Chapter 3

As Willow was rushing off to class the following week, she was stopped by someone.

"hey good morning willow"

"good morning Rodney. You're the class rep. You're not supposed to be late"

Rodney rolled his eyes.

"which rule says that? Because I'm sure I haven't seen it yet. Meet me at African taste during break"

Willow nodded as Rodney veered towards the lecturers offices.

Once again, Willow sat in her seat and found herself daydreaming about her life in Korea. She was at a fan sign event and chatting up some rookie idol's when someone nudged her in her side.

She turned with a frown at Ferrell.

"pay attention before the lecturer calls you out"

"can someone give the reason accounting for the difference in tempearture?", the lecturer asked as if on cue.

No one answered. Not even a single hand went up.

"anyone? ", he asked again.

Again no one volunteered. And so the lecturer decided to take matters into his own hand.

"yes... The lady in blue"

Willow's eyes widened as he pointed his finger towards her.

"the difference is as a result of different cooling effects"

"okay young lady, you may sit"

After that embarrassing moment, Willow made sure to concentrate on the lesson.

After 4 hours of knowledge absorbing, it was finally break.

"snacks? ", Ferrell asked

Willow shook her head

"actually, Rodney asked me to meet him at African taste"

"oh I almost forgot, he asked me to meet him there too "

"really? ", Willow asked

"yeah "

African taste is the only canteen in the faculty and a hot-spot for local dishes. Willow and Ferrell arrived to find Rodney and Namina. Namina was Rodney's biggest and longest crush....since forever. And willow only knew about this since maybe a few months back. 

To be honest, Rodney wasn't the kind that willow would hang out with. The guy may have a loose screw that is yet to be publicly noticed. 

Namina smiled as Willow and Ferrell took their seats. 

"girl, I love your skin ". Willow smiled at the compliment. Namina wasn't really one to talk a lot, at least not since willow knew her. She was the shy type... And rightly so after everything she's been through with Rodney. 

It was first year or so Willow was told,  when Rodney set his sights on Namina. He was literally obsessed with her, calling her all the time, sending messages and gifts until the girl was convinced the guy was loosing his brain. 

After failed attempts to get Rodney to understand that she Namina was not interested in any love relationship of any sort, Rodney resorted to using her academics against her. He basically disguised love letters in the form of pdfs and sent them to the poor girl. 

Well,  all that is on steady waters now as they've managed to reach some form of friendship or whatever. Willow wasn't really concerned about it 

"so I already ordered", Rodney said while taking a seat. He had his signature wide smile on his face and to be honest,  willow has never found it cute. 

Ferrell rolled his eyes 

"quit it man before you scare everyone away. You're being weirder than normal"

Talk of weird,  was Ferrell actually calling Rodney weird? Willow shook her head

"hey Namina,  I heard you were giving out tickets to your exhibition thus weekend ", 

"yeah,  I have a few artefacts that will be displayed at the school's mausoleum"

"right.... It's great to hear that. Hope you have a great time"

"what you're not coming? "

"oh I would live to.... "

Namina frowned 

"didn't you get the tickets? ", she asked 

Willow shook her head 

"fer-"

Ferrell suddenly laughed awkwardly drawing all attention to him

Willow thought she saw him wink or squeeze his eyes while  e said something about pepper getting into his eyes. 

She rolled her eyes at Ferrell and namina smiled awkwardly 

"I guess I forgot who I sent them through ...i asked someone to give them to you", she said as she scratched her nose 

"no problem , you can invite me to the next one"

Willow smiled making Namina smile too. 

The next few minutes saw the four rushing back to class for the last lesson of the day. After 39 minutes of no show, the students decided to call it a day, afterall everybody was definitely praying that the lecturer wouldn't show anyway. 

Ferrell was behaving strangely but willow chose to ignore it. 

"hey willow,  you take this and I'll pass by later yeah? ", he asked while he shoved something into her hands. Willow smiled down at the pendrive.

When she lifted her head,  Ferrell was already gone. It was like he had disappeared. 

She shrugged and headed back to her place. Nothing like a long bath and binge watching anime. 

Ferrell gritted his teeth as he walked to his room. Damn,  he thought this was a small crush but it seemed like it wasn't. Willow Murphey was all he could think about and it was all messed up since Ferrell knew willow would ever believe that he actually had feelings for her. 

The only option Ferrell had was to stay as far way from willow Murphey as possible. 

Ferrell groaned when he saw willow calling. It's been hours since he'd been ignoring her calls. Yeah,  he'd said he'd pass by but it wasn't like he'd promised or anything of that sort. Why was Willow making things so hard for him?. Ferrell sighed as he saw her text. 

He was done controlling his damn hormones. Anytime he was with her, the only thing he could think about was kissing her,  there had been so many times Ferrell found himself breaking willow's no Skinship rule and pinning her against her own mattress and having his way with her. Ferrell sighed,  he was losing his mind because of his hormones. 

First it was denial,  then frustration and finally acceptance. Ferrell was not one to act on his emotions but he knew one thing,  if he hadnt ran away from her this afternoon, he'd have done something he's been dying to do. 

Confess to her and kiss her. 

Author's note 

Hi.