Black Rose (completed)

chapter forty one

 
*School dance*

Sarah's POV

I came to the school dance/social night a little late because my make-up took a lot of time. My mum made sure I looked like a model before I left the house, she kept complimenting me when she was doing the makeup. ' you look so beautiful ', ' pretty girl ', ' her mother's daughter ' blah blah blah.............
My mum was always like that, sometimes she will chatter about how beautiful I look that I would think she's just saying it to make me feel good, not to mention she always point out that I got my good looks from her.
We took more than a dozen pictures before I left the house. My uncle Hope drove me and David to the school since I couldn't drive and he told me I'll have to find someone to bring us back.
When we walked into the hall, the jss 1 students were dancing on the stage. The Dance, Rap, Singing competitions were yet to start.
I quickly went to find my friends, while my brother vanished into the crowd, to find his friends I guess. I found Rita and J-bee at the back and she gave me a bear hug when I reached them.
" you look so beautiful "

" thanks Ri-ri, you too......" I said smiling.
" hi J-bee "

" S Jones whats up "

" I'm cool dear, why are you two standing at the back while you should be in the front where you can see everything? I asked

" my girlfriend is not performing so I have no interest in what they will be doing " J-bee said smirking.

" you're funny, don't you wanna see your house's performance?

he shook his head. " like I said, I don't care "

" where's Michael and Micah?  I asked Rita.

" over there " she pointed to where Michael stood with Annie.
They stood a little distance from us but i could still see the sore look on his face, latety he doesn't talk much and have been behaving weirdly. I wonder if it had anything to do with Wama, at least she didn't tell him we talked.
Not far from us I saw Micah and I waved, he smiled and waved back. He was with a girl from B class and the way he was smiling at her showed he was flirting.

Everyone was dressed nicely and beautifully, some of the boys looked like bankers, they ladies were dressed like beauty queens.
the music was great, I looked around and everyone seems happy. They were clapping and cheering those performing. I should be happy too but I was not, these days had been awful. I tried to put everything out of my mind but I couldn't, I couldn't help but feel guilty, guilty of how I treated Steven, what he told me the last time we spoke kept ringing in my ears.

" its your house's performance Sarah " Rita said nudging my shoulder, she must have noticed my attention was not on the stage.

I looked up at the stage and saw the dancers, it was time for the inter-house dance competition. The dancers wore the house color which was yellow, the wore the house's sport wear vest on black trousers matching it with black shoes. They were six and only two were boys, they leader took the Mic and introduce them as the Peace house dancers, they crowd gave a loud cheer and the dance started. They dancers were really good and the house members cheered as the danced....

" hey guys "
I knew who the voice belonged to even without turning, and I immediately went stiff. I felt a shiver ran down through me as  I try to gain courage to turn, because I knew there was no way Jason would come to the school dance without Steven.
I haven't seen or heard from him since we last talked after our exams, now it was almost a week. They both stopped showing up in school after the exams even though the school hasn't close yet, it was to be closed tomorrow.

I turned to greet them and looked away when my eyes met Steven's.
" Jason please don't tell me you came alone, because then I'm gonna think you're gay " Rita said smiling.

" why come with someone when I know there'll be a lot of girls here who are free "
He replied.
" you girls look gorgeous by the way, I might end up stealing one of you for tonight "

" no you won't " Jason said quickly putting his hand around Rita.
And they both laughed.

" why did you stop coming to school? Rita asked them.

" my dad is in town and is somehow free these days so I'm using this opportunity to spend time with him " Steven answered and I was surprise how calm and normal he sounded. Like he had already forgotten about what happened between us or it didn't matter anyway.
He didn't even seem to acknowledge my presence.

" my brother is still in town too " Jason added.

" so you've been having family happy hour "

" yea. But we missed you guys " Jason said.

" us too " Rita said

" what about you brain box " he said looking at me.

" same too." I said swiftly.

" hey it's time for Love's house dance, I want you all to pay attention so that when we win, nobody will say we didn't deserve it " Rita said cheerfully bringing our attention to the stage.

Half way through the dance I saw everyone's attention was there so I stole the opportunity to leave, I wanted to get away from all the tension between me and Steven.
I crept away unnoticed and went to the other side of the hall, I went through the crowd and when I saw Wama I went to meet her.

We stayed together for the rest of the competition talking and commenting about other people's outfit and dates. I was surprised at how funny she could be.
When it was time for the general dance, she went to dance with a guy from our class and she was acting normal and cheerful, like nothing happened. I thought she might seem bothered about what happened between her and michael but she was not.
I wished I could be more like her, I wish I could act like I ain't bothered by anything and keep the normal face but I couldn't.

After a while Sam came to meet me, I saw him when I came but we didn't get a chance to say hi.

" you look too beautiful to be standing alone " he said

" well beauty can't find her beast, everyone here seems human " I said sarcastically

He laughed. " you sure you checked? Cos believe me I see a lot of beasts here. Some people here ain't human "

" I just don't feel like dancing " I said smiling.

" why is that, are you ok?

" yes. I'm good, just not in the mood of dancing "

" since when are you not in the mood of dancing? I recall you always wear me out on the dance floor "

" maybe I've lost my dancing skills "

" like the time I made you dance and you pushed me into the pool, at Jerry's pool party?

I laughed remembering the incident " no you were drunk "

" drunk on love ?

" nah. Drunk on alcohol and acting like a dick, maybe you would have fell into something worse than the pool, I actually did you a favor "

" something worse?

" yea. Richard's vomit " I said and laughed.
Richard was known for throwing up at parties.

" I see you haven't lost your sense of humor " he laughed. " gosh I miss you " he said looking into my eyes.

I didn't look away and at that moment I saw in his eyes the Sam I knew before everything. His charming smile, I saw the boy I feel in love with, the boy who swept me off my feet, made me feel like the prettiest girl in the world.
The next thing I knew he was dragging me to the dancefloor, his grip on my arm was too strong for me to break loose.
" my shoes " I warned. " I'll fall " we were half running.

" then it will be payback for the pool " he said laughing

" I'll kill you " I said

" but you will dance with me first "