"You look happy? What did that guy tell you?" Eli asked
"Nothing but why are you annoyed by him"
"Be careful around him, he and his friends almost had a fight with me yesterday over you so tell me if you two are that close so next time I give him the friendly treatment" he said and walked ahead
"Hey he's not my friend" she said and catches up to him
She was happy with what that guy told her, the next day it was weekends and they didn't have class and they went for an excursion and he went to pick her up so they will go there together and sit together in the car, she wore lipgloss, when he saw her
"You look nice" he said and indeed she was he walked hand in hand with her and they left the place to sit under the tree and waited for them
Some of the boys stared at her that she got shy
"Is it too much?" She asked
"No it's not you look really good" he said, he got her some food and stared at her for a few moments
"What?" She asked
"Was it necessary tho to apply lipgloss?"
"Why?" She asked
"Even without it you're very very beautiful, adding that lipgloss highlights your lips and shows how beautiful everything about you is" he said and she smiled she got what she wanted
"But please don't wear it again"
"Why? I thought you said it suits me" she said
"Yes it does but maybe I don't like others drooling over you. I don't know but I don't like the feeling when they are all looking at you and I don't know what's going on in their, we are young and I want to protect you from evil minds and thoughts" he said and she agreed she tried to wipe it off
"Don't bother, you look nice let's enjoy it for today we shouldn't waste your effort" he said but she still wiped it off
"You see even without it they still stare at you because you are beautiful" he said and they went to the bus
Their second year began and they were two years older
Ella saw Eli with a girl in his class and he looked all smiley
"Eli" she called out and he left with her
On their way to study
"Eli tell me if you get a girlfriend" she said and he laughed
"Obviously I would but ain't we young for that" he said but she was worried someone was going to take her friend away, she had gotten used to him that she doesn't want to lose him
She decided to go and wait for him every day after class and he every time he saw her, would leave everything to go to her he didn't want her waiting
One day one of the girls in his class met Ella on her way to her class
"You don't own him, hope you know that"
"I am not claiming to" Ella said
"Then leave him alone to breathe"
"I am not holding his breath" Ella said
"He would make a lot of friends without you always around him"
"If he wanted you as a friend he would have let you" Ella replied
"I am going to take him away from you" the girl said and left
That girl really tried to but she wasn't going to allow her to she would always go and wait for him after class,
After class Ella didn't go to him, she needed to get something out of her head
"If I don't hang around him will he fly or stay" she had in her mind
She sat down waiting for him, after class that girl asked him to teach her something and he did, he thought she was going to come but she didn't, he looked at his time and his eyes searched for her but she was no where
Five minutes gone and his heart sunk
"Sorry I need to go" he said
"What's wrong?" The girl asked
"My Girl, didn't come for me, I don't feel good I need to see her" he said and ran to her class and she was standing by the door about to walk out, he ran and hugged her
"I thought you left without me" he said and she was happy
That girl came to Ella's class the next day to talk to her
"So you won"
"Won what? There was no competition" Ella said