." Michelle says.
"Yeah...right.." Caleb says. He starts kissing Michelle again.
Can they just get this over with?
Ugh!!!
"Hey Mia! I didn't see you there." Michelle says after she pulls away from the kiss with Caleb. She looks startled.
"You wouldn't have." I say.
"Hey there, Mia. I didn't see you last night, where did you go?" Caleb asks.
"You didn't? Oh....that's odd 'cause I don't remember going anywhere." I say with slight sarcasm in my tone.
Caleb scoffs and I smirk at him in return.
Michelle stands from the couch, she searches for something that she finds on the floor.
Her top.....
She puts on the yellow top but doesn't put on the shorts she had on before.....
You know.
"Well....thanks for not chasing me like you wanted to." I hear Jordan say to Amber.
They just came into the living room from Amber's room.
"You know I had my reasons for that." Amber says.
"Oh.....hi there Mia." Jordan says.
"Jordan" I say in return.
"Morning girls" Amber says to Michelle and I.
"Hey Amber" Michelle says.
"Morning Amber" I say.
"I should get going, I've got some things to do today." Jordan says to Amber.
"Okay then....bye. Love you." Amber says.
Jordan kisses her passionately and says "You too....bye, babe."
He starts walking to the door.
"Dude wait, let's leave together." Caleb says putting on his black top.
"I'll be right outside." Jordan says as he opens the door and leaves.
Caleb walks towards the door with Michelle following.
"See ya, babe." Caleb says.
"You too." Michelle says.
Caleb starts kissing her once again. I see his hand trace down from Michelle's waist to her backside.
Can he just leave already?????
"Stop...." Michelle says with a giggle as she removes Caleb's hand from her butt.
Caleb smirks at her and leaves the house.
"You know it would be better if you two became less nasty." Amber says.
"Mind your business, Amber." Michelle says.
Amber scoffs and starts walking towards me.
"Hey Mia" Amber says, sitting on the stool beside me.
"Where were you last night?" Michelle asks me.
"I went out for a walk. Any problem?" I ask.
"You went out for a walk without telling us. Of course, that's a problem." Michelle says.
"You know what's a problem? You guys being so carried away with your.....businesses that you guys didn't even hear me say that I was going out neither did you guys hear when I opened and closed the door.
"Why did you even leave?" Michelle asks.
"I believe that is a rhetorical question." I say.
"It's not. We were worried about you, Mia." Michelle says.
"Speak of yourself, Michelle." Amber says.
"Were you though?....'cause the position I saw you when I got back doesn't look like the position of someone who's worried about another someone or something." I say.
"So tell me Mia, how did your walk with your student go?" Amber asks.
"Huh?" I utter.
"I might have seen you guys from my window." Amber says.
"Oh....right." I utter.
"I'm sorry guys, what am I missing?" Michelle asks, leaning on the kitchen table, across from me and Amber.
"Well.....Mia here went on a walk with her student." Amber says.
"Her student as in Jace?" Michelle asks.
"Yes Michelle. Who else would I be talking about?" Amber asks rhetorically.
"Umm.....you do know Rose Parker is her student too." Michelle says.
"Do you think Rose Parker would take a walk with Mia? They're not that close." Amber says.
"Right...." Michelle utters.
"Back to Mia now.....how did the walk go?" Amber asks.
"It went well." I say.
"So are you guys like a thing now?" Michelle asks.
"Michelle, how can they be a thing after a walk?.....but are you guys though?" Amber asks raising an eyebrow.
"No, we're not." I say.
"Doesn't seem like you guys are not." Michelle says.
I roll my eyes.
"What? I've seen the both of you. I know there can't be nothing going on between you two." Michelle says.
"There can be nothing going on between me and Jace 'cause there's nothing going on between us." I say.
"I know what I'm seeing, Mia." Michelle says.
"You're seeing nothing." I say.
"I'm definitely seeing something." Michelle says.
"Michelle" Amber says.
"What? I know you're seeing what I'm seeing." Michelle says.
"Well....I do see a little connection." Amber says.
"I know right." Michelle says.
"Guys, I don't know what you mean by connection. Jace and I are friends.... good friends. It's nothing so special." I say.
My phone chimes and it's a text from Jace.
It says: "Good morning, Mia"
"You up?"
"Doesn't seem like nothing so special to me." Michelle says after seeing the text.
"Is that Jace H. I see? There's definitely something there." Amber says after seeing the text.
"Shut up, guys." I say taking my phone off the kitchen table to reply the text.
Me
"Morning Jace"
"I'm up"
Jace H.
"How was your night?"
Me
"Fine"
"Yours?"
Jace H.
"Great"
Me
"Okay"
"The dude seems to care about you." Amber says.
I didn't even notice she's been looking at the texts.
"Yeah" Michelle says from behind.
When did she come over here?
"Guys! Don't look at my texts!" I yell.
"Calm down Mia, it's not like you hid it from us." Amber says.
"And now she's tryna hide her texts with Jace H. What does that have to say?" Michelle asks.
"Nothing" I say.
"He has texted back." Amber says.
I look back at my phone.
Jace H.
"I just wanna say thanks again for last night"
Me
"It's nothing. Thanks too"
Jace H.
"I also wanted to check up on you"
"Oh my goodness! He's checking up on you." Amber says.
"Awesome!" Michelle says.
"Guys!!" I yell.
"What??" Michelle and Amber says at the same time.
"Can you please stop looking at my texts?" I say.
"It's fun" Michelle says.
"You're not hiding it." Amber says.
I look back at my phone.
Me
"I've told you that you don't need to but thank you"
Jace H.
"You're welcome"
I reply with a smiling emoji.
Jace H.
"I gotta go. Idris and I wanna play a video game."
"Idris? Who's Idris?" Amber asks.
"His roommate" I reply.
"You even know his roommate?" Michelle asks.
"Yes. He knows you guys, doesn't he?" I ask rhetorically.
Me
"Okay"
Jace H.
"I'll text or call you later"
Me
"No problem. Later then."
Jace H.
"Later"
"I'm feeling the chemistry already, are you Amber?" Michelle asks.
"Yes....yes, I'm feeling it."Amber says.
"Shut up, guys. There's nothing as such as chemistry except the one being taught in schools of course." I say.
"You do know that denying won't get you anywhere." Michelle says.
"Except I'm not denying anything." I say.
"We'll see about that. For now, I'm hungry." Michelle says.
"Me too" Amber says.
"You guys just woke up." I say.
"Yeah...so?" Michelle asks.
I roll my eyes.
"What are we having for breakfast?" Amber asks.
"Probably toast bread and jam." I say.
"What are we waiting for....let's have it already." Michelle says.
"You guys should at least freshen up first." I say.
"I'm already fresh." Michelle says.
"So am I" Amber says.
"You guys spent the night with your boyfriends." I say.
"So? Doesn't make us less fresh." Michelle says.
"Okay, if you say so" I say, standing up from the stool to make breakfast.
It's Saturday and I handle Fridays and Saturdays' meals.
"Lemme have a sip of your coffee....." Michelle says as she carries up my cup of coffee.
"No...no...no. Not with that mouth or those lips." I say.
"Why?" Michelle asks.
"You've been making out since last night and you haven't brushed your teeth. You can make yours, can't you?" I ask rhetorically.
"Seriously? I can't sip your coffee because I've been making out?"
"Yeah" I say.
"You're being so unbelievable right now." Michelle says.
"Thank you." I say.
"Ugh...I'll just make mine." Michelle says.
"Good" I say.
"Make one for me too." Amber says to Michelle.
"Okay" Michelle says.
"Thanks....and please put your shorts back on. Caleb left here minutes ago." Amber says.
"Seriously Amber? You think this was for Caleb?" Amber asks.
"Obviously. The ass grabbing says it all." Amber says.
"I'm tryna make something to eat here." I say.
"Maybe you should make your own coffee, Amber." Michelle says.
Amber chuckles.
Michelle walks towards the living room and finds her red shorts at the end of the couch where her and Caleb were previously lying down.
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