Our Parents Pain Came With Love

Chapter 48

-MACELLA BROWN
I get a call from Aya, I never thought she and I would be as close as we are right now but I am glad that she and I are cool with each other. I answer her call
“Hey you”
She says
“Hi sis, what's up?”
I ask her
“Lets do lunch if you not busy”
She suggests
“I’m game. Text me the details and I’ll meet you there”
I say
“Cool see you in a bit”
She says and we end the call, I make my way to my dorm
“Hey hol’up”
Someone says and I stop in my tracks to see who is calling me
“Macella right?”
I nod frowning
“I’m Craig, we attend the same class. Can I walk with you?”
He offers
“Ok…”
He takes a deep breath and lets it out
“I don’t mean to be annoying or what not but there's a party this evening and I was hoping you could attend it”
I chuckle and shake my head
“Sorry but no”
I say, he squints his eyes
“I don’t understand”
I shrug
“Which part? Look, I am new here and you’re a guy and capable of anything so no”
He sighs
“Ok, I like you Macella and you a little intimidating but I would really like to get to know you outside class, I’ve seen your stuff and you are good”
He says and I nod
“Thank you for the compliment but I have a boyfriend”
He nods
“he is fortunate to have such a beautiful girlfriend”
He says and I smile
“trust me he knows”
I tell him
“Can we atleast grab lunch? We classmates and some friends and I are going out for lunch so I was thinking maybe you could join us?”
I take a deep breath
“I am going out with my sister, maybe some other time?”
He nods and then he walks away, I stop and look at him and then shake my head then continue with my trip. I get to my room and change and get my bag then go and catch a cab to meet up with Aya. I walk into the restaurant and spot her sitting alone pressing her phone
“Hey you”
I say and she gets up and we share a hug and then break it and sit down
“So how have you been?”
I ask her and she shrugs
“a lot has happened”
She says and I frown
“Roland?”
She sighs
“Not him exactly. You remember when I told you about my intense period pains?”
I nod
“Well I finally visited the gynae and he put me on antibiotics for a week, couldn’t drink while on those and my results finally came back and I am clean but”
I look at her
“But?”
I ask
“Things haven’t been the same since. I don’t know, I mean yeah we have sex but I don’t know it's different now”
I frown confused
“How?”
She shrugs
“It's not the use of a condom that makes it different but it's like I’m having sex with someone else and not my boyfriend, it's like he’s pulled away from me because of what happened”
She says sadly, I place my hand over hers
“You know I suck at this whole girl talk but I think you should sit him down and talk things through. I mean you and the guy love each other and I really believe that you and him can work through whatever the issue is”
She chuckles dryly
“I don’t know Mercy, what if he doesn’t like me any more or he finds me unappealing?”
I chuckle
“You may be a bitch but you are actually a lovable person once a person knows you and gets used to you”
She laughs
“Yeah whatever. What's new with you?”
I shrug
“some guy from my class invited me to a party tonight”
She raises an eyebrow
“So? You going right?”
I shake my head no
“No, I have a boyfriend and I value my life. What if something happens to me? It would lead to an unnecessary argument between Yanga and I”
I say and she looks at me
“How? You doing what you should be doing at your age and that is going out and having fun”
She says carelessly and I shake my head
“You know I’m not about that life Aya, I only go out with your guys only”
She nods
“Fine, miss out on your youth because of a man who lives his life according to his own will”
I shrug
“I’ll see, I have school remember and I have tests. Plus remember how Yaya would be crushed if I missed out on her night today for a party”
She chuckles
“Yaya has had a dozen exhibitions and she will have many more. You already told her you weren't going right?”
I nod
“Yeah I did but I was planning on surprising her. I know how she would have loved for all of us to show face and support her”
She rolls her eyes
“It's people like you that make us seem like the bad children in the eyes of the parents”
We both laugh
“Then be a good daughter and support your mother!”
We both laugh
“Nope I can't, I have plans already. Mom will live”
I just nod
“Mercy you do know that you don’t owe our parents anything right? They welcomed you and loved you out of their own freewill and they will never hold it against you for being a teenager and sometimes acting your age and missing some of their events. Part of you being part of the family means you being like the rest of us and acting like any normal teenager would”
I nod
“I understand that but I don’t want to disappoint them. They have done so much for me and maybe I don’t owe them but I owe it to myself to not disappoint them and be the best I can be you know”
She smiles
“You’re a good person. Definitely better than me and I guess that’s why I didn’t like you, you were everything I wasn’t or could ever be”
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To Be Continued