"Good morning sunshine." Cas tapped me awake and my eyes fluttered open before I shut them back instinctively. I opened one eye and peeked around.
No bright lights.
"Good morning." I mumbled.
"Such a princess when she awakens." Cas was being dramatic again.
" What do you want?" I said to him, running my eyes.
"Well someone's grouchy." He remarked.
"I'm giving you five seconds before I attack." I looked up at him.
" So...it's Saturday…" he trailed off smiling at me.
"And..."
"Driving lessons!" He exclaimed, even more ecstatic than the experience. I hopped out of bed on impulse.
"Don't shit me." I raised a warning brow. My eyes were as wide as basketballs and I looked at him keenly, waiting on him to say it was a prank.
"Well..." He trailed off, staring at me as though he was sending a messag
"So this was your big, super secret mission?" I mocked as we alighted from the car into the ice cream parlor."Vanilla and chocolate please?" Cas ordered."Mint and chocolate." I ordered my preferred ice cream flavour."Weirdo! Who likes mint ice cream?" Cas made a disgusted face."It's for elite people, not to worry your little head dear, you couldn't possibly understand." I slandered." 1-0" he licked his lips."What toppings?""Oreo and M&M's and I want the waffles with chocolate and sprinkles."" The chocolate bar and the oreo." Cas replied." I want my waffles crushed." I said to her." Same." Cas replied.Cas swiped his card and in two minutes, we were speeding down the highway, with ice cream and contented hearts.We got caught in traffic on the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge. A car
Cas' POVEver since I had a guest over Attracta's been ignoring me for no good reason. I'm the one who's in the rightful position to be mad about the whole thing. I was the guy with the little sister that lacked courtesy around guests.Speak of the devil.She walked past me and up the stairs without sparing me a glance or a word.I hurried behind her but she immediately waltzed into her room and locked the door, shut.Another failed attempt.I stopped at her door and I knocked."Attracta please open up." I said."So Zizi, the next one is the lizard, I can't seem to draw this perfectly."" Oh okay alright."" Talk to you later, bye Zizi."She was talking to him on the phone?He was her study buddy now?
The conductor requested for his money and I just stared at him, unable to form words."You no go pay?" He eyed me, the ever present 'conductor fury' was starting to show.He asked the driver to stop the bus so I could be thrown out due to failure at providing the fare after continuously pleading with him that I had no money.The bus slowed down and the conductor dragged me immediately."Stop! Don't rough handle her,I'd pay the fare abeg." The man beside vindicated me." You go pay?" The conductor confirmed."I go pay." He nodded."You no know say you go talk since? Con dey waste my time." He sassed before hinting on the driver to keep moving."Thank you sir. Thank you very much, God bless you sir." I thanked the man and he smiled in return.We passed my various bus stops and I sm
The bike stopped and we alighted right in front of the house."Well here we are." JB smiled.It had a gate and I couldn't seem to make out any other thing due to the darkness. It didn't look too terrible though, it was a duplex and was quite obvious it was the 'face me, I slap you' kind of residence. Much like the one we lived in before I moved in with the Peters.The sixty watt bulbs shone brightly in front of the house, illuminating the verandah. We walked through the gate and it freaked loudly, obviously needing to be checked or thrown away."Wait!" JB said and I held onto my hand."Jump that place." He said and I focused my sight on the floor, it was a really deep hole in the floor. My leg could've gotten hooked in there, it would've been a really terrible night.I jumped over and we walked through the door and into the corridor, going by many doors to various rooms till we arri
"Cut it out." I mumbled to whoever was tugging at it."Stop!" I said again from my beautiful sleep as the tugging continued."Quit it!" I yelled out, shooting my eyes open.I looked at my wrist, my mind instantly driven to the family I'd left behind. It was the bracelet Zizi had gifted me and I held it dearly.My eyes darted round the room and closed in on Scorpion's creepy set. He tried to look cool but I could bet a buttcheek that he was responsible for the tugging and right now he looked uncertain about whether he'd been caught or not."Good morning." I acknowledged, my hand running over the bracelet. I picked up the hair band from the couch, I slipped off while I slept.I reattached it to my hair.By my side was a folded a piece of paper, I opened it up and it was a note with a five hundred Naira bill. It was from JB. It contained what to do for today till he go
I walked in and made a terrible mistake."Good morning." I greeted the middle-aged woman whom I assumed to be Mama Tiv."Good morning o, what do you want to buy?" She smiled.Mama Tiv was a light skinned beauty, age was definitely on her side with just a fine line on both of her cheeks and some crinkles at the side of her eyes."Okay ma." I assumed she knew me. "Rice, spaghetti, plantain, one fish and one meat ma." I said to her and she apportioned the various foods on my plate." This is it." She handed the wide ceramic plate to me. I collected it before getting seated on one of the plastic chairs and placing my food on the tarpaulin-covered table."Ma I want one fanta too." I requested and she handed it to meI dug into my food and was done in no time. It was nice, it had the whole canteen essence to it and also reminded me of my previous home with
What was that?I could feel someone tugging at my wrist again and this time it was much worse, they were also trying to unfasten my jeans.I jolted awake from my sleep, surprise masked my face as I looked up at the person.I screamed my lungs out, kicking around fiercely as I tried to get him off me.I'm not weak…I kicked harder and swung my fist all around, with just one thought resounding in my mind.I'm not weak…"Get away, bastard!" My knight in shining armor bursts through the doors and instantly grabs the pressing iron at the corner of the room."Bastard!" He chanted as he hit him in the head multiple times before the victim bolted out of the house completely.I didn't realize I'd been sobbing."Yellow pawpaw, are you okay?" Scorpion settled beside me, checking on my welfare.
"Hey munchkin." Cas tapped me awake and I yawned as I opened my eyes to the world."Hi." I was weak."I made dinner and figured it was about time to wake you up." He said and I nodded.I trudged to the bathroom like a sleep-dazed zombie for a tinkle.I grabbed the spare toothbrush before applying toothpaste on it and I brushed my teeth. Cas' bathroom was definitely grand, it was bigger and dare I say, even more sophisticated than mine.Rinsing out the brush and my mouth, I loathed the already forming headache, I needed some paracetamol.I rinsed my face too and exited the beautiful bathroom.I'm coming for you, bigger jacuzzi."Munchkin, here's your food. I have to get down to my office, I need to attend to something." He said to me as he tapped furiously on his phone." Okay."" Stay safe baby, the tablet