She remained shocked during the session but she had to contain herself. She just couldn’t wait, she wanted the session to end. She was disappointed in what she saw because it she had expected something else.

Once the session was over Melisa stormed out of the room not even turning back to say goodbye to her friend, she just wanted to go home, be alone and just make sense of what she was feeling.

As soon as she reached home, she locked herself in the bedroom she shared with her sister. It was safe to say it was her room now because her sister lived in residence. She tossed her bag and threw herself on the bed and as soon as she hit her pillow she screamed. She let out all her frustrations and decided she didn’t want to see anyone that day and stayed in her room. Melisa didn’t even have supper, she just dozed off and only woke up in the early hours of the morning. She was now calm and collected, she got all the sleep she needed and her mind had recuperated. Everything had now sunk in, all she needed to do was accept reality and stop dreaming.

A week went by without attending university as it was their study break before the exams. Melisa kept on listening to Mongezi’s voice in the voice notes he sent to the group chat. Regardless of the fact that she didn’t expect what she saw, she loved him. She decided to make contact with him. She initiated contact by writing a long thank you message for him, which he appreciated and went as far as to save her number.

From that day they had regular meet ups, Melisa would come up with the laziest excuses if it meant she could meet him and spend time with him. The problem was Mongezi was popular and a lot of girls liked him. Melisa knew this, but she was not going to let that stop her.

However, it seems she attracted bad company when a girl by the name of Thabisile came into the picture. Thabisile loved Mongezi and once she saw Melisa getting close to him, she became envious and didn’t like what she was seeing. Thabisile saw it best to befriend Melisa so that she could find out what was happening between the two of them. They became the close friends and Melisa didn’t have the slightest clue of what was coming her way.

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Tell us: Has someone ever befriended you only to stab you in the back?