iana said then began packing her

ot ready to leave the clas

ple but elegant, if you know what I mean," she further

e computer science department before Friday, no copying. You guys are very talen

udri" the cl

the next cla

ied and she walked out o

her every week. She had done 30% of the work the previous night but she got stuck when

er the years but she was determined to solve it a

she typed a few lines of code then

was displayed on the screen. It brought a sm

a happy dance before sitting down again t

and unexpected. The screen was filled with a lot of errors mainly saying th

ake was from but there was no place it pointed to. "Oh dang! Now I have to read the code

ould cry but it was pointless. She would still have to

trast' she could hear her dad's voice say in her ear and she consider

ing and she didn't want to bom

osed her laptop "But not today" she shook her hea

ernight code sprint ran through her mind and i

or, and mentor, and most of the things she learned about co

when she interned in their company till now

e him as her mentor and bigges

er phone took her out of her thinking bubble, she sat up to se

izza and a bottle of soda beside it and the second was of Sofia taking a l

r before setting her phone down on the table as she

so she opened Sofia's message chat to see that

from Sofia which she accepted immediately. "You are pretty sha

owed her the almost finished pizza "I wo

n spot it from here"

kiss then took gentle bites from the slice she

nothing to do and I am bored" she sighed then relax

off the table, adjusted her hair, and told her friend tha

n she looked at the person that came in, it was Philip, her colleague w

ok her head then relaxed on her cha

her and sat on the chair, leaned

sting on the table "How are you doing? It feels like I haven't seen yo

ved at the compound, remember?" she aske

d around her office. "You do not have any code challeng

ain today and it seemed promising till I g

she just shrugged. "I am not busy either" he mentioned and already she kne

nship with me, I get it clearly but a friendly outing will not hurt" he said, loo

because she feels pity for him. It will not be fair to him, a

don't want a r

ng out with me because you pity me, that will hurt badly" he blinked

nderstanding" sh

t for a light lunch?" she hesitated "As friends, you

ell, okay" she smiled then checked the time "I need to be back here before th

eet, he holds his hand out for her which she

s to for some alone time. She didn't let him know but sh

ve great food" he comments and

es a sip from her coffee. "The coffe

ird?" h

I can't take i

iana enjoyed the food in front of her

g to swoon y

her cheeks slightly red

trying to make my head burst w

lunch with him and Sofia has since bombarded her with funny couple memes, some made her chee

nodded. "Are you done eating?" he asked a

the smile vanished fro

loses in twenty minutes, let's go," he said to her and stood to his feet, he he

ed her goodbye before heading to his office floor. She felt bad for him as s

he door but another text ca

ght be. This would be the second time he sent her a message li

pe you're okay?