Until We Met Again-Fanfiction

"I don't know what he meant by see you soon wannabe, does it mean we will meet or he is hoping we meet or he knows we will meet and if he does how," I said as I paced in TingTing's room. TingTing was looking at me with a smile on her face while she sipped on the iced milk tea I got her, "TingTing I know that tea is very delicious but like help me out," I said laying on her bed as I was so confused.

"Four words for you...I told you so," she said as she stood up and walked out of the room leaving me even more confused, "Oh wow thanks TingTing that was real helpful," I shouted behind her as my phone rang beside me. It was Gogo.

"Hey Gogo."

"Hello my baby," she said her voice a little tired sounding.

"Are you okay Gogo? You sound tired."

"I am okay, I am at Ntombi's place," she said with a slight chuckle. "Uyamazi uAunty wakho uhlez' akhuluma. Umlomo awuvalek' (You know your aunt always has something to say. She can't keep her mouth shut)."

"Ughh why are you even there, everytime you visit her she always has your BP high," I asked rolling my eyes. My aunt Ntombi was that one child in the family that always had something to say to everyone, she never liked being corrected and if you dared to do so she would do something or say something really annoying.

The number of times I have argued with her is uncountable one time I went to her home for the weekend and I didn't even spend half a day there , we argued so bad we almost had a fight. I respect my elders but aunt Ntombi had this thing where she would make you forget your principles and just risk it all to make her learn her lesson.

"She is my daughter, I love her despite everything. Always will."

"I will never understand but because I love you I will act like I do. Missed me already?"

"I miss you every second of every hour, these brats are so intolerable. But as much as I do miss you I called to ask how you liked your surprise."

"Surprise?"

"Trevor."

"About that why didn't you tell me about Trevor?"

"Because I remember a young lady saying to me don't tell anyone my business and don't tell me about anyone else's business I don't want to know and I don't care," she said trying to mimick my voice.

"I was young and angry Gogo, " I said.

"Still are but that would be payback for the time you didn't tell me that I would be sitting with Gogo Zweli at that event," Gogo said I could feel the smile that was plastered on her lips over the phone.

"Haibho Gogo, that was like what, a year ago...beef much?" I said smiling at her playfulness.

"Dessert is best served cold," she said and I could imagine her expression. We talked more on the phone about what aunt Ntombi was getting on and about other things, after that I went and helped TingTing cook , we ate while talking about the people we found weird at the orientation and the professors we had met, " Did you see the History professor? Such a fine young man teaching such old old stuff...the faculty knew what they were doing when they set all that up," TingTing said.

"I thought I was the only one who thought so, I can already sense trouble...I can already smell it," I said shaking my head with a smile thinking of all the scandals that could go on.

"The same way I smell the scandal that would happen in the course of our university life. Anaya and Jay sitting on the tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G," TingTing said singing , I rolled my eyes at her and ignored her while eating. "I was just lucky, nothing will ever go on between us. People like them end up with people on their level, he might end up with some other celebrity or maybe someone from somewhere who possibly doesn't even know him or care about him, I am his fan and it's highly unlikely something could happen. It's like a student-teacher relationship. They happened but highly unlikely and even if they do some of them don't end in fairy tale happy endings."

"Which love story in this world ever has fairytale endings? Fairytales cut the story short by saying happily ever after, it's not always easy but it's worth it. Just because it's highly unlikely doesn't mean it doesn't happen you just happened to be on the 1 of the million chances," TingTing said, her tone serious.

I sighed, shaking my head as I chewed on my food. "You make it sound like I've already won some impossible lottery, TingTing."

She shrugged, taking another sip of her milk tea. "I'm just saying, don't be so quick to count yourself out. Life is funny like that."

"So," I said, tapping my straw against the rim of my cup, "you are from Shanghai?"

TingTing's eyes softened, and she smiled a little. "Not exactly. My parents are from Shanghai, but I was born and raised here in Singapore." She shrugged, her smile becoming wistful. "They moved here because of the business, and then i was born.This is home for me now."

I leaned in slightly, intrigued. "But your parents still live in Shanghai?"

"Yeah," she nodded. "They moved back a few years ago, now that the business is bigger. My brother's there too. He's taking care of things with my dad. I stay here… mostly because I like it. It's where I grew up." Her smile softened a little, almost as if she was talking to herself. "I guess I didn't want to leave Singapore behind. It's my life, my home now."

I understood what she meant.

"So you are not really, like, stuck in the whole… family business thing?" I asked carefully.

TingTing tilted her head, lips curling into a small smirk. "Oh, I am. But more like a figurehead. I am the youngest, the second child, so I don't have the same kind of responsibility as my brother. He's the one with the pressure of continuing the legacy." She let out a soft laugh, but it didn't quite reach her eyes. "I'm more like… the pretty decoration."

I frowned. "That's... unfair."

She shrugged. "It's not all bad. I get perks, quick ticket finding and booking." She flashed me a teasing smile. "That's how you were able to get those tickets so fast," I said as it finally clicked.

TingTing's grin widened, looking way too pleased with herself. "Took you long enough."

I rolled my eyes but couldn't help laughing. "So, basically, you are like a rich heiress?"

"Pretty much but not really," she said with a smirk. "What about you?"

I leaned back slightly, considering my words. "Well, I was born in Zimbabwe, but I was raised in South Africa. My mom gave birth to me in Zimbabwe, actually, right in the middle of my maternal grandfather's funeral." I let out a small laugh at the irony of it, but TingTing's eyes widened slightly.

"Wait,what?" She looked half-impressed, half-shocked. "That's dramatic."

"Right?" I shook my head. "My mom was Zimbabwean, and my dad was South African. They both worked for the family business, which my paternal grandfather started. My uncle Richard runs it now, but my grandmother oversees everything. She told me she would finally step back when I officially join the company and help her oversee everything."

TingTing raised an eyebrow. "Wait, wait. So you are basically an heiress too?"

I groaned. "I guess but not really, I will be like every other employee just going to be helping my grandmother so it's not like that."

She smirked. "Oh, it's exactly like that."

Before I could argue, her phone buzzed on the table. TingTing glanced at the screen, and I watched as amusement flickered across her face.

She looked up at me, eyes glinting. "Once again, I was right," she said, holding up her phone. "There is more to you and Jay than you are letting on."

My stomach dropped.