Her first crush

3

Mrs Brown hugged Mrs Walker and Leona before ushering them in.
"How time flies! You've grown bigger", she said to Leona, who only smiled. "And beautiful too"
"Thanks a lot", Leona said to the woman.
"Its been a while,Beatrice", Mrs Walker addressed the other woman by her first name.
"You too, Kerry".
"Jane will show you around, Miss Walker".
"Leona", Leona corrected.
"Oh, Leona. What a nice name"
        
       Leona guessed they had a lot to talk about. The house was really huge. The living room itself was the size of two bedrooms combined together. A woman appeared in the doorway, beaming at Leona.
"You're......... "
"Leona".
"I'm Miss Kally, but I'm called Jane here".
"Okay, would you mind showing me around? "
"Not at all"
           They passed a room and Jane opened the door leading to the room.
"This is Nelson's room, Mrs  Brown's second and last son"
The room had a lot pictures plastered on its walls. They were mostly pictures of Christiano Ronaldo.
"Great", Leona said, looking at them carefully. Jane closed the door and led her to another room. This one had a guitar in a corner alongside with a reading table and a chair. The bed was on the other side of the room. The room had a TV in it and video games. The bathroom was in another corner. Everything in the room was arranged neatly.
"You won't have to come into this one. Pascal doesn't tolerate prying", Jane said to her and closed the door.
Leona remembered what she had seen on the walls." He's got almost all of Justin Bieber's pictures plastered in there".
"Yeah, a great fan of Justin. You should watch him play his songs on his guitar sometimes", Jane told her and smiled. "Pascal's a great kid"
"Why are they not around yet? "
"Nelly and Pascal?"
"Yeah"
"Nelly plays ball after school. But pascal stays back in school doing only God knows what. He comes home anytime he wants. "
"Cool"
"Yeah", she said absent mindedly and jumped, "The cake!" She was half way to the kitchen when she said again, "lest I forget, that's your room near Pascal's. Call me if you want me to help you out in arranging your things."with that, she darted into the kitchen leaving Leona to locate her room herself.
     The room was lovely with shades of blue and pink. It had a reading table in a corner and also a chair. On the table was a reading lamp. The bed had a blue bed spread and it was big enough for three people. Leona began to unpack her things. She found a drawer and she kept her undies in it. She arranged her books in a shelf in the corner. After she was through, she went to her window and looked down. It provided a very good view of the garage. The were two Bentleys parked there. Suddenly, a blue sports car with tinted glass drove in. Mr Brown, I guess,she said to herself and went downstairs.
"I was about to call you", Mrs Brown said to her as she got downstairs.
The door leading to the living room opened and a boy of about six years walked in with a ball tucked underneath his armpit. His hair looked rumpled and his clothes we're dirty.
"Hi, mom", he said to his mom and made to walk in when he saw Leona. "Holy shit! Who the hell is this? ".
"Leona, she'll live with us from now on", Mrs Brown responded.
"But mom......... "
"Stop complaining and get changed. That's a mess", Mrs Brown said to him, pointing at his clothes.
He flashed a furious glance at Leona and mumbled, "three is a crowd".
She turned to Leona, "that's the way he behaves. He's Nelly"
"Ohh... I saw his room earlier", Leona replied.
The door opened again and Leona turned.
"Ohh, Pascal"
Damn! Leona cursed within her. Pascal was an amr for all she cared.
"Pascal, this is Leona, she will be living with us."
"Leona, that's her name? "He said with a scorn.
"You know her? "
Pascal looked at Leona and frowned. "We met at school. "
"Ok, that's good. "Mrs Brown said and walked away.
     
       With Mrs. Brown gone, Pascal gave Leona a long hard stare before leaving. Leona walked into the kitchen and she met Jane grilling chicken.
"You met them? "Jane asked.
"Yeah, "Leona responded sounding uninterested. "Arrogant duo"
Jane only laughed. "What an Irony!"
"Fine. Laugh at me, but i'm not gonna like  them".
"Sorry", she stopped laughing, but chucked. "Nelly can be arrogant sometimes, but Pascal is a nice fella"
  Leona remained intrasigent. "I don't think so, Pascal abused me twice today."
"You know him? "
"No we met at school."
"Ohh".
"He is just too............. "
      Pascal walked on at that instant. Leona was pursed her lips. Jane roared with laughter and he suspected a foul play.
"You were saying? "He turned to face Leona, with his hands in his pockets.
Leona felt ashamed. "Nothing", she then walked out of the kitchen. Pascal walked to the freezer and took a bottle of fanta out.
"How was school today?"Jane asked him.
"Good". He said to her and walked out. 

             
                      *   *   *

        Leona put a call through to Marie when it was evening.
"Hey", Marie spoke from the other end.
"I missed you"
"You did? But you didn't call me"
"Sorry, I got carried away"
"By what? "
"A lot of things"
"C'mon, tell me 'bout it"
"My first day at school was mad".
"Like for real?"
"Yeah! I met an arrogant guy"
"And?"
"I would admit that he's handsome"
"Cool"
"That's the problem. I stare at him almost all the time and he insults me".
"Super cool"
"Will you stop saying that?"
"Meow"
"You should be better off being a cat than a girl".
"Meow"
"Stop that! "
Marie chuckled, "okay"
"I live with him"
"What?"
"Yeah! and I feel uncomfortable".
"That's too bad".
Leona signed,"But I have to endure".
"So sorry". Suddenly Marie sounded excited. "You should check my Facebook page, I left something there for you".
"Okay"
    Someone knocked and Leona turned. Jane popped her head into the room. "Dinner's ready"
"Okay, thanks".
Leona told Marie, "Gotta go. "

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Leona got downstairs and met Mrs Brown and Nelly at the dining table, eating. She took a chair and sat down.
"That's Pascal's" Nelly said and Mrs Brown shut him up.
"Don't talk while eating, Nelson."
  He looked at Leona angrily, and continued eating. Pascal came downstairs and seeing Leona on his seat, he went to seat opposite her. Leona stared at the sumptuous meal meant for her, and picked up her cutlery.
She's just too dumb,Nelly thought to himself and simultaneously, Leona belched. It was really loud and everyone stared at her. Pascal stood up.
"There is no way i'm sharing a table with a pig", he said and walked away.
Nelly stood up too, but with his food. "Piggy back is nice, but considering  the first word without the last two letters is disastrous
Screwed it up again, Leona said silently.
  Mrs Brown looked at her. Oh hell! Leona thoyght, and kept her head down.
"You don't have to feel bad,"she said to Leona.
"It was unintentional".
"I know"
"I'm so sorry".
"No one is crucifying you for that. It's normal."
   Leona finished her food and took the plates away.
"You don't have to do that", Jane said to her as she entered the kitchen. "You look so down, what's wrong? "
"I screwed up big time,"she said, putting the plates in the dishwasher.
"Sorry"
"Thanks"
"Just brighten up, okay?"
"Yeah"
    Leona walked out of the kitchen to her room. She sat down on her bed and signed. Why do I keep acting stupid? She asked herself.
She got up and went to the mirror. Picking up a bond, she packed her hair into a bun.