Leaving The Friendzone

Chapter 32

Elena Sergio.

I have finally reached the end of the school year's first term. The time when all students would take a break from all social and academic activities most times a month and resumed the next year. Our first term always started from September to December. It went through the space of two to three months, then we vacate to enjoy our festive holiday which was Christmas.

Ever since the incident between Matthews and me, we never heard from each other again during the time we vacated school. At a point, I thought within myself that we were both ghosting each other out but I came to the realization that we didn't just have time to talk about it. There wasn't any need to talk about it. I was pretty sure our friendship remained intact and we were still cool. The only thing I was worried about was Karen, who witnessed a glimpse of that hot spicy moment. I promised to talk about it after Matthews left but it was my first-time experience. It'd sound complicated if we both sit to talk about my sex life.

I never had a proper sex life, if not any. Everyone in high school then used to talk about how many boys or girls they've kissed and their make-out moments. We were all growing teenagers and our hormones got the better of us. Some students were already having what they called body counts, something I didn't know the meaning until I was sixteen. I was just isolated in my space watching everybody explore their lives at a very young age. My fears were there of having to commit a mistake I wasn't prepared for.

The Christmas season passed me fast. It felt like time was being fast-forwarded and there wasn't much to do or experience. During every festive period, my family and I would always go on outings or travel to see my grandparents but this year was different. No one wanted to go outside maybe because of the weather but that shouldn't have stopped us from having our normal family routines. We spent the whole period looking at each other's faces. I mean whining and dining in our own company with no one even coming to visit.

That didn't stop me from preparing for a new step to see how everyone had glowed up. Prom night made me confident and my insecurities were reduced. I was going to kill them with my swag and drip all day long. They aren't prepared for what's coming to them. My sister was still all around me again, trying every possible best to get the info out of me, and while on new year's Eve, I had to give in.

"You can't keep running away from me thinking I'll forget about how I saw you and Matthew make out you know," she approached me while I sat in the parlor trying to watch a movie. A wrong timing which I had to allow.

"Sis, you can't expect me to welcome a conversation that has to do with my sex level. You seeing me in that awkward position is embarrassing enough," I had to whisper not to get my parent's attention with our conversation. They might think we were arguing again.

"I just want to know why you guys did it. Best friends don't get laid on the other person's bed," She sat quietly to my side and folded her arms while she frown her face. She wasn't going to let me off the hook, that was for sure.

"Things happen!" I became uncomfortable. My hands went to my ponytail and played with it unconsciously. A better way to ease the tension she was about to cause.

"Things don't just happen like that. You make them happen and you didn't stop it."

"I don't know!" I gave up, hitting my hands so hard on my lap. One of my sighs of frustration. "Kadjiri and I just had a major fallout. Matthews confessed his feelings for me and now, I made out with him. Ironically my life is going great." I was too ashamed to look Karen in the face. I leaned my back against the couch and covered my face in shame.

"Okay! Alright! I get it. This is awkward!"

"You don't have to tell me twice," I mumbled while my hands still covered my face.