The Tusles 🥰

chapter 3

After the awful incident that happened in the class,Brenda was so ashamed of herself. She rarely answered questions in the class and most times,her attention was divided. Even during their group discussion,she didn't talk much and this had a great effect on the group members especially Desmond.

" Hey Brenda.i noticed that you have not been yourself lately. Is it because of what happened in class the other day??". Look am aware that you didn't steal the watch. I think this has something to do with Natasha".

"Tasha??. what has she got to do with this".

" I talked to her the other day and asked her never to warn you to stay away from me. I am sure she must have planned this with Fender because both of you don't get along".

" But Desmond I warned you not to talk to Tasha about it so why did you go ahead to do that".

" Because I care about you and I can't watch anyone bully you"

" But why. Am just a poor kid with rags"

"Well I don't care if you are a poor kid or not. All I know is that I care about you period". As he said this he looked at her straight in the eyes but she turned her face away. Brenda had heard different love stories from her classmates but she wasn't ready to adventure into anything like that. Boyfriend was the least thing she wanted at this stage. She didn't need anything to distract her especially at this point that she was preparing for her examination.

" look Desmond thanks so much for the care but you have to stop getting me into trouble ok"???. Brenda said and left. Desmond felt guilty for having to put her through such pains. He regretted ever talking to Tasha about the whole stuff but he couldn't watch his dear friend being hurt. Tasha on the other hand was working towards making Desmond her own. After planning the theft incident with Fender, she felt so satisfied and cool. Little did she know that her plans only increased the hatred of Desmond towards her.

The day for their group presentation finally came. Brenda's group turned out to be the best among others. After their presentation Miss Royce asked the whole class to applaud them because she was impressed with the presentation.

" Thanks Brenda.It was because of you that our group turned out to be the best. All thanks to your leadership skills". Brenda's group members said

" All thanks to you all for your cooperation. If it wasn't for you guys, my this team wouldn't have been successful ". After the group members had dispersed, Desmond came to meet her specially.

" hey Miss Brenda. All thanks to you our group turned out to be the best ".

"And all thanks to you too Desmond".

" For what exactly?"".

" For everything. For your time, encouragement and defense. You know sometime I wish everyone in this school was like you then there would be peace and harmony in the school. No bullies,no fears and no intimidations.".

" Really. Well thank you so much for your praises. Well,one thing I know is that life is a Matter of turns and what goes around must come around. It is not a good thing to treat others so bad cause you're in a better position today. No one can predict the future. We live in a small world you know """.

" Not everyone has that understanding and that is why they do what they usually do """.

" Brenda I wanted to ask you something". Desmond had not finished discussing with Brenda when Tracy walked up to them interrupting the discussion.

" Hey group leader. I am proud of you girl" .she said giving Brenda a big guy

" Thanks Tracy. Am proud of you too" .

" Well I don't think there's any need for that. Stop flattering me please".

"Tracy am not flattering you.I really mean what I said". All this while, Desmond was patiently waiting for both of them to finish but it seemed to take long so he decided to leave

" Brenda we will finish our discussion tomorrow"". Desmond said and left