EVERYTHING SHE NEVER HAD

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"let's go watch a movie, you not busy mos?"

"no I'm not, but I have to wait for Mme to come, akere I have the keys" he says, putting his shoes on and still taking her hand into his.

"okay then, let me fetch my laptop from my room, then we will wait on her together neh?" she suggested again, truth is, she didn't want to go back to her room where she would be surrounded by four cold and quite walls and make her go deep into her thoughts and think about the things that should be buried in the past, she wanted to stay with him and have someone to converse with, she wanted to be with people who treated her like a normal person she wants to be instead of that girl with bipolar and dark family affairs.

"okay then, let's go" holding hands, they both walk towards the schools, girl residence, since boys were not allowed, Tumo stayed behind and Maya proceeded to her room, she took a look at the purple gift bag on her bed and contemplated looking at it, but the thought of watching a movie with Tumo got the best of her and she took her laptop and locked her room, but not forgetting to take a packet of gummy bears she always keep in her drawers.

"what do you want to watch?"

"I don't know, I know almost half the movies in here, you take a pick"

"mmmh" he scrolled until he settled for 'friends with benefits'

They both settled on the couch, and pressed play, throught the movie no one said anything and they watched attentively.

Maya shifted and layed her head on Tumos lap because sleep was slowly sipping in, before long, they were all passed out on the couch and didn't even hear gogo come in. She took a blanket and covered them before she went to her bedroom and prayed first before going to sleep.

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"now tell me how the hell are you dating my brother and I'm only finding out now" she says in fitd of laughter, at the end of the phone call, Tshegofatso can't help but laugh also.

"oh come on, I didn't know he was your brother until recently, why didn't you ever say anything, he's hot hle"

"okay, okay, that's my brother okay, there's not hotness I will be saying about him"

They both laugh as they catch up before exams approach and they cease communication, well, more like Tshego seize communication, she asks about Tumo and the smile on her face as she tells her about him can not go unnoticed, she talks about how church was, how she had hoped that it would be boring but she swallowed her tongue when she got there and the experience was out of this

After the call, she takes her clothes off and go take a shower before she dives into the world of academics where she might only snap out of it after a few hours.