"No freaking way," Nora screamed in her head as her eyes widened when she realized Ian had been watching them and he even smirked.
She focused back on Sasha again when she poked her shoulder. "You...just be careful," Sasha smiled and walked away with her minions when she realized Ian was looking their way. "You should be careful around Sasha, she's dangerous and kind of obsessed with Ian since the previous session," Zoe said worriedly. "Kind of obsessed is an understatement, she's obsessed but no need to worry Zoe, Nora has us so she doesn't need to worry," Jasmine said as she put her arm around Nora's shoulder before they walked away.
In the gym class, Nora could feel someone's gaze on her and she felt the hair on her skin stand. Whenever she looked around she could not see anybody looking at her. She stared at Ian in suspicion because she had a feeling he might be the one staring at her, she decided to ignore the stare and interact with other students but some of them were arrogant and she wasn't sure why. Meanwhile, Sasha who noticed Nora glancing severally at Ian, glared at Nora coldly.
"If you keep glaring, you are going to dig a hole in her body for sure," Zach chuckled as he walked towards Ian who was staring at Nora who was having a chat with the library prefect, Andrey. "I don't know what you are talking about," he bluntly denied the accusation, collecting the ball from Zach and bouncing it on the floor." Zach shook his head,"You are denying the obvious."
Nora was exhausted by the time they finished PE class, they already had lunch before PE class and she was certain that the food had drained from her body and now she was feeling a bit hungry. She was sure the school wanted to punish them by letting them have lunch before their PE class. Her eyes wandered around and it landed on Ian.
He was walking towards the door and she couldn't help but admire his figure. He was lean not too lean though, and not too bulky either and he wore shorts that reached his knees, his legs were smooth without any traces of hair and it was fair. He had athletic legs but they weren't too muscular and it fitted him so much.
She wanted to ask him to be her date but she dismissed the thought, she didn't have to go with someone but she decided to ask him anyway.
After the school bell rang for closing of the day, she told her friends to go because she had something to do and she made her way to Ian's class. She was familiar with the school now so she knew where exactly she was going. She was so focused on her goal that she bumped into someone, she didn't even bother to look at the person, she muttered sorry before she walked pass the person.
When she got there, she looked through the window and was happy to see that he was still in school. Ian was talking to a classmate when he noticed her standing by the window side.
"Why don't we continue tomorrow, Ryan," he said to the boy, the boy nodded and left. Nora looked at the boy, smiled and walked up to Ian. He was packing his books and holding his bag in the other and he looked at her.
"What do you want?" He asked. "I..are you by any chance free tomorrow? I..uh..I need you to help me," she stuttered, she always felt weird around him since she started going to the same school with him. "Ahh sorry I've something to do tomorrow," he replied. "Ohh, okay, then I'll leave," she said disappointedly. If only he knew the courage she mustered to ask him that question. She sighed and looked at the floor imagining seeing her heart breaking into pieces before she blinked. She decided to leave because her driver was waiting for her but she halted and looked back at Ian who was three steps away from her.
"Do you want to follow me?" She asked. "No, thank you,"
"Why?" She questioned again. "I like walking," he deadpanned.
"But I can tell my driver to drop you off at your place," she insisted. "It's not necessary."
"Alright," she sighed and left.
"You will be surprised," he grinned.
The next day after closing hours, Nora and her friends walked out of the school building. "Where do we meet tomorrow?" Nora asked. "At the diner, it's not really far from CL Hotel," Jasmine responded.
"We'll all meet there, I hope your date is handsome Jas," Zoe said glancing at Jasmine.
"He is but average to..anyways he's good looking and he's in class C," Jasmine dropped the bombshell. "What!!!" Zoe and Nora shouted gaining the attention from the students passing by.
"You guys shouldn't destroy my eardrum," Jasmine rolled her eyes as she rubbed her ears then continued, "He's actually a good student, he's trying to get into class B, trust me you will like him.
"I hope so," Nora said while Zoe nodded in agreement. "Let's meet by 8pm," Jas remarked. "Fine by me," Nora nodded. "Me too," Zoe said, then they parted ways.
When Nora got home, she was told her mum wasn't around, she decided to have her bath before coming downstairs to eat and she also had to pick a dress that she was going to wear. When she finished bathing she came out wearing a bathrobe and drying her hair with a towel. She went to her closet and opened it and she walked in, it was as big as her bedroom with clothes in one section, shoes in another and bags in another section.
She rampaged through her dresses and picked a red dress and she walked to the front of an oval-shaped mirror before looking at the dress. It reached her knees, it was an off shoulder dress with a singlet like hand on top of the off shoulder, it had three small embroidered flowers at the chest area and it was a flare dress.
"Perfect, now a matching shoe," she muttered then walked to the front of where her shoes were and picked black open toe wedged heels one with a bow at the front. "Now a little purse bag to complete the outfit."
"Nora, mom's home," Mrs Smith said as she entered Nora's room while Nora stepped out from her closet. "Going somewhere?" Nora's mom asked curiously. "Yes, going on a date with my friends."
"Well, that's great make sure to have fun and please don't come home late.
"Yes ma'am," Nora chuckled. "So how was work today?" She asked. "It was fine, I had to go through few documents, that's all."
"So any man that might have caught a little bit of your attention?" Nora grinned at her mom. "You little brat, I did not go there to look for any man, also, your father case is still there," she said sadness creeping into her eyes but she still managed to smile. "When was the last time you contacted him or vice versa?" Nora asked. "Since the day I came here, I haven't heard from him after that. He's probably in another country for business or something. What about you? Did he call?" Mrs Smith asked
"Ohh please, as if he even knows I exist," Nora scorned. She hated her father but she was thankful to him cause without him she wouldn't be in this world.
"Of course he knows you exist. Get dressed I need to take a shower " Mrs Smith said dropping the topic and she left the room.
After her mom left, Nora took her clothes and got dressed then she sat down in front of the side table which had a little mirror and wore her earrings with a matching necklace. Then she coiled the front of her hair and applied strawberry lip balm on her lips. She bent down to wear her shoes then she went to the bed to grab her bag and her phone.
"I look so beautiful," she said staring at herself in the mirror. She checked the time and saw that it was already eighteen past seven, she quickly out her phone in her bag and left her room. "Mom, I'm leaving, bye, love you," she said running to the door.
"Be careful and don't be late."
"I will," she said. She entered the car as soon as she got outside and told the chaffeur where she was going. They were going to use at least forty minutes on the road and she did not want to be late.
When she got there, she was surprised to see that the diner was in a secluded area and it looked like they didn't have a lot of customers, she entered and the bell attached to the glass door rang notifying the people inside that someone had entered.
She looked around and noticed that there were hardly anybody inside and the place seemed so peaceful. A waitress asked her if she had made a reservation and when she answered she led her to her seat because she had been informed.
"Over here," Jasmine waved at Nora and she walked towards the table but she froze when she saw the back of the person sitting there.....