CHAPTER 7- WEIRD FEELING

Andrew took permission to go to the restroom as others concurred. He walked out of the cafeteria and headed to the restroom. One could easily think he wanted to use the restroom for nature calls but that is not all, as he has a lot on his head.

  Andrew looked through the cubicle where toilet seats are but no one was there. He went over to the sink as he looked at the mirror.

  Andrew Carter was handsome with his feminine facial and physical features. His eyebrows are thick and curvier than most females. His pink lips are soft like jelly, and most importantly he likes to dress professionally.

   Shirt, trousers, a tie with a set of shoes and socks however fitted him perfectly as most girls feel comfortable around him because he respects them. He was nicknamed Girls Specialty, Professor, The Best Mentor because of the ways he respects girls and their thoughts as well as the way he dresses, and also gives advice.

  His smile is always radiant, that even if he frowns, it is never obvious. It was as if his face was carved to smile to make people comfortable around him.

    

  He looked himself in the mirror, resting his hands on the sink.

  'I have to keep it a secret from them. It feels like a burden to me but I am hopeless', he sighed out as he thought, tears slowly brimming out of his eyes.

  'Maybe they can help. They are your friends, right? Tell them', Andrew looked at his reflection which seemed to be doing the work of talking back to him as he closed his eyes.

  'I cannot do that. No one can know that secret', he thought, as he opened the tap, washing his face with some water and cleaning it off.

  Andrew was someone that hardly shows his emotion and always keeps a smile on his face. But sometimes, emotions are meant to be shown, not buried. That point does not seem to be in his dictionary.

  He left the restroom once he was done with his thoughts. With a changing mindset, he smiled. It is only a matter of time.

  " Prof, Prof Andrew,"

  Andrew stopped on his track as he turned to see who was calling him.

  His heart raced at the sight, his body vibrating with emotions. The feelings he thought he had buried, was rising again like waters in the ocean.

  "Hey, Caleb. How are you doing?" he asked as Caleb moved closer, bowing slightly, a gesture he does to show him respect.

  " I am doing great. I missed you," Caleb confessed as Andrew's face reddened, he looked away shyly.

  

  Caleb held his hand as he moved him to an empty class.

  "You look great. I like your rainbow-colored short-sleeved shirt. I doubt if I can dress like this, but it looks great on you, "Caleb rambled on making Andrew's heart flutter a bit.

  Even though Caleb's words were just his nonchalant way of complimenting him, it only makes Andrew's heart rise. Andrew called it a weird feeling that he needs to get rid of but can he?

  " Thank you. Hope you enjoyed your break. Sorry for going MIA for two weeks into school, things got pretty the wrong way," Andrew explained as Caleb's gaze continued to be on his figure.

  "Holiday was much like a temptation, but sadly I gave in," Caleb whispered the last part, his eyes showing sadness.

  Caleb was a typical bad boy, whose goal was to make girls fall for him, and then leave them, shoving them away as soon as he realized they had feelings for him.

  To him, girls are toys to be played with. His logic is simple. Make a girl feel you like her, then once she has trusted and catch feelings for you, leave her heartbroken, mocking her for behaving all Mighty only to end up catching feelings.

  After a while of doing these play fantasies, he turned to Andrew. To him, the constant messages he received from girls asking him out were almost unbearable. And sometimes, the urge seems great and he eventually dates these girls. 

  " What happened?" Andrew rested his right hand on his shoulder.

  "They kept making sexual advances toward me. I feel frustrated about being handsome sometimes. Just maybe, the girls won't be infatuated.

  I met this girl in a shopping mall and she collected my number. She was beautiful and all. One thing led to the other as we got into a relationship. I know you told me to avoid relationships for the time being, but I failed and did something else. I had sex with her, and for some time, I enjoyed the pleasure that comes with it, but.."

  "But you are not happy. You felt guilty and shallow because you felt you did something wrong," Andrew completed his words as Caleb kept looking.

  It seems Andrew knows his thoughts.

  " You see, everyone has choices to make. We all have feelings, and trust me when I say it feels so crazy during teenagerdom. The drive comes in to try out pleasure, sex, drugs, and feel among but there is something called Self Control," Andrew paused for a while to see Caleb's full focus on him.

  "I understand you tried your best to avoid being in a relationship and having sex. Sex is a gift reserved for married couples. 

  When sexual cravings set in, try to remember that controlling them can be the best thing ever. You are still a teenager and there are still a lot of things you can focus on," Andrew enunciated, staring at Caleb.

  

It was obvious Caleb's heart was not made to break other girls' hearts. He was the kind of soft-looking teenage boy who wouldn't hurt a fly. When girls became aware of his good looks, some could not resist and tried to seduce him. While others wrote love letters, and others expressed their feelings and opted for being in a relationship with him.

  Being influenced by friends, he decided to make them fall deeply for him, and then leave them, not without mocking them too.

  " Thank you for this. I have cut off my relationship with the girl. All she could offer was sex, sex, sex, and I have gotten tired of her. I still feel guilty. I hope she forgives me," he sighs.

  Andrew could not help but flinch inwardly at the constant mention of sex. It only invokes different memories in him, which he feared.

  "It is all right. Just talk to God in prayer and as long as you feel remorse about it, he will listen. Do remember that mistakes are inevitable but once you realize it and make amends, then you are safe," Andrew explained.

  Caleb engulfed him in a hug. Andrew slowly relaxed into his hug as his mind was somewhere else.

  " It is going to be alright," he whispered.

  Unknown to them, someone has already taken their picture.