Episode 6 : Love Letter
I showed Janelle the letter, and her jaw drops immediately. This is not David’s writing and not for Eric or Chris too, but who the hell wrote this? I can’t even figure it out, and my head is spinning now.
Janelle told me to take it easy, but how can I make it easy when an unknown person writes a love letter to me, how can I? I’m not taking anything easy.
“ I’m very sure the writer is not David or Chris or even Eric but who? Who the hell write this letter? ” I yelled, and Janelle covers my mouth.
She drags me outside.
“ Why do you like embarrassing yourself ehn? You think the writer will just expose himself like that? ” Janelle asked.
After that, I kept mute cos I don’t know what to say.
Ring ring
Time to run home, I couldn’t wait for David cause I can’t look at his face.
After tending to my assignments, I take a cold shower, and I wear a plain top and a bum short.
I thought David would be home, and that would allow me to have fresh air because he would not even get out of the house again.
I immediately stepped out of our flat, almost ran back inside, but I’m too shocked.
“ David you are just coming ” I manage to say when I finally found my voice.
‘ Yes after combing everywhere in lovely dream high school just to look for you ’
What? David, look for me! Wow, that’s cool. I try to explain the situation, but the guy just walks away, leaving me to argue with my conscience.
Oh, what did I do?
I didn’t know that he will be angry if I did not wait for him.
His temper is too hot for my liking, but at least I love him like that.
Whatever, my mom came late today, and I didn’t mind at least I got time to sort my head out.
She brought some corn home, but due to my sour mood, I reject my favorite snack.
I couldn’t set my head straight. I use almost two hours to wash my school uniform. I use a whole hour to clean the plate. Everything is just something I can’t explain. I mean, why David will look for me?
Why? I can’t understand, or did he miss me? No way someone as cold as stone.
Later at night, around 9:06 pm, I sneak out of the house when my parents are sleeping to get some fresh air.
I took two corns from the one I rejected earlier.
I sat down in front of the room that separates our flat and David’s. I heard a footstep, and it sounds as if it’s coming to my direction, oh god, please save me. I don’t want to die now.
I was praying as the sound get louder only to find Dave standing in front of me. He froze
“ oh, you scared me. What are you doing outside by this time of the night? ” he asked with a terrified voice.
I didn’t know David can be afraid of something, but he is a human being.
“ The same thing you are doing,” I replied with a feigned frown.
“ I don’t know about you but I came to get some fresh air,” he said after a long yawn.
“ me too ” I replied.
“ Have you found your secret admirer? Wow you are really something for someone to write a love letter to you ” he said, and it sounds some kind of irritating.
“ I don’t deserve love letters? ” I asked
“ Mteew I would rather solve calculus than use my precious time to write a love letter to you ” he smirked.
“ What kind of statement is that? ” I asked angrily.
“ I can’t write a love letter to you because ” he tried to say, but I shove one of my corn into his mouth, and I rush inside our flat, but I ran back to take my corn later.
I don’t joke with corn.
Episode 7 : Stupid Imagination
I couldn’t sleep at all, still eating the first corn, and after eating it, I want to eat the other when I remember I shove it into David’s mouth earlier. Well, whatever I started eating it though, but The more I look at this, the more it seems like an indirect kiss.
I quickly get rid of my wild imaginations. I promptly eat everything, whatever I can’t let him get into my head again.
The next morning I was early, so David and I will not cross paths.
But the cat my mouse is running away from stood like a stumbling block in my face already waiting for me; what is this?
I didn’t talk, and he didn’t either. We just walk in silence till we get to school.
“I’m sorry,” he said when we get to the school gate.
Oh, my goodness! Today issa party almighty invincible David apologize lemme start dancing which soap did I use to bath today? I better keep using it. The David I know will never talk to me, not to speak of apologies.
“ For what? ” I quickly feign ignorance.
“ What I said yesterday you know I was just joking I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings,” he said, and my heart melts.
My people, please tell me I heard wrong just tell me I heard wrong. David told me he doesn’t want to hurt my feelings. There is no paradise compared to this. The butterflies that always flutter in my stomach multiply in thousands fold.
I was so happy that I didn’t notice when Janelle was greeting me.
She struck me, and I gain my senses but still smiling like an idiot.
“ What’s the occasion this morning?” Janelle asked, and I’m still smiling like a sheep.
“ Hey people will think you are mad ” she hit me.
“ Am I smiling? Me smiling? ” my smile is now turning to giggles.
“ Hope you didn’t fall and hit your brain? ” she asked while I laughed.
“ Oh okay something must be wrong with you ” Janelle concluded.
“ Actually for the first time in my life David apologize to me ” I blushed.
“ For what? ” Janelle asked, and I told her everything. She also smiled, saying I’ve made a lot of progress.
“ My queen Janelle how are you? ” Chris said behind us then Janelle hiss.
“ what’s going on between you guys? ” I asked.
“ Janelle is my queen just like you are a queen to Eric,” Chris said, and I hit him.
“ What if David hears you? ” I said as I pull his ears.
“ What you girls don’t know is that you are blinded by your one-sided crush that you can’t see the one who truly loves you,” he said, but I don’t find it funny.
“ Seriously Nikky are you going to stand here talking with a senseless person? ” Janelle said angrily, and that’s when I know the statement was meant for her. Poor Chris, we are in the same boat as a one-sided crush.
“ Hi David ” I hear that stupid annoying voice I hate so much.
Isabella! Why do you have to ruin my happy day?
As expected, David ignores her. Sisi Bella can never get my boo because he is mine and mine always. Oh, that’s a wild imagination though he was never mine.
Anyway, Isabella clap for yourself, you have succeeded in ruining my happy mood. Congratulations.
Episode 8 : Loyal Dog
Some people deserve to be slapped, I swear. If not, she is the class monitor. I would have to pick up a fight and ruin her face.
During the break, Janelle and I went to the school supermarket to find David and Chris buying things. It seems I’m dreaming but David waves Hi I swear I’ve picked my happy mood again, I’m so excited.
I bought four packs of chips, but immediately I drop it in the basket David snatch two from me, and he returns it.
“ If you eat too many chips you will soon get fat I don’t like fat girls,” he said as he walks away. For some moment, I lost my voice David care about me?
I laughed so much that Janelle thought I’m crazy, but hell no, I’m not mad. I’m just too happy my David is caring about me.
I walk into the class, holding my chips oh yea, we have mathematics, but wait, why should I be happy about having maths? Am I crazy? Maybe because the sweetest of all teachers are teaching me.
“ Wow Nikky you have improved a little keep it up,” the maths teacher said, and David wink at me. Yay! David is the sweetest of all.
We walk home together, and he even walks me to our flat, waving me goodbye.
“ what’s up today? ” Sammy asked.
“ Nothing much ” I smiled.
“ I told you, my brother is fragile you will soon win him over,” Samuel said, and I nod my head. He already likes me; what he did today touch my heart.
I went to our flat again to eat some food before heading out to find Isabella and David talking to each other.
What is this witch doing in our house, well when you are so desperate, there is nothing you won’t do.
“ Nikky you are late again now let’s start,” David said, and I saw Isabella’s face turn sour.
“ Bella can you please leave I have something better to attend to than to discuss something silly with you,” he said, and I think that’s somehow rude.
“ She is something better? Oh my god, David are you sending me away because of her? ” she vibrates as she says every word.
“ She is the best thing ” David corrects her and butterflies rush to my stomach, a wave of happiness swept through me. David said I’m the best thing.
“ What? Is it because she always agrees to whatever you say like a loyal dog? I can also be your dog ” Isabella pleaded.
“ Hey handy Bella it is good if you think of yourself as a dog but I’m not a dog okay? What loyal dog ” for the first time I talk angrily.
She walks away, and I’m so happy, but what does David mean I’m the best thing?
After the lesson, I want to confess again, but I guess it has no meaning since I’ve done it before, and he rejects me.
I quickly wash my uniform, and my mom is early today, and she saw me smiling.
“ tell me did something happen between you too? ” my mom asked.
Episode 9 : Mom
“Mom the rice is burning,” I said, trying to distract her. To my amusement, she removes the rice from fire, and she asks me the same thing again.
“ mom there is someone at the door I will go get it ” I want to rush out of the kitchen when she stops me.
“ Shut up my friend and answer me ” she yelled.
“ Nothing ” I replied without a single calmness in my voice.
“ It did something did happen. Now, what is it ” she smirks.
“ I said nothing happened why won’t you believe me? If you think David will date me you are just having hopeless dreams because he is too cold for that ” I replied.
“ He will soon soften just take things slowly okay? ” I pinch my cheeks.
“ Mom!! Which things should we take slowly? ” oh my mouth! Who are we?
“ I said it. We? You will make a great couple just complete your high school first okay ” she concluded, leaving me to argue with the plate I’m washing.
My father uses to come late at night, and we are not close, not like my mom, who used to ask everything that happens between me and my crush.
My parents are adorable, and I wish to have a home-like theirs. They don’t seize to show each other affection even with me around, and I respect them a lot.
The next day happens to be Friday, so no much school work, but today’s sun is as if God wants to punish….?
So hot that its frying me. “ Janelle my queen ” Chris yells behind us, and Janelle frowns.
“ What is it you want today? Please don’t provoke me ” Janelle said, still frowning.
“ Hey cool down. I just call you a queen now you should be excited ” Chris said sadly.
“ Hey bestie,” Eric said, and we did hi-five.
“ Should we hang out together this afternoon?” Eric asked.
“ I’m in,” Chris said.
“ No only Nikky and i ” Eric shun him.
“ Really? Ok then ” I replied.
“ Should we hang out too my queen? ” Chris smiled.
“ You talk rubbish every time I don’t want to hear a word from you again!” Janelle yells at the poor guy.
After school, Eric and I went to some places that are new to me. Wow, Eric is cool. I agree, and he is sweet but not like my Dave sha.
He knew everything I like, and he doesn’t cease to amaze me.
“ as my bestie, I’m giving you this,” he said, giving me a small box.
I open it to find a beautiful pink watch. It’s so pretty! The more I think about it, the more it looks like a date, but Eric, just like David, will not say anything.
Eric’s driver drops me in front of our house, and after saying goodbye, he left.
“ Where have you been? ” David asked with arms akimbo immediately I enter the compound. Since when did David start caring about my movement?
“ Eric and I went to have fun ” I replied excitedly.
“ Wow, you are there having fun when I’m here waiting for you to come for your lesson? Really bravo Nikky ” he claps his hands.
Wait for o what is wrong with David.
Episode 10 : Romeo & Juliet
The lesson is kind of I don’t know awkward instead of his sweet way of teaching today is aggressive, but I’m just smiling.
“ You must have had great fun that you are smiling like that wow,” he said.
“ its really great fun ” I replied.
“ That he even give you a watch? ”
Oh my, how did he know?
“ Concentrate on your workings and stop thinking about how I knew he gave you a watch,” he said like a monitoring wizard.
“ Whatever but wait why are you so worked up with this watch?” I asked him, and he shoots me one of his cold stares.
After the most boring lesson I’ve ever had, I wash up and wash my school uniform.
Three weeks pass, and the friendship between Eric and me grew even Janelle suspects something, but we are not in any kind of relationship. He knows I like David so that he won’t step beyond his boundary.
After that lesson three weeks ago, David avoids me like he uses to even the experiences is some kind sour, but I still stick to him like a forever glue.
“ David, why are you avoiding me? ” I asked him on a faithful afternoon immediately. He entered the compound I was already standing like an immovable tree in front of him blocking him luckily, our parents are not home.
“ Move away ” he tries shoving me away, but I still stood there like that immovable tree.
“ I won’t if you won’t tell me why ”
“ Then get ready to become a statue please get out of my way ” he shoves me away.
“ Nikky you forget your purse ” Eric pant hard as he walks into our compound.
“ oh Eric thanks my memory is some kind of you know today,” I said, and he nodded.
“ Anyway since you are home already can we hang out again? ” he said, and before I can answer, David’s voice cuts in like a sharp knife.
“ She has a tutorial with me ” David turn to us.
“ Really? She will have the tutorial tomorrow, for now, leave my girl alone ” Eric smile. But wait for his girl? Is he by chance referring to me?
“ We are having a test next tomorrow remember? ” David tries to defend. I was like, what is wrong these two?.
“ Leave my girl today you both live together na ” Eric took my hand, and David took the other.
“ And who says she is your girl? ” David sounds angry.
“ Nikky is my girl so let go ”
At this time, I don’t even know what to do at all. I think David is my Romeo, but which type of Juliet has two Romeos? Juliet cannot have two abi what have I gotten myself into?
This is not nice at all. I’m confused, and the two Romeos are not helping either; they refuse to let go of my hands.
“ Can you guys please let go? ”
“ He should I will not! ” David yelled.