"Juice, Juice, wake up",I call to him, he opens his eyes and looks around, we've trying to get him to wake up for the last five minutes, he's on one of the couches in the living room.
"What, what happened to me?", he asks and sits up,
"Take it easy Justin",his older brother, Jason says,
"Why am I here?, why are all of you staring at me?", he asks,
"Yo bruh, you walked in from the front door and fainted",Mayowa tells him,
"I.. I fainted?",he says and immediately I see the colour leave his eyes like when he fainted,
"Somebody hold him",I say, but this time he doesn't drop,
"Amber",he says and shuts his eyes tight,
"Guy what happened with her?",Mayowa asks as Tomiwa walks in with a glass of orange juice,
"Here, drink this",she says and gives him, he downs the contents of the cup before continuing,
"Justin talk to us",his brother says,
"Amber broke up with me",he says,all that's in his voice is pain,
"Jesus man, that's raw",Mayowa says,
"Are you okay?" Tomiwa asks,
"No, I am not okay,I just lost my need for existence, I'm the farthest thing from okay",he says and stands up,
"Where are you going",Jason asks,
"To my room, I'd like to be alone please",Juice says,
"Uhh I think the last thing you should do right now is be alone",Tomiwa says,
"Thank you all for your concern but please I'm begging you, just leave me", he says,
"Guys, just leave him, he'll know the best way to deal with his own pain",Mayowa says,
"Thank you",Juice says and goes to the room,
"Wow Mayowa, you actually said something smart",Tomiwa says to her brother,
"Shut up, it comes like that once in a while",he replies her,
"Damola, I think you should go and check on him",Jason says,
"I will",I say and head to Juice's room.
When I get inside,he's ransacking his closet looking for something and he's muttering words,
"Thy rod and thy staff,they comfort me", he's saying, he finally finds what he's looking for, his Bible,
"Uhhh Juice",I say but he doesn't even pay any attention to me, he goes to his bed, kneels down and starts praying,I just stand and watch him.
"Help me to be at peace with myself Lord, bring Amber back Lord, heal my broken heart, forgive me all my sins Lord, guide me, show me the right thing to do Lord,thank you for answering my prayers, in Jesus name I've prayed, Amen",he says, I say and Amen with him too, he stands up, returns the Bible and goes to start playing his piano.
"Guy say something",I say to him,
"There's nothing to say", he increases the volume of the piano and starts playing a melancholic tune, he's playing an original song to capture his emotions at the moment,
"It's a beautiful song",I say
"Well I didn't mean for it to be beautiful, nothing is beautiful anymore",he says and I catch him whisper 'except Amber' with his lips,
"What happened when you got there?",I ask,
"She said she's insecure,she thinks I'll leave her for somebody else, she thinks she's not enough and it's all my fault, it's because I'm an idiot", he says, the piano playing is more aggressive now, could move bones from their graves,
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African Teen
Teen FictionOk This is not your typical Nigerian book It's a story about Damola, a 16 year old Nigerian geek and his best friend Juice as they go through their last year in secondary school Lots of relationship, geek and school stuff will be portrayed And sin...
