Chapter 10: Nonstop“THIS A ROLLIE NOT A STOP WATCH, SHIT DON’T EVER STOP”Pretty impressive that such a song was still the life of the party four years after it’s release. Every single person was turning up. Why wouldn’t you? This was the vibe spring really needed. Its chilly mornings and even colder nights were becoming pretty unbearable, and if there was ever a solution to such ‘drag’, this was it.In the background, the Toyota corolla parked just behind what looked like truckload of cars in attendance. Looked like a lot of people showed up for this one. Would definitely be quite easy to slip in and slip out. But someone was having second thoughts about it.“You sure we should do this Nessa? I’m not… I’m not really feeling this on—”“That’s cause you think too much with your head. Just be free. Let the moment sink in” she got out of the car and gently closed it behind her. “You might only come across moments like this once.” She tapped the car’s windows lightly. “Come on, get out.”
Chapter 11: Dance Floor, Show Them On The Dance Floor"Everyone's looking at us Vanessa, you sure this is the right id–" he tried taking his hands off but she held it just as he was about to chicken out."Everybody's watching…so what?" She looked into his pitch-black eyes with an aura of confidence. Slowly resting her head on his chest, she whispered. "Like I said before, you think about stuff way too much. You got to live in the moment." She rose her head off his chest and now looked back into his eyes. "Squeeze it.""What? You're crazy.""Deadass, you're a pussy. Do you ever just– oouu" she shrieked a little on feeling his shaky hand double his grip on her. "Could've been a lot gentler, but that's a good start." She looked around and saw that everyone on the dance floor had stopped dancing. Every single eye was locked on her, not the first time if we're being honest. But then, as she kept looking and listening, it gradually seemed the attention wasn't on her. She looked back into hi
Chapter 12: Wet Dreamz"What…what are you doing here?" He asked, understandably confused."Well maybe open up the window and we can have a normal ass conversation.""Normal ass conversation? Vanessa, you're at my window. Nothing about this is normal.""Just open up the window." She tapped lightly on the glass pane. He rose it up and almost immediately, she fell into his room with a loud thud. "Everything okay up there?" Mrs. Boaz asked from downstairs. "Y— yes mom. I just … I just tripped over something.""Oh okay. Should I come up? Do you need–""No" he said, a little too strong. "I mean…um no. I'm good. I'm good. I'm going to bed now.""Oh okay then. Goodnight honey.""What the fuck are you doing here?" He turned to Vanessa who'd already plopped down to his comfortable bed. "Vanessa? Did you hear my question? Why exactly are you h–""I want to talk.""You want to talk? Do you know what my mom is going to do to me if she finds you here…in my room? Do you know what Ryan's gonna to
Chapter 13: You’re Only Looking For Attention"Come on. Hop out" Ryan said, dropping off his little brother as emotionless as always. The look he had on his sparsely pimpled face was different from the one he had a day before, but it was a very similar circumstance this time round. All eyes were glued on Marcus just as he alighted the Toyota Corolla. Although some eyes were still on his built, emotionless, older brother who never seemed to care about anything (still didn't know that people were gazing intensely at him every time he showed up), there were more eyes on the 6'1, Sixty-seven kilograms of less muscle than fat. Ryan, without caring, reversed and drove off, leaving his younger brother in the mercy of piercing eyes. "Okay. One after the other." He gulped. "Step by step."With every step he took there were whispers that he could obviously hear but unfortunately not ignore. "I thought he was gay to be honest, but yesterday…damn" one said. "Didn’t think Boaz had it in him to be
Chapter 14: I’ve Created A Monster“Y’all better stop playing” she said with a beaming smile. The chants gradually began to die down, but the smiles, the whispers and the looks from classmates who were so jealous but just couldn’t take their eyes off her, were too vivid to ignore. Making her way to her seat as the whispers kept lingering… “Hey” she dapped Devon, “What’s up Lee” She smiled at her Alicia, and Alicia smiled back. Pretty decent relationship they were having right about now. Marcus didn’t seem to be enjoying one bit of it. “Hey Marcus.” She said, taking her seat. “That’s it?” Devon echoed. “Shut up Devon” she smiled, taking her books out of her bag.“Come on. After what happened yesterday that can’t be it right?” He kept pestering.“I said, shut up.” Still with a smile, though this time sounding way more serious about it. “Marcus tell him to shut up.” And then there was dead silence. “Marcus?” she turned to look him in the eyes and he returned the look with one complete
Chapter 15: Fuck the Talent ShowA Low-cut afro. A pair of piercing and scrutinizing blue eyes. A facial expression that made up for his lack of words, and a stance that demanded nothing but respect. Mr. Benedict wasn’t your average drama teacher. Most students wish he’d been the one cut off in order to afford the auditorium instead of the astronomy teacher, when in fact, he was the mastermind behind his sacking. And this auditorium/hall/making out hideaway for the senior students, was his torture chamber. More often than not, he walked and worked with someone who shared the same mindset as him. Basically someone who did the talking for him. This time around, it was…“Good day students. Now you all know me, Vice president of the drama club, Arthur Orion. And of course, the ever-talented Mr. Benedict beside me. Hope we all know why we’re here. The school’s annual talent show is just a couple days away, and if we want to be perfect before that time, then we’ve got to start practicing. N
Chapter 16: I Feel Good You Know“Nice going Barrison.”“Yeah, that was actually a pretty dope idea.”“Pretty sure you’ll want in too… at some point.” Nigga went from ground zero, to the top of the world then back to the bottom and rose to the top…again. Couldn’t help but feel like he had some ulterior motive behind this ‘plan’ thing though. But who knows, maybe I’m wrong. P.S. I’m never wrong.“That was a pretty ballsy move” Devon complimented as they made their way back to their class.“Yeah well necessity is the mother of invention Dev. Can’t be wallowing doing the same thing over and over and expect us not to get tired of it. That’s madness.”“Mhmn. I don’t buy that explanation M” Devon replied rather skeptically. “I feel like you’re just using any and every opportunity to be able to hang out with Vane—”“Vanessa and I are not a thing Dev.” He stopped in his tracks, really looking into Devon’s eyes to make sure he understood the message. “It was just… you know, one of those thin
Chapter 17: The Front Seat“Yo, could you move a little faster man? I’ve got places to be” Ryan said, bellowing from the car. The horn supporting his tired voice.“Yeah sure” Marcus muttered under his breath, gradually increasing his ‘trotting’ towards the car until he accidentally bumped into someone. “Oh sorry. Didn’t see you there” he said as politely as he could.“Is that so?” the character turned back to face Marcus. “Well I’m gonna make sure that you never—Oh it’s you” the familiar voice shrieked all of a sudden.“Mitch.”“Marcus.” They both knew the consequences of getting out of line. Better to call it a truce and live to fight another day. Marcus steadily breezed past him (wouldn’t have ended the same way just a couple days ago) and got into the car. “Need to appeal to mom this time” he changed gears. “I’m tired of this—” as soon as he put his foot on the accelerator, a figure just walked past the front of the car, completely unaware of the situation. Although he didn’t bum