Chapter Five : Welcome Back Tina (2/2)
”And is that working?” I asked
”A little”
I smiled ”I meant every word I said, Maya. You're not a failure, you're just taking things slowly waiting for your time to shine and trust me when I tell you that time is coming sooner than later”
She smiled back wiping her eyes with her hands ”I guess I'll just have to believe ”
Immediately, a huge frown appeared on her face ”I've ruined my makeup now your dad would think you beat and forced me into coming here”
I smiled, she's definitely silly ”No, my dad would think you were overridden with joy to the point of tears after receiving his invitation”
Maya's jaw dropped at once
”you are so bad ” She murmured as I cheered silently.
She smiled looking away as I admired her secretly, she's definitely a fighter unlike many girls I've seen, willing to fight against a cruel destiny bestowed on her by her family.
I pondered, if it was still the old me I would probably be dating her by now.
But the old me is gone, she'll be better off with someone who will treasure and stay faithful to her
”Maya?” I called and she turned at once giving me those brown inquisitive eyes
”What?”
”Andrew doesn't know what he lost”
”Huh? Why do you.....” She tried asking but I climbed down the car before she could finish
”Wait, why are we.....” She looked around open-mouthed
” we're here?”
I nodded and she turned pale muttering ”oh”.
Breathing in, I faced her and placed both hands on her shoulder feeling her shiver.
Concerned, I asked, ” Are you cold?”
”No,...I um.. you know goosebumps. I get them a lot when I get nervous” She answered leaving me more confused than ever.
I regarded her intensely for a while ”you seem to have lots of illnesses when you're nervous?
Confirming my suspicion she was lying to me, she looked away and answered me ” Yeah, you know ..blabbering goosebumps...I told you it's incurable ”
So I decided to play along, If she wasn't going to acknowledge the attraction between us, no big deal. She's too good for me anyway.
”Maya, you don't have to be nervous. It's gonna be alright, I'll make sure of it” I squeezed her hand softly and she eased up a bit.
Giving me a strained smile she said ”let's do this”
”Yeah” I smiled back hoping the old man wasn't going to give me a hard time.
Just when I grabbed her hand to lead her inside, my phone rang ”Give me a sec” I requested and she nodded.
Walking a few blocks away, I retrieved my phone from my pocket only to find out it was Tina calling ”What now?”
I heard her sigh” I decided to call the meeting off so you don't have to worry cause I'm on my way to your father's place. I'm guessing you're there already, so just wait up ”
I stood short of words, what was I going to do. I can't disappoint Maya especially after her opening up to me but if the old man finds out she's isn't Tina and Tina comes down here, it's going to be quite a sight.
Holding the phone firmly I asked, ”where are you now?”
”Probably five minutes away from here”
I smiled ”fine, you should hurry cause my father doesn't have much of the word called patience”