I was quiet, but my brain and my heart wasn't. I was baffled. I held the paper and read it's content again. I still didn't want to believe she was referring to me. I thought it might be a trick, and if it was, I'm braced up to not fall for it.
She passed on another paper.
"Are you going to write back or not?" My heart was beating, I didn't know what I was into. She just said sorry! She apologized!
I looked at the writings on the papers over and over again and decided to write back since she was starting to grow worried.
“Umm okay.” I wrote back, and passed on the paper to her. She read it and replied to me immediately.
“Is that all you have to say?”
“I don't know… what else can I say?” I didn't even know what to reply to her, to start with. But I had to keep the conversation going, even if it was just a trick, I had to play along.
“Does that mean you have forgiven me?” She wrote back. But It took me some time before replying.
“Yes sure, who am I not to forgive you?” I sent it in, and when she opened the paper and read it, she smiled.
“Aww thank you. I'm sorry really, I know I've been treating you badly, I'm sorry dear.” I was amused. I still couldn't believe it, and I still wondered why she was doing that.
“You're welcome. Is okay. We are good, haha.” Seriously, who am I not to forgive her? And who am I is she Is asking for forgiveness? It was just so tricky! I still refused to believe it was genuine. I was just playing along.
“Are you sure? Do you want me to kiss you?”She was smiling as she was writing that paper, so I knew what to expect; something flirty.
“Do you?” I replied back. Even if I wanted her to kiss me, which I certainly didn't want, simply because it wasn't possible. How could she anyway? Me? I had to show that I had standards and have value.
Is your choice though. Whatever you say.
I read it and chuckled, but was lost for words. I didn't know what she wanted from it, if it was forgiveness from me, she had gotten it, so I didn't know what else to say. But it was obvious that she was bored, and just looking for someone to chat with.
That was when I remembered the drama they had put on the last day, and it was just the perfect moment to find out what was wrong. We were still being discreet.
“So what happened yesterday? You were so sad and y'all acted mysterious”
I held my heart in the palm of my hands as I sent that paper. I was afraid she would stop writing to me, or get angry at me again. It was a risky one. So I was expecting the worst.
“Nothing serious, is gone. And I don't want to talk about it.”
I was glad to see that she was cool with my question, and if she didn't want to talk about it, I wasn't going to drag it any further to avoid getting the situation hotter than it appeared to be.
Kale came in, and at the wrong time. I and Halen were exchanging letters smiling, and Kale took it in the wrong way. His cute smile departed from his face with immediate alacrity once he saw the two of us at the back, his mood changed and the air of enchantment swimming around his personality turned into a heat from the scorching sun.
I didn't know Kale was such a jealous lover. Good thing though, I and Halen weren't sitting together.
I noticed how he was reacting to it, and I pretended that all was well. he left the class hurriedly and disappointed, and I took off after him. Halen's expression showed no concern.

Kale was rushing down to the tiled stairs when I held his and we rested our backs against the wall. He looked at me with an angry look, but he was trying not to make it obvious.
"Kale, I don't know what you're thinking, but don't act like you don't talk to other girls"
Kale chuckled. "what's this now?"
I left his hand and sighed. "Okay, fine. Do whatever you want"
He took a puzzled face. "Are you kidding me? You're the one flirting with a girl and passing love letters…"
"It's nothing. She's a girl and I'm a girl, nothing's going on" I replied abruptly.
"Okay, if you say so."
Kale always had ladies around him and I had the chance to talk about it.
But he defended himself. "Hey I don't know what you're thinking, but be rest assured, nothing's going on." He said to me in an assuring tone.
"Be rest assured? How do you want me to be rest assured, everyday, there are all these women around you—"
"You know how everyone comes to me for projects?. Don't strain this more than it is. By the way, why are you making this about me now?"
"Of course, you're the man..." He raised his eyebrows. "I mean, you're the one with 'em women"
"Yeah? Tell me about it? By the way, wasn't she your enemy?"
"I don't have any enemies" I said, looking at him with one of my eyebrows up, my heart responded with the reply, with a slow and normal heart beat, and my brain applauded by sending it out sweet words and Ideas to be carried out by my tongue, to assure Kale that I was still his
"Huh? She ain't your enemy again hmm" he said with a chuckle. "Okay no problem" he nodded his head on repeat.
"I don't know what her deal is, but it has got nothing to do with me, or wanting me or whatever, Okay."
He nodded his head and took my hand in his palm and used the other hand to soothe and caress my hair. He raised it up to his lips and kissed my hand, which left me blushing, although he was holding back.
"Okay, if you say so, '' he sighed. And patted me on the shoulder, and continued walking down stairs, I stood at top of the staircase as I watched him go off sight.
And when I took some steps away and into the hallway, I caught Halen staring from an empty office's door.