Alexis

Prologue A heavy rain fell and off I went to my wonderland. When I got there, I saw myself wandering in a beautiful garden, then I saw a handsome young man. I recognized him immediately, the tall, fair, chaming-looking man I have been waiting for all my life, I stopped and called out to him “My prince” shouting at the top of my voice. He heard me, turned slowly and walked towards me with broad smiles on his pink lovely lips, he held my hand and we walked on the same path in silence. As we walked slowly, swinging our hands, I was admiring his handsomely carved face, strong biceps and tenderly feeling the softness of his hand. I was oblivious that my dress had been changed from my nightie into a beautiful white dress. We got to a magnificent pool where he stopped suddenly and looked into my eyes. I gave a shy smile and stared at my toes. I instantly knew what he was going to do. He was going to kiss me, I thought in delirious anticipation. "This is going to be the best moment of my life" I thought to myself. He looked at me and smiled, never have I seen such beautiful eyes in my life, so I smiled too. He drew closer and asked in a low tone 'Will you kiss me?' ' Yes!' I said bluntly and almost screaming, he smiled broadly, then bent his head downwards, and I stood on my toes and raised my head upwards but as he was about to kiss me, I felt a hard hit on my back "Won't you get up? you lazy nymph" a voice which sounded like my mother fired at me as I opened my eyes only to find myself hugging and smooching my pillow. "It's a dream again" I said waking up into reality Chapter 1-the meeting My mom raised her voice from downstairs "Alexis, get up, it's your first day at school, remember?" "Ugh" I grunted, first day at school again, you would think I will be used to first days at a new school now since this is the third school I will be attending this year, but I'm not. I hate first days as a newbie. It makes me feel self conscious and nervous. Moving schools is all thanks to my medical researcher dad. His research work takes us from one place to another, cross countries and even cross continents as was this case. We moved to Edinburgh, Scotland this time, so we had to transfer schools too because of that but my dad says it's gonna be different, the research he's up to lately is going to take up to two years as he had estimated so we're all going to stay put here in Scotland for at least two years. I’m very happy about that, not only me, so are the rest of the family. Moving from one school to another takes a hard toll on us. Me and my siblings hardly make friends in school, knowing that we might not stay for a long while. I've only had one best friend all my life because of this. My Dad is a black English man, his medical research brought him to America where he met my mom who was a doctor in the hospital where he was researching, they fell in love and had me a year after getting married, I am going to be Eighteen years old this year and also going to graduate from high school this year, I can't wait, if you sk me. I have three siblings, Matt, my nineteen years old elder brother who makes my life a living hell, Merissa, my only sister who is a stubborn twelve years old girl and my adorable seven years old little brother, Lenny. We are a close knit family. "get up Alex, there's no need to be late on your first day at school" my mum carried on. I got up grudgingly, cleaned my untidy room, had my bath and dressed up. I then packed my stuff and then looked in the mirror to check if I looked okay for my first day. "oh, look at this angel' I teased myself with a big idiotic grin on my face. You might call me vain but I am far from it. It's just that my dad has always taught me and my siblings, the power of positive affirmations and also taught me to take great pride in my beauty -he believes that it builds self confidence- much to the dissatisfaction of my mum. I'm just five ‘four in height, shorter than most of my peers, but my petite stature makes me look even more adorable. I have very long, curly brown hair which has refused to be tamed. My best friend, Tanya calls it the wild mane, really, that girl has got wild imaginations. I have beautifully shaped long legs from my mother, but my brown eyes, I got from my father. In contrast to my petite stature, my breasts are a little bit bigger than most of my mates and even my hips are wide and well rounded. I could pass for a twenty year old girl if I wanted to. Of course my mum does not like that, so she insists I wear big clothes to cover the mature look of my body, but I roll my eyes at her and ignore her. Mothers fuss a lot. Of all my body features, I love my skin best. It’s golden in colour, my white school mates use to envy me because of it, they would ask me what they could do to be tanned like me, as if my skin color was gotten from tanning. I was still looking in the mirror when my mom came in 'How's the uniform?" I asked 'it looks nice” she replied, throwing me an appraising look. “Alex, is the skirt of your uniform shorter or am I imagining it?” she asked me, raising her eyebrows, and putting her hands on her hips. “Shorter? Of course not. That’s the way you gave it to me mum” I lied, rolling my eyes at her. I didn’t tell her that I adjusted the length of the long skirt she had given me. Being good at making clothes is useful in cases like this to be honest. The original length of the skirt was too ridiculous for words, if I had worn it to school like that, the students would have made fun of me and I wouldn't have been able to live it down till I graduated. “Hmmm” she replied, not believing me at all. She brought out a flower printed hairpin and put it on my hair then she looked at me with a cheery smile. My mom is not much of a big talker, she's more of an action than words person. Sometimes I wonder how she fell in love with my dad who is such a big talker. I lived for evenings when he kept us all laughing about the funny things happening in his office. "The driver is already downstairs" she said "Remember, be a good girl and... stay out of trouble'' I frowned at her, must she always remind of the troublemaker that I was? I thought angrily, she has said that for the fifth time this morning. Yes, maybe I made some little trouble in my former school, but I have changed. In fact, I have made up my mind to do without making mischief in this new school, all I want to do is face my studies and graduate. "You know a small misdemeanor can cause you trouble, right?” “Yeah, yeah, mum” I replied impatiently, wanting to leave already. "don't worry mum, all I just want to do is graduate, I'm laying low, so, no troubles wanted by me" I told her, to reassure her “Okay, have a nice day at school baby” she said as she walked me down the stairs. “And you too mum” I got outside and felt the soft cool breeze on my skin. My younger siblings were outside doing cartwheels with Matt. They are going to a different school. Matt has graduated from high school, he would be starting college next year. "Hey Alexis, take a day off troublemaking today, start tomorrow, okay" he said annoyingly, throwing a small ball at me. Really, he is such a pain in the ass. "why don't you mind your business?" I told him, rolling my eyes at him and stuck my tongue out at him, Merrisa and Lenny giggled happily. "stop tormenting your sister, Matt" my dad said, walking towards me, he is a very tall man with muscles everywhere, he looks like an adorable giant. He gave me some pocket money “have a nice day baby and don’t forget, you can do whatever you put your mind to, you are a star, okay” he said. “Yes daddy” I replied, smiling up at him. He kissed me on my cheeks and left. My little sister, Merrisa gave me a chocolate with a little note 'goodluck' written on its wrapper, I smiled when I saw it, she knows I'm a chocoholic. I ruffled her hair and kissed Lenny goodbye. I got into our family car and the driver drove me away. I'm lucky I have the cocoon of a loving family, I thought to myself as the car sped off. * * * * * * * * * * Few minutes later, we got to the school. My god! I exclaimed at the sight of the school, I gazed at the big square-looking building of white stones standing high up ‘Mayfair high School' was boldly embroidered on top of the building with vivid letters. The school has a serene quality to it. As the car sped off and away from the school, I stood still and admired it’s beauty. I was happy that I would spend two years of my life here till my graduation from high school and all I need to do is put my head down and stay away from trouble, I thought to myself. I got there late, so I was directed to the principal's office, I knocked and went in “Oh! there you are, your mom has called to inform me that you'll be resuming today....My name is Mr Hugh Robins” said a middle aged man, wearing a heavy spectacle. He has frizzy brown hair and a stooped posture. He sat behind a big desk which has books and other things scattered all over. He was looking at me sternly and I knew he wanted me to introduce myself too. “I'm Alexis Harrison” I said “Let me show you your classroom' Mr Robins said crisply, and I followed the principal quietly. When we got there, class had already begun so he called the teacher outside “She is the new transfer student, let her begin work immediately” he said to her and the teacher nodded in understanding, the principal left and I followed the teacher into the class. The students stared at me as I walked in slowly, I felt very shy “Class, this is the new transfer student” The teacher said, raising her voice to be heard over the loud whispers of the students. She then faced me and said 'my name is Miss Benning, please introduce yourself'. I looked up and as I was about to introduce myself, I saw a familiar face. where do I know this guy from? I thought to myself as I was ruminating in my brain to recall his face, then I suddenly remembered and I gasped within me, oh my god! He's the guy I saw in my dream last night! I recalled. I was perplexed. What is he doing here? I asked myself, looking befuddled, ' Wake up i***t!' my subconscious tapped me, then I came out from my thoughts only to find the teacher glaring at me furiously and the students sniggering. I felt like running away with shame. “I asked you to introduce yourself or don't you understand English?!” she asked “No ma'am…I mean, I do ma’am” I stammered, then I introduced myself “Hello everyone, my name is Alexis Harrison, a transfer student from America, I hope we become good friends” The students whispered to each other as they watched me go to the seat where the teacher directed me to sit. I stole a glance at the guy that looked so much like the prince I saw in my dream. I did not care about the other students as all my attention was on him. Why did he appear in reality? What the hell is he doing here?, Is this a dream too? A lot of thoughts crossed my mind as I sat down. I could not get my eyes off him, he was so handsome. He is tall, and has blonde wavy hair, and the bluest eyes I've seen. He was busy looking at his notes and attentively listening to the teacher. Sitting two rows away from him put him in my direct periphery, so it was easy to stare at him to my heart’s content, Could this be fate or coincidence?, I asked myself.