DANIELLA✔

Chapter seventeen

Dedicated to Nifemikc

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"Since I know Daniella's house already, I'm going to be following you to your house today Adam." Gbemi said as we got to the juncture where we usually part ways.

"Must you go to everybody's house?" I tapped Gbemi's shoulders as I asked.

"What?" She looked at me with a frown on her face. "Can't I know where my best friends stay again?"

"Okay o, bye! Don't disturb Adam too much with your talk sha." I teased, looking at Adam, who seemed quite exhausted and probably could not wait to start walking to his house.

"What do you mean by that Daniella?" Gbemi placed her right arm akimbo. "That I'm talkative?"

"I didn't say so. Let's not keep Adam waiting before he faints here." I said when I noticed how withdrawn Adam was.

"I'm tired my sister." Adam said, one arm akimbo and running his other hand over his face. "Today was tiresome and now the sun is blazing hot."

"Eya, sorry." Said Gbemi and I didn't fail to notice the mockery laced in her utterance. "Okay, let's be going before someone come and faint. I don't have that energy to carry an unconscious body. Bye Daniella."

"Bye." I waved at both of them. They reciprocated my gesture and walked off.

As I trekked back home alone, I couldn't help but think about Peter. Could Adam and Gbemi be right? Did Peter have a crush on me? His reaction today when he saw Charles and I talking was shocking. He almost got into a fight with Charles. Could it have stemmed from the fact that he was jealous? I don't think so. I don't want to believe so. What was I thinking? There was no way Peter could have a crush on me. I was just a local village girl and he... he was a rich city boy. I wasn't his type.

An arm going around my neck ripped me off my thought and made my heart skip a bit. "Boom!"

I was accustomed to that voice and that smell, that without even turning back I knew it was Peter. To be sure, I looked up at the person whose arm was around my neck and indeed it was him.

With the back of my palm, I swatted his chest. "Hey, you startled me!"

"Ow!" Still placing his arm around my neck, he placed his other hand on his chest. "Your hand coming in contact with my chest feels so sensational. Hit me again."

I rolled my eyes and threw his arms off my neck. "You're crazy."

"Crazy about you." He retorted.

I chuckled softly. For some very weird unknown reason, I found his reply funny. Adam and Gbemi might have been right after all. Peter might have a crush on me.

"First time in history I made you laugh baby doll." He said, grinning toothily and his dimples appeared.

My face morphed into a serious look and I rolled my eyes. "I didn't laugh and what did you just call me? Baby doll? Please don't call me that ever again."

"Why? I like it?"

"And I don't." I was walking faster now.

"Okay, what about Cutiepatootie?" He asked, keeping up with my pace.

I chuckled at how funny the name sounded. "No!"

"Sugarplum?"

"Worse."

"Damsel?"

I sighed exasperatedly, "Just call me by my name, thank you."

"But Daniella is such a bore." He sounded a tad bit whiny.