Smile for me

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

AMANDA'D POV

"What did he say? Did he apologize?" Chioma asked me the moment I stepped into the sitting room, I nod my head at her and walk back into the room. I close the door behind me before sitting on the bed, I try to push away everything I just heard from Uche at the far end of my mind.

The bedroom door opens with so much force and I just know it's Chioma that is coming in, why can't she just leave me alone?

"So you think you'll just nod your head at me without telling me the whole thing 𝒆𝒏𝒉?"

"There's nothing to say Chioma" I tell her my voice barely audible, she moves to sit with me on the bed

"𝒂𝒉 𝒂𝒉 are you okay? What did he do this time?"

"I really don't want to talk about it Chioma" I tell her trying not to sound rude but I honestly don't want to talk about it, I don't even know what to start saying to her but instead she  moves closer to me

"Amanda are you okay? You don't look okay, tell me what happened"

"It's Uche" I just say

"I know, I figured that one out already" she says, I ignore the sarcasm in her voice

"He...he just says things he wants to say" I know I'm confusing her but I don't know what to say to her

"You better tell tell me what happened 𝒐𝒐 Amanda, what is it?"  I look at her and decide to just tell her anyways, she'll squeeze it out of me eventually

"We were talking outside and he.. he told me he's in love with me" Her eyes are as wide as saucers as she looks at me

"He did ?" I nod my head at her

"What did you say to him then? You look very upset" I take a deep breath and lean back on the bed

"I asked him to leave" I gently whisper

"Why did you do that?" She asks concern very genuine in her voice

"I don't know, I think I was shocked or something" I tell her, she only nods her head at me

"You know people react to things differently and I don't know why you did that but I'm sure you'll figure out something to do with this new information" I stay quiet, I don't know what to say to her

She sits silently on the bed with me for almost 20 minutes before taking again

"Do you want to talk about it with me?" She asks, I shake my head at her. No, no I do not want to talk about it, I don't even want to think about it as a matter of fact I just want to sleep and pretend It wasn't me he was talking to earlier

"Okay that's fine but I'm here for you 𝒔𝒉𝒂 if you get confused about anything I'm here to help" she says

I love Chioma, I love how care free and easy she is, I love how she doesn't hide her affections for me, I love that she has accepted me as more of her sister than her cousin

"Thank you Chioma" I whisper to her, she pulls a small smile for me before leaving me alone in the room

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UCHE'S POV

The house is still empty when I get back, just like I knew it would be, exactly how I want it to be right now. I've been sitting on the couch since I got back 30 minutes ago, I've been crying a little too. I'm glad no one is at home right now to see me like this

I don't know what I thought would happen when I decided I was going to tell her exactly how I felt, what exactly was I thinking 𝒔𝒆𝒇 ? That she would be so happy and tell me she felt same? Or maybe some cliché romantic stuff that happens in movies I see on Netflix, I laugh softly at myself