MY WORST FEARS (Completed)

CHAPTER 8

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         LAILA'S POV

After a long "goodnight little sis. Yeah I'll make sure she comes back tomorrow" session with with my sister that lasted almost an hour, I led Tania to my room to have a " talk" as she termed it.

She insisted on staying even after telling her how late it was for a girl to be outside.

"These are not old times when girls were ordered to be in the house at 4pm. Everything has changed now", she said.

" Haven't you been into any parties? Do you guys party at 1pm and leave at 1:30pm? Seriously?", she said as we entered my room. How'd I even tell her I've never partied before?

Parties according to me, were meant for young teenagers, with no direction. With so much time and money to waste burning their livers and sweat like pigs. How could i ever associate myself with such brainless....

"Laila..." She pulled me from my thoughts.

She sat on the bed, putting my laptop to her lap and opened it. I snatched it away, securing I didn't need a password making it it easy for her to access my files. My boyfriend always warned me against secret codes saying I had something to hide. Whereas, he had password codes in his phone and computer and when I asked him why he did, he'd say

"Every man is should have pass codes in everything they own, even on his woman. Everything about him is a private property..",

Property!!!

" women should be open books ", he'd say.

She played the song, 'I'm the one' by Justin Bieber and layed down across the bed.

" so...", I started just to break the silence.
"What did you want to talk about?", she sat on one side of the bed on patted to sit beside her. I didn't want to, but I had to get whatever it was to end sooner.

" I can't deny I was startled when I found Hellzel talking to you. Its not out of his habit to talk with any girl in school and every time he does, he's always so violent ", she put her hand around my waist and smirked. I didn't understand why she told me about him but I wanted to know more about him.

The best strategy to defeat your enemy is to master his footsteps so you'd be a step ahead of him.

He looked so gorgeous that his foul personality messed everything else good in him. Its like owning the most beautiful and expensive mansion but keep a dumpster in it.

" he always insults girls in order to impose  fear in them him and then he takes advantage of the fear on his favour. He has always been so violent but not even once he's ever hit a girl. But when I saw him talking to you calmly, I wondered why", she placed her hand on my lap. She was so touchy that it started to disturb me.

"I didn't say anything to him. I think he just didn't have any reason to be mad at me", I crossed my knees and placed my hands on them and lied at her face. If only she knew how an ass he had been to me.

" that's not like Hellzel. Everyone knows him as the violent guy and nobody jokes around him." She spoke fast and higher with every word she said like she was nervous or angry. I couldn't decipher since I didn't know her so well. I refrained from telling her what he did to me in class and what he said at the deans office. I didn't know her enough to trust anything she said. But if it were true, I wouldn't let him manipulate me to fear him.

If I had to be rude to stand up for myself, then that's exactly what I'll do. There was no way I'll allow anyone to walk over me again.

"Why are you telling me all this?", I asked. She stood up and walked to the dresser next to the photos.

" I wouldn't want to see you hurt. I've seen many girls cry over him. They could beg him not to leave them but he would turn a deaf ear. I guess am just looking out for my friend to be.  Girl code, I guess", she winked and smiled.

"  just like you always take care of your young sister", I felt a longing to see her again. If Tania was not there, I would have been with my sister in her room maybe complaining about her calling me Grannie.

I missed her.

"You should really change your taste of clothe", she laughed.
" your sister was right about you looking like a Nigerian madwoman. You dress like the women in 90s," they could complain about my style for all I care, I was comfortable in my clothes or at least my mum was.

She plucked one photo from the wall among the many, "how many other strange sisters do you have?",she asked pointing at the photo in her hand.
" you look so much like her, the big sized high waist pair of jean and the overly sized t shirt. Seriously does anyone in this family have a sense of style?", I snatched the photo from her and pinned it back to the wall.

"That's me not my sister and can you quit talking about my clothes, I love how i look in them", she rolled her eyes then sat on the bed.
" duh! Quit dressing like a shoddy. Anyone could think you did exist in the times of Noah. I mean how old are you?", She smirked when I gave her a horror look.
"You must have stolen their fashion", she laughed loudly lifting up her legs. She must have forgotten how tiny my bed was because she  did a Summersault and fell on the other side of the bed, dragging my pile of books from the table down with her.

I couldn't stop laughing until she stood up with a scowl on her face.
" fuck you Laila. How do you even fall asleep on this.....", I continued laughing before she sat back on the bed.
"You're twice my weight and you expect my bed to carry all that load?", she gave me a glare and I laughed at her profusely.

" quit laughing, shoddy",She tucked her black sleek cropped hair behind her ear. She had amazingly wide cheekbones that suit perfectly with her short hairstyle.
"You're really not hurting my feelings ", I said as she gave me a glare.
" am glad am not", we smiled at each other and I decided, maybe I should like her? After all, haven't she gone through enough trouble to follow me to my house?

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