Cont'd After being assigned to teach the secondary section Islamic Religious Studies,I made a resolve within myself to keep whatever hidden feelings I had for Aisha at bay . I'm her teacher now ,I need to be professional as possible. I can't allow some stupīd feeling ruin my job for me. The first time I walked into her class to teach I managed to keep a straight face and I didn't even look at her direction . Soon we began interacting , just greeting and things like that . Everything was going smoothly till the day of vacation,I sat with a fellow female teacher discussing ,she came by and collected the teacher's number,she's good friends with the teacher . I tried my best to look casual and not bothered by her presence . Later that day ,at night around 7, I was watching movies at home when a boy came into our house and said my friend is calling me outside . I was wondering which of my friends would that be ,stepping outside ..... I saw Aisha ,for the first few seconds I lost my train of thought and almost stammered . What are you doing here ,what if someone sees us ? Different questions floated into my head at the same time but I couldn't find the voice to say it out. We greeted and she said she just wanted to have my number . I gave it to her and went back home wondering what the hell is happening. The next night I received a call from a strange number , I picked it and heard her voice,we talked,I asked her about school, we were just beating about the bush for nearly Five minutes until she told me ,she wanted to collect my number in school but she didn't want to attract anyone's attention . We kept on talking till she hit the nail in the coffin,she told me she likes me ,she doesn't want my reply now ,that I should think about it . My heart started beating, relationship or my work ? The next day I had already made up my mind .I picked up the phone ready to tell her what's on my mind before I chickened out . To be continued -M-