Chapter 3
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"I care because we're both students of the same institution." the lad replied as he rose to his feet, walking away from Maria.
Maria turned her face to see the prince charming walking off. She was overfilled with the waves of relief and sadness simultaneously.
***
Maria happily returned back to her dorm. She entered the room without paying attention to her naughty roommates' giggles. She landed on her two and a half sized bed, cuddling her pillow without giving a f**k about anybody's thoughts about her.
"But, what just happened here?"
"Hahaha...Haaha...ha... haha" while throwing fits and tantrums of Scream filled laughter;" He hates me as well!"
"Well, I don't!"
The young man hollered as he resurfaced one more time.
"My name is Blake and I would like to be your friend if you cannot tell you what is bugging you." Blake swallowed a chunk of saliva before he continued.
"It's fine for you to decide and give me your answer later" The young dude uttered before disappearing for the last time.
Maria laughed out loud on her bed while she thought over the drama that ensued at the garden between Blake and her. She could not help but blush irresistibly.
"Yeah, a friend..." she screamed, still holding on to her pillow.
"Keep it low! are you the only occupant of this room?" Lilian irritably questioned few minutes of studying Maria's happy attitude.
"You don't need that, I told you she's nothing but an animal!" Tia accompanied.
"Who cares?!"
A brief wave of silence stormed the room that a drop of pin could easily be heard after Maria replied in such manner for the very first time.
"And who are you barking at?" Tia quickly hits back at her few seconds afterwards.
"Mtchhhhhhhhhhhhhew, ask your demented friends" Maria snorted right before she walked into the bathroom for a cold bath.
"Hey!!! you guys better open me up this minute before you land into trouble!"
"Guys! alright, I'm sorry.... Please, open this damn door, I'm cold!" Maria squealed out several minutes after unresponsive knocks on the door.
Maria screamed for hours following her lockup in the bathroom till she relented.
"wooooow....wow wow wow- woooow" sounded the school ambulance till it halted at Queen Ashley's block. Medical personnels rushed into the dormitory with a stretcher to facilitate Maria's fast carriage to the clinic.
***
"What happened to that young lady?! and why was she found in the bathroom few minutes past midnight?" A fierce looking student affairs' director grated at Tia, Lillian and Annet who were summoned during their second lecture.
"We..." Lilian paused after staring into Tia's slaying eyes.
"Continue!"
"... don't know anything about it." Tia concluded before Lilian opened her mouth to complete her statement .
"Really?"
"All except you can take your leave."
Tia's heartbeat skipped at the man's announcement. She gave Lilian a dangerous smile before she left the office alongside Annet.
***
Maria opened her eyes later in the morning. Hot drips flowed through her veins and another tube was fixed into her nostrils. She was too weak to move her limbs hence, stayed helpless. She saw other patients receiving treatment In other corners of the room.
A beautiful, lady in a black and pink scrub took records briefly before dashing off. Returning with a doctor, they approached Maria's corner. The nurse left immediately after she removed the tubes fixed into her nostrils.
"Awwwww!" Maria let out a soft cry.
"Sorry, miss..." He did a few minutes check on her current state. After certifying that she was in a stable condition already, he pushed further.
"You were rushed in past midnight under the note of an asthmatic attack, we would like to have you give your statement before your discharge because your carriage into the clinic was quite suspicious with no latter signs of inflammation on your lungs."
Maria laid limb, listening to the doctor's remarks.
She remembered how she called for help, screaming herself out with no one to help her out. Wondering what lies her room folks would have packaged before turning her back against the doctor.
"Alright, have a great rest."
The doctor relayed upon seeing her attitude. He proceeded in letting her have her peace by walking off to examine other patients.
***
"What did you want to say earlier on?" The director asked softly like a hunter enticing its prey.
"I Mmmm-ean-t we don't know know sir. We had our headsets on before her arrival, we all drowsed off till I Went to ease myself in the middle of the night only to meet her lying almost lifeless on the floor."
"She probably got herself locked in the bathroom before my arrival, sir."
The girls had a great laugh upon Lilian's narration.
"So, what was his reply?" asked Annet while sipping her bottle of Cola.
"Alright, I would get back to you girls later, be careful around your bathroom door and have a nice day.'' Lilian used a croaking mimic to demonstrate how the director dismissed her.
"So... what are we doing about that dirty thing? she mustn't expose us!" Annet asked few minutes after everyone started minding their businesses.
"How about ....'' Tia beckoned on the girls to come together, three heads making contact and whispered in an inaudible voice to them, answering Annet's question.
"Hmmm..." "yeah...." the others nodding in agreement, replied one after the other.
***
At almost the same time of the day, Blake strolled into the garden he met the most beautiful lady he had ever seen two days earlier to get his reply. He finally left after waiting for several hours, second to none just like the previous day without his "Liang nu" in sight.
Concluding that his lachrymose lady does not want to be his friend, he decided to stop visiting the garden but dearly wished to cross her path anywhere around the campus.
"Blake?!"
Blake turned back to see his friend, Ted as the caller of his name.
"I've searched everywhere for you, I was about returning to our block before sighting you here."
Blake watched Ted run his mouth for few seconds before he strode off in giant steps.
"Wait!" Ted shouted, bringing Blake to a halt.
"Your father is here and he demands your presence!." Ted finally announced right before Blake stormed out of the garden.
"What does he want? What brings him here? He doesn't just want me to be solely independent, what the heck?!" Blake recited out loud intermittently before he arrived his father's usual spot.
"Hey, hey, hey! see my boy." Sir. Cade hollered to everyone around after sighting Blake from afar.
"You, fools! what are you waiting for?!" Sir. Cade growled at two of his bodyguards who stood still beside him.
"Hey! get back." screamed Blake who was several steps away from his father and his troupe.
Blake clenched his fists at the bodyguards. They quickly retreated back to their initial positions.
"Father! what do you want? I left home last week, I mean this past week after a long break of two months. So, why are you here?!" Blake vented with all his might, the moment he stood before his father.
"Why can't I live like other kids?"
"Oh! Normal kids... Hahahaha" Sir. Cade snapped in after few seconds of emotionless reaction to Blake's banters.
"You are living your best life, my boy. I just decided to see how my boy is faring but I guess I was wrong. He doesn't even want to see me." Sir. Blake replied in a subtle, hypnotizing tone.
"Dad, stop that! Enough of your emotional, manipulative gimmicks! You can always reach out to me through your mobile phone. Next time you come here without a definite reason, I won't bother honouring your call." He paused after noticing his father's instant mood swing.
"Bye dad, I love you but can you stop getting on my nerves?" Blake gave his final submission as he walked backwards away from his dad and his allies.
"Ouch! Oh my..." Blake screamed.
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