Hell With A Smile

FINN'S POV

I was too shocked to form a full sentence, I just kept staring at the lady with the wig and joggers, she kept conversing with King just outside the gate, laughing and throwing her hair back, her real hair looked nothing like the wig or my imagination, it was like some short bob and thickly black yet smooth and silk, with a bold dimple to go with it, I wasn't sure if the dimples were on both sides of her cheek or one sided just and as she turned to look up, Jason dragged me away from the windows

"Don't let her see you bro, she might just just take off, let's go" Jason said excitedly, picking his car keys

"Go where exactly? you want us to go down there, haba nah" I just was not ready to meet her just yet

"Wait, so you just searched for her to not meet her, is that it? Jason sighed in exasperation, "look, I know it's scary but she is alone now, basically harmless, if anything, we are the terror here, come on, move yourself, what's the worse that can happen right in front of my gate?" He had a point, I mean, I practically waited for this day, although not today cause I came here to avoid her and the thoughts of her.

"And what are the car keys for? It is not an abduction bro" I blurted down the staircase

"No jare, it's for a chase if she runs off or worse, enters a taxi or bike, I personally have some questions for her.

Getting downstairs to the gate, King tried hailing me again, put I hushed him but mystery lady was already alert as she turned to spring off

"King be useful and hold that lady, why you just stand there dey look!!" Jason shouted as he plunged towards her

"Wetin happen, she's my friend sir, oga Finn, wetin sup, did she do something?" fear had a way of bringing out the polished grammar in King, I had already grabbed her arm and she looked and felt so fragile

"What is all this, could you let me go? Something wrong with you or something, are you okay, let go of my arms!!"

"Calm down lady, for someone who does a lot of following or should I call it stalking, you really don't like being held or caught" Jason replied curtly

"Following? who have I followed? you???" she blurted back at Jason, just watching their exchange was entertaining yet a bit annoying with the way she acted all strange like I wasn't certain she was the one or I would recognize her.

Jason stepped back a bit, looked at me and laughed "you really don't recognize your stalkee, if am to call it that, do you?" at that, she followed his gaze to me

"Finn????" she seemed shocked and began struggling again, her struggle brought me back to the present

"Could you stop struggling with me young lady, you're going to hurt yourself, I just want to know who you are and why you've been following me, you know that's an offense plus it is creepy, don't you have anything to do with yourself?" I scolded

"First off, you have no prove of that, second, offense in Nigeria to run into a particular person more than once, are you being serious?" she replied smartly and that annoyed me even more, I disliked girls being unnecessarily smart mouth

"You wanna find out if it works cause I will be more than glad to indulge you" this exchange was exhausting, I looked down at her again, she felt so fragile in my arms like someone I needed to protect, not someone going around stalking me carelessly, not someone I should be grabbing onto or someone two well built guys should be surrounding in a not too friendly manner, looking at her face clearly now, it was small and oval in a cute way, her eyes were small yet piercing and daring like she was pushing me to my limits, pushing me to admit to anything and everything, I sighed again, I was not ready for sort of drama now

"Could we step into my house and talk this out?" Jason suggested, obviously tired of being at the gate with King watching in surprise

"No way am I walking into an unknown house with two strange guys of which one is roughly handling me, no way"

Jason was beginning to get fed up and it showed "well we need to talk, all three of us, so my car? I will drive to the nearest sit out or eatery"

"In your car with you both, what am I, five and stupid?

At this point, I was pissed, I dragged her towards Jason's car in the compound, "maybe stupid if you thinking stalking someone in a frightening manner is cute, besides, you've done a lot of following, you obviously know more about me than I'd like to share, let's move bro"

"That doesn't cancel this as a bad idea, what has me knowing anything about you got to do with the fact that I don't want to get in a car with you both?"

"For starters, you already know you aren't my type and I have no plans of touching your precious self, neither does my friend indulge in strangers, get in" I pushed her in, smiling at the disapproving scowl I got at my last comment. She climbed in brushing her self like she was trying to get my hands off her, Jason rolled into the road and began speeding towards an eatery by the corner, same eatery I bought the food earlier on.

"Look, I happened to see you once or twice and take off does not prove I am stalking you, like you have not come across a person more than once in a day? what is all this aimed at, King is just a young friend I made and we talk, nothing more, I had no idea you were there" She kept ranting and talking

"I believe the last part, if you knew, you would take off as usual, we're here now, I need to understand why you always need a damn wig to "incidentally" pass me more than one too many times, what am I, dumb?"

"Let's get in and talk this out" Jason added, as he parked the car, picked up his phone and wallet as we all got out of the car

"And I hope you have a large appetite and you are hungry cause we're getting food and eating till we are done talking about this, and my dear lady, you can take off the wig now" I said curtly .