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Chapter 4

As I stepped out of my house, I strolled over to Ollie's house. It was a ten minutes walk. I stopped at a white house which had a very bright lightening and not to forget, a nice porch. I rang the door bell twice, I heard Ollie's mom say she was gonna get the door.
"Hello Ella" she said with a broad smile on her face. She was very welcoming and always looking elegant for a woman in her early forties. She called Ollie informing her I was the one at the door. She told me to go up to Ollie's room that she was having a quick shower. I went over to Ollie's room, Ollie was already out of the bathroom and was drying her hair. " Hey, El" she said as I stepped into the pink palace, the room was fully painted pink and had girly wallpapers all around the room. The room was so unnerdy unlike its owner. "Hey Ollie" I replied as I sat on her bed, we exchanged giggles as she dressed up and I went through a book I found lying on the bedside table titled "The power of the tongue". " I borrowed that from the library last week and I'm yet to return it , I haven't got the chance to, though" Ollie said already dressed, sitting besides me on the bed. She took the book from me,dropped it on the table and said that she invited over to help her get rid of boredom and not to come read a book. She said she also called Stephanie and Brenda to come over , she said we are gonna be playing tell the truth game. After about fifteen minutes of gisting whilst waiting for the others, the girls came in along with Ollie's mom who was carrying a tray of orange juice for each of us.
   "Thanks ma'm", we all said in unison. As she went downstairs, we all made good use of Ollie's bed as we were all set to play the game accompanied with a glass of orange juice. We all started the game which lasted for about an hour and a half. During the game, we found out alot about each other. Stephanie has a crush on Micheal, Brenda has a crush on a senior football player by name Dennis, Ollie denied having a crush on Jason but which she later confirmed to and I had no crush at the moment which my friends could also confirm to. We all teased each other about our crushes and then shared some other secrets before we all decided to go home.

Thanks goodness ....because Alicia has been calling my cellphone for about thirty minutes. I guess it's dinner time.
 
   I got home by approximately six O'clock. I was right in time for dinner though I would have missed if I delayed any longer than I already had.
   During dinner, my dad informed us that he would be attending a conference at California and he would be leaving on Thursday. "Honey, you didn't inform us earlier in order for us to help you pack up but not to worry, we could still do it, right Ella? Debbie?" "Oh, yeah. We can" I said while Debbie just nod her head.

"Daddy, I'm gonna miss you alot" Jace says" when are you gonna be back?" He asks. "In a week or two, it totally depends on board of directors,okay?" Dad replies, scratching the back of his head. Jace just nodded making it obvious he wasn't happy about dad's trip. Daddy just sighed and Alicia tried to assure us all that he would be back earlier than we expect. After dinner, Mum and Debbie made do to the dishes, Dad tucked Jace to sleep and I cleared up the dinning table. I went up to my room , took my bath in hot bath, I love the way the warmth felt on my skin, washing away all the sweat that had clothed my body. I use a papaya flavoured soap, I love the scent and it is very foamy at the same time. After savouring the moment in the bath tub, I got out of the bathroom wrapped in my white bath robe and I wrapped a small towel over my hair. I unwrapped the towel from my body as I reached to my wardrobe to get my night dress, it was a yellow and black spotted sleeveless top, a short and a fluffy jacket. I got into it and made way to my bed, as I sat on my bed, I heard someone flicker the lights. That should be Alicia switching off the kitchen light and perhaps heading to her room. I reached out to get my phone from the side table as it rang a message bell. It was Stephanie, she video called me twice but I didn't pick up. The night was still kinda young so I decided to return the call. It was actually a group video call but I decided to call only Steph. The phone rang twice before she picked it up. She answered with a laugh," sup, Steph" I said as she gradually stopped laughing. " Hey! Where have you been  all this while?I called twice but you didn't pick up so I decided to have my revenge this time" she said giggling over her plans being accomplished. " Okay, fine. You won!" I said with no energy to argue or whine in me. She told me that Jason won't be able to pick us up because he won't be in school tomorrow. His mum had an accident and the video call was to assure him that it is  gonna be fine. Jason's dad passed on three years ago leaving Jason with his mom and little sister.I was so mad at myself for not being there to assure my friend so I decided to call him after I was done talking with Steph. She added that Brenda tried asking her dad if she could use his car tomorrow but he declined saying he needed to take it to work although he said he could give both of them, Steph and Brenda a ride to school tomorrow. Micheal also suggested that we would go pay a visit to Mrs Styles, Jason's mom tomorrow after school. "Goodnight, El" Steph said " Goodnight Steph, see ya tomorrow" and then the call ended. I immediately dialed Jason's number, it rang three times but there was no response. I thought about the day's activities and then nature had it's take on me . I slept off .....

"Wakey wakey angel" Alicia said. I stretched and then rubbed my eyes. "Good morning"I said, " you are gonna be late to school if you don't get up and if you need to know, am taking you to school today" Perhaps Jason's mom had informed her of the incident and that Jason won't be able to give me a ride today. I knelt besides my bed, said my prayers, grabbed my bathing items which consists of my toothbrush, toothpaste and bathing robe. I quickly turned on the shower, there was no time to begin enjoying the scent of my soap , in about five minutes,  I was out of the bathroom. I put on my underwear, surveyed my wardrobe for what to wear. I finally took out a red long sleeve top and a blue crazy jeans. I packed my hair into a ponytail, applied my lipgloss and put on my blue and white canvas. I put the notebooks I needed for the day and some textbooks into my bag then I went downstairs, breakfast was already ready; pancake and smoothie. I took it as quick as I could and then ran over to the car where mom had been waiting for me.

I can't really remember the last time my mom had to take me to school. I think it was 7th grade. Well, it was a quiet drive bcos it was kinda awkward for us both. After some time, we got to the school parking lot. I got down from the car whilst putting my bag at my back. "Have a nice day, darling" Alicia said as she put the car on reverse in order to leave the school's premises. "And you too,  byee!!" I say as I walk into the school main arena. I got into the school hallway, someone jumped on me, I was startled a little but managed to turn around to know who it was. It was Ollie wearing an expensive smile on her face. She looked good in her yellow tank top and jumpsuit which she wore with a white canvas.

"Hey, how was your night? You scared me " I say as we walked towards my locker. Ollie's dad dropped her off at school today which explains why she is at school ten minutes earlier.
"Night was so short and yours?", " Sorry for startling you, I was just kinda hyperactive cos my dad  decided to drop me off at school today earlier than usual" she explained.
"My night was good" I replied, we had just gotten to my locker, I put in my lock code and emptied my books into my locker except my English note book. I also walked Ollie to her locker, she did her thing then we both walked to class.
During the class, I couldn't stop thinking about how well Jason's mom was doing cos I wouldn't want anything to happen to my friend's mom most especially after the loss of his dad. The class seemed too long for just a period, Micheal is my seat partner for English so he didn't speak much. We only exchanged glances once a while during the class. We were taught on the topic ' Concord'. Mr Zack was a Frenchman which made me often wonder how he speaks  English so fluently and not to mention, how he teaches it. Life is full of mysteries, you know?
After English, we had Arts and then Language class before it was time for lunch. We all met at our lunch table but a seat was empty, Jason's. We all felt the effect of his absence so we began making plans on visiting him at the hospital. We finally came to a conclusion that Steph and Ollie  would get the flowers, Micheal would get the location of the hospital while Brenda and I would get some fruits and snacks from a nearby store, then we would meet at our usual place so we could all go there together. The bell rang signalling the end of lunch period. We departed to our various classes. After two more periods, school was over , and you could see kids happy about that, chattering with their friends.
Brenda and I immediately went to a nearby store, we got apples, grapes and banana and then we bought two burgers, a king-sized pizza and two orange juices. Then we headed over to Marisa's place meet the others. When we got there, we only met Micheal and I assume Ollie and Steph were yet to arrive. So we just sat down at the table we found Micheal seated and I decided to call Ollie to know where they were and immediately they walked into the restaurant carrying a bouquet of flowers, they walked over to us and sat down beside me.
"So Micheal, which hospital is it? Brenda asked, "uhmm, St Patrick's hospital at No. 23 Langford road" Micheal said while sipping on a drink he had ordered earlier on.
We all left the restaurant and took a cab to the hospital.
See you at the hospital (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
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