Torn between the Devil and Angel.

Worst case scenario

A notification came on almost immediately I dropped my phone, the speed I used to pick my phone up, could be likened to the speed of sound

That was my notification beep, maybe he has replied my message, I calmed down my racing heart, crossed my fingers and unlocked my phone

The long hiss was enough to show my disappointment, the notification wasn't a message from Marshall, it was my service provider, they were trying to advertise a new data plan to me, which I certainly wasn't interested in.

I decided to turn on my mobile data and check out Jiga. Jiga is a social media where people chat, share pictures, make calls. It's a private media, unlike Grima, that any random person can text you, Jiga required a phone number that user had to give you.

I am not a big fan truly, it's pretty much obvious, as I have lots and lots of unread messages.

The thing is I'm honestly bored of every conversation, the only person I look forward to talking at the moment was him, my Marshall. One will wonder when he became mine but he was mine.

Speaking of Marshall, I decided to check Grima for probably the 100th time today and I realized I had a notification, I convinced myself that it was probably a new follower or a like notification, just so it won't be so disappointed when it turned out to be true, the network decided to be slow at that point and I dropped my phone and go get water from the kitchen as I was thristy..

I opted for warm water, I had earlier exhausted the one in the flask earlier and forgot to heat more, coffee was like my water, as I brew a lot and enjoy taking it.

I won't lie, a part of me wished it was a notification from him, I was curious and didn't allow the water boil, before, I was turning it into a cup and heading back to my room.

I picked up my phone from the bed, while waiting for the water to cool off. I unlocked my phone and saw what the notification was and I almost dropped the water down, a little spilled and poured on my leg and, I yelled so loudly.

My mum was rushed into my room with a concerned face, she asked what happened. I lied about having allergies and that explained what I was doing awake. My mom knows all about my allergies, whenever it started, I usually had problem breathing and it came with itchy eyes and cough,hence I needed hot water.

The lecture about being careful started again, if I had being careful, the hot water won't have spilled on my leg. I wanted more than anything to escape this lecture and get back to what I was doing. After what felt like days, but was only minutes, she said goodnight and returned to her bedroom.

I forgot that my leg hurt and dived on my bed, I needed to read what his reply was, he said "hey " with a smiling face emoji. What made so ecstatic was the fact that he was online, I kept grinning like a school girl

With wobbling fingers, I asked how are you? and he replied almost immediately and I was super giddy, he gives fast replies too.

I'm okay, how are you too?, he replied, if I wasn't fine earlier, I certainly was now.

I asked how his day was, expecting the usual "it was fine", that I'm so used to and have grown to hate over time. It never came though. He told me every single detail of his day, from when he woke up that morning to the very moment we were chatting.

I think every girl's dream guy is a guy that gives fast replies and is also fun to chat with.

I found out that we stay close to each other and our hometowns is just five minutes walk

I found out, that he was preparing for an upcoming competition, which was very essential to his basketball career, I went further to ask him whether it was at our institution and it wasn't, he and his team had to travel far but he was excited about this one. Asides from the competition, it was an opportunity to meet new people and he loved that.

The way our conversation went, was like we have known each other in forever, it wasn't forced and it certainly wasn't boring. But it was cut short, as he suddenly went offline, I waited for a while, if ashule van be quantified as five hours, but he didn't come back.

I woke in a really good mood, my siblings and my mum were wondering what happened, I had little or no dark circles, I kept going around and having small talks with everyone and participating in house chores, which I rarely or never do.

I didn't check my phone until after I was done with my chores, I even did a few exercises, I wanted to work on my hips, if that girl was his girlfriend, it meant he liked them thick, I t was a good day and my mood was so bright.

When I turned on my data, I saw his message apologizing and explaining why he left yesterday without a "good night", I was so surprised, this guy had it all, he gives fast replies,is a great texter and apologizes for things like going offline without saying good night.

I decided that I had to go gist my best friend, Jade Ambrose. Jade Ambrose thrives on gossip and I just happen to be a supplier of all of the juicy ones.

Jade lives not too far away from my house, we attended senior high together, although we weren't best of friends then, after graduation, things changed and we became tight.

We don't attend the same college and she is in year three, but that doesn't put a hitch on our friendship. They say long-distance relationships can scarcely work but we make this one work.

Jade knows all of my boy drama, from the first to the present, she is not supportive of most and basically all of her advice usually goes unhindered but she doesn't relent on giving them.

Asides, relationship issues, you could call her a walking Amy, as we share similar ideas on a lot of things. We could say the same thing when faced with a similar situation.

It's quite annoying that this doesn't apply to music, I could be so excited about a song and decide to play it for my friend, she could endure and listen to it for a while but then she will soon be like "please off that noise " and the same goes for me. we agree on movies, have the same aesthetics, shop together, have same issues with bad dressing.

During the holiday, my mother had to ask me about my relationship with her, I kept going to her house and she kept coming over to my house. My mum had to ask me if I had no other friend asides her.

What made this holiday a little bearable was the fact she was slso on holidays and we were always seeing.

Compliments from Jade, is not something I take plausible, besides the fact that it rarely comes, I also know how very genuine it is .

The thing is Jade and I are critics and, we don't spare each other, I would never tell my friend or anyone they look bad to their face, but my face just kinda gives me away and Jade knows what every of my face mean.

Truth be told, Jade wasn't the only reason why I wanted to look good today.

I knew marshall lived really close by and I didn't wanna risk seen looking homeless, I decided I was going to go hard.

Dresses are not really my thing but since I like to switch it up once in a while, I have a few, I decided to wear my all time favorite, it was a almond mild silk gown, I designed myself.

What makes this gown my favorite, is the fact it sticks like a second skin and the colour is so calm and neutral.

I styled my hair into a high ponytail, applying makeup is not something I can do well but then I try and just do the barest minimum.

Glossy lips is my to go lipstick, it's pretty much simple but I realized I was doing it wrongly all this while, I watched a tutorial on Grima and I tried it out today, I did my edges and decided to wear a matching jacket as the weather was a bit cold and I couldn't afford catching the flu, plus having a blocked nose, just makes breathing much harder at night.

I wore black flat and paired it with a black back pocket bag. I gave myself a look over in the mirror and I looked so dashing.

I was obviously over dressed for the occasion, but there is no such thing as" being overdressed ",I met my sister on my way to the sitting room and she inquired about my destination.

I simply told her, I was on my way to Jade house which wasn't a lie, the doubt on her face was so evident, I glared at her and she knew better, not to push it.

When I got to Jade house, I had to wait at the gate because her younger brother was occupied with cartoon and didn't wanna come get the gate. Jade was in the kitchen and I just kept hearing shouts over the gate.

"Won't you go and open the gate?, I will off the television now", Jade sounded really pissed, he knew without doubt, that she will make good of his threats.

The gate swung open, although he wasn't so excited to see me, he still said hello and was polite. I walked in after him and entered into the house, I strolled into the kitchen like I was in my own house.

When Jade saw me, she instantly asked "where I was going? ", I realized that's her way of saying, "I looked good" I answered her that I wasn't going anywhere else asides here.

She kept wondering why I wore a dress to her house and kept bothering me, so I gave her the whole gist, she was so very excited and asked to see his picture. I showed her the pictures of his Grima page and she blurted, "damn girl, this boy is fine"

Jade standards are really high and if she thought somene fine, then they must really be fine.

After all of the juicy gossips, the giggles, the showing off of newly acquired wears, the sharing of dressing inspiration, it was time to go back home, I wore my jacket which I took off earlier and Jade accompanied me to the road where I had a lotta waiting for me, lotta is a logistics company that covers really small trips, I boarded one and the driver took me home.

I got home really late, as time passes so much whenever Jade and I hanged out and, today certainly wasn't so different. My mom was livid, she wasn't that angry that I came back late, what pissed her off, was that I went out without informing her. I apologized and that seemed to fuel her anger.

"Sorry for yourself", she growled, this is a thing with Oakish parents, apologizing is an issue, not apologizing is a bigger issue.

After the whole episode with my mum, I was finally permitted to go to my room. I picked up my phone and I didn't have any message notification from Grima, this further worsened my mood. I was so bored out of my wits, and Marshall was the only person I wanted to talk to at the moment