the other side of life

leaving(4)

"Okay mrs Brown  I will tutor khalid for you." I said in a kind tone, I knew I was going to regret the decision I made.
"You will?!" Khalid asked confused.
"Yes I will but, only on mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays"
"But I've go-"
"Aha, nope, no cuts, no buts, no coconuts" I said shaking my hand and wriggling my index finger.
"Aunty tell her I've got basketball practice" he pleaded to his 'Aunty'
"Khal you know there's nothing I can do, your coach said not until you get your grades up that is when you can be off the bench, but as for now you're benched khal..I'll be leaving I've got a class to teach...thanks again Meghan" she said turning around to make her way to the door
"Anything for you mrs. Bee" I said still smiling at her
"So when do we start?" He  asked snapping me out of my smiley trance.
"Uhh today...meet me in me this very class room, at 3:00 pm sharp, if you're late I'm not teaching you" I say sternly "I'm off now"
"Wait let's walk together"
"What?!" I exclaimed raising an eyebrow at him.
"I mean I dont know my way around this school...you can at least help me find my way out?"
"Mmmmmn yeahhhh no thanks, you're a pain in the ass" I say and walk out of the room leaving khalid speechless.
"Ahw please Nicolette, please" At the mention of that name I frozen in tracks.
"Fine!!" I mumbled out.
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"you're late babe" he said as I entered the room with yasmin trailing behind me.
"Dont call me that" I said not looking at him.
"Okay then, you're late shorty" I said starting to get serious
"I'm not short, so dont call me shorty" I said sternly, which made him out laughing "what is funny?" I asked confused.
"Shorty doesn't mean short, it means pretty lil thing" yasmin said try to hold back her laugh but eventually failed and now there I was the laughing stock.
"You can stop laughing now" I said feeling really irritated, they've been laughing at me for the past 8 minutes and it's really getting annoying, I mean who laughs at someone for the past 8 minutes that's just crazy.
A knock on the door snapped Khalid and yasmin out of the laughing trance.
"Come inn" I said anxiously waiting to see who is at the door, I hope it's not the principal she must've heard yasmin and khalid loud laughing from her office.
The door slowly opened revealing the Disney princess I met earlier today and by Disney princess I mean Jordanian from my English class.
"Hi Jordan"
"Hi meghan...you left your book in English class, I asked some girls and they told me you're here." She said pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose.
"Aww thanks Jordan, I really appreciate it...oh Jordan this is yasmin my best friend." I said gesturing towards yasmin who was sitting in the seat next to Khalid who I think also noticed the resemblance between the Jordan and Disney princess from brave.
"Omygod are you Disney princess?" Yasmin asked with wide eyes.
"No I'm just an ordinary girl who moved from nourish in London to California" she said with a slight chuckle.
"Sorry my name's yasmin Jacobs, it's just that you look a lot like the Disney princess from the movie Brave" damn right she does.
"It's okay I get that alot" she said in  a shy tone tucking a piece of her red hair behind her ear.
"Hi there princess" Khalid says wriggling his eyebrows at her.
"Pardon me, but I'm not your 'princess' I'm Jordan"
"Okay so let's get started khalid" I cut in before this turns into something that will not end well "Jordan do you want to join us" I asked.
"Ohh of course, if you dont mind me joining?"
"No we dont mind"
We all sat down and instead of me just tutoring Khalid we all just ended up helping each other with some equations we find difficult, I dont know why Khalid needed tutoring but turns out he is a hella smart guy.
The tutoring session went by quickly.
Yasmin, Jordan, Khalid and I walked to a near by store and bought some sodas and 4 bags of potatoe chips.
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The past two weeks have been hell.
You know that feeling when something takes long to come to an end and then becomes so boring like a history class or mondays...if you do then, I'm pretty sure you know how the past two weeks have been for me.
"Good morning nutmeg"
"Morning Yaya, you ready?"
"I was born ready"
"Yeah that's what you said last time wen you, me and zizwani went to ride the death trap, but you ended up backing out on the last minute" I said crossing my hands over my chest "are you ready? Yes or no?" I continued.
"Yes nutmeg I'm ready, geez way to be a buzz kill nutmeg"
"Then let's go"
We got onto the school bus and since we now hang with Jordan we now sit in the back.
We sat in our now usual seat and damn the school bus was as noisy as hell, I couldn't even hear my phone ring...maybe because it was on silence mode but the school bus was still noisy, I guess people are already planning out there holiday. Damn I can wait.
So schools are going to be closing on friday and today is Wednesday, yay I can't wait.
"Morning lovelies" jordan said dropping down next to me.
"Morning jojo...did you study?" I asked.
"Apparently...I did...which was kinda shocking"
"Freckles you're weird, you find studying shocking" yaya said with a slight chuckle
"I mean yeah, I've got to ace today last papers"
"So jordan what are you doing this holiday?" I asked
Apparently yasmin and I decided that this holiday we are going to spend it lazing around in the home just doing lazy day activities and not studying.
"Ohh I'm actually not sure but I think I'll be going back to London to see my mother and what are you guys goingto be doing this holiday?"
"We ar-"
"Going to be lazing around binge watching all 8 seasons of game of thrones, all 41 epic of barry tales and all three seasons of legacies"
"Wow yasmin thanks for finishing that up for me" please note the sarcasm
"Sorry nutmeg, it's just that I'm so excited"
"Meg are you still going to be tutoring Khalid?" Jordan asked.
Now that you she said it I'm not sure, but judging by his performance I dont think so, I really am a great tutor.
I mean Khalid went from a C  student to an A student.
Getting so driven away by thoughts of tutoring Khalid I didn't even notice that jordan kept calling my name.
"Earth to meg?" Jordan impatiently said waving her hand in face like she was trying to snap me out of a trance.
"What? What? What?" I said shaking my head.
"We're here" she said.
"Where?"
"Sc-" "Malibu, we've just reached Malibu" jordan was cut by a sarcastic someone (yasmin).
"Ohh really?" I replied sarcastically cocking my head.
"Ohh fucking quit it nutmeg!" She said turning to make her way out of the bus.
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"Huh, today's last paper was so awesome sauce, Yaya, dont you think?"
"Yeah it was, bit I'm not sure I aced calculus"
"Me too"
"I'll be going down stairs to get something to eat, toh want anything?"
"Nahh, not really.."
"Okay"
"Wait get me a pudding cup and some crackers"
"Uhh..okay"
I sat down on the floor while scrolling through my Instagram feed actually I'm looking at pics of the insta lord himself.
Damn this guy is hot...those eyes..that smile that million dollar smile.
Damn.
"Meghan?"
"Yes?" I said looking up from my phone only to meet sister claire's beautiful hazel eyes, sister claire has always had that face, the face you would just want to sit and stare at stare all day long.
I never got tired of seeing her face her hazel eyes, her cute little button nose, her cute pink plump lips that look like she doing a pout but not and her smooth brown skin that always glowed.
"Uhh Meghan, please come with me."
"Okay...did anything wrong?" I asked standing up to follow sister claire to her office.
I quietly walked to sister claire's office not minding the awkward silence that was there.
"So nutmeg" she she called, and yes everyone calls me nutmeg "I heard from sister Auxilia that you've been tutoring Mrs. Brown nephew?" She a asked cocking an eyebrow at me.
"Ohh I'm sorry I didn't tell you Claire, it totally slipped my mind"
"So you guys dating or something?" She nudged me.
"What no!!! Sister Claire, how could you think that?" I said starting to quicken my pace.
"You know every one knows he kissed you at the beach" she said and just the thought of Khalid kissing me made my cheeks turn a bright noticable shade of blush "You're blushing" she continued and this time I could feel her smiling.
I know some of you are wondering why  is a nun(sister) encouraging such nonsense or even talking about this instead of telling me some other shit that is waayy beneficial to my life.
"No I'm not blushing, I'm-I'm I'm infuriated"
Why am I blushing, I mean I dont even like him, I cant be love with a guy who broke my perfect lips virginity.
I opened the door to sister Claire's office and went in with sister Claire behind.
"Hi Meghan? How are you honey?" The lady seated in the chair opposite sister Claire's chair asked anxiously waiting for me to answer.
"Hiii...I'm okay, I guess.." i replied in a rather awkward tone cause this right now was feeling like some messed up shit.
"Sit, come sit" the lady said pointing at the chair between her and who I think is her handsome husband. "Come sit here"
I sat in between the pretty looking lady and her handsome husband, the lady was really pretty she had big ocean blue eyes and smooth skin with a beautiful tan tone, her long blonde let down but of course her hair wasn't as long as mine hers is reaching somewhere her waist but mine reaches exactly my in my waist line.
I like to boast alot about hair I feel it's the least ugly thing on me.
"Nutmeg, I mean Meghan, I called you here to introduce you to your new parents." Sister Claire Said.
At the mention of the parents, I lost it, I lost everything, the cool I had I  my body gone leaving me stone cold.
There it was the thing I've been avoiding for the past 11 years, new parents and leaving my bestfriend.
"Hey are you okay?" The man next to me asked me holding my hand.
"Yeah, yeah I'm okay, I'm just so excited...yay" I said forcing a smile on my face while trying to hold back the little tears that were burning my eyes.
"I knew she was going to love you" sister Claire said to lady and the man.
If I go who is going to take care of yasmin? Who is going to remind her to take her meds? Who is going to keep her sane? Who is going to keep her company?
"So Meghan I was informed that today's paper was the last, so you will have to pack today and you will be leaving with your foster parents tomorrow" she said "that's all for now"
"Okay thanks sister Claire" I said standing up in from seat.
"See you tomorrow my little squash"
"Byee"
I left the sister Claire's office with a lump of tears on my throat, I felt like I was going to burst if dont let these tears out.
How, how on earth am I going to tell yasmin that I'm leaving the orphanage. Yasmin and I have never been apart we do everything together and I'm literally everything.
There was this one time, we took a shower together, went to carnival and made bestie goals.
"Nutmeg!" Some shouted out.
There she was walking towards with her strawberry blonde hair bouncing over her shoulders and her eyes always gleaming whether she is wearing contacts or not.
"Nutmeg? I've been searching for you everywhere, where have you been?"
The thought of being away from my bestfriend even just for a day itself was terrifying, if I leave who is going to help her get through the night when she is having one of her nightmares.
"Meg are you okay?" She asked with a flash of concern in her eyes
Seeing that flash of concern in yasmin's eyes made the lump I my throat grow.
"Nicole, why wont you answer me?" She asked now o could see that she was getting worried.
I knew it, I knew what was going to happen next the ugly voice aka the ugly cry.
"I need a hug Yaya" I chocked out.
She engulfed me into a warm and friendly hug. She made me feel safe, sane and special but just the thought of waking every morning without Yaya there to shout out my name was a nightmare on it's own
"Hey nutmeg, tell me what's going on?"
"Can we talk from my room?"
We quietly walked to my room I knew yasmin wanted to ask me what was going on but she kept quiet and just held my hand.
"Now tell me, what happened?" She asked closing the door behind her.
"Yaya I'm being adopted, my foster parents are coming to get me tomorrow" I bit my bottom lip to stop my tears from bursting out of my eyes.
"Really nutmeg" she said rather happy "Omygod on so happy for you" she continued "but why aren't you happy?"
"Yaya, I dont want to leave knowing I'm going to leave you here" I said as I began to feel the tears in my eyes had  slowly started to fall.
"No..nutmeg..you dont need to cry" she said wiping away my tears "I'm going to be fine, look honey you just got adopted and that's every orphan's  dream to have a family." She continued.
"But you are my family Yaya, all I need is you in my life and everything is always going to be okay" I said with my sobbing getting out of control. "You! You are the only family I need"
"Okay nutmeg just please do it for me, if not for you then do it for me"
I can see it in her eyes that she doesn't want me to leave.
"Why are you doing this? Why do you want mr to leave you here alone?" I said with my voice coming all mumbled due to my crying.
"I mean you leaving like in chasing you nutmeg, I just want you to happy even if it means I'm not there, you can always be looking out for me like I'm some five year old child" she letting out a chuckle while wiping away her tears "I want you to go...and be with your new family...and be happy for my sake if not for yours"
"Bu-But if I leave who is going to take care of you? Who is going to help you wen your nightmares come back?"
"Nutmeg I haven't even had them for the past one month, they are not coming back"she said reassuringly "And I wont rest until I get my way"
I knew arguing with yasmin about me not wanting to go is no use, she will get her and won't rest until she gets her way.
"Okay" I say under my breath.
"Sorry I didn't quite get that...what did you say?" She said in teasing tone.
"I said okay..okay!!!" I said in mid low tone.
"What was that?"
"Geez yasmin!!! I said OKAY, I'll go with my foster parents...but only for your sake"
"Now let's start packing.."
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Hey everyone 😁👋🏽.
Late update I know😪.
And I'm so sorry about that I've been feeling kinda lazy and busy but now I'm back and I'll try not disappoint you guys thanks for not giving up...I love you guys 😍😍😘😘😘.