All Chapters of I. CHOOSE. YOU (A Nigerian coming of age Novel): Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

WARNING! THIS CHAPTER IS SENSITIVE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "WAOW" I said as soon as we arrived at Dili's house. The sight was pretty much mind blowing. "Is it that impressive?" Dili asked nervously scratching the back of his head. "Is that even a valid question?" I looked at him with disbelief "I mean look at this house" I said in complete awe. "Thanks I guess" Was his response with a genuine smile. Now let me just break it down for you, My house was a pretty big ass mansion there is no denying that but Dili's house? Well Dili's house was even bigger and I'm not even exaggerating it was bigger than any other mansion I have ever laid my eyes on. It brings me to wonder, Just how rich were Dili's parent's? "So are you just going to stand there or are you going to come in" Dili said already at the entrance door, a teasing smile was playing on his lips. 

At school the next day, classes went by in the blink of an eye, and it was now finally time for lunch break. Saying I was nervous would be an understatement. I was truly scared. Scared at the fact that this would be the first time in a long time that I've been to the cafeteria.Dili's words from yesterday kept repeating in my head from the moment I stepped into school. 'You're sitting with me in the cafeteria tomorrow'.I didn't want to offend him by rejecting his offer so that was why I was presently on my way to the cafeteria... Well after dropping my school bag in my secret spot in the library that is. Still not naive enough to leave my bag in class.People threw weird glances at me as I strolled to the cafeteria. Like I said, this was the first time in a long time that I'm going to the cafeteria.As I finally made it to the cafeteria, I immediately went to que to buy the food I would eat, because I knew that if Dili Caught on to the fact that I didn't get myself food, I'm pretty s

I wasn't in any way expecting the next thing I saw when we entered the room.Immediately we entered, I spotted a woman not looking older than 35 years laid stiffly on a hospital bed. The lady wasn't really what got my attention no, it was the number of tubes that were connected to her that immediately got my utmost scrutiny."Oh, it seems like she's sleeping" I heard Dili mutter beside me. And indeed she was. Her eyes were shut softly giving rise to her eyelashes sweeping her cheeks, Her skin looked awfully pale for a black person, and her hair was covered making It impossible to see her hair. But all in all her looking pale and sickly didn't hide the fact that she was exceptionally beautiful."Your mom is gorgeous" I whispered to Dili not wanting to disturb his mother's slumber.With a genuine small smile, he responded "She is isn't she"I took my time to glance over the room. I knew Dili's parents were pretty much loaded, so the extravagance of the hospital room didn't all that shoc

The next day wasn't school as it was a weekend. So at the moment I was on my bed doing my assignment's. Unlike most students I actually enjoyed assignments. As weird as it may sound, I found it calming. Concentrate on one particular thing for some time calms me easily.Yesterday after visiting Dili's mother in the hospital. Dili took me home saying he would see me tomorrow which was apparently today, whatever that meant. Maybe he forgot today wasn't a school day.I looked to my side to carry my bottle of water to drink, but found it empty. I sighed. Great now I have to go all the way downstairs to get another one.Arriving at the kitchen, I saw our personal cook arranging some things in the kitchen. I only gave her a small smile and made my way to the fridge to get another bottle of water.You see I normally don't eat much or anything for that matter. Dili was pretty much accurate when he called me out on having an eating disorder. At first I didn't have such a thing like an eating di

The following week was what I would call eventful. Or maybe will I use the word 'weird'. You're wondering why I said weird right? Well let me give you a run down.First of all, after I had met Dili's friends that faithful day, they all turned out to be nice. Which was definitely not what I was expecting. They treated me like I was a fellow human like them, which was far to eccentric for me. But I appreciated it nonetheless. They all introduced themselves to me. Their names were Tobi, Chimdi, Favour and Victoria. Pretty cool people if you ask me.After that day, I actually thought that, that was that, and they would probably never talk to me again, especially in school. But boy was I wrong. When Monday reached I was surprised to see Victoria and Favour in the library apparently waiting for me during lunch break.I tried as much to hide my shock in seeing them their as I asked."What are you guys doing here?"Favour was the one to answer. She was the one that apparently according to her