Threshold of a new life(completed)✔

Chapter thirty-four

Dedicating this chapter to anike55 and SweetPrincessGigi
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Happy new year!

A new year. A new resolution. A new me with a clean slate.

Last year ended pretty much okay. Thinking that my Christmas was going to be a sad one, but eventually turned out...just there. My family and I went out to the beach to have fun. Rachel's boyfriend, Desmond, took Rachel and I to the cinema to see the latest movie on ground and trust me, I enjoyed myself. That was actually the first time I went to the movies. But despite all the fun, Benjamin was still on my mind. Well, I guess that was what made my Christmas just there. I hope he wasn't just driving me crazy.

Sadly, Benjamin didn't return to the lesson. I guess he was in fact serious when he said he was leaving for good. However, I saw his pictures on Christmas day. He posted pictures of him and his younger sister, also, with the girl who I didn't know whether she was his sister or girlfriend. But when I saw the pictures, I felt slightly jealous.

Truthfully, I missed Benjamin a lot. I still have a very strong feeling towards him but I guess to him, it was otherwise. He probably had totally forgotten me. No calls, no messages from him or from me to him. I even once commented on his post but he didn't reply, however, he reacted with a love on it.

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It was a bright Monday morning. Schools were resuming today, which meant, lesson was also resuming today.

It was time for me to take my studies very seriously 'cause our final exams(waec) was fast approaching and I didn't want to fail a second time.

"So, what's going to happen between you and Benji now?" Rachel plopped on my bed as I was dressing up, preparing for lesson.

I inhaled deeply and heaved a sigh. "I really do not know. I think he has moved on with his life and that's what I wanna do, move on too."

"You really like him right?" Rachel said with a sad tone.

I nodded my head in approval. "Uh-huh."

"But that guy na fool o. How would he just date you today and later say that you mean nothing to him?" There was a glimpse of anger in her tone.

"That was not how he put it though." I argued.

"But that was what it meant." She defended. "I mean, he said he would choose his best friends over you."

"I guess they mean a lot to him than I do." I replied dryly. I didn't want to talk about this topic again. It was already exhausting. I just wanted the story of Benjamin and I to be nonexistence.

"And so what if they do?! That doesn't mean..."

"Rachel!" I bawled. "Please can we not talk about this? Thank you." I rolled my eyes at her.

"Na you sabi o. I'm just a caring sister, that's all."

I knew she was hurt at my sudden outburst. I chuckled at her statement.