Temptations {ON HOLD}

Chapter 6

"Meerah, you need to change your handwriting." Adam moaned.

"What? My handwriting is okay." She smirked.

"Okay, but too cursive." He said, raising an eyebrow at her smug smile.

As if she could read his mind, she frowned and said, "Don't look at me that way, it's a family thing."

He rolled his eyes before saying, "Just pitying who'll mark your WAEC exams scripts. This is like a tangled plate of noodles spread out on a notebook."

It'd been two weeks since they walked home together. Two weeks that brought with it a bond so tight. Adam seemed to have no one to be friends with, other than her. And since she was equally a loner, and readily available, there was no choice.

Ameerah was in search of a witty reply when the Principal walked in.

She automatically flew off the table that she was sitting on while Adam refused to budge from her chair.

"What are you supposed to have now?" His deep voice boomed.

"Civic." Some students chorused while others just sat back and stared, uninterested.

Deep inside, they were expecting him to start para-ing as usual. Instead, he walked over to where their time-table was pasted, gave a humph and walked out with a scowl plastered on his face.

Ameerah giggled the same time Adam gave a loud chuckle.

"The way he humphed reminds me of a bear. The Papa Bear in the story of -"

"Gee! Adam, that man is old enough to be your father." Ameerah squeaked.

"Who cares about father?" He asked in a flat tone.

At the mention of the word 'father', an unreadable expression flickered on his face but before Ameerah had the chance to say something, Rasmiyah's voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Hello everyone, I'm looking for something."

Ameerah hissed. "Her things are always lost."

"Let's hear what she's looking for this time." Adam grinned.
Ameerah sighed but she couldn't look at him for long, fearing that she would drool over him.

"I don't know why eyes are always on my calculator!"

"It's always her calculator." Ameerah frowned.

"Well, it's black in complexion, but not really short." Before she could go further, one of her minions interrupted.

"Miya, we know that already."

Almost in a provocative manner, Rasmiyah rolled her eyes.
"I don't believe that you guys aren't smart enough to know that it's a cleeaar reference to the black beauty of this class."

At the mention of 'black beauty', she lets her eyes settle on Ameerah. Though she did this while resisting the urge to look at Adam.

In the case of Adam, his eyes flickered between the two girls. A part of him was expecting a fight to break out between the one sitting right in front of him and the other making a fool of herself in front of the class. At that moment, it seemed that he wasn't the only one thinking that because a hush had suddenly fallen over the class.

Ameerah simply proved their thoughts wrong by maintaining her composure with a smirk on her face. If anything, she was enjoying the attention of everyone. At least, she didn't ask for it. She decided to use this as an advantage. With confidence slowly radiating from her, the smug smile on her face widened to a grin that could easily be interpreted as evil.