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“I'm so sorry. To be fair, Idothink he has been your friend. I just also think you're the prettiest girl to ever speak to him, so in his head he's worked it up to be a thing. God, I'm sure that was just so awkward.”
“It was awkward atbest. Just horrible. And the worst thing was there I was in the stacks with nowhere to go.“
"The stacks?"
"Long story." I summed it up for her.
“Well, the good news is it’s out in the open. That’s if you even want to be friends with him anymore.“
“I’m not even sure how I feel about the whole thing. On the one hand, it’sAndrew. On the other hand, did you know he told his entire department that we were dating?“
Gemma stopped in the middle of the walkway and grabbed me by the arm. For a little thing, she was fiercely strong. “Stop it. He didnot!“
“He told me he did. Tried to use that as a good reason why I should go out with him.“
“Bloody Andrew.”
“Yeah, bloody Andrew indeed. I’ll deal with him another time. I just have enough time to grab a smoothie on the way to the center.”
“Oh, blasted. I wanted to talk to you about my Professor Hottie project.”
Professor Hottie was none other thantheXander Chase. He was hands-down the best-looking professor we had. Everyone had a crush on him. He was married of course. Didn’t stop anyone from dreaming though. His wife was this amazing West End actress, Imani Chase. They were actually really cute together. And stupid in love. Gemma and I were both photojournalism majors, and Xander's class was a tough one.
“I'm happy to help you scope out locations. I got my project done early." For her photo project, she had asked to photograph me. I had said no, but we’d brainstormed another idea for her project, and I was her location scout.
Gemma danced on the balls of her feet, and I could tell there was something she was holding back. “That’s just it. I don’t need you.“
“Well, that’s all well and good. One friend who needs me too much and another who doesn’t need me at all. I’m doing just great,“ I joked.
Gemma rolled her eyes. “Will you stop it. Have you heard of the tycoon, Connor Phelps?“
“Should I have?“ I asked as I placed my smoothie order.
“I suppose not. He’s huge in finance. Also stupid wealthy and very good-looking. When I narrowed down the parameters of my project, I realized that I could do a profile on him, complete with photos. Which would cover me for both my writing assignment and my photography assignment.“
“Okay, fine. I forgive you just this once for not needing me to model for you.“ I pursed my lips and struck what I thought was a model pose.
She laughed as we collected my smoothie and she took a sip of her energy drink. “You can scout for me another time. In themeantime, what are we going to do about your Andrew problem?“
I didn’t want to think about it. “You know I hate chaos."
“Oh, I know,“ she said with rolled eyes.
“This is just so messy. And the last thing I want.“
“I get you. But you can’t avoid him forever. And from the looks of it, that did not work out well today.“
Fair point there. “Well, I very much doubt he’s speaking to me right now, so it might not even matter.“
“Look I’m going to say this, and I don’t want you thinking that I’m taking his side.“
I lifted a brow. “If you take his side, I swear to God, Gems…”
“I’m not. And to be fair, all the bad decisions he made, I told him not to. So he made his own choices. That’s not your fault,and you shouldn’t have to pay for that. What I will say is that you don’t dateanyone, Kaya.Ever. Not that Andrew should take that as a hint or some declaration that you’re holding out for him to ask you out. But the only time in the last two years we’ve known each other that you went out on a date was so Andrewwouldn’task you out. Not that it’s any of my business. Even though we’re besties. You can tell me if you like girls or are asexual or something.“
I lifted my brow. “Thank you for the approval. I once did have a crush on Lizzie Dubois, but I discovered Henry Cavill shortly after that. And that was the end of poor Lizzie,“ I said with a smirk.
"Fair. Henry Cavill will make anyone salivate."
