Sworn Sisters

CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT

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Basma quickly got up " I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have entered your room like this "

Kalthum waved it off "You're inside already. It's not a bother. So what are you doing here? "

Basma rubbed her neck slightly " I came to have a word with you"

" With me? " Kalthum raised a brow

" Yes with you. Please listen to me "

Kalthum heaved a sigh and then told her to sit "So what do you want to talk about? "

" About us"

" Look Basma you don't have to do this. I've already forgiven you so what else"

" I need to talk to someone and that person is you Kalthum. I need to take things off my chest "

Kalthum told her to go ahead

" It all started when I was in ss2. I met this group of friends that I wish I never met before. I was transferred from my former hostel to this new hostel where I encountered this clique. They were very popular back then. They were four in number, Aisha, Miracle, Grace, and Fatima. Back then, they were my seniors "

" They were so popular back then that people spoke highly of them. They were called the expensive chicks. Unfortunately for me, they were my neighbors because all our bunks were on the same roll. Whenever they were together, they always tried to have a conversation with me and I was this shy girl that everyone always laughed at. Kalthum, if you can remember vividly, my actions towards you changed after I came back home after a break given to us when I was in ss2 "

Kalthum nodded in agreement "True"

Basma attended a boarding school while Kalthum was a day student in another school.

"These ladies never for once laughed at me they tried to make me their friend. I thought it was just a normal thing that your seniors want to be friends. I became close to them not until this fortunate day when I found out their real reason for becoming my friends.

" There was this guy who was our head boy back then, his name is Lawal and he was a lady's man. Almost half of the girls in the school fell in love with him. He was a sight to see. I won't deny it, even though I had a crush on him. Imagine my surprise when this expensive chick told me something I'd never imagined. They told me Lawal has been crushing on me ever since. I thought they were lying at first not until one of them called him with a phone and handed the phone over to me to speak with him. Although phones were not allowed these ladies still squeezed into one "

Basma heaved a sigh then continued " He told me his feelings on the phone. He told me how long he had wished to talk to me and seemed not to have the courage to do that because he was scared of rejection. I could remember vividly how I kept giggling like a normal secondary school girl. I instantly fell in love with him. He was just so good with words Kalthum.

" we began to date for about three weeks. Some of my mates were jealous of me. Some will always send me this hate look anytime they see Lawal and I together and stupid me will be so happy because he chose me. I fell so deeply in love with him kalthum. I even grew jealous whenever other girls crushed him. Stupid old me " Basma shook her head sadly

" Then one night, this expensive lady woke me up around 11 pm. They wanted me to follow them to a party. I declined but they insisted that I should go because LawaL too will be there. Upon hearing Lawal's name, the urge to go became stronger. "