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Growing up , every young boy had attractions..desires.. things he wanted to do when he finally got freedom,freedom from home, this was actually a thing. I got into the university and this freedom finally came ,barely twenty(20) years old ,I had spent two years at home waiting to gain admission..I finally did,i was free. I already had a girlfriend while at home and when I broke the news to her ,she said the funniest thing to me, " I should have sought for admission in the state where I lived so I didn't have to move away and leave her alone" Funny enough, same girl broke up with me barely six (6) months after i left for school , apparently she had gained admission outside the country and according to her ,"she didn't want to leave with any relationship" . It took me a few days to actually get over the whole event ,but I did ,not like I was faithful myself,I had little flings here and there,I had the freedom I so sought after and there were just too many options. Jessica was the first girl I had a crush on..she did have a crush on me too..we met on campus,same faculty,same department,same level.Freshers..we didn't start on a pleasant note, she had pushed me off a screening queue . I was literally furious, I looked at her and so many thoughts crossed my mind..but something held me back ,she was beautiful,quite petite but really curvy and light skinned. I walked closer to her after she had displaced me and asked why she behaved like that..she totally ignored me.. My heart beat faster..I was angry but at the same time I was happy I was having the opportunity to speak to her..But her attitude! why would she push me off my place and then ignore my questions..I tried to be stern with my looks so she could believe I was angry..I asked a second time and she once again ignored me..if I wanted to join the queue again I had to stand behind her because she was definitely not going to let me stand in front of her. Well I gave up trying to get an answer from her and I joined the queue behind,she had won on our first encounter. From where I stood ,I watched her closely..with rapt attention..she was really pretty.. I couldn't take my mind off our encounter. Finally we all got screened and then we were handed files to fill ..with specific instructions..I had gone to a corner to fill mine ,I didn't want mistakes.. I was almost done filling when I noticed someone stood in front of me, I raised my head and there she was, pretty but with a mean face.. I smiled.She was a bit confused I smiled,I could see from her look .. she was probably expecting i would ignore her like she had done to me earlier but i could not,I was not fumbling this second chance to speak her.. "Please I got a bit confused filling my form ,can you help me out a bit" she said to me ,she had her stern look back on.. I hesitated a bit,then I asked her to sit and I helped her ..we got talking while at it and I finally got her to smile.. Her smile made every little resistance I had left crumble.. We were done, I tried revisiting our first encounter and she apologized for the first time with a smile.."Apologies accepted" i smiled back.. We became friends .. stuck to each other in class ..went everywhere together ,everyone thought we were dating already..I couldn't care less I secretly wished we were actually dating ,even though I had a relationship back home but I didn't care ,but I was curious if she was into any herself. Finally ,she cleared my curiosity..she also had a man... a serious one at that according to her, An amateur footballer ,seeking to go Pro...He was actually head over heels with her ,i could tell with the consistency with which he called and texted her .. Any man who had her definitely had to be head over heels ..she was pretty..well my heart broke but I consoled myself with the "friend zone" I had successfully gotten myself into. So when my girlfriend back home finally broke up with me ,I actually didn't feel it as much as I should have because there was someone I had my eyes set on already.. Well I was young and naive,I was over confident in my own looks ..I thought I owned the " Friend zone" since she had a boyfriend she wasn't willing to cheat on or break up with ..that meant I was definitely number two in the perking order, I was actually fine with that,atleast on and off campus she was mine unless she got back home for break or her boyfriend came visiting once in a while like he always did.. I actually forgot we were in a 'university"and the most time I spent with her was actually in school..we didn't do much of visiting each other ,just a few times.. what she did or places she went to after school I really didn't know..I got the shocker of my life soon. I could stupidly swear I was the only guy she was speaking to or involved with on campus ... because she was with me literally all the time.. I had other female friends too.. but they actually knew Jessica was my kryptonite..I lost focus anytime she was close by or with me.. they often teased me about been a " finished man" I didn't mind .. I was putting my whole "eggs in my one basket" while she had several baskets with lots of eggs in them. We had lectures one day and the lecturer was really a strict one ..He got into the class and no one else was allowed in.. Jessica stepped out of the class and in no time the lecturer was in class..she was stuck outside with some other people who had also stepped out.She was outside and I constantly stole glances at her ..I was not totally paying attention to the lecture.. and then I noticed something..a guy walked in and approached her ..she was all smiles,she only smiles that way when she's with me. Who was this guy? I hadn't seen this face ever before ,not in my department not in my faculty ... He was quite good looking and dressed neatly ..she had Never mentioned anything about having another male friend in school to me and this particular one had to track her down to her department to see her ..I was beginning to think ,are you sure he wasn't the reason she stepped outside ? maybe she was expecting him .. I was instantly jealous..I had this overwhelming emotions all over me..I couldn't take my eyes off both of them..they talked ,held hands ..she was all smiles ,they guy looked like a smooth talker ..I was totally livid.. Till this day I cannot remember any single word the lecturer said in class after then,the lecture was over for me ..I was battling plenty emotions.. She looked like she liked him.. it looked like something was about to start ,that's if it had not already started.. At the end of the day ,we met and I tried all I could not to ask the so many questions I wanted to ask..I tried to hide my emotions ..I tried to conceal my jealousy but it was evident,I couldn't hide it much am sure she noticed I wasn't my usual smiling self. After that day I tried to up whatever we had .. I called more often and took her out for lunch breaks in school even when she wasn't hungry.. we had a day off and I told her I would love us to spend the day together in my place ,I was going to call her when I was free that day and she agreed.. I was happy, I finished whatever I had to do and I called her ,she didn't pick up ..I called again and again..she wasn't answering her calls.. my joy was shortlived. I decided not to call again,she had to return my calls..I waited for few hours and she hadn't called back,I constantly looked at my phone hoping she would call back.. My phone rang finally but it wasn't Jessica.. it was Micheal my guy..he had gone into school and there was somewhere he wanted us to go ..so I had to come meet him in school and then we go could from there..I obliged because I needed something to distract me.. But I was about to see something that was going to change the trajectory of events for me and Jessica.She was outside and I constantly stole glances at her ..I was not totally paying attention to the lecture.. and then I noticed something..a guy walked in and approached her ..she was all smiles,she only smiles that way when she's with me. Who was this guy? I hadn't seen this face ever before ,not in my department not in my faculty ... He was quite good looking and dressed neatly ..she had Never mentioned anything about having another male friend in school to me and this particular one had to track her down to her department to see her ..I was beginning to think ,are you sure he wasn't the reason she stepped outside ? maybe she was expecting him .. I was instantly jealous..I had this overwhelming emotions all over me..I couldn't take my eyes off both of them..they talked ,held hands ..she was all smiles ,they guy looked like a smooth talker ..I was totally livid.. Till this day I cannot remember any single word the lecturer said in class after then,the lecture was over for me ..I was battling plenty emotions.. She looked like she liked him.. it looked like something was about to start ,that's if it had not already started.. At the end of the day ,we met and I tried all I could not to ask the so many questions I wanted to ask..I tried to hide my emotions ..I tried to conceal my jealousy but it was evident,I couldn't hide it much am sure she noticed I wasn't my usual smiling self. After that day I tried to up whatever we had .. I called more often and took her out for lunch breaks in school even when she wasn't hungry.. we had a day off and I told her I would love us to spend the day together in my place ,I was going to call her when I was free that day and she agreed.. I was happy, I finished whatever I had to do and I called her ,she didn't pick up ..I called again and again..she wasn't answering her calls.. my joy was shortlived. I decided not to call again,she had to return my calls..I waited for few hours and she hadn't called back,I constantly looked at my phone hoping she would call back.. My phone rang finally but it wasn't Jessica.. it was Micheal my guy..he had gone into school and there was somewhere he wanted us to go ..so I had to come meet him in school and then we go could from there..I obliged because I needed something to distract me.. But I was about to see something that was going to change the trajectory of events for me and Jessica.