21 Thank you & I missed you

"Rica calm down, where are you rushing to" Favour said to me as I speed walked through the library all the while heading to the exit, She was not to far behind.

"To meet that boy called Dili" I mumbled.

"Ahn abeg o, don't kill my friend for me o" She said in a teasing tone. Yet again, I'm glad she was having loads of fun.

I chuckled "I'll see what I can do about that" I could already imagine a grin on her face although I couldn't see it.

Opening the Library I didn't know where exactly I was going to, but all I knew was that I had to find Dili, fast.

Luckily for me as I opened the library door Dili was standing right outside the door, as if he was about to enter. 'The cliches of it all'.

I spotted Victoria from the distance, the grin on her face said it all. She heard everything Dili said. Who am I kidding, pretty sure every person in the school heard what Dili had said. At that thought a faint blush stained my cheeks. probably because I was highly embarrassed.

On seeing me, the small smile that was on Dili's face, widened. Then it turned to an arrogant smirk.

"You!" I called out accusingly.

Faking ignorance he said in an overly exaggerated tone "Me?"

My eyes turned to slit before I told him in a dangerous tone "Run"

Releasing a nervous chuckle he said "You can't be that mad, right?"

I in turn gave him my best sarcastic smile. I repeated once again "Run"

Not wasting another second he ran off in full speed. I released a pleased smile at this, and then I too took off. I could hear Favour and Victoria playfully wishing me 'Good luck' as I ran after Dili.

We ran through the school hallway freely. I didn't even give an ounce of care that students in the hallway were staring at us strangely. Most of them had a look of recognition and shock. Like I said, everyone pretty much heard Dili's declaration of me being his fiancee. And to be painfully honest, I didn't really care that people might hate me the more for this. My attention was solely focused on the tall male running at top speed in my sight. It was a miracle I was even catching up to him. I'm extremely thankful to God for the flare skirt and leggings we girls wore as uniform in school.

After some time Dili suddenly stopped, we were both outside the school building now. We were standing on the schools well maintained lawn.

I breathed hard and fast, catching the breath that I could. I forgot that Dili was actually the school's multi talented athletic, no wonder he ran so fast, and he didn't seem all that tired like I was. God, was he a machine or something?

He finally turned back to look at me, and then on seeing me he released a megawatt smile. And I swear, I kid you not, I felt my heart skip a beat at this. It was a familiar occurance anytime I was in Dili's presence.

He walked to me and said "I actually thought you wouldn't keep up. You surprise me every step of the way Rica Okafor"

"I was a runner in junior secondary school. I actually thought I won't catch to you either" I chuckled out, feeling extremely lighter for some reason. Maybe it was because this was the first time in a long time that I felt extremely free, like every other thing didn't matter.

He looked at me strangely "You're smiling? Is everything okay Rica? because if I remember clearly you were running after me to beat me"

Smiling yet again I told him "I didn't tell you to run because I wanted to beat you...Okay so me glaring menacingly at you didn't really pass that message across" I chuckled nervously.

"I told you to do that so I can give you this" Not wasting a second I walked much closer to him and wrapped my arms around him, giving him the biggest hug I have been dreaming of giving him the next time I saw him. 'I could already imagine the shock that masked his face, right now'

"What's this for?" he asked in a reduced tone. I could tell he was smiling.

"Just to pass a message across" I teasingly said.

He let out a heartfelt laugh "And that would be?"

Tightening my hold on him I spoke "Thank you and I missed you"