Ria wore a small smile as she approached her friends the next morning. Ava frowned upon seeing her slightly pale face.“I wanted to take pictures this morning but your pale face won’t let me,” Ava said and Ria smiled a little as she turned to Zara.“Hey Zara, I apologize for yesterday. I went overboard. I shouldn’t have spoken to you like that” Ria said as Zara pursed her lips.“I wanted to apologize first too. I’m sorry, I should have read the mood and tried not to do anything if I didn’t have anything that could help” Zara said and Ria smiled.“It’s no big deal though,” Ria said as they pulled each other for a hug.“Awwn” Ava and Penny cooed as Ava clicked a picture.“You guys go on, I need to look for Gabriel and patch things up with him,” Ria said and the girls laughed.“It’s nice that you want to patch things up with him,” Penny said and Ria smiled as she walked off in search of Gabriel.She soon found him among his friends. She flashed a smile at all of them as they greeted her.
It had been almost a week since Ria and Gabriel spoke last and people began to notice that there was tension between the two.“It’s just sex Ria, it’s not like you are a virgin,” Penny said and Ria shrugged.“I can’t even get into the mood. So we are supposed to have sex when I can’t have fun or pleasure. Can you have such sex?” Ria asked and Zara shook her head.“You guys can talk it out anyways,” Zara said and Ria chuckled.“Trust me, Zara, I tried but he wouldn’t listen,” Ria said as she ate her snack.“It’s so annoying,” Ria said rolling her eyes as Janet folded her hands and turned to Ria.“If you think you can’t handle him any longer or you feel he’s getting annoying; then break up with him,” Janet said and the table went silent.“Janet, you can’t just say it like that,” Zara said with a scoff.“Yes, people experience bad times in their relationships. Just because times are bad doesn’t mean, they should break up. You’ve never had a boyfriend so you wouldn’t understand” Zara adde
“You are where you are because of her. You are who you are because of her. One of the hottest guys in Bells High? Was that meant to be a joke or a sarcastic comment?” Damien asked again sending everyone who had just finished laughing into another fit of laughter.“Gabriel, your position here is critical. You are the one using her, someone you are using, how dare you complain about her?” Damien asked.“Looking at your trousers, I think you really have a small dick” Damien added as he ran his tongue over his lips to moisten them.“Then you all, why can’t you guys cultivate the habit of minding your business?” Damien asked with a frown as everyone went quiet.“What’s with you and someone’s else sexual life? What if she’s a virgin? Does that stop you from fucking whosoever you want to fuck?” Damien asked.“Does she being a virgin mean you also get to be a virgin as well? Get your facts straight and stop finding fun in other people’s businesses. Bunch of jobless people” Damien said as he g
Ria touched her head as she looked around. She looked around and still couldn’t find Damien. She sighed as she turned and saw him walking towards her.Ria stared at him as he walked towards her. Today Damien was wearing jeans pants ripped at the knees and a baggy top. His dark eyes were bottomless as usual as he stopped in front of her.Ria couldn’t forget the sweet feeling that spread through her heart when Damien supported her a few minutes earlier. She wanted to run into his arms and hug him. She wanted to run her hands through his hair and slam her lips against his.“Hey,” Ria said and Damien blinked his eyes as he slipped his hands into his pockets.“I heard you were looking for me,” Damien said and Ria smiled. She liked hearing his cello-like voice a lot. It just somehow smoothened her nerves.“It’s the second time you are helping me even when I didn’t ask for it” Ria said and Damien shrugged.“Just because someone doesn’t ask for help doesn’t mean that they don’t need it. Somet
Ria watched with her heart in her throat as Damien walked into the ring. His opponent was a burly man twice Damien’s size. Damien had somehow gotten her a seat in the front where she could see him clearly.Unlike everyone who was shouting excitedly, Ria was muttering all kinds of prayers in her heart. She dropped her head and put her hands together as she prayed.Damien chuckled as he looked at Ria from the corner of his eyes. He watched as the burly man who was his opponent bounced up and down as she got ready for the match.More than any of his previous matches; Damien wanted this one to end as fast as possible. He could tell that Ria was sincerely scared. It was natural that she was scared but he wanted to take her away as quickly as possible.The referee blew the whistle and unlike his last opponent; this opponent wasn’t just bugging and burly; he had the skills but then he wasn’t a match for Damien.The burly man kept throwing killer punches that Damien managed to dodge. His eyes
It didn’t take long for the takeout to arrive. Damien had gone to shower so it was Ria who collected the delivery and signed it. She placed the takeout on the table and took her own out.Just as Damien had said; she was always getting hungry. By the time Damien came out of the room in his pajamas and wet hair, Ria had eaten a quarter of her food. She watched as Damien sat on the rug and started eating.Damien ate slowly and both of them ate in silence. After they finished eating, Damien packed the plates into the dustbin and sat down on the rug again after giving Ria a bottle of soda.“I never met my mom. I don’t if she’s dead or alive. I don’t know who she is either” Damien started and Ria listened as she sipped her soda.“My dad and I lived a comfortable life except that he liked gambling. I talked to him about it and he minimized it or so I thought. He also didn’t tell me he had stage three cancer” Damien said as he swallowed the lump in his throat.“I got home one day to receive a
Damien watched as Ria walked into the house before he reversed the car and drove off. Ria stepped into the house to meet her anxious mother and sister.“Arianna Mahmata, where have you been?!” Mrs. Mahmata yelled.“Sorry mom,” Ria said as she tried to sniff back her tears. Her mom soon noticed that and moved closer to her.“What’s wrong? What happened?” she asked as she pulled Ria closer to her. The moment Ria got into her mom’s embrace, she burst into tears startling her mom who hugged her and patted her head.“It’s okay,” her mom said although she had no idea about what might have happened. Dani also looked on in confusion and surprise.Ria continued crying in her mom’s embrace, Damien’s story reverberating in her head. He just had to go through such a thing and no one had an idea about it. He suffered and almost died in the ring while trying to pay his father’s debt. He had lost his dad.The thought broke her heart so much as Ria remembered her own dad. She was seven when he died.
“Ria, you are the cheerleading captain, you shouldn’t have given to Zara just like that,” Janet said with a frown and Ria smiled.“I intentionally let her have it,” Ria said with a sinister smile.“I took her as my friend and she got jealous instead of getting envious. Let’s see how long she’ll last shall we?” Ria asked and Ava burst into laughter.Ria smiled widely as soon as she sighted Damien from afar, he was talking to Hazel with a frown and Ria pouted.“What’s the relationship between the two of you?” Ava asked and Ria turned to her.“Who and who?” she asked.“You and Damien” Ava replied and Ria smiled.“Nothing. I like him so I’m chasing him” Ria replied and Janet and Ava’s mouths dropped open. They watched as Ria walked through the crowd and latched herself unto Damien.“Did I hear Ria well?” Ava asked as she brought out her pen and tried to use it to clean her ears.“I need to talk to him, are you saying anything important?” Ria asked Hazel who looked at the two with a surpri