Caleb and Phillip exchanged glances watching the third boy seating opposite them scroll through his phone without saying another word. Nathaniel was averse to humans,he would develop rashes on his arms and on his legs if he got close to people. It was one of the many reasons why people were forbidden into his space but the main reason was that he absolutely hated having strangers and unfamiliar people in his space.“Kelvin is throwing a party, y’all gonna show up?” Caleb asked, breaking the delicate silence.“Kelvin?” Phillip asked and Caleb nodded his head.“He wanted Nathaniel to come by the way, '' Caleb replied, turning to the third boy who turned to him and raised his eyebrow.“He said upstairs would be free for you to use. And you can use his game room too” Caleb added and Nathaniel turned back to scrolling through his phone.“So are we going or not?” Caleb asked again and Phillip shrugged.“Well, there's space for Nate to avoid every other human and there are games too. It’s fi

Sia ignored the first ring and the second ring and the third and the fourth and on the fifth, she angrily got out of her seat and walked towards the ringing phone. Her brows pulled together even unpleasantly when she realized that Samantha didn't even save the number. She grabbed the phone and placed it near her ears, before she could say anything, the other person yelled into her ears.“You did sit down and watch your phone ring right? You idiot!” the latter yelled into Sia’s ears.“It’s past 11pm, where are you? Are you going to sleep out because of that little drama that took place yesterday?” the other person kept yelling, successfully pricking Sia.“It’s past 11pm, so shouldn't your neighbors come and knock on your door when you are yelling your lungs out?” Sia asked and the other person seemed to be taken aback for a moment.“Excuse me? Who’s this?” The latter shot rapid questions at Sia who chuckled.“If you call this phone one more time, I’m going to force your number to the p

Sia chuckled by the time Samantha finished talking. She relaxed into her seat ignoring the looks everyone else in the lunch lounge was sending her. “He’s the reason why everyone wants to tear me apart or wants to be right now?” Sia asked while Samantha burst into laughter nodding her head. “You are stating the obvious,” she replied. “Why would he have changed classes? I mean there’s no logical reason for him to do so. From everything you’ve said, he seems like a very logical person so what’s going on?” Sia asked again. “Nobody knows. Kelvin said neither Caleb or Phil knew about it. They got to school this morning and Nate had transferred classes” Samantha replied. “You need to see the blog posts on the school forum, very funny stuffs” she continued laughing lightly. “Why is he sitting beside me too?” Sia asked and Samantha burst into laughter. “Well, I'm not Nate sweetie,” Samantha replied while Sia continued sipping her drink without another word. From the moment she had seen

Sia held the stainless warmer where she had packed food for her mom from the food they had cooked as she got down from the taxi. Adjusting the black hoodie over her head, she walked into the hospital premises and went straight for the elevator. She pressed the floor she was headed and leaned against the walls while rubbing her forehead. The elevator stopped at her mom’s floor and Sia stepped out, managing to drop her head in greetings at the Doctor and nurses who walked past her.She turned the doorknob of her mom’s room and stepped inside. The latter was eating peeled apples and instantly wore a smile upon seeing her. Sia quickened her steps and walked towards her mom relishing the sweet feeling that spread through her stomach when her mom hugged her. This was where she felt the safest.“You brought food oday?” her mom asked and Sia nodded her head anw playful raised her shoulders.“But this time around, your daughter made this food” Sia replied and her mom stared at her in surprise.

CHAPTER NINETEEN By the time Sia got back home, trickles of sweat had washed down her back soaking the lower part of her hoodie.She was pressed in the door code and opened the door and stepped into the house, much to her surprise, Samantha was sprawled on the chair in the seating room watching TV. She had heard the door lock being pressed in so she had turned to take a glance at who it was. A look of surprise flashed through her face and Sia remembered that she had gotten punched earlier at the ring. While thinking of lies to tell her, Samantha had already stood up and walked to the kitchen bringing back the First Aid box with her. “Come here” Smaantha muttered and Sia sighed softly before going ahead to sit on one of the dining table chairs. Just as she had taken care of her when she had arrived at school with a cut on her lip without asking questions; Samantha cleaned her up without asking anything except if it was hurting once or twice. “Why aren’t you asleep?” Sia asked, rubb