SPILL PRETTY PLEASE!!

For the rest of the the day, I spent it indoors counting the ceiling. The only time I went downstairs was when Meredith, Bisola and Foluke showed up. The moment they stepped foot in my room, foluke dramatically went to door and shut it. "Oya, spill." She said.

"What?" I shrugged pretending not to understand what she was on about.

Meredith gave me an all knowing look, "oh please. You can tell us anything. That's why we're friends right."

"Juicy, juicy secret. Pretty please tell!" Bisola jumped up and down on the bed.

"But it's nothing. Why act like I won a trophy or something?"

"Pretty, please tell!!"

"Pretty, please tell!!"

"Pretty, please tell!!" They ganged up and said in unison.

I shut my ears with my hands, not wanting to hear anymore of their chanting. Out of nowhere, I felt them tackle me to the ground and began to tickle me.

I wriggled and wriggled on the floor untill I could bear it no longer and started laughing. I laughed until I felt like I was going to suffocate, I even felt my throat clog.

"Pl-e-a-s-e, " I said hiccuping, " don't this to me!"

"Would you spill?" Foluke asked .

"S-u-re. I will." I managed to say while laughing hysterically.

"Good girl." They patted my shoulders.

"So.....?"

"So what?" I asked innocently.

"Ah ah ah, I see what you're doing there." Meredith said getting up.

I ran round the corners of my room till I was tired. "Okay. I'll tell. Wait. Just wait."

"So, after I looked around and I didn't see you guys, I decided to follow Mitchel inside her room." I started, "it was there I was dared to do the seven minutes in heaven."

"Omigod! How does Ray come in?" They chorused.

"Well, I was thinking about how slow and painful my death would be when I felt a soft lips on mine."

"I'm hot." Meredith said, "like Ray kissed you?"

" When you say it like that it's like he's a celebrity or like I'm not worth it." I chimed in.

"We're just surprised darling. Not like that. I mean, almost everybody knows how difficult it is to even get to say hi to him. He practically doesn't give anyone the time of the day."

"Hmmmmn." I thought.

"So how was it? Bisola asked

Are you for real? I wanted to say but rather I said, "it was cool, I mean, he has a soft lips and all. And he kissed so well. But why are you guy's making a big deal out of it? It was just a kiss. Doesn't mean anything."

"Well, yeah. You right. We missed a lot." Meredith said.

"We did." Foluke agreed.

"He was here few hours ago." I added as bonus.

"You're kidding me?" They chorused.

"I'm not. He was having tea with my mum, I was surprised to see him."

"Sweet Jesus!" Meredith said looking at me with pride. "He's your neighbor too."

"I just found out yesterday . Mheen, I dropped the bottle I held making the water spill. I ran out afterwards."

"Awwwn, what a cutie you are." Bisi said.

I shrugged rubbing the exact spot on my neck where his breath had tickled and felt the electric rush again. "He said I'm cool and that I'm way hot."

"Like, he said that?" Foluke asked, "okay, just say it how he said it."

I got up, feeling heat rise up my cheeks.

"Few minutes after I ran out of the house, I turned only to see him behind me. Then he said, you're a cool girl Em. Few minutes later he added, and you're way hot."

"Feeeeel the fireeeeee somebody." They high fived themselves.

"More reasons you have to start dressing fashionable to school."

"Oh, that? I'm okay with how I dress. I don't need to dress to please some boy." I said.

"No, no, no and no. Emmy, he is not just some boy. This is Raynard we're talking about. His looks even puts Alain's to shame." Foluke said.

I secretly agreed to that.

"My dressing is my way of life. Thanks." I said, not up for argument.

"You're such a bore." Meredith added rolling her eyes.

"Thank you and God bless you, let me be."I pursed my lips.

"How about you, foluke?" Meredith said twirling around, "did you get your wish of kissing a total stranger?"

Foluke pursed her lips and made a face, "I wouldn't say a total stranger." She shrugged.

"Tell us!" Bisola said, thought of Ray forgotten.

"Okay," she said taking in a deep breath. "I kissed jeremy Hoffman."

The look of horror on both Bisola and Meredith's face made me think it wasn't something good.

"What!" They shouted.

"Wait a second." Bisola said frantically shaking her head, "by jeremy Hoffman, you mean the jackass who has slept with 90% of the girls in our school Jeremy Hoffman?"

"Yup." She said nodding her head, "that's the one."

"You're joking!" Meredith said almost unbelievably.

"What exactly happened?" I asked ignoring Meredith's outburst.

"Okay," foluke said with a large grin on her face, " so I was I just like dancing, looking around for who looked hot. Suddenly, I crashed into Jeremy vwho was looking for some girl who ran away."

"Foluke you do know that he is Jeremy Hoffman right?" Bisola said, "the guy who breaks heart right, left, front, back and center."

"It's true. You should see more than a few girls cry their eyes out after jeremy use and stomp all over them." Meredith added.

"Oh please. It was just a kiss. An ordinary kiss." Foluke said looking from one person to another.

"You think?" Meredith asked.

"Yes." She replied assuredly, "so....Go team Ray!!"

We all turned to look at her like she'd dropped from another planet.

"What? " She said more seriously this time, "have you seriously seen those two brothers? One looks like an Abercrombie model although he's a total jerk and the other looks like a greek god."

"Stop exaggerating." Bisola said, "Ray is in no way an Abercrombie model."

"Nope," she said popping the p, "he's the greek god."

*. *. *. *. *. *.

What's the first thing you want to see every morning when you wake up? For me, it's my pink colored ceiling. But today I woke up to another different thing entirely.

Alain.

Just imagine waking up to see a guy peering down at you with his blue eyes.

So I did the most natural thing. I toppled completely to the ground and screamed.

"Ow." I said rubbing my head, "what are you doing in my room?"

"Oh my God. I'm sorry, did you hurt yourself?" He asked helping me get up.

"What are you doing in here? Can I not have privacy in my own house?" I asked ignoring his question.

"Uhhhm. Your mum invited us over for breakfast and asked me to come get you." He said guiltily, "I'll just go down and tell her you're coming."

"Wait. Who're the us?" I asked my teeth shining.

"Oh that?" He said rubbing his hair, "My step brother and I. You met him already, Ray."

"What?!" I shrieked, "why would she do that?"

"Maybe to make acquaintance or something of sort."

"Of sort. You're right." I flashed him a weak smile, I'll be right down.

Would she never learn? She possible can't force friends on me. Why was my mum like this? God why? I thought and sank deeper into my bed.

I quickly showered, and grabbed the first thing I came in contact with which happened to be a green top and black leggings. I applied some lip gloss and mascara remembering the magic foluke had done on my face with it.

I ran down the stairs to find Ray, Alain and my mum sitting at the breakfast table.

"Good morning, ma." I greeted my mum.

"Yes dear. You look beautiful." She complimented, "come sit." She patted the chair next to her.

"Be nice." She whispered in my ears.

I eyed her carefully, letting her know that I wasn't happy with the arrangements. "Sure. What are we having for breakfast?" I said looking everywhere but at the two boys sitting opposite me.