NORMAN HIGH SCHOOL

Chapter 7

Cassian came down from the stairs, a flash of pink on his white love seat caught his attention.

"Who dared to sit on my couch?", he muttered while walking towards it. He noticed it was a pink notepad.

"...??"

Perplexed, he sighed " my mum is already inviting girls over?".

He scoffed and picked up the notepad, strutting back upstairs.

...

Camille was munching the toasted bread, while sitting at the dining table. Her mom sat adjacent to her , rubbing butter on the bread.

"Mrs lily is way too nice. I actually thought she'd be arrogant " Cam said smiling, her cheeks full

"Don't talk with your mouth full"

"You lied about her being arrogant and bossy. She's just too generous. I was the centre of attention at school the whole day because of the ferrari she let me have a ride in, it felt heavenly "

"You don't just judge people because they did something nice for you once"

"Ok ok i've heard you. But she's nice"

Hepzibah sighed.

"Mum... i just remembered,i can't find my diary"

"And how exactly is that my problem?,don't even think about getting a new one, i just got that, it was the last in the book store"

"I thought you saw it"

"You never allowed me touch your diary remember?"

"I know. But its never gone missing"

"Did you misplace it at school?"

"No...wait a minute, i visited that huge house this morning "

"Where i work?"

"Yeah. And i emptied my bag on the love seat. Mum it must be there, i'm definitely sure"

"Ok. Take it easy, i check tomorrow "

"Mum i wrote all my private life in that book. What if mrs lydia gets to see it?"

"Calm down Camille, i'm sure i'll find it, its not a big deal"

"It is mum. She gets to see the creepy things i wrote, what if she thinks i'm a bad girl??"

"Creepy things?"

"Mum I'm doomed"

"Why are you sounding like that's your pandora's box?"

"...because my diary is like my bestfriend. Only dad could understand me right now. I wish he was here".

Camille stood up and ran to her bedroom slamming the door so hard.

"...cam I'm sorrry...huh. I wish you knew what your father really is like"

Hepzibah sighed in regret.

...

Cassian sat on his king size bed. He flipped through the pink notepad and a picture fell out.

He stared at the picture before picking it up.

A smile slowly crept across his face.He traced the edge of her hair with his fingertip, studying her carefree smile.

There was something oddly captivating about it.He couldn't remember the last time he'd seen such a bright, genuine, carefree smile.

The girl stood outside a garden in colourful pyjamas, a scarf wrapped loosely around her neck and a stone pendant resting against her rainbow-coloured sweater. Her head tilted slightly to one side as she raised two fingers in a playful peace sign.

Cassian chuckled softly. His eyes lingered on the picture for a moment longer than they should have.

He blinked.

"wait,...What am I doing?"

He lowered it

"She's a stranger "

He quickly snapped out of his thought

and slipped the picture back inside the diary. An entry caught his attention.

𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔡𝔦𝔞𝔯𝔶..

16𝔱𝔥 𝔖𝔢𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔪𝔟𝔢𝔯

𝔐𝔶 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔡𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔪𝔞𝔫 𝔥𝔦𝔤𝔥 𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔩 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔢𝔭𝔦𝔠🤗, 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔦 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔰𝔬 𝔠𝔬𝔬𝔩 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔩, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔬 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔟𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤😮, 𝔦 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔭 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔱.

𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔦 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔤𝔬𝔱 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔭𝔞𝔡 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔦'𝔪 𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔩𝔶, 𝔪𝔶 𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔢 𝔭𝔞𝔡 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡. ℑ𝔱𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔪𝔢, ℭ𝔞𝔪.

𝔐𝔶 𝔪𝔬𝔪 𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔬 𝔞𝔡𝔞𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔶 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔢𝔣𝔱 𝔪𝔶 𝔡𝔞𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦 𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔰 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔰𝔬 𝔪𝔲𝔠𝔥...

...is this a diary?.., Cassian thought and flipped.

𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖗𝖞

17𝖙𝖍 𝕾𝖊𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗

𝕴 𝖒𝖊𝖙 𝖆 𝖓𝖊𝖜 𝖋𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖉, 𝖘𝖍𝖊'𝖘 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖙𝖓𝖊𝖞 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖎 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖗.

𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖑𝖔𝖙𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝖈𝖔𝖔𝖑 𝖐𝖎𝖉𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖛𝖎𝖇𝖊 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖕𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖗 𝖆𝖚𝖗𝖆 𝖎𝖘 𝖌𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 ❤❤.

𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖗 𝖈𝖆𝖋𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖆 𝖎𝖘 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓 🫰🫰, 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖘?, 𝖔𝖒𝖌 𝖎𝖙𝖘 𝖙𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖞 😋.

𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖑𝖜𝖆𝖞𝖘 𝖇𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘 , 𝖎 𝖋𝖊𝖊𝖑 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖎 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓'𝖙 𝖌𝖔𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖔.

𝕴 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖆 𝖇𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖒𝖚𝖒 𝖘𝖔 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖒𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖞 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖚𝖙 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝖒𝖞 𝖉𝖆𝖉.

𝕴𝖙'𝖘 𝖘𝖔 𝖘𝖆𝖉 𝖒𝖞 𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖘 𝖆𝖗𝖊𝖓'𝖙 𝖙𝖔𝖌𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗.😢😢𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖎 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖚𝖘𝖊...𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖋 𝖎 𝖆𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓 𝖇𝖊𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖗 𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖐𝖚𝖕??.

He flipped, while resting his head on a pillow, legs crossed.

𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎

𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑖 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑖 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒, ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑆𝑘𝑦𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑟. 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑏𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛.

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑢𝑑𝑒, 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠. 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑒🫰🥹🥹𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑.

Cassian scoffed.

"No one is more handsome than i, how could she say that?. I'm more handsome than any freakin dude. Staying at home is making my beauty fade. I must go to school again!, she'll drool if she sees me"

...

Camille paced around her room thinking of who was with her diary. Maybe Mrs Lydia or her kids...

...

The Silence made the dinner brutal. One could hear the sound of the breeze.

Father and son sat in silence, Mr Craig ate the meal at ease while his son found it hard to take in a spoon of the jollof spaghetti 🍝before him.

Craig wiped his mouth with a serviette before gulping in some cherry champagne then continued with the meal.

"You're going to London on friday", Craig announced while slicing the roasted duck meat.

Skye droped his cutlery in annoyance

"Why?"

"You're mom is awake and her condition will only get worse if there's no one by her side "

"Acting concerned doesn't suit you. You transferred my mother to London hospital so that you could get rid of us totally?"

Mr craig stood up and walked closer to his son.

"Your mother's condition has changed. If you ever want to see her again, you'll board that flight on friday and if you tell anyone what you've seen, you're dead meat"

"Are you human at all?. You Don deserve a father title. I curse the day my mum met you "

A slap came across his face

"You ingrate of a child!. You're banned from going to school on Thursday, do all u wish tomorrow and Prepare yourself for the trip "

With that he walked away .

Skye clenched his fist, fummed in rage, breathing heavily, kicked the chair beside him.