Monday morning, school starts with the assembly and the principal telling us that the weekend is now over and it’s time to focus on our school work, especially us matrics. After the assembly we all disperse to our classes. I don’t bother waiting for Buhle because she is busy with one of those guys that always follows her around.

I bump into Thami at the door and all my books scatter across the floor. My heart beats loudly in my chest, fearing that it will come out, or worse, that Thami can hear it.

Thami is one of the hottest guys at school. He came last year when we were doing grade 11 and ever since then I have always been mesmerized by his beauty.

“Let me help you with that,” he says bending over, helping me pick up my books. I swallow hard and try not to pass out.

“I’m sorry about that.” The butterflies in my stomach go crazy making my throat dry.

“Uh- it’s fine, it’s doesn’t matter.”

He shakes his head as he looks at me under his long eyelashes, “No it does matter. How about I make it up to you. Let’s eat out on Friday after school? By the way my name is Thami,” he says with a smile making his dimples show.

“You are Lwandle right?”

I can’t believe this he knows my name.

I nod and try smiling, “Yeah that’s right.”

“See you in class. And don’t forget about Friday,” he says smiling once again and turns around heading into the class.

My cheeks flush when I noticed that almost every girl was watching us. Some snicker at me as if I had no right to talk to Thami.

I quickly took a seat at my desk and opened my textbook. Although I know this chapter by heart I still read it so that I don’t have to focus on the girls that are looking at me like they’re about to kill me. I blush even more when I think about Thami and that he spoke to me. And how Buhle was right that you feel butterflies in your stomach.

I can’t even wait for Friday, to find out what Thami has in store for us. The teacher walks in and starts handing us the test paper and telling us that we have to put our books away and switch off our phones. Once we all done following the instructions we start with our test.

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Tell us: Do you think that Thami really likes Lwandle or do you think he has an ulterior motive?