TWO
998 Words
“Chisom, guyy. You get mind oo” Christy said.
“I swear. I didn’t know you would do it” Claire said.
I couldn’t believe it either. Claire was still shocked. Her ‘naïve’ Chisom actually kissed her crush. My hands were shaky afterwards, and I almost had a panic attack.
What had given me the courage to do that dare anyways? I’d just kissed our super cute Deputy Senior Prefect… On the lips!! In front of almost all the seniors.
And since then I’ve been scared that who knows, ss2 girls would call me and pummel me to death. Or maybe someone else crushing on him would attack me. Or…
“Good evening senior! You re highly welcome to our n…”
“Shh… it’s okay”
Four senior girls had just walked into the class.
Oh God
They were all SS2s.
Oh God
I recognized Senior Nancy in a huge pink sweater on. Beside her was one very strict disciplinarian, Senior Artemis. Her real name is Senior Anita but that was a code name we gave her so we could gossip about her.
With them were Senior Twinkle and another new, pretty Senior I didn’t recognize.
“Who is Ezeh Chisom?” Senior Artemis asked. Damn. They’re here for me.
Claire nudged me and I stood up. “Yes… Yes Senior” I stammered.
“Please step outside” Senior Nancy asked with a cute smile. I gulped and Claire squeezed my hand before walking out of the class.
“Follow me” Senior Twinkle said.
I nod trying my best to look unconcerned and cool. When we got out of my set block and some meters away, they all turned to me. Senior Artemis spoke first.
“I suppose you know why we’re calling you”
There was no need to play dumb. I nodded.
“Okay. Good. Now that has been established, you can now tell us why you kissed your D.s.p” Senior Nancy said.
“Oh… i… I kissed him cause I like him” I blurted.
“Ooh… nice” Senior Twinkle giggled
“That’s not a proper answer o” Senior Artemis snarled.
“Tell us about yourself” Senior Nancy then said with a friendly smile “Uhm… ok… My name is Ezeh Chisom. I’m 16… SS1D. I'm from Imo state.”
They all exchanged glances.
“Go on”
“I… um… like drawing and… I want to study social works in Uni. I love singing and dancing… and… Senior Henry” I blabbed.
‘f**k… Chisom’ I thought.
“Hm… okay”
“Love isn’t the word I was expecting oo, but, okay” Senior Twinkle muttered. They all gathered, whispering to each other and atimes turned to look at me.
‘Oh God please help me! I know I'm a sinner but still. I promise I’ll not dodge church next Sunday. I promise I’ll…’ I prayed inwardly.
They all turned back to me.
“Why did you kiss Henry in front of everyone?”
I sighed and turned on my drama button internally. “Seniors. I really like him. And I just couldn’t bear to watch him look so cute… so … I … acted on impulse”
“Really? Looked like the kiss was planned to me” Senior Artemis said.
“Seniors please tell him. I really like him and I want to talk to him”
“Eeh?! Are we messengers?” Senior Twinkle asked. “sorry Seniors”
Senior Artemis smirked.
“Well, tell him yourself. Follow us”
“Jesus, Seniors…”
“Follow us”
“Don’t be shy na” Senior Nancy said to me. What the hell did I get myself into? I followed them, wishing I could just die. I hesitated and my heart practically left my chest and returned when the new Senior held my hand. I let out a deep breath before alighting the stairs of the ss2 block.
I gulped.
They took me into their noisy class… And there he was laughing with Senior Jerry and Senior Jordan.
“Henry. Your wife!”
He turned to me instantly. Then slowly, he smiled. My heart began pounding even harder.
“Oh! You’re the one that kissed me today” I nodded when we reached the back seat. He sized me up before rising.
“Chisom… Abii?”
I nodded. He stretched out his hand for a handshake and I took it slowly.
“We asked her why she kissed you and she said she loves you” Senior Artemis added.
Senior Jerry laughed.
God why??? Senior Henry frowned, amused.
A senior at the backseat murmured to our hearing.
“So this is the kisser”
“It’s her o”
Her neighbor answered. All the SS2s then turned to me.
“I wasn’t prepared the last time you kissed me. How about we redo it”
My eyes widened as he slipped an arm around my waist tilting his head to the side.
“Senior I can’t…”
“Why? You seemed so eager to kiss me before”
“That was cause…” I said, my voice trailing off
“Cause?”
“I…um…”
He leaned in with one swift movement and our noses were inches apart. Foolish me… I shut my eyes. But his lips didn’t meet mine. Instead, he whispered, “Sike”
I forcefully opened my eyes and everyone around was laughing. “Ah. Henry na…” Senior Nancy said.
Senior Henry just smirked. I was standing there feeling super embarrassed, so embarrassed that I wanted to cry.
Before I could process the whole thing, he actually left a peck on my lips.
“I…” I mumbled. Everyone was silent… quite shocked.
“You?”
I dashed out of the class as some laughed and the noise increased.
Chisom, wetin you carry your two legs enter like this?? I kept querying myself till I reached my set block.
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