chapter 2:

"woah woah woah, watch where you're going"

"i should run you over with my car" says Meryl. unbuckling her seatbelt.

"why is that?" Calvin asks, rasing an eyebrow. his arched eyebrows. The most expressive eyebrows. that's what his mom would define it as, if anyone would ask.

"um... because you called me cupcake, you idiot!"

"and? i always call you that"

"not in front of Zayn! c'mon man! it's Zayn. you know I had a crush on him since first year" twirling the loop threads of her hoodie, Meryl starts to bite her lip. not in a sensual way. just the anxiety way.

"omg, Meryl. you really think he would take that seriously?"

"of course yes!!"

"has he asked you if you're dating me?"

nods in a no.

"exactly! my point" Calvin says, putting on his seat belt."that dude might have already got a girlfriend"

"wait! really? Don't talk nonsense now, Cal."

she says, her head on the steering wheel. The pose she knows she only does when she's anxious.

"i... I'm sorry, Meryl But, I'm not sure. have you looked at him. he's 'cool and handsome' like you tell me. ofcourse he has girls hitting on him"

placing his hand under Meryl chin, he says.

he tilts her head up by her chin. looking into her eyes he knows he shouldn't have said that. There might be chances her wedding with him she has made in her head are collapsed and are swimming in the waters of the Atlantic.

"or people" she corrects him.

"yeah, i forgot. sorry!" he says. his small smirk curling up at the corner of his lip. making his dimple pop. "or people! so you better make a move??"

"i know. i know. I'm just....i don't know man! I'm too scared that I'll make it awkward."

"you need to tell him anyway, because I'll drop him hints that you like him. it's one more year and we're out of college, Meryl."

"yeah, I've been getting that alot."

"talk to him tomorrow. The Summer break is around the corner."

"it's summer already?" her voice cracks. "aren't we planning on going to my grandmother's place this summer?"

"yeah, Matilda was talking to my mom about it.. apparently it's only you, me and my sister's."

"ah, makes sense why my mom was packing up some clothes already. i thought our parents were coming too" she says, unlocking her phone to schedule the date in the calendar.

"I'm not sure" Calvin says, pulling out a waffer bar from his pocket. "want one?"

she nods in a no.

"alright, I'll talk to him tomorrow. be my wing man please" she says, holding both his hands. "you know I suck at stuff like this."

"do my physics homework and maybe I'll think about it" a wink.

"my major is business, how am I supposed to do your 'physics' homework?" she questions. her hand out gesturing him to answer.

"isn't Zoe's brother a physics major? that works for me." he says.

"ughh" she sighs.

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