Crystal

chapter 17

After class, the girls plus Grace were hanging out in the cafeteria. Preston texted Nellie to find out their position and he asked Sam to join them. It didn't need a long time. Preston and Sam were in the cafeteria joining them.

"Sorry I have to go. I'll meet my baby." Grace stood up after she got a text from her boyfriend. She walked out of the cafeteria but a young guy held her.

"Grace..." His voice was a little bit louder than a whisper voice, he didn't want his crush to notice him. He mentioned Grace's name while glancing at Crystal. He had paid attention to Crystal since he arrived at the cafeteria and he wanted to know about her. Fortunately, one of her friends was his friend and she was walking to get out of the cafeteria.

"What?" Grace turned her head while looking at the young guy who called her.

"I want to talk with you." He glanced around.

"About what?" She was curious. She thought that she didn't have any business with him.

"About that girl..." He glanced at Crystal.

"Which one?" She turned her head to her friends to know which girl he meant, but he pulled her arm to get out of the cafeteria. He didn't want his crush to know about his action.

"The girl with a white shirt." He told her after they got out of the cafeteria. Grace's pupils were rounding in her eyes. She was thinking, trying to know what he meant.

"Oh! Crystal!?" She said when she remembered Crystal was her friend with a white shirt.

"Crystal?" He copied her, mentioned Crystal's name. He thought it was the perfect name for her.

"Yes, she's Crystal. We're in the same major." She nodded her head surely.

"Can I get her number?" He took his phone, wanted to save Crystal's number.

"Um... I'll ask her first." She thought it was not wise to give her friend's number before asking the owner.

"Okay, thanks." He nodded his head. He was relieved at least he got a way to get close to his crush.

"No problem. Sorry, I have to go." She said while leaving him. She ran to go to the park. Her boyfriend was waiting for her. Henry and Christian were sitting on the bench in the park. Christian hadn't told Henry yet about the girl who had caught his attention. Christian succeeded stopped Henry's curiosity. Actually, he wanted to see her more, but he had not seen her since the last time he saw her.

"Why are you so long, babe?" Henry said to his girl when he saw her. They only had fifteen minutes between lectures to meet and only a few minutes left.

"Sorry, Ricky held me. He wants to know about a girl." Grace said with a rushing breath because she just ran.

"A girl?" He asked his girlfriend while tilting his head. He thought it was an interesting topic to talk about.

"Yeah, he wants to know about Crystal." She nodded her head while looking at her man.

"Crystal?" It was the first time Henry heard that name.

"Um hm... Crystal. We have the same major. You don't know her. You've never met her." She explained to him. Christian heard her words while looking at his phone and he got interested when Grace mentioned her friend from the same major. It made him wonder if she was the same girl who he had seen a few days ago.

He also wanted to know about that girl if they were talking about the same girl. He was thinking of the perfect words to get some information from Grace, but he saw his friends from the same class walking in the hallway. It reminded him of their class. He looked at his phone to see the time.

"We have to go. Our class's starting." He stood up after looking at his phone.

"Sorry, I must go, babe." Henry stood up and then hugged his girl before leaving her.

"I'll call you." He said while leaving her.

"Okay..." Grace let her boyfriend go and then she went back to the cafeteria. She hoped her friends were still there. She wanted to join them again, because she had a mission from Ricky to ask Crystal's permission to give her number to Ricky. She peeked when she got into the cafeteria. She felt happy when she saw Crystal and the others were still there.

"Hi... I'm back." Grace greeted her friends when she got closer to them. Crystal shifted her butt to let Grace sit beside her. It was Grace's seat before she had met her boyfriend.

"Have you met your baby?" Crystal asked Grace when she sat beside her.

"Yup!" Grace said while smiling at her friends.

"Oh! Crystal, I want to talk with you." Grace remembered about Ricky's order. She wanted to talk to her before she would forget it.

"With me?" Crystal asked and looked at Grace. She wanted to make sure that she didn't misunderstand.

"Yes, with you." Grace nodded her head while looking at Crystal to let her know that she didn't miss hearing.

"Is it a secret?" Crystal wanted to know if she needed to go with Grace.

"Um... he didn't say it was a secret but..." Grace was thinking for a while.

"He?" Crystal made wrinkles between her eyebrows while asking her. She thought that she needed privacy because they would be doing a girl's talk and she couldn't say it because Preston and Sam were there.

Preston shut his lips so tightly. He wanted to hear the next words from Grace.

"Um..." Grace was thinking for a while. She didn't want to offend others by having a secret talk with Grace and she didn't want to put it off. She was afraid that she would forget it. She thought it was the perfect time.

"There is a cool guy who wants your phone number. Can I give it to him?" She tried her best to tell her purpose.

Nellie and Sam glanced at Preston to see his reaction. Preston's lips were pulled down when he heard Grace's words. He couldn't hide his feelings.

Crystal's pupils were running in her eyes. She was shocked, she was playing save with the young guy in front of her who wanted to get close to her, but she got a surprise from another way.

"Who?" Crystal wanted to know about the cool guy who Grace mentioned. She tried to pretend that it was not a big deal.

"I think I can't mention his name here, but I know him and he's a nice guy." Grace wanted to keep Ricky as a secret.

"But sorry, are you in a relationship?" Grace realized that she didn't know about Crystal's status.

"No, I'm not, but... Um..." Crystal was thinking for a while. She wanted to get a good solution. Preston was glad to hear Crystal was single, even though he had supposed it before.

"It's okay, you can give my number to him. I'll talk to him by myself." Crystal thought that it was the best solution. She would talk to that guy directly.

Preston exhaled when he heard Crystal's words. He was so desperate. He didn't know about Crystal's decision. He wanted to tell her about his feelings. He wanted to hold her but he was in a relationship at that time. It would ruin his relationship with her in the future if he was reckless. He didn't want her to think he was a player.

"Okay!" Grace nodded her head while smiling. She was happy, her mission was completed. She took her phone, she would text Ricky to send Crystal's number.

Preston shut his lips. He was in a bad mood.

Nellie and Sam noticed it. They wanted to help him but nothing they could do. At that time, a sexy girl was walking toward them. She saw her boyfriend sitting among them and she wanted to meet him.