RIDWAN POV
Slowly but surely I made my way into my class, as i walked through the corridor, girls students by passing couldn't keep their eyes off me, they keep staring at me in admiration but am use to them u know ...upon entering the class everyone had an astonishment on their faces as they had their eyes on me plus the lecturer was even already in class...well i understand their surprise, am usually a late comer...i went ahead to sit in the middle of my two best friends ...Farouk and Ali.
"It seems someone is in school quite early today huh...why you got kicked out from home by your step mom or what" Ali who sat comfortably behind me , said in all sarcasm to me as he chuckled .
"Yhh yhh funny...home is boring man, i happen to wake up quite earlier today and found myself in school" i said to both of them...
"It is even good you came early today, because the lecturer here says we have a quick text this morning after he is done lecturing." Farouk said to me.
Farouk has always been the most serious and most religious one amongst the rest of us because Ali and i love clubbing and hardly take our lessons serious but Farouk always reprimands our actions and scold us...i love them both as my brothers because they are the only loving family i have now ...we have fun together...yes i call them family due to the fact that they give me a feeling of belongingness unlike my dad and his wife and their rude son.
"Eish Mr Serious guy , i hear" i teasingly said to Farouk and suddenly heard the lecturer clear his throat and begun saying " Good morning class, today we will be discussing about an important topic in biology. As prospective doctors in the future, this is very crucial to your knowledge so please indulge me...lets begin....Blood cells are". That was all i heard before my mind drifted to Layla ...i suddenly recalled yesterday's incident after i, dad and Zaib had arrived back from dad's company ...dad sometimes takes us to his company to give us a feel of how things are in the company ..he always says when he is no more, Zaib and i will be the ones running it, though my field is doctrine but I will also have a major share in his company ..His oil company means a lot him , he says he has sacrificed alot to get to where he is...we entered into the sitting room and bumped into Layla and her mom..God! That girl is so beautiful and she intrigues me a lot ..she resembles her mom ...she seems hard to get...i know am very handsome plus filthy rich, any girl will want me and give into me by the snap of my fingers...i just really want to get to know her better..
"Mr Ridwan Harun...can u please repeat to me and the class what i had just said " The lecturer irritatingly asks me , drawing back my attention to the class...its obvious he noticed my mind wasn't in his class...i guess my facial expression gave me out because i seem to have a smile on my face all the while i was thinking about her.
" Errm,Errm...am Sorry Sir i would not be able to, simply because i zoned out a little " i only spoke the truth and besides i seem to be in a good mood today, otherwise i could have said a swear word to this lecturer forgetting that he is older even with a pot belly.....why couldn't he just ignore me and continue teaching, is it necessary for me to listen to everything he has to say huh.
"Could you please step out of my class..i dont want any unserious student like you in my class " the lecturer said to me annoyance written on his face
"Who even wants to be in your boring class anyway " i also angrily responded to him as i took my handy bag and stormed out of the class...all i could hear behind me before stepping out of the class were my classmate gasp in shock..i even heard Farouk whisper my name "Ridwan No" ..i heard Ali giggle a little...but i just ignored them all..i careless.
After stepping out of the class...i went straight for my car in the parking lot ..i decided to go home perhaps i might run into her again.
I arrived home an hour later, i parked my Range rover spot in the free parking space by one of my dad's fleet of cars...i stepped out then decide to head straight for the pool to sit and relax a bit...the house seems so quiet, i guess the family might have all gone out ...all better for me..
I get to the pool side and sit comfortably on the chair close to the pool edge ...i stare deep into the pool of clear blue water before me and my mind went far.
I remembered when my mom and i will come sit by the edge of the pool then we deep our toes into it together, swaying it in back and forth , then she would tickle me so i laugh so hard, ...at that time , i was only 7 years old , it was so much fun ..we used to bake cookies together and i would get my face maked up with flour and butter , she would drop me off at school and pick me up after school...dad was mostly busy and usually not around so even right from childhood i hardly spent time with him better yet he hardly spent time with me but mom always filled his absence, she showed me so much love and attention but why did God had to take her away so quickly she just fell ill for a weak then passed away , i got so angry at God and felt extremely empty , since then i decided to stop praying, though my mom and i used to pray all the time, and she taught me about Islam....but i couldn't help it, i was so angry...almost a year later , my dad got married again to that mean woman, Zaib's mom...she never liked me from the very beginning or showed me any affection since the day she stepped into this house, to make things worse, my dad has always supported her foolishness...i recall when after she gave birth to Zaib it was as if a Prince was born , dad and his wife showered their son with lots of gift and love , my dad had never showed me such love, even as Zaib was growing up, anything i had, he wanted. Almost all my toys i used to play with , mom bought for me, Zaib said he wanted them. There was this one time i had a silver watch around my wrist , mom had bought it for me with so much love, and Zaib said he wants that too...i should give him, but i refused this time and Zaib cried to his mom, because of that, i had the beatings of my life, both dad and his wife pounced on me mercilessly , i remember clearly what dad had said that day " You useless boy, don't you know he is your kid brother and my son and I love him so much , you better give him now before i do something more terrible to you" so i had no choice but to comply though it
Was against my wish, i got tired and weak of their beatings ...i guess i grew up, watching out for myself, it all added up to me being this bitter and easily angered.
A loud scream brought me back to reality and my immediate surrounding, i instantaneously raised my head up from watching the pool of clean blue water to the person standing at the far end, opposite to where i sat,...it is Layla, she is standing on the green grass looking so terrified as her eyes were fixed on something on the ground in front of her . I quickly stood on my feet and ran as fast as my legs could take me to her...within few minutes, am standing few feets away from her and the thing that terrified her ...its a very big scorpion.
"Layla, don't move okay, please try and stay calm, i am going to kill it right now" i managed to tell her. Though she still has her eyes fixed on the scorpion , her hands are trembling...God no, i need to act fast. I quickly turned and luckily saw a big rock laying next to the coconut tree , i went to pick it up and hurriedly came back to smash the scorpion with it.
"Its okay now...but what are you doing around here all alone ...you know, this side of the mansion could be quite dangerous because of the woods, such thick tees and grasses , dangerous animals sometimes comes out here in the afternoon."...i kindly and calmly said to her..not to scare her any further.
"Am, am sorry sir, i only came out from my quarter to take a stroll and get fresh air ...thank you so much for saving my life sir, JazakalLahukhair...i will go now"...She managed to say to me, still a little shaky and perhaps embarrassed as she had her head facing down.
I don't like for her to go just yet, besides i came home specifically to run into her and it seems faith also wanted so, God has for the first time answered my prayers, in fact i even got kicked out from class today because of her .
"No please, don't go, can you kindly come over with me to the pool, ...i just want to ask you something" ...i anxiously said to her as she kept her head down , so shy.
"Please you can ask me whatever it is right now " Do you need me to go prepare something for you, i just have to get to my quarter as soon as possible, i don't know when my mom might come back and she wouldn't find me there...she will get worried." she quickly replied back to me.
I wanted to ask her about how she is? whether she needs anything ?, whats her favourite food or drink, her hobby etc ?..well i guess am moving too fast and this moment isn't just the appropriate time....i can still see how terrified and nervous she is about the incident with the scorpion.
"Don't worry its okay , you can go" i disappointedly said to her and stepped aside.
"okay thank you" She sweetly said in a low tone and immediately left.
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HIS LAYLA ( #COMPLETED)
Fantasy"NO!!!!" my mom screams out so loud and fainted right at the spot. I stood still, unable to move, i feel i am suffocating, am i also dying, NO this cant be happening , my dad was in tears as he stood up from his seat accompanied by the two police me...
