Jack overhead the lecturer telling the first year students that they should go and borrow dissecting kits from students who are in higher levels since the ones they have ordered have not arrived yet and they had to do a practical on dissecting rodents. It was October and the exams where about to start. At the end of the lecture Jack saw Lehlogonolo and asked her:
“Hey, do you also need a dissecting kit?”
“Oh yes, I do. Are you also doing vet? I know most people who are doing vet but it’s the first time I see you. What’s your name?” she responded
“Jack. And you are who?”
Lehlogonolo told him her name and asked for his number. Jack decided to take hers too so that he would know who is calling when she calls because he doesn’t usually take calls from numbers he doesn’t know. This is how they met, Jack was in third year the time they met.
After two days Lehlogonolo called Jack
“Hello Hlogi. How are you?”
“I am well, please tell me where you stay, I want to come for that dissecting kit”
“Oh that, I am going to class now. Let’s meet outside the library in twenty minutes, I will give it to you there.”
“OK sharp.”
She hung up and took an umbrella as it was hot outside and went to meet Jack. He gave her the dissecting kit and she told her that he’ll get back it immediately after the practical.
When going back to her room, she thought of how handsome Jack was and wished she could be his girlfriend. She laughed and told herself that she was just being silly; Jack would never be interested in a girl like her.
After the practical she called him, they met and she gave him the dissecting kit back. He offered to accompany her to her room, but she refused. She decided to delete his number from her phone because she thought there was no need for her to keep it.
A week passed, and then Jack called. She pressed the answer button and before she could say anything he had already said:
“Hey Hlogi, how are you?”
She quickly recognized his voice.
“Oh Jack, I am well. What about yourself?” she responded.
“I am also well, just thought of you and I miss you. Please give me your Facebook username and I will add you,”
“It’s Lehlogonolo Hlogi Babe,”
“OK, thanks. I’ll add you now,”
He added her and they started chatting.
Jack would sometimes tell her that he missed her and that she should visit him sometime when she is free, that he’d love to see her again. Hlogi wondered what Jack wanted from her, but she started developing a crush on him. Exam time came and the night before the exams started, Hlogi decided to text Jack.
Hey, I wish you all the best with your exams
Jack replied:
Thanks, the same goes to you. Have a lovely night
During exam time they would chat, asking each other how the exam was going so far. Then one day Jack asked Hlogi when she was going to go home. Hlogi replied:
I don’t know, it’ll depend on how the exams were. If I don’t write one of the papers well I’ll wait for the supplementary list to be released before going home. What about you?
The end of November. Let’s go home at the same time, lol. Jack replied.
Ha ha ha! I’ll decide, don’t want to promise you anything. I am good at making empty promises.
After the exam, Hlogi left. They stopped texting one another and in December Jack sent her a text:
Happy festive season to you and your family. Enjoy every moment you spend and treasure the time given to you by God.
Thanks dear. The same goes to you. Replied Hlogi.
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Tell us: Do you think Hlogi should tell Jack? What would you do?