"Attracta." A tender voice called out.
" Attracta." The voice called out again.
What was that?
"Attracta!" It sounded sharper and also closer right now and I slightly hummed in response.
Yes! I'm listening to you.
"Babe wake up!" The voice became clearer now as my eyes fluttered open, slightly adjusted to the light as I still blinked rapidly.
"Rose?" I recognized the face, marred with an exasperated frown on her face.
She probably might have been trying to wake me up for a little while.
"You have ten minutes to get ready or we'll be late for school." She announced and the adrenaline kicked in immediately her message sunk into my brain.
"Ten minutes o." She emphasized and I broke a run to the bathroom to rush through my routine.
I was done and in just a little over ten minutes, I stuffed my
Emmanuel's POV"Nuel?" A voice called out to me whilst I was being shook into wakefulness.My eyelids slid open and my vision blurred, feeding clearer with each blink. It was Attracta."Happy birthday baby, how are you doing?" I pinched her cheeks as she gave a sad smile."I guess we're a bit early, should we wait inside?" I suggested, trying not to spill the beans."Our spot?" She smiled halfheartedly."Our spot." I confirmed and her smile widened.She tried her best to put up a facade that all was well, but the sadness in her eyes wasn't unnoticeable."I have to ease myself." She excused before stalking off the ladies."You have the day to yourself Law,just have fun but don't be too far away." I handed him five thousand naira and he expressed his gratitude.I grabbed my stuff and alighted from the
My birthday was long gone and so were the grandmas, uncle was currently on a business trip as usual and the midterms were here already. I still had one dragon to slay.I partnered up with Nuel after school and invited all our friends to the meeting, it was being held in the math lab. Our spot was too sacred for something like this."I believe everyone knows why we're all here." I cleared my throat and I noticed Ella's face went pale."So you think you could cause a breach in our convo and even try to end our relationship?" My voice took a threatening tone as I approached the betrayer."You did it almost so effortlessly and you were almost successful but we're too smart for you. And if it wasn't so effortless because if it was, we wouldn't trace and get you and won't even be here today." A mocking laughter escaped my lips." You're just a fucked up bitch with a heart overflowing with bitterness." I s
Exams were drawing near and the halls and classrooms of Belleview were getting quieter, heads were bent over books while the unserious ones went about business as usual."Guess what?!" Ella slid into the chair excitedly, almost bumping her elbow into my plate."Calm down amebo. Don't pour my food away. Spill it." I munched my food."Do you know anyone in Unilag?" Ella asked."No I don't. Why'd you ask?" I asked."I was at this bash over the weekend and while two guys were talking out of drunkenness, I heard the most shocking statements of my life.""What's that?" Most of my attention focused on my food.She looked left and right suspiciously before she whispered."They said something about the voice behind the closed doors." She whispered."Who- what are you talking about?" I focused on Ella now."App
We'd just arrived home and were alighting from the vehicle. I was in no mood for anything so I hastened my steps to the front door."Rasaki." Ruby called out to him."Yes madam." He hid his sass.I hurried inside and watched from my window as she slid out her phone and showed something to Rasaki. Almost immediately,he got on his knees and rubbed his palms like he was in prayer as he pleaded.She said something to him whilst he nodded vigorously, a clear sign of understanding as he got off his knees, still nodding to whatever she had to say before she waved her hand in dismissal, stalking towards the front door.I knew something was definitely amiss but I shoved it to the back of my mind as I sat on the edge of my bed,still fully clad in my school uniform and socks.The tears slowly flowed, gradually turning into sobs as my shoulders shook, my nose getting stuffy and I let out the pe
Exams had started already and my guardians hadn't found another decent and trustworthy driver so we were back to our "normal". We arrived at school on our own sometimes, Aunty dropped us off, rode with Nuel on my way home and I saved a little money from doing this.I had no exams this afternoon and I was planning something big. I wanted to do this alone so I carried no one along. I was going to sneak out of school.Yes, I was definitely going crazy, but for a good reason.It was 12:28 by my time and the security guards changed shifts by 12:30. I had two minutes to do this.A hid behind a pillar and watched as a visitor walked through the gates and didn't shut it properly and the guard directed her to her destination.As his back was turned to the gate, I hurried to the gates and slipped out quietly and was grateful for the fact that I was unnoticed.I tiptoed while bending over in o
The exams were over this afternoon and the school was turning into a ruckus. It was the last day of the exams and the ss3 students were having a signout today, prom tomorrow and their valedictory service a few days after.Loosened weaves, untucked shirts, uniforms without ties were the highlights of the afternoon with the junior students being the noisiest.My friends and I headed to the sports arena where the signout was held and did our parts by signing for the outgoing seniors we liked before moving on to the next agenda.I called an emergency prefect meeting and deployed various prefects to various classes in order to bring the noise to the nearest minimum at the least. All my friends except Nuel were suspiciously missing.The prefects carried out their tasks immediately, each one having the authority to punish any student who took it upon them to oppose their legislation.I and Nuel sat in the
"What'd you get? What'd you get?" Junior bounced on my bed. "What'd you getttttt?!" He roared in a God of War voice."I hate suspense!" He continued to rant since I let him know my result was out already and was distributed via mails. We'd receive the print form by resumption."Tell meeeee." He drawled,acting overly dramatic in his mimicking of the Hulk."Calm down boss." I joked making him all the more interested but frustrated as I held the phone high above his head while he struggled to get it. Both of us, bouncing on my bed."Okay let me check it." I semi-surrendered."Be fast joor." He whined."I'm checking...checking...checking and ahhhhhh." I screamed the last part."Haew, she has failed." He placed his hands on his head, getting off the bed.Drama queen."Come back here doofus, I got all A's and on
The birds atop the tree chirped as though they felt my excitement as I strolled through the gates, a grateful smile etched on my face slowly widening into a full blown grin as I adjusted my sling bag. I missed this compound.I was a senior student proper, the head girl, I definitely had the most amazing guardians and I'm well and alive. Senior year couldn't be any better."Babes!" Ella screamed as she alighted from the car, running into my already outstretched arms, joys in our hearts reflected by the huge smiles on our faces."You really need to talk to him though,it's not in my place to explain things." She commented after we exchanged all pleasantries as we walked towards the ss3 classrooms, our new classrooms."Are those the latest McQueen's?!" Ella shrieked as she stared at my shoes, eyes almost falling out of her sockets."Hands down, you legit have the best guardians everrr!" She mused.