Convincing her

"What's the point in regretting it now? Can't you just help me?" Laura said tiredly. She had obviously already received an earful from Rachel before she had arrived.

"Call your manager to come and help you. I don't want to burden myself" Rachel said to Laura as she sat on the couch to watch her struggle with the fact that the number of clothes she had surpassed the suitcases she owned.

When she thought about how Laura left a majority of her clothes and only came with what she thought was necessary but managed to more than double what she had come within just a few weeks, she felt it was very fascinating.

Jen also felt a bit astounded when she looked at the number of clothes that Laura possessed. She could understand the clothes that she may have gotten from sponsors but the sheer amount of clothes would mean she had shopping sprees at least three times a week to be able to accumulate the number of clothes she was seeing.

Thinking of how there are clothes that she had already packed meant that even her approximations must be wrong.

Laura sighed in despair as she looked at everything she was supposed to pack, she was really tempted to call James to settle this for her but she did not have the guts to do so. She couldn't call the CEO of her company to come to pack her bags for her. If she did that, then she would be too unreasonable.

"Do you have any bags? Can I borrow them?" Laura asked Jen who was still staring at her things.

"Mmh, I'll give them to you, but make sure you bring them back the moment you are settled. You know how it is with Lucas" Jen said, referring to the fact that she was only planning to stay with Lucas for a while. Laura nodded, even though she knew that Jen wasn't going to be going anywhere.

"I came to see you guys before you leave since I'm going to be in school till late today. You should have a housewarming soon so we know where you guys live" Jen said as she sat down next to Nancy who still looked like she was enjoying Laura's current predicament.

"I'll make sure we have one. I'll let you know once we get settled, " Laura said as if she was not going to be moving again. Jen nodded and talked to the girls for another twenty minutes before she went with Laura back to her place and gave her two large suitcases and finally left for her classes.

Jen got in the class and went to sit next to Michael as she normally did, and Michael was completely engrossed in his books as he normally was. As she looked at him, she remembered how Sofiya and Jason were acting around each other and she started what could have possibly happened between the two of them.

"Michael," Jen said and Michael lifted his head from his books, and looked at her as if he had not realised she had come to class already. Jen thought it was quite funny that he had gotten focussed to such an extent.

"Oh, Jen how are you?" Michael asked with a small smile.

"I'm fine. Haven't you been sleeping?" Jen asked him as she noticed the dark circles under his eyes. Michael blinked at Jen a few times before he realised why she was asking him that in the first place.

"I had to put in some hours of work yesterday from all the contacts we made on Saturday, and I ended up working until late. It's okay though. It's quite fun" Michael said and flashed her smile. If he looked so happy, what could Jen say? 

She was tempted to ask if he was a masochist; it looked like David had really gotten himself a good assistant.

"How is Sofiya? She didn't look too good when the two of you were leaving the party, " Jen asked. She had noticed how Sofiya was being weird after meeting Jason, so she wanted to know what happened between the two of them.

"She's alright. She was just tired from Saturday. She had work yesterday, so I didn't see her since I was busy as well" Michael said to Jen and Jen laughed more at herself than the actual situation.

She had forgotten how dense Michael normally was. He was not in tune with the emotions of the surrounding people at all. He should work on that trait, otherwise his career won't run as smoothly as he hoped.

Jen bit her lip before sighing in frustration. She knew she shouldn't have expected anything, but she couldn't help but be disappointed.

She checked the time on her phone and started preparing for the class as well. After ten minutes, the lecture started, and Jen was focussed on the lesson, forgetting about her disappointment from earlier.

After a two-hour class, Jen packed up her things and watched as Michael rushed out of class. She knew he was rushing to work, so she did not try to hold him up, otherwise he would get visibly annoyed with her.

Jen took her time packing up her things and stood up from her seat while checking her phone. She saw that she had received a message from Nancy and quickly opened it as she was walking out of class since she wasn't looking at where she was going; it was inevitable that she would bump into someone.

The collision made Jen drop her phone and her head bump into the other person's jaw. She couldn't help but groan in pain and she heard the other party do the same.

"I'm sorry about that. Are you okay?" the guy said to her as he picked up her phone and wiped it for her before handing it over. Jen looked at him briefly and took her phone from his hand.

"It's okay. I wasn't watching where I was going either. I apologise, " Jen said politely before nodding at him and walking around him to leave. Without her knowledge, she was being stared intensely by the other party.

"Elijah! What are you standing there dazed for?" a voice shouted and he was finally able to snap out of his daze. He had never seen Jen before. In fact, he didn't even know that there was such an attractive person on campus.

"Did you see her?" Elijah asked his friend.

"See who? Let's go. We'll be late for class" his friend said and dragged him towards their lecture hall. Elijah could not help but look back as if he was hoping that Jen would still be there even though she was long gone.