Stolen

(3) The Girl in the Secrets

They will do anything for you.

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Camilla and Rachel left the house together the next morning and walked to school with Hamila. They swung Rachel back and forth with each of her wrist held securely in their hand. They were entertained by her squeals and laughs of joy.

“Do you think that Tafari will plan revenge on us for what you did to him?” Hamila asked. “No, he’s probably at home hiding in his bed,” she replied and then they both ended up giggling.

 A couple minutes later, when they had reached the school property, they were approached by the group of boys who they had seen yesterday. Their arms were folded across their chests and their legs spread wide open. Instead of them all wearing their long-sleeved white shirts and black trousers; they were wearing letterman jackets with black jeans. Tafari wasn't in sight; he was probably too scared to face Camilla this time.

"Rachel, go join your friends," Camilla whispers as she pushes her along while still keeping eye contact with one of the boys who looked threatening as his beady eyes squinted onto her. Rachel took one glance at the group of boys and then hurried off to her friends without looking back. When Rachel was out of sight - and harm's way - she held onto Hamila's hand and continued to bore their eyes into the boys.

"What do you want now?" Camilla asked. Why were they ganging up on her and Hamila again, it was quite annoying. The boy, who she was sure was named Mosi, hummed a tune as if he patiently were waiting for someone. The group of boys immediately caught onto what he was doing and hummed the tune as well. They were like puppies.

Camilla giggled and Hamila joined in with her. The boys continued to hum the weird tune, their voices getting louder by the moment. Camilla burst out laughing, what were they doing?! A boy standing at the side of the group opened his mouth to sing a song and the rest did as well. Camilla laughed even more and so did Hamila. It was as if they were practicing for the local church choir.

Vusi drives the kombi that takes us all to school.

We open all the windows so the air blows nice and cool.

He hoots when he fetches us, he hoots when he goes,

He hoots at the cows that are standing in the road.

Vusi drives the kombi that we all love to ride.

If you want to travel with us, there's lots of room inside!

The two of them decided that they would leave them to 'practice'. When Camilla took a step to the side she felt someone grab her shoulder. "Get off of me" she said not looking to see who it was. The hand stayed on her shoulder. She turned around to see that it was the boy who had started the whole humming thing. Camilla rolled her eyes and attempted to shake his hand off her shoulder though it stayed in its place.

"Honestly, what do you want from me?" she claimed, shaking her head in pity.

Then all of a sudden she was shoved up against the hard, rusty metal school gates. She gasped in surprise and rubbed at her back. Her sight was blurry for a micro-second; when it came back she saw Mosi who were still stood in front of her.

"Leave me alone!" she whimpered. She didn't know what else to do; she was a bit frightened now. There was nowhere for her to escape seeing as she was stood between the gate and him.

The boy shook his head and smirked. "Not until I get what I want," he whispered in her ear, his cold breath brushing against her ear. She mentally complained at this and wondered where Hamila could be. One second she was next to her and the next she wasn’t. The boy looked her up and down before he leaned in to smash his lips against hers. She gasped in shock and tried to push him off her but he had her hands.

Her eyes stayed wide open and she kept her lips in place, even when the boy tried to squeeze her jaw to pry her mouth open. She struggled to push him off and ignored the gasps from people nearby and the group of boys going 'Ooooooh!' at them. She finally managed to push him off and he staggered backward. She spat on the ground and wiped at her lips to get rid of his taste.

"You dirty boy!" she shrieked as she charged towards him. He smirked again and then crossed his arms over his chest as he continued to hum. The rest of the boys crossed their arms over their chests as well and hummed as well and another one of the boys even opened their mouth to sing again. How pathetic.

She was about to hit him when she heard a familiar voice. She turned around to see Dakarai coming towards them. He looked angry, obviously having seen what had happened. His friend tried to pull him back but he shoved him away.

Camilla wanted to kiss him just then, but quickly shook her head and clenched her fists again to retain her toughness. When Dakarai had reached them he faced in front of the 'threatening boy' and clenched his fists as well.

"Why did you do that Mosi?” Dakarai shouted in his face. You could tell just by looking at his face how mad he was. Mosi chuckled and finally stopped his humming.

"I was only just getting my girl back" he replied simply. Camilla was confused at that; she was never his girl! She was strong and independent.

"Your girl?" Dakarai quoted in disgust. "She was never your girl! You know how I feel about her," he finished in his oh-so-beautiful deep voice.

"Oh, so it is true? You like Camilla," Mosi snarled. He and turned around to walk back to the group of boys but was quickly turned around by Dakarai.

Camilla's heart fluttered, did Dakarai also like her; or were her ears (and eyes) deceiving her?

In the blink of an eye both of the boys were on the ground, rolling about and punching and hitting each other. The group of boys chanted 'Fight! Fight! Fight!” as they enjoyed the drama. Camilla squealed and took one step away from the scene. She would have joined in to help save Dakarai but did not want herself to get hurt.

"And what is going on!" someone shouted. Everyone - including Dakarai and Mosi - stopped what they were doing and turned around to see who the voice had come from.

Mrs Ndiaye stood there, a great frown upon her face and her arms crossed over her chest. Hamila stood behind Mrs Ndiaye; so that was where she had gone. She looked apologetic for calling Mrs Ndiaye to come out in playground. Everyone noticed that Hamila was the one who had called Mrs Ndiaye, and began to stare daggers at her. She looked down in shame. Camilla wiped at her mouth again and spat onto the ground.

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Chapter 3 - Edited!