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Friends? Yeah, right. Thanks to my caveman, Rose freaking hates me and Mirelle is unsure if she should hate me too or just not trust me. And Zee my bestie was stolen by the aforementioned caveman.’
Umber broke the hug and I turned to face her,
“I'm glad you are back from your trip. I needed you...you have no idea how much...For more reasons than one.” I murmured forcing my smile to last.
Umber gauged my stress nonetheless.
“What the hell has happened?! Tell me Sani.”
“You remember Aariz?”
She chuckled,
“Of course. Ibbi mentioned you have agreed to allow Aariz for a trip with us.”
Oh God...
“So Ibbi is really serious about the weekend thing?” I cringed at the thought.
“Yep. But why are you so off?” Umber looked at me confused.
Taking a deep breath, I told her the crust of it,
“Aariz is my new Professor in college.”
Umber did not find it that shocking, like I had. Maybe because she hadn’t been dreaming of him ever since she saw him, as I had.
Wiggling her eyebrows, she shook her head at me with a knowing smile,
“And you must have fought with him just because he smiled/laughed at you in that party!” She sighed, “Sani...you still aren’t over it?”
I was thoroughly miffed,
“I did not!”
She gave me a look that said, Yeah...right!
I gulped unable to meet her eyes,
“I mean, currently I'm not fighting with him about it.”
Walking towards the window, I added morosely,
“Currently we are not fighting at all. It’s just that the guy is a puzzle to me. A freaking mystery.”
“Why?” Umber became curious.
I did not wish to tell her everything that happened between us since day one, and the meanings my dear heart took out of them, just to get a brutal reminder not to think too much. Thanks to his brush-off text. I had made myself realize I never was that gooey over him anyway. It was not as if he broke my heart or anything. As he didn’t have feelings for me, I also never had them for him. I might have been attracted to him for a while. But I was not stupid. He was my Professor. End of story.
Therefore, without giving Umber more fodder to think I had some flame burning inside of me, I told her as little, yet everything I could. So that she’d help me solve this puzzle,
“Aariz's behaviour changes with the wind. If I'm mad at him or we have an argument, he goes all moody and angry on the whole class. Sometimes he is over-protective of me. Be it in the restaurant when he thought Zee wasn’t being a good friend and standing up for me in front of random guys, or be it like today when a senior girl tried to scare me about Master’s syllabus and Aariz thrashed her, because he thought I was suffering due to that girl. As if, I'm little and vulnerable, who needs protecting!”
“That’s just so romantic!” Umber squealed and I gave her a warning look.
She went on smirking, “All right. Isn’t it a good thing that he is being friendly? He is our friend Sani. What’s wrong if he supports you and tries to help you in college. Take advantage of all the privileges you can get. That’s what friends are for.” She nudged me with a mischievous grin.
I gave her an earnest look,
