For almost a week, Kola made Felix stay at the hospital. He soon got popular with the nurses and doctors as the gang came every day to see Felix. Felix adjusted himself on the bed as he played a game on his phone.And for a week, he had not heard anything from Jomi. Not a phone call, not a text message nor a message on social media. It was as if, they were never friends in the first place. And just like Stephen had said, he got more disappointed every day.There were times he wanted to dial her number or send her a text message but in the end he did neither of the two. To say he was anxious who he an understatement. Felix had admitted to himself that he did expect her call and when she didn’t call, he got disappointed and at first, he was unhappy because she claimed she liked him and even when he got hospitalized for a week, she didn’t call or text.Later, Felix started to get worried. Why wouldn’t she call? Did something happen to her? Was she

Felix allowed Jomi to pull him along ignoring the stares and curious glances the other students sent towards them. He slid his other hand into his pocket. They kept quiet as they walked when a car suddenly pulled beside them. The black glass rolled downwards and Felix chuckled.“G? When did you come back?” Felix asked and George laughed heartily.“A few days ago” George replied as he turned towards Jomi who was looking at him curiously.“Ohh, this is Jomiloju” Felix introduced and Jomi gave George a small smile as she nodded.“Anjola will be so happy you are back already” Felix said and George laughed.“Then Kola will be ready to chop off my head. Where are you off to?” George asked.“Crunchies” Felix replied and George used his head to tell them to get into the car.“You guys get on, I’ll drop you off” George said as Felix opened the back door f

Felix watched as Stephen parked the car and got down from the car. He sighed as he opened the door and got down as well. David and Paul walked up to them as soon as they got down.“How was your date?” Paul asked and Felix shrugged without saying a word and walked inside the house.“What’s going on?” Paul asked as he pointed to Felix’s retreating back. Stephen glanced at him and shrugged his shoulders as well.“He needs time and space for now” Stephen replied as he sighed.“It’s taking him so long to realize it” Paul said as he folded his hands while David watched with pursed lips.“You can’t blame him. If he needs time, then give him time, don’t push him too much” David said and Stephen swallowed his saliva without saying anything. “Should I bring your dinner to your room?” Anjola asked as soon as Felix walked inside the house.

“Man, what did you do?” Paul asked as they rushed towards where Felix was standing alone.“I allowed her to walk away. She’ll be free if she does that” Felix said slowly as he turned to his friends.“I don’t even know how I feel towards her; why should I keep holding her by my side when because I know she won’t leave?” Felix asked slowly as everyone fell silent.“It has been unfair to her for a long time now, I should let her go” Felix said as he started walking away slowly.“Felix” Kola called as Felix turned towards him.“I’ll see if you can live without her” Kola said before he walked towards him and patted his shoulder and walked away.“Let’s go home” Paul said softly as he placed his hand around Felix. Felix didn’t know was what going on but he suddenly felt like a part of him had been cut away but his body parts were

Felix turned to Jomi with wide eyes “What did you say you told your dad?” Felix asked as Jomi burst into laughter.“I told him she made me fight with her boyfriend” Jomi replied as felix stared at her incredulously.“And he removed them just like that?” Felix asked and Jomi laughed as she shook her head.“Kanyin’s dad is one of my daddy’s favourite Commissioners, do you really think he’ll remove him because of that? Why do you think the news didn’t carry it?” Jomi asked as she laughed.“My dad just told him to talk to his daughter. It was a fake rumour” Jomi said and Felix chuckled.“You are really close to your dad. When you told me you were close to him, I wasn’t unable to define how close you guys were but listening to you know, I know you two are very, very very, close” Felix said softly and Jomi chuckled.“Are you jealous?”