Losing Myself In You

3: Need a ride?

After lectures, Ameenah and Usman invited me to accompany them to the cafeteria but I declined saying I would just head home.

Ameenah asked if I was okay and I said that I was tired but in reality, I just wanted to hide from Mayo. I mean, I'm not as tough as
my mouth makes me out to be.

They left after making me reassure them that all was well.

Trust Amy to worry about me, but hey, I'm not complaining.

I was already heading for the way home when I heard Mayo's voice. "Now that the shirt is in place, I need your help". I winced at the comment about my shirt but became interested when he asked for help.

My very own help!

"And what would that be?". I heard myself ask, curiosity getting the better of me.

"I need you to be my girlfriend", he said flatly.

"What!" I exclaimed obviously shocked.

"Now, don't get any ideas, it's not that I like you or anything. Honestly, you're not my type but I do really need your help".

"Wow! How romantic! You sure do know how to melt a girl's heart". I said sarcastically.

"What can I say? I try my best". He said, giving me a mock salute. "So what's it gonna be, a yes or a yes?".

The nerve!

"Well?"he prompted. "It's bad manners to keep a gentleman waiting".

A what? I almost choked on my saliva. And he? Talk about manners?

"Well", I said "I don't know what is going on in your head right now, but I don't think I want to be a part of it".

"Oh, there we go, the playing hard to get and all. I know you like me, just say yes, you don't have to be shy, you know? ".

What an asshole!

A small group had started gathering around and from the corner of my eye, I could see the 3G looking on with interest.

3G? Yes, 3G. The 3 gossips. They were the most notorious gossips in school. A group of three girls who took it upon themselves to be the world's three female newspapers.

I guess Mayo could see them too and I saw a gleam in his eyes. He moved closer to me and said it in a whisper.

"You could either say yes now or I'll kiss you in the presence of these gossips and have the whole school thinking you're my girlfriend. Both ways are fine by me".

"You wouldn't do that" I said as boldly as I could. I wouldn't let him blackmail me or put me in a tight corner.

The way he moved his body dangerously close to me told me that. His hands soon found its way to my waist and his lips were looming dangerously over me. There was no way I would let him kiss me.

He, on the other hand seemed like he was enjoying himself.

I was thinking fast about how to get myself out of the situation when my eyes caught the sight of Joshua.

He was looking at me and I could see it in his eyes that he didn't like me around Mayo.

The selfish person that he was. He gave me a look. A look that said he was daring me to do something stupid.

I could feel anger building up in my veins.

There was only one way out.

"Yes, I'll be your girlfriend". I said.

"I didn't catch what you said", he replied, amused.

I was livid by now.

"I said yes, I will be your girlfriend". I yelled at him.

A bad idea though, because judging by the sharp intake of breath I heard around me, I was convinced that Mayo wasn't the only one who heard. And sure enough, the 3G were part of those who heard me.

Joshua glared at me and walked away. Anyways, I couldn't care less.

"Good choice", he said in a whisper and walked away leaving me to face the crowd alone.

Great boyfriend!

The 3G were going to say something even if no one else did. I knew that they were. I didn't have to wait for long.

"He just asked her if she could be his girlfriend, wasn't that romantic?" said G1.

"And she just said yes", the trio screamed excitedly. Their scream, an ultrasonic sound that could send everyone's ears to their early graves.

I had to put my fingers in my ears to prolong their lifespan.

Why were they more excited than I was?

"And to think that not everyone has heard about it". G2 said like she was thoughtful.

G3 gave G2 a look and gasped.

"OMG! You were thinking it" G2 told G3.

"But you said it". G3 said excitedly and the trio let out a high pitched sound again.

Poor ears!

Before long, they were living the lives of newspapers, passing the information to everyone they came across.

Nothing was much of a secret where those three were concerned. Was it?

I walked out of school and on my way out, I could feel all eyes on me.

To be sincere, I had always wondered what it would feel like to be a celebrity. But now that I was like a mini celeb, I found it mostly disturbing.

But if my ears could survive the 3G ultrasonic sound, then I could survive almost anything.

With that determination, I walked towards the bus stand.

I was almost there when a car stopped in front of me. The glasses were wound down and the so-called boyfriend stuck his head out of the window and said in a Mr know-it-all tone. "Need a ride?".

"And why would I let you give me a ride?". I asked feeling important.

"Who's talking about giving you a ride? I only wanted to wish you luck in finding one.

He said like the cocky HEdiot that he was and zoomed off with a huge grin on his face.

Fool!

I'm definitely breaking up with him tomorrow.

I walked angrily to the bus stand.

I took a bus and was in my hostel in no time.
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Funny quote of the day:😂😂😂
Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband.
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Toria.