Saturday

HEART GAMES.

--WRITTEN BY ONYEKE NAOMI

Rose stood in front of the mirror. Trying to choose from the knee-length, long sleeve, blue flay dress with ruffles at the top which she was currently wearing at the moment. Or the yellow hoodie and black baggy boyfriend jeans laying on her bed. She wondered if the dress was a bit too much or if the other one was a bit too comfortable. It was finally Saturday and normally every two weeks, she would go over to Jordan's place to study, and if possible play her favorite game 'Mortal combat' on his PS-5. While sometimes it would be the opposite. She decided to go with the hoodie and jeans, since she was too tired to try looking pretty. 'Better comfortable than not' she thought as she packed some books and her phone into her black tote bag, and hung her headphones around her neck, packing her hair into a ponytail before finally leaving.

*****

 There was a knock on Jordan's door, and he immediately rushed to open it.

"Hey". Greeted rose.

"You're early". Said Jordan as he opens the door and gestures for her to come in.

"Yeah no one was at my place, and I was a bit bored, so I decided to just come over. But I'm not 'That early' it's literally 1:45pm".

"That's actually early for YOU, princess. You normally come around 4pm and then stay for just 3 hours then leave. It kind of offends me you know. I finally get to hang out with you, then you give me just 3 hours". He said pouting.

He probably didn't realize it, but she always thought he looked kind of cute whenever he did that.

"Yeah, yeah, at least today I'll stay longer that's all that matters". She replied while walking to the living room. "Your mom?" Rose asked as she sat on the couch.

"Just left a few minutes ago". He replied, sitting at the opposite end of the couch casually. "Said she's spending the night at Dad's". He continued.

Jordan's parents weren't divorced but decided to live separately due to some circumstances. His mum would occasionally go stay with his dad when she's exhausted from 'Mom duties'.

"Anyway it's just us. Let me go get some snacks, you'll eat cookies, right?". He asked walking towards the kitchen.

     "Sure"

They both stayed silent as they swept through textbooks, played with pens, and solved equation. When Jordan noticed she got something wrong.

"No wait, you got that part wrong. The third equation should act as a substitute for X". Corrected Jordan.

"What?, won't it still give the same answer either way?". "Look" he said migrating to her side of the table, as he sat on the floor next to her, his hands rested above the couch cushion behind her, making him rest a bit closer than he thought.

"In equation 3 we found out that X\= 4+2. So now to find Y we have to substitute X as 4+2 in the first or second equation. Do you get it." He explained as he wrote on her notebook.

"Oh!, no wonder I always get the answer wrong". She realized.

"That's why you need to be more observant, princess". He said, his tone a bit low and husky. She turned to face him and then noticed he was actually really close. Jordan's adjusted a little when he noticed it as well.

"Why do you always call me that?" Asked Rose still keeping eye contact. "What? princess?". Jordan chucked.

"At first I called you that just to mess with you. I loved how your expression was whenever I did". He continued, closing his eyes, as if to picture her expression.

"And now?"

"A princess is someone who should be respected, protected and loved. As I got to know you better, I realized you were so strong but could also be so fragile. I respected you and wanted to protect you. Then slowly the name started to have meaning to me. Even till now. So yeah, you're my little princess". Replied Jordan flashing a warm smile. Rose sighed as she looked away. Then there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it" said Jordan as he walked towards the door.

"Carson?, what are you doing here?".

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