The next day in school felt uncomfortable and uneventful. It was hot and the class kept making noise and screaming.
Meanwhile mike kept approaching May and she would smile ridiculously at how direct he was towards her. Most of the boys who had approached her had taken weeks and sometimes months to come to the point so she would always "feel like she was ugly"and didn't know what to say.
A week later, Mike walked into a shop alone. he was looking trendily dressed in tight- fitting trousers and seemed like a complete stranger just gazing around.May had been born the third of a family of five children and was named by her father. Her father had been a civil servant in ×××, but when she was five he had moved the family to ×× city where he got a job as an administrator. Through hard work and devotion, he later rides to the rank of a director. May's father was due to retire shortly which would mean less money so he opened up a shop letting May be the shop assistant as her brothers were ambitious and working towards their dreams. May loved working at the shop because in between serving customers she had time to read novels, comics and magazines. she was an avid reader. her friends would tease about her addiction to books from time to time.
'Hm, if you read so much, May, you will have no man to marry you,'her friends would tell her.
'Why not? Anyway I don't care. one day I would have saved enough money to take good care of my skin and go to a good school and study. Meanwhile , Mike had just caught May's attention whilst she was talking with her friends her eyes missed a beat when she looked up and met his eyes. his eyes looked her over hungrily and she blushed. 'Hello, May, greeted Mike familiarly, 'how are you ?'
She laughed. 'Fine, thank you. i didn't know you stayed around here. May was amazed at his direct approach.
'I would like you to be my girlfriend,' he added after a short silence.
'I can't! I'm as good as dead.'
'Dont you like me at all?'
'That's not the point. Why don't you date other girls in class? they are prettier.
'We are not talking about them. We are talking about you and me. perhaps it is early to say so but I think I'm falling in love with you.'
'Mays heart began to thump. This was exactly how she had imagined a scene where a boy declared his love for her. before she could say any thing her friend interrupted as they rushed over after seeing mike their eyes lit up. 'hello, mike,' they said smiling. 'hi! look, May, I must go now. think over what I have just told you.'
'what has he just told you?' asked her friends when he had left.
'oh, nothing!'
' I believe he is in love with you said mei. I could sense it that first day.
'Don't be silly how can he be in love with me when he must have lots of glamorous girlfriends?'
'Let's get back to what we were doing and dont be imagining in my father's shop.'
'kk ladies let's get back to work.'