CHAPTER SIXTY: I LIKE YOU
"What about you?" I asked as I looked at him
He is thirteen already and damn, he is growing more handsome every time. His ocean blue eyes are extraordinary
And…
"Just normal" he answered with a shrug
… his voice has become deeper. Jeez… that is so cute!
His dimples has become deeper as if he had been working on them but, Daniel's better.
Daniel is handsome though but, he is mis-using the fact that he is handsome
"As if I know, something bad happened or you just felt bored and wants to see me?" I asked as I looked away and focused on a student getting water from a dispenser upstairs
"Are you annoyed or something?" Samuel asked as he focused on my head expecting me to turn face him
"Nah, I am not. How can I be annoyed on something so minor" I answered with a shrug as I turned my direction to face him
"Yeah!" he responded as he looked away and focused on the students in front of us laughing with her friends wildly "You know, you can tell me what I have done wrong that you don't like. I can change or apologize" he added as he turned to look at me
"Lol! When do you suddenly care about that?" I asked surprisingly, his behavior is indeed surprising
"Since now"
"Just be yourself"
"You are my friend, I can't loose someone like you" he said with a sincere face as he turned to face me, looking me straight in the eyes
"There is nothing you have done wrong" I answered as I turned to look at the students passing by
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Thank you for understanding"
"I am finding it hard to adjust to your new behavior, lol!"
"No worries, you will get used to it" he responded with a smile as he followed my eyes and looked at the students passing by
"You know, being the only students in school can be so annoying at times. No students to send on an errand"
"As short as you are, you send students on an errand. Lol!" Samuel said smiling as he turned to face me
I am 5"0. Not bad for an eleven years old. He is like four to five inches taller than me, it is not even as much as he is bragging as if he is far far taller than me
"Even though, one year is not found in the market"
"Lol!"
"You sef, you are just inches taller than me"
"And, it is at least taller than you isn't it?" he asked with a straight face and then broke into laughter
"Whatever!" I rolled my eyes
He stopped smiling and focused on me as if I have something on my face
"Do I have something on my face?" I asked as I turned to face him looking at him and trying to pick whatever off my face
"There is nothing! Just admiring how beautiful you are"
"Lol! Whining"
"Whining? No, I am not." he responded as he nodded his head "haven't you being told before" he asked curiously
"Yeah, my brother do compliments me or my friends"
"You see!"
"Just surprised hearing it from you"
When I heard him compliment me, I felt my heart beat
You know the way you will feel when you dream of your favorite idol complimenting you, that is how I feel
My heart!
"It is shouldn't be surprising for you, maybe I will be saying it every time so you will get used of hearing it from me"
I laughed it off "You don't need to" I assured him
"I need to!"
"You are also handsome" I complimented him as I changed the topic directly toward him
"Yeah, I know!" he said as if proud of himself
Urgh! I was expecting a different reaction
"You should have at least said, thank you" I said looking at him with no expression
"Sorry, I am just like… tired of hearing it" he responded with a shrug
"Whahala for those that don't get complimented a lot" I responded as I rolled my eyes
Starting a sentence with Whahala and adding the sentence to what the second person is doing is being sarcastic like what I just did now
"No worries, you will get tired of it when you start to hear it every time" he said as if assuring me
"I don't actually care"
"You are beautiful! You are beautiful! You are beautiful!!" he said it continously
"Thank you! You are saying it repeatedly doesn't actually mean. Just saying!" I shrugged
"Yeah, that is not even how it is being said. It is being said by different people repeatedly"
"Yeah, I know"
He smiled and looked at me
"What?" I asked feeling uncomfortable with that stare
"I want to ask a particular girl out, what do you think?" he asked as he looked at me as if expecting a response
I felt my face droop as soon as I heard what he said
"You can, if you like her" I shrug
"Yeah, what if she doesn't?" he asked me
"Who won't like you?"
"Some people, I guess"
"You can make her like you and date her in senior school"
"Senior school?"
"Yeah, we are almost done with junior school, remaining less than two weeks for us to be done with Junior school"
"True talk!" he said with a sigh
"Lol! Do you really want her?"
"Yeah, the thought of another boy wanting to take her is saddening"
"Another boy?"
"Yeah, they talk about her in my hostel"
"Do I know the girl?"
"Yeah"
"That girl must be lucky then"
"If that is what you take it as" he responded without taking his eyes off me
"Yeah"
Why is he telling me as if I should care? This is so annoying and upsetting
I just want to know the girl and just know my fate, lol!
I turned to look at him and found him looking at the sky with a sigh
He must really like her and must have felt hurt hearing the girl he likes is what another person want
"I like you!"