Hacking The Relationship Code

Chapter 10: F.R.I.E.N.D.S

I wasn't sure if I wanted to let Adrian into our little group. By Wednesday we had two more additions, Adrian and a friend of his, Cole. Cole and Adrian were from the same school in Chicago. Cole was one of the most good looking guys I had ever laid my eyes on except, he was a total nerd. He was kinda that geeky first bencher kid who asked a lot of questions and was the teacher's pet but this guy was even hot and well built. He wore cute nerdy specs and constantly tried to flirt with girls when he wasn't engrossed in books. I could tell he was a playboy. That level of flirting required great practice. He would send flirty texts to Mia all the time. Mia amused herself with him. I mean come one, who could resist that. I would have tried my luck if it wasn't Mia I was competing against.

The other night Andy and I had our little texting session about the unexpected Adrian Carter reappearance.

Andy: Are we dealing with the same Adrian Carter from high school?

Ginna: IDK, something's gotten into him I feel.

Andy: It seems he's had a complete makeover.

How are you feeling about it?

Ginna: I honestly don't know how to feel anything about it.

Still processing his comeback.

Andy: Yaa back with a new name this time.

I mean Beckham seriously?

He's littering a legacy.

Ginna: I swear.

I was maintaining my distance from Adrian. When Mia got a little inquisitive about it, I told her that we didn't share the best history.

To be honest, I was over that incident long back. I had even forgiven him. What still pinched was that he had disappeared without a goodbye. He had ghosted me. I was worried about him for days when he had suddenly taken off.

I did not want to be friends with him again just to get hurt another time. There was too much history and unresolved feelings over there.

Adrian was clearly trying to resolve his issues with me. I had noticed that. He was trying to be friendly while I ignored his advances. The tables had turned this time. He made an effort to be near me whenever possible but I never let a situation arise where we were alone.

It was still the first week so the professors were taking it easy on us. Most of them had just explained the course structure till now. We had a lot of free time on us. I discovered that Cole and Adrian were sharing an apartment too. Their apartment was also close to the university but on the other side. They rented an apartment in the other direction from the university. We were going to check out their apartment today in the evening on Cole's insistence.

Their apartment was similar to ours, just a little more spacious and in a busier vicinity. I liked ours more. We played Monopoly for a while where Cole was kicking our asses followed by Adrian. I had a sudden urge to pee so I asked Cole for the direction to the washroom.

"Can you show me to the washroom Cole?" I specifically directed it at him. He was busy showing Mia something on his phone and passed on the task to Adrian. Adrian directed me to the washroom and followed closely behind. He opened the door for me.

"Thank you." I said closing the door behind me.

I checked myself out in the mirror and fixed my hair after using the loo. As I stepped out, I saw Adrian waiting for me with a napkin. The others were outside in the drawing room. I wiped my hands with the napkin and handed it back to him. As I left to join the others in the drawing room, he caught my wrist from behind and nudged me lightly.