DIFFERENT LIFE'S PERSPECTIVE(ON HOLD)

CHAPTER 15

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ERIATA ADESUWA AMELIA

I turned my fork in my plate once again, my food was still untouched. For like the hundredth time, I reminded myself why having breakfast with my parents was a terrible idea, especially after what happened yesterday.

I could feel dad's intense stare on me and it was getting really disturbing. For a moment, I wished I could just poke his eyes with my fork. That thought almost made me laugh.

"Aren't you going to eat your food?" Mum spoke up and I just stared at her in shock, her eyes were on me and she had an apperance of something that looked close to concern. I blinked, trying to convince myself that it was all in my head

"I asked you a question" she said again, this time her voice becoming more stern and I almost rolled my eyes out of annoyance. How was this their business.

"Baby, are--" I cut dad off by standing up from my chair, their presence was becoming annoying and the nickname dad had been using more often lately, was doing nothing to help matters.
"I'm not hungry anymore" I said while trying to carry the plates of jollof spaghetti which had been hardly eaten.

"Comeon, will you sit down there my friend" Mum raised voice made me freeze as I looked away from what I was doing to stare at her.
"Mum, I have lots of assignments to do and notes to copy"

Well at least I wasn't lieing about that

"And so? Finish your food, jare. Food that you cannot cook, you are  na doing shakara to eat it" Mum said and hissed and I was about to sit down and continue eating so I wouldn't cause a scene but then she added "you should be more like your sister"

I didn't even bother about carrying my plates, I just stood up and left. As a tear dropped, I felt stupid, stupid for letting this affect me so much.

I heard mum shouting and dad calling my name but I didn't care anymore. Immediately I got to my room I locked the door.

"Abi you have the guts to walk out on me" I heard mum's voice "It is you and me in this house"

A loud hiss escaped my lips before I could stop it. Then more tears came and I let them out. Bottling up tears was never the solution, it was better to let them out.

I sighed as more tears kept coming, I wish I could go out for a run right now but of course, I knew immediately I stepped my foot out of this door, mum would deal with me seriously.

I put on my head phone and 'Scars to your beautiful' by Alessia Cara came on. I let the lyrics swallow me and engulf me in a new form of peace. When running couldn't be my therapy, music was.

Gradually, I calmed down and my eyes drifted to my bag which was lying on the floor. I might as well use this time to do those assignments and copy those notes.

I had already done half of the the assignments when my phone made a beeping sound. It was a message from Bola.

'Sorry'

Just that one word made my day. It wasn't until I felt my cheek hurting that I noticed that I was smiling. I felt a bit of annoyance that she didn't send more than that. I went back to doing the assignments when my phone beeped again.

Wanna hang out?

I smiled again, I wasn't really one to go out but since it was Bola, I could make an exception.

Sure

I continued with the assignments. I was almost through with senior Mopelola's own when my phone beeped again.

Soo... my place?

I rolled my eyes. I was looking for an escape from my life, how can it be at my place.

Ok, I'll be there in 30

I packed all the assignments and notes into my bag and then I changed to a cropped top and a Jean trouser.

I had to double check before I eventually left the room. The drive to her house was delayed due to traffic and I eventually got there in one hour.

Immediately Bola saw me, she ran to hug me

See this one that was forming for me on Thursday.

"Madam thirty minutes. Thirty mins ni, thirty minutes ko. I even thought you were not going to come again, I was already planning your funeral" she said and I burst into laughter "Be laughing o. I no kukuma blame you. You are taking me for granted because I'm shining teeth with you too much"

"See this one o. Who is vexing for who, better know what you are saying" I replied

"Ah, sorry naw. Abi I've apologised to you"
"See me I'm tired and I've plenty work to do" I  entered inside her house and went straight to her room

"Have you forgiven me?" She asked when we were both seated on her bed.
"Why did you act like that?" I said, my voice getting lower. I knew it was about her not making the cut but I didn't think it would upset her this much.

"I don't know. I was stressed.... maybe" she said the 'maybe' so low like she didn't want me to hear it.
"Is it about the cut?" I asked
"Look, Suwa I don't want to talk about it--"
"but I want to talk about it" I said, cutting her off.

"Well, it's none of your business!" she snapped and I flinched in shock. She sighed and looked at me, regret all over her face.

"I'm sorry... I'm just stressed and.... I snapped.... I don't want to talk about it..... I'm sorry"

I also sighed. I was also stressed and if she didn't want to tell me then maybe I shouldn't push it. After all, some things are best left private.

"O...kay. Have you done your homework?" I asked diverting the topic while trying to ease of the building tension
"I didn't even know we had any homework"

When you were busy acting depressed all week

"Well we do and I have times two" she looked at me with a pity gaze and I felt like slapping her across the cheek.
"You are suffering o, Senior Kosi doesn't even stress me. Only once in a while she calls me sef"

Well, lucky you

"Instead of rubbing that in my face, why can't you help me instead" I said getting annoyed
"God forbid, me that I'm complaining about my own work, I'll na help you. Don't worry I'll pass"
"Whatever" I replied with an eye roll.

We spent most of the time doing mostly school work and munching on snacks. Bola had talked non stop about her so called bestfriend Ekene which she also had a crush on. She kept ranting about how he told her he had a new girlfriend.

I didn't even hear half of what she said. What! In my defense, I was thinking about her. I know she said she didn't want to talk about the whole incident and all but that didn't make me any less curious. Infact it increased my curiosity.

How she acted was so out of character, I stared at her as she went through her phone, apparently she wanted to show me a picture of his so called new girlfriend.

"Look at her here" she said, pushing the phone in my face and.... wow! This so called girl was very beautiful and not to talk of the fact that she had the figure of an hour glass. I stared at her and suddenly I started feeling..... jealous?

How can a picture of someone I don't even know make me jealous, but gosh if perfect was a person, she would be the one.

"She's not even that fine sef" Bola said and I looked at her and let out a laugh of mockery
"Continue lieing to yourself"I said and stared at the picture once more

Well, I pray I never meet someone like her in my life