Chapter Seven

Tanner stayed in the bathroom for a while before coming over. His mind kept going towards the direction of that lady he had met earlier in the coffee shop but he tried as much as possible not to dwell in his thoughts. He took up his shirt and went out of his bedroom. He walked into the dinning room and could see his mother already waiting for him. She raised her head and smiled as she saw her son coming closer. She stood up from the chair she had been sitting in and pulled out a chair beside her for him.

"Here sit beside me." She said to him and Tanner without exception move in the chair his mother has already pulled out for him and sat. She dished out his portion of food into his dish as they both started eating. "So how was work like today?" She asked him. Immediately she mentioned work and his mind drifted off to the lady again. "Son." She called him since she had been waiting for his reply and didn't get any. "Mum's work was fine." He finally said. "Tanner, did something happen at work today?" She asked worriedly. "No mum, nothing happened." He replied. "Then why do you look so lost when I mentioned work?" She asked. He told his mother about the lady but decided not to. "Mum actually, nothing happened at work, I'm just so stressed out that's all." He said and faked a smile and she just nodded and continued with her meal.

It was a beautiful Monday morning as Casey and Astoria were already prepared to go for a lecture that morning,they were seated having their breakfast. "Casey what would you be doing in your free period at school?" Astoria asked her while putting some food into her mouth. "I haven't thought about it though." Casey replied. "Oh Ok, so can I ask you for a favor please?" Astoria asked. "Ok spill it out, what's the favor?" Casey looked attentively at her waiting for her to speak up. "I actually saw a new dance step online," she pulsed and looked at Casey's facial expressions. Casey seemed calm enough and waited to hear what he pointed so she continued. "So I was actually thinking if you could go with me to the library,so I will try the dance step out." She finally concluded her speech. "Ok that's nothing, I can do that." Casey said. "Thanks Casey, you are truly the best." Astoria smiled. "You are welcome,so let's eat before we get late for lecture." Casey said and Astoria nodded as they continued their meals in total silence.

There was a general class that morning and everyone was gathered in a single hall. Casey sat next to Astoria as they were all together there. Lia and Leo also saw it as another opportunity to also get close to Astoria because that was their major mission in the college. "Leo searched for her before we walked in as I'm also doing the same." Lia said. "Ok I'm doing that already." Leo replied as he continued searching for her. His eyes fell on her at the middle roll of the class and luckily the seat behind her was empty. "Lia over there." Leo pointed to the roll Astoria was sitting on. Lia quickly turned towards where he was pointing at. "And also there are two empty seats behind her." Leo added. "Wow that's good then, we should get going now." Lia said and Leo nodded as they both walked into the hall and went straight to the seat behind her and sat.

"Hi Astoria." Lia called to her and Astoria turned backwards to see who mentioned her name. "Hey Lia, how are you doing?" Astoria asked, smiling at her. "I'm good and you?" Lia asked back. "I'm also very good." Astoria said and pulsed for a while to catch her breath before she continued. "Casey met Lia and her twin Leo, they are my new found friends." Astoria introduced. "Nice to meet you both." Casey smiled at them. "And Lia and Leo meet Casey, my best friend and also like a sister." Astoria said. "It's so nice to meet you Casey." They chorused with a smile. Just then a lecturer walked into the hall and all the noise coming from all angles of the hall died down and the lecture began.

After the close of that lecture, the free period began and everyone started walking out of the hall. "I want to go to the library to rehearse a new dance step, I saw online, do you want to tag along?" Astoria asked Lia. Lia actually had a plan with her brother for the free period though but she can't just say no to what Astoria requested. "Yes, sure , I would even be bored in this free time,so it would be entertaining if we tagged along, don't you think so Leo?" She asked him. "Yes, sure." Leo just forced a smile. "It's settled then, let's get going." Astoria smiled standing up from her seat as the other joined. Astoria was about walking out of the hall door but her focus was on Casey when she walked into someone. A huge figure at that. "Oh I'm so sorry, I wasn't watching my way." Astoria apologized as she quickly Bent down and helped him pick up his books that were scattered all over the floor. "Here," she handed over the books to him, raising her eyes to meet with him. "You." She pointed out. "Yes, me." He tried to smile. "You school here too?" She asked as the both of them stood up from where they had squatted. "Yes I do." He replied. "Anyway it's nice to meet you again." Astoria said and walked away with her friends.

They all walked into the library and Astoria handed over her cellphone to Casey and dropped her bag on the chair and started with her dance rehearsal. Leo excused Lia to a little distance place. "Lia why didn't you tell her you have plans?" Leo asked. "I can't possibly tell her that, you and I know we have to always be around her." Lia said. "I know but we still have to train more to be able to defend her at any time." Leo stated. "I know we need to train more but, right now we are still trying our very best to make her trust us and totally accept us as her friends." She pulsed for a while and continued,"So we need to always do what would make her like us and want us always around her so we can protect her." She concluded her speech. "Hmm," Leo exhaled. "Yes that's what we should do and besides you know we can always do our training at home without any disturbance." She pointed out. "Yes you are right though." He sighed. "Yes I am,so can we go back to the library now?" Lia asked and he nodded before they both turned around and walked back to the library.

"Where did you guys go before?" Astoria asked, still dancing. "We just went to get something." Lia lied. "Ok but you have missed the steps I actually wanted you guys to see." Astoria faked a frown. "We are really sorry," Lia apologised. "Ok it's fine." Astoria said. "Ok but can you restart so we could see them?" Lia asked. "Ok but what is the time?" Astoria asked and Casey mentioned the time to her. "Ok then we still have about 20 minutes before the next class,so watch me attentively because I won't be doing it again." She said and they both nodded as she started dancing all over again.

After their free period was over they all went to their next class. Casey got to her class early as she sat down on her desk and fixed her glance at the door with the mindset of being the first to see the lecturer when he walked in. But her eyes caught sight of a Greek god in the form of piercing black eyes. Casey is dull at the cute guy that she just caught sight of. She kept glancing at him as he walked over to a seat and sat. She held her cheeks in her palms and continued staring until the lecturer walked in. "My goodness he is really so cute." She thought as she tried to focus on the lecture being taught.

After the close of class, she thought of walking up to the guy she had seen earlier but couldn't find him there again. "Wasas I exaggerating?" She said to herself as she didn't see the guy anymore. She sighed heavily and took up her bag before walking over to her next class.

Tanner entered his next class as the thought of his mate came into his mind again. Now he was even more worried, he thought he would be seeing her just that once and at the coffee shop but now he would be seeing her every single day because she was attending the same college as him.