27. To remember her

DANIEL'S POV 

I pressed the elevator button, it opened and I stepped in. Thankfully I'm the only occupant in it. I feel so irritated right now all thanks to Dad and his dumb idea. I don't even know what instigated him to pronounce such unreasonable gibberish. Now this unwanted sly of a girl won't stop meddling in my ways. 
Just one question I asked and she already fumbled, proving to me she wasn't any different from Goldie whom she was insulting.

Gosh! How I wish we never crossed paths. 

The elevator stopped at the third floor where I wanted it to. I pressed the button and the door opened, I stepped out and stomped off to the gym. Jay texted me earlier that he was here. Don't know why though, it's a Monday not a weekend. Something must be wrong.

My anger dissipated to worry Immediately I walked in and sighted Jay doing the sit-up bench with rope and dumbbells gymnastic. He only does this workout when he's angry or sad. I ran to him Immediately, his expression was clouded, not the usual smiling and happy Jay I'm most familiar with. I can't even remember the last time I saw him this sad, someone must have offended him seriously.

"Jay!" I called worriedly, squatting beside him. He looked at me briefly and continued the work out.

"Talk to me Jay. Who is it?" He stopped and sat up, letting out a sad sigh.

"You know," he began. "When I first met her by the lecture hallway, she tried to walk out out on me but I stopped her. Next, we were talking just few meters from the department when my phone rang, Suzy called me," Suzy again, that girl wouldn't just give up would she? "...I excused myself from her to answer the phone, on turning back when I was done warning Suzy to stop calling me, Saline was gone. She left me without a slight notice. Can you imagine that? I understand she's trying to be careful but I won't hurt her." He said.

So that's why Jay's like this? Finally, I'm very certain now that he's in love. I wiggled my brows smirkingly. This is so amusing.

"That's the reason you are like this? Hehehe! Roe will definitely love to hear this. This is a first, the playboy is in love." I laughed. He rolled his eyes.

"Go away if you ain't gonna say something meaningful." He said lying down back to continue.

"Okay fine," I laughed "I'm serious now." He sat up again.

"Even though I hate talking about stuffs like this, I'll say it anyway because you are my best friend. The fact is this. Saline must have gone through a lot of emotional trauma, previous heartbreaks and all and the only way she could probably think of helping herself, was by avoiding boys, especially playboys like you," I began.

"I know, but I'm not going to hurt her. I just want to be close to her that's all. Not like I'm planing to date her and break her heart, I won't do that." He said.

"How are you gonna know? For a start, you are involved with a lot of girls. She must've seen the birthday party photos of Aurora and you, what's next? You guys were talking and a girl called you and you stood up to answer it. What I'm figuring is that, she must be someone who loves easily. You said her ringtone was one of your songs, who knows? She's probably already into you or trying to prevent herself from falling for you because she knows she'll only become a victim." I explained.

"You are right, but I only wanted to talk. Truth be told, the way I feel about her is different from the way I feel about other girls. I don't want to be her friend or boyfriend, but I just want to be close to her in a way I would never have imagined. But I guess that's too much to ask." He admitted, sighing sadly.

"There you go Jay, you don't want to be in any relationship with her but you owe a lot of your music inspiration to her," 

"What?!" His eyes widened instantly. "It's supposed to be my  secret, how did you know that?" He asked, looking so shocked.

"Relax Jay. I'm not just your very close friend, I'm your best friend." I said with a smirk.

"That's the main reason I want to be close to her," He admitted.

"Having that kinda songs inspirations from a girl, really means you are already in love with her even if you don't know or you are scared of admitting it because you don't wanna get hurt. But the truth is that you can't help it, that's why it's love. Love takes you at unawares, making you do and imagine a lot of things you ordinarily wouldn't have done. Do you think your wanting to be close to this particular girl is based on your self action, when normally you wouldn't have? No, that's your heart directing you. Love is powerful Jay, extremely. You don't force love, you don't direct love. Love is natural, love directs you. So relax, and accept it with wholeheartedness so that you won't regret it later." Jay was staring at me like I just appeared out of space.

"Dan, is this really you talking?" He asked, stunned.

"You had to ruin it, dummy." I smiled hitting him playfully as he laughed. Great! He's back.

"But seriously. Now, what am I supposed to do about her?" He asked calmly.

"Give her time, like a week or so, and when you finally meet her again, I'm sure you'll be very pleased with yourself." I said.

Thanks Dan." He smiled

"What are friends for buddy?" I chuckled as we fist bumped.

"But seriously I never thought you know such things Dan." He laughed.

"Oh yeah, I've never dated before." I said sarcastically. He laughed again.

"Oh dear, what am I doing with this thing?" He said sardonically, standing up quickly from the sit-up bench. I chuckled and stood up too.

"Let's go now, I have a lot on my mind." I said.

"For this Dan, I'll help you with something you'll find interesting. It'll help clear the doubts in your heart and help you remember her." Jay said as we walked out of the gym.

"Her? Remember who?" I asked puzzled. 

"Your first love." He uttered.

"What!" 

"Don't worry, you find out soon." He smiled.

Okay what?...