Becker's quad

chapter four

I raised down the stairs with my backpack jumping up and down on my back. I opened the door and raced to the car waiting to take us to school. I opened the passenger seat beside the driver's side and sit. I listen carefully for my sister's footsteps. None.

' we're going to be late like this'

I stepped out of the car and shouted their names. Just then Desire came out. Without looking at me she just took the seat I have taken.

"Hey! That seat is taken"

"Please?" She begs as if her life depended on the seat. I shrugged.

"What's wrong?" I asked as I dumped our bags to the back of the van.

"It's Sasha again. She teased me about my hair again" I rolled my eyes. Why can't Sasha just grow up. Or better still Desire. I love the hair though. Just too baby-ish.

She has this beautiful soft and curly hair. And she decided to pack it in three ponytails. With her round baby-ish face. She looks like she's Nine.

I touch her shoulder. And nodded.

"Just forget her. Don't mind her." I sat back in my seat after she has nodded. I looked out the window to see Annie fastening her wristwatch. I just shake my head. Now Sasha is just going to... Maybe not. Cause Sasha just walked out the door and hurried pass Annie. Not haste hurry... Annoyed hurry. Yeah yeah. I'll just take the last seat in the van.

Thanks Dad. For changing the car last year.

Last year... Oh boy. I'm glad it happened, cause if it didn't I would be stuck between Sasha and Annie. Two people who likes the window sure more than I do.

So it happened the last year.
It was the end of the term and we we're so happy about seeing our results and getting promoted to the next class. A sick Desire was first to jumped in the back of the car that morning and she took the window side because she needed fresh air. We've tried to talk her into staying at home that day, but she wouldn't have any of that. She just wanted to see her result herself.

Then Annie came into the car.

I was at the front as usual, it's a great peaceful seat, I get to tell the driver what song we'll listen to. Mostly we don't argue.. but Desire has a problem with James.  Ariana Grande though.... She's just as cute. Lol.

So... As Soon as Sasha came. She practically ordered Annie to move to the middle while she takes the window side. Annie wouldn't have any of that. Sasha gave up grudgingly and sat in the middle. But she soon felt uncomfortable. And within minutes, they started arguing.

"I'm having headache guys please stop" I heard Desire's little voice begged.
But they didn't listen to her tiny begging voice. They started hitting each other. I was tired of it so I told the driver to pull over and just as he did, I heard Desire's baby-ish scream. I opened the back seat door and there was Desire bleeding from the impact of the blow Sasha's elbow inflicted.

"Both of you get down" I screamed at them with my eyes closed.

They got down and I pulled Desire out of the car. I always thought Dad was being paranoid when he bought a medical kit for us to carry in the car.

I opened the booth and bring out the kit... I cleaned her nose and took her temperature. She was way over 36°. I showed it to the two cats and frowned. They couldn't look at it for even five seconds before they dropped their head.
I stuck some wool in Desire's nose and brought her to the front with me. We started going to school.
As soon as we got to school I told my classroom teacher the situation and they looked at her again. Then gave us our results. Desire and I. I took her result and eyed the witches. They were going to stay till the results are going to be given. That's around 12:00am. I took Desire to the back seat, she has started shivering. I pulled out my trenchcoat and have her lay on the seat with her head on my laps. She soon slept off.
And I couldn't help but wonder what dad would do to Sasha and Annie when they get back home. And sure enough, they missed two weeks out of the three weeks vacay we took to England. Then they joined us for the last week. Just six days as we returned the Sunday they came. I was a good sister and I bought them everything we bought.  But I made sure they felt bad every now and then after the trip.

"Alright ma" I heard the driver said into his phone. Then he started to turn around. What the?

"What's wrong?" We all asked at the same time. We looked at each other and smiled.

"Your mother ask me to return you home" he explained

"Who among us" Sasha and I asked. I caught her eyes and we both rolled our eyes.

"All of you" he answered.

"But why?" Desire asked. Dump question. Not so dump if mom would really tell the driver at all, and I'm 101% sure she didn't.

"I wouldn't know the reason ma'am" he answered.

Ma'am. Geez. I've always warned Mr Ambrose to just address us casually. But he wouldn't. Ma'am doesn't suit Desire. But she smiled whenever he say that. Anytime at all.

"She's not ma'am." Annie said.

"Yeah. Maybe little miss" I added.

"See who's in Korea in Nigeria" Sasha said.

"Little Miss is cute" desire piped in. Sweetly if I may add. I guess she'll never grow up.

I mean Mr Ambrose could be our uncle. Ok maybe too much. But he could've out immediate brother and still be 10 years older than us. I read his resumé. He should be 26 or 27 now.

We passed in front of the school and I saw my friends.  Helen saw our car and raised her hands wondering. I just waved at her and made a call me hand. She waved back and stood staring at our car.

The turn we took was supposed to take us to school. Our school's opposite the house route.

I sat back in the car and watched as our school mates go to school in their red and black pleated checkers skirt and white long sleeved shirt for seniors and a T.shirt for the Juniors.

Some of them waved at us. They probably know it's us.

Dad had Becker's Quad printed on our van in Golden italicized letters and I was sitting with my window opened.

I looked back at the rest ....
With our windows opened. They were looking out the van window longingly.

I rolled my window halfway up. The rest fall back in their seats as we moved pass the school mini gate.

"Did you offend Mom before leaving home" Sasha asked from the seat in front of me. Sasha was sitting beside her, there's a space between each seat and a total of four seats at the back. The driver seat and the passenger seat in the front makes it six in the whole car. Then there's a sofa like seat at the rear back where we always dumped our backpacks.

"Me neither" I said when everyone has said they didn't do anything to trigger punishment from Mom.

We looked at each other. Eight pairs of Wondering eyes.

Wondering why mom had to pull us back home when we've almost reach the school gate.

There's only one place to find out. Home.
Where we're all heading to right now.

'seriously why would your mom call us back?' the voice in my head asked.

Even she's wondering.

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