The age between us

One step at a time

Jade’s POV

I got up the next morning around 7:00am, it was unlike me

I was a 5:00am type of girl. Was it the previous weekend?

Was I already changing?

Those were my early morning thoughts as I sprang from my bed

I quickly said a prayer and started preparing for my 9:00am lectures

I never missed classes

I packed my bags and left to the lecture hall early so I could get my usual seat

I bumped into one of the students on the way

“Hi there, newest baddie” Callie smiled with her duff, Rachel

Baddie? I just knew where this was going

Callie was the sexy bully on campus. She looked down on people and always wanted attention

She was still in high school mentally

“And how can I help you?” I held my head high

“I just thought to say hi, I saw your snaps” she answered innocently

Oh now I fit the aesthetic? I walked past her rolling my eyes

“Baddies don’t rush to early morning lectures” Callie said and both of them laughed hysterically

“It’s one step at a time though” Rachel followed and the laughter continues

They’d approached me one time to join their clique but I declined

They liked my body and face but not really me, they certainly didn’t like nerds

I didn’t feel ashamed or anything of that sort but it validated my early morning thoughts

Was I overthinking?

One weekend away from school does not make me a baddie

I mean the 10k did though

I sat at my usual spot and had a productive day

…

I retired to my dorm around 2:00pm with Elma

We were catching up on her own weekend and the modeling class she had just joined

She wasn’t enjoying it but she wanted to be a model badly

“You can’t hate the class yet, you just started” I encouraged

“I don’t like the other girls there” She whined

“They don’t make you comfortable and it’s fine. Just don’t quit” I continued

“Whatever. Let’s talk about the boss guy” She switched

“I’d rather talk about sociology” I laughed

Xavier and I had not spoken today although I was looking forward to it

We entered our seperate rooms and called it a day

I got to my room, slumped on my bed and slept off

I woke up that evening to over 10 missed calls

One was from Xavier, one from Grace and the others were from Andrew

I texted Grace and called Andrew

“Heyy. I’m sorry I missed your calls, I was asleep” I said on the phone

“Hey babe” Andrew answered not with the best tone

“Umm, are you good?” I asked him

“You tell me Jade” he answered with his voice lowered

“First, you don’t text me all day and then you don’t pick when I call” He whined

Not again!

He knew I always have early morning lectures on Monday too

I text him most mornings but this one was just different. I woke up late

“Today was hectic baby. I’m sorry” I apologized to him

“Whatever. I called for another reason”

“I saw a clip of you spraying money in the club”

Was it a question or an assumption?

“Yeahh” I answered

He was probably going to ask where I got the money from

Is this when I tell him about Xavier?

“That was a lot of money baby. How’d you get that” He asked proper

I thought about it for a moment and decided he wasn’t ready

“Baby, some of Grace’s friend gave us cash to spray” I lied

“You don’t like when girls spray money?” I asked cunningly

“It’s not that. I was just curious” Andrew answered

He was my partner, I knew how to follow him up and not annoy him

He had his flaws but I still loved him

We talked about our days and we ended on great terms

“Byee munchkin, I’ll see you this evening” He blew kisses from the other end of the phone

“Byee my love”

I ended the call and proceeded to call Xavier next

The excitement of talking to someone new was there

I didn’t know whether I even like him for sure so I just kept it cool

“Hey princess” Xavier answered and my heart skipped a beat

“Hi, I missed your call” I replied

“How are you doing” I wanted to see if you’ve settled in well” He went straight to point

“I’m fine” I answered then talked about my day

He was interested to know that I went for lectures and to know about what I learnt

We went along well, we didn’t talk for up to 10minutes too but it felt good still

It was one step at a time.