Suddenly everything went dark and he felt a hand reach for his. He then remembered he was not alone and he was stuck with her in this god forsaken elevator. "Are you alright?" He asked as he felt her hand holding his.
Luckily it was all dark. Otherwise sh could see his face which looked like a riped tomato.
"I'm fine, not a fan of darkness. What about you are you fine?" She asked with concern in her voice.
He was taken back, other than Ali nobody in his life ever showed concern for him.
"I'm fine. While some people adapt to darkness, I was after all born in it." He said with a cheeky grin
"Did you just quote batman?" She said while chuckling
When he was about to answer he heard a voice from outside.
"Ma'am, Sir we extremely apologise for this inconvenience. The transformer has had a malfunction. We should be going to backup power within 15 minutes. We are very sorry."
"It's alright" he heard Eve reply.
What followed was a comfortable silence.
"Since we have some time, want to tell me what you had to talk to me about?" He said
"Oh yeah.. almost forgot. I need a favour."
"A favour? From me? What could I possibly do for you?" He asked confused
"Well.... could you let me tutor you?" She asked with nervousness in her voice.
"Huh?" Was all he could say as he tried to make sense of what was happening.
"You see, you and me are the only ones in class without any extra curricular activities. Which means we could lose 5% of our total grade. Which I don't want. So I spoke to Mr. Bates today and he suggested this, you would be getting the marks as well if you agree." She said with nervousness still in her voice.
Gus could finally make sense of why all the miracles were happening today. He was a bit hurt since she reached out to him only for the sake of grades but he knew better than to feel bad because he felt it was a miracle that he was even talking to her.
He then thought about the offer. It seemed to good to pass up. He didn't want to lose the 5% of his grade and that was the only reason he was going to agree.
Just when he was about to answer. The lift started to work again. And they got out on the rooftop.
The place looked marvellous. It was cozy cafe with countless plants places all over giving it a natural vibe in the middle of a concrete jungle.
Just as they were about to sit down. His phone rang.
"Where the fuck are you, you idiot. Did you forget we have to release the song today. And why was your phone not reachable." Screams Ali, as Gus picked his phone up.
Gus completely forgot about his song launch. He was so caught up with Eve. He completely forgot.
"I'm on my way." He said and cut the call.
"I'm so sorry, something really urgent came up. I have to head back now. I'm really sorry." He said feeling guilty.
"It's okay, it sounds pretty urgent. You should head back. But before you leave, what do you say about the proposal?" She asked with a smile to cover her nervousness
"I'm in. Here's my number, just text me what I need to do." He said placing a piece of paper on the table and rushed outside to head to Ali's place to launch the song.