The Lost Ones

Chapter Fifteen |♠ Convenience Stores and First Timers♠|

            Dedicated to Fame_lanky
              A new reader!🎨💙🎨
                      ♠ Chikamsi ♠

She wriggled out of the  blue skirt she had been wearing,and quickly put on a pair of dungarees, packed up her hair in a bun and folded her school uniform into her pink bag.

Nobody would recognize her as a school student dressed like this, she ran down the narrow path that led to her house and approached the white picket fence at the back.

Chikamsi looked both ways before throwing the pink bag she held in her hand over the fence, it landed with a thud in the backyard.

She didn't hear any sound,the coast was clear.
Chikamsi hoisted herself over the fence, not wanting to risk using the gate because of the screeching noise it made when it was opened.
She brought out the spare key she had taken earlier from her mother's room, and she let herself in.

Chikamsi walked up the stairs, stopping to admire her picture on the wall for a minute.
She was holding a huge cheque, smiling up at the camera when that picture was taken.

It was her first influencing gig, Chikamsi smiled fondly at the memory of that day.
Her phone buzzed, reminding her that she needed to get going, she had an important assignment to meet up with by 10 o'clock that morning.

Trip Market was opening their very first  convenience store, and Chikamsi wanted to be there.

She had heard that they were choosing new faces for their brands, and maybe, just maybe, with the right crowd she would gather when she was there, Trip Market would notice her.

Her mother had strictly warned her not to leave the school premises today,she smiled to herself.
She didn't even reach the school premises, so she wasn't disobeying her mother.

Chikamsi went through her walk-in closet, frantically searching for an orange bucket hat to complement the new outfit she had changed into.

Bucket hat found, she left the house, mm of forgetting her school bag, her mother would probably go through the back door to enter the building, and she didn't want to leave any traces.
Chikamsi landed on the other side of the fence, with a low groan as her body collied with the ground.

“This sneaking out thing is inconvenient" she muttered while rubbing her sore elbow.

She took a shuttle to Eastwell Village where the convenience store was located.
She had been posting updates on her Instagram page, letting her fans know that she would be in Eastwell that day.
She wanted to gather a crowd, and show Trip Market just how much influence she had.

Her lips were starting to hurt, she had been taking numerous selfies with people since she got here, fans requesting for her autograph, and she hadn't seen any Trip Market team member yet.

The convenience store was packed with people, each person trying their luck to see if they would earn any of Trip Market's free shopping session they always gave to their 10th, 50th and 100th customers.

A woman walked up to Chikamsi with her daughter,asking her to give her an autograph on her face.
Chikamsi smiled  and signed the girls hand instead.

People walked up to her, telling her how they loved her content, her style, her non chalant lifestyle and everything.

She basked in the praises of her supporters for a minute,until she remembered why she initially came here.

Chikamsi walked over to  a team of people with name tags wearing red, she assumed they were Trip Market representatives.

She greeted at them, offering the oldest looking one among them a handshake.
The lady took her hand, shaking it slowly and then vigorously,as she realized who she was speaking to.