“Elena, can I have a word with you?” She heard her mum call out as she walked into the kitchen the same eveningsHow she got into the house was a haze but she was sure it couldn’t be more than Matthew’s work. “I’m coming Ma.” She replied, groaning out in pain and her eyes acting like it didn’t want to open.“Ma, I’m so tired. My head is aching and my whole body hurts.” She added, opening some of the pots as she tried to find something to eat.“I bought pizza. It’s here. I’ll try to cook something after we talk.“Let’s do it together. You cook and we talk, I’ll stay with you for a little while." Elena replied as she walked towards the living room.Clara was there, seated on the couch and her eyes focused on the television. One of the pizza slices was in her hand, already munched to half.“I’m all ears.” Elena plopped down to the sofa after carrying a whole box of the pizza. Clara turned to face her after a while, turning off the television and looking at her daughter’s face.“How is
Everything was going well for Elena, apart from the occasional bothering of Sarah who was too immersed in her preparation. And not to say, being shiny and all chatty these days.Everyone on the table knew something was up with her, and she was keeping a massive secret, what it could be was something they’ve all been guessing about.“Sarah, won’t you let us know what it is? Stop keeping things from us and let us know. We can help you.” One of Matthew’s friends said as they sat down to eat.“It’s a surprise,” Sarah started, making Elena roll her eyes as she dropped her tray.If it was a surprise, why was she acting all in it? She was telling each of them she had something going on, to the extent that she had brought her name into it.“Elena, how about you tell me? I’ve fill your space in for whatever role and…“I
“Are you coming to my place this Saturday? We have to go to the market to get most of the important things.” Sarah said as they both got out of the car the next day.“I’ll let you know. I don’t think I have much energy but I’ll still let you know about it.” Elena retorted as she walked away.Sarah eyed her and waited for Matthew to get out, walking to his side before they both proceeded towards the locker room.“Don’t tell me it’s because of the concert that she’s still like that. I don’t want to hear that,” Sarah said.“And you too have gotten very close. Meeting each other now? Going to the market? What exactly are you planning to do?” Matthew asked, taking a glance at Sarah who was already blushing furiously.“You don’t need to know, it’s nothing serious. You’ll know when the day come
Elena was with Gaby, talking about some random things as they got their food when a new voice joined them.“Seems the gang's back together,'' Freya said, collecting her tray as they all walked away from the line.“Freya,” Elena called her name with a small mocking smile.“I don’t think I’ve introduced you to Gaby. Gaby, here is Freya, Jeremy’s girlfriend, and Freya…” she turned to her and introduced.“She forgot to add, she was all over Jeremy before I got to this school.”“And I’m over him now. Have you seen my boyfriend? He’s way hotter than your piece of garbage. So just let it go okay?” Elena replied, dragging Gaby’s hand as they walked away.“So I need to see who Jeremy is before concluding that Craig is hotter than him.”“Trust me, I must be
Elena scoffed as she eyed Craig, “I didn’t see you like this.” She added before turning away from him.Craig facepalmed himself, groaning mentally as he leaned on the wall. He was growing tired as each day passed, her acting weird, deciding to be friendly with him for a day and running off to Matthew another day.“Elena,” he called out, rushing to meet up with her.Elena didn’t bother to answer him, packing her books inside her locker before closing it and walking away.“At least let me take you home,”“Don’t worry. I’ll go with Matthew.”Craig stopped in his tracks and scoffed, “and here we go again. Matthew! Matthew! Matthew!” He called out, gaining some looks from the other students that were passing.Elena halted in her steps before turning back to loo
Craig dropped Elena at home out of annoyance, not even bothering to look back as she got down of the car. With loud music blaring from the car and him bobbing his head back and forth to it, by the time he got home, part of him being annoyed was now out of his body and he was feeling well. He had just entered when Gaby appeared from the stairs. “Someones asking for you.” She said and eyed him. “I’ve asked her to go into your room,” she added as he started moving towards the living room. He walked up to her, eyeing her before squinting his eyes, “are you mad at me?” He asked. “What’s a girl doing in our house that’s not Elena, or our school mate, or your friend and even dressed like that? Are you planning on cheating?” She turned to face him. “First of all, her name is Malinda.” Craig started. “And another thing, I’m not that blind to see how Matthew looks
“Elena, what are you doing here?” Gaby asked as they let er in, craig closing the door after her.“You called me, remember? And you were sounding so off, like something was going on with you. To be honest, I was not doing anything so I decided to check up on you first.” She retorted, walking towards the living room.Craig had no idea why he was following them but he took his seat with them in the sitting room, his eyes focused on Elena who ignored him.“So what’s wrong? Why were you sounding like someone was about to kill you?”Gaby exchanged eye contact with Craig, looking back at Elena who already noticed them.“Did you call me because of him?” Elena asked, scrunching her brows up.“Nope. why did you say that?”“So why did you call me? No reason at all?”“Are you sayin
Craig showed up early enough to Elena’s house the next day, even getting out of his car and knocking on the door to pick her up.“You’re Craig right? She’s still dressing up inside, I hope you don’t mind?” Elena’s mum opened the door to answer him, leading him towards the sitting room before going upstairs.He smiled at her and shook his head, rubbing his hand nervously against one another as he waited for her to climb down. After some minutes, she walked down, their eyes clashing before she halted in her steps.“What are you doing here?” She questioned.“To take you to school.”“I already called…”“Don’t worry.” He cut her off. “I’ll take you.” He replied, standing up and walking towards her.He took her bag off her sh
Daniella could almost curse at the lecturer who was teaching them. she had agreed to meet Theo by 2pmand it was already 2:34 but the lecturer refused to stop talking and continued teaching. Dani was getting annoyed every minute as the lecturer told stories.His phone rang beside him and he picked up the phone and started talking in hushed whispers. After a while, he turned to everyone in the class and wore a fake smile.“We will have to end today’s class here,” he said, and walking out of the class or rushing out of the class would be better. Dani flung her bag over her shoulders as she attempted to rush outside but someone blocked her way.“Hey Dani,” the guy said with a small smile and Dani sighed.“How may I help you, Adrian?” Dani asked and the guy smile.“Today is John’s birthday so we made a small party for him and invited a few people, I was wondering if you wanted to come,” Adrian said and Dani scoffed. John was in her department and one of the most popular guys at school but
Ava pursed her lips as she adjusted her camera lens. After she graduated from university where she had gone to study photography; she easily got a job that brought her a fat salary.Within months, her fame spread around the country for her expertise with the camera. Ava couldn’t help but be proud of herself. She started having a lot of shoots both inside and outside the country.But she had never expected that she would be hired to take model photos for Carl Wilson. Carl Wilson was a top star. He was an actor with numerous awards to his name. carl was also popular for his athletic prowess as he once won a medal for the country at the Olympics.Tall, handsome, and rich; he was totally an eye candy for women. Ava sighed as her assistant walked up to her.“Mr. Carl will be here in a few minutes,” he said and Ava nodded as she walked towards the chair and sat down before bringing out her phone.She smiled upon sighting Instagram pictures of Ria and Damien. She would be lying if she said s
Damien wiped his sweaty hands on his jeans as he drove into the garage. He turned off the car and sighed.“Are you that anxious to meet my mom?” Dani asked as Rai burst into laughter.“I’m not anxious just careful” Damien replied with a smile as they got out of the car.“Careful my feet” Dani sneered as she burst into laughter. Ria smiled at Damien as she took his hand.“Don’t mind Dani, my mom is not that scary” Ria said and Damien laughed.“I know right,” Damien said as they walked into the house.“Mom, good evening,” Ria said as she pecked her home.“I see you brought a friend,” Mrs. Mahmata asked with a small smile.“Yes,” Ria said with a smile.“Mom, this is my boyfriend, Damien. Damien, this is my mom” Ria said as Damien debated on which expression he was supposed to make. He ended up making a weird expression as he greeted Mrs. Mahamta.“Good evening ma’am” Damien greeted as Mrs. Mahmata narrowed her eyes at him. Damien could feel the sweat running down his back as Mrs. Mahmata
Ria twirled her pen as she turned to Damien “I was waiting for you to come back that’s why I haven’t filled out my application yet” Ria confessed.“Jason told me you hadn’t so I didn’t even collect my form yet,” Damien said and Ria smiled.“We think alike too much” Ria cooed and Damien pecked her before tapping her nose.“So which uni are you doing?” Damien asked and Ria shrugged.“I was about to ask you” Ria replied and Damien wriggled his eyebrows at Ria.“I’ll go anywhere you go” Damien replied and Ria chuckled as she opened her phone and scrolled through the list of universities.“What do you think about TAS?” Ria asked and Damien shrugged his shoulders.“Anywhere you want to go baby” Damien replied as Ria shook her head.“Bristol Univeristy then,” Ria said and Damien shrugged. They both brought out their forms and started filling them out. Damien filled his form with his right hand as his hands found Ria’s skirt. His hands went inside her skirt and Ria sucked in a breath as she
“It’s everywhere on the school forum,” Ava said as she scrolled her phone.Damien shrugged his shoulders as Ria fed him a fry “You know how active the school forum had become since Hazel became the president” Damien said and the girls burst into laughter.“Arianna Mahmata!” Zara yelled as she stormed into the cafeteria startling everyone. Ria frowned upon seeing Zara and Penny.“How shameless will you become? You stepped down from being the captain as if you wouldn’t do anything. What the hell did you tell the cheerleaders?” Zara asked as Ria slowly rose to her feet.“Shameless?” Ria asked as she stepped out of her seat.“If anyone should be asked who is shameless I think it should be the both of you. I thought you guys were my friends yet all along I was called a snake and a viper by my friends. I gave everything and did all a friend does and gives to her friend as a friend, I helped you every way I could but what did you guys do? You stabbed me in the back neatly” Ria said as she tu
Ria was the first to get to school the next day. She smiled sweetly at Ava who started clicking pictures of her immediately.“Girl you are glowing” Ava exclaimed and Ria laughed.“Is it because he asked you to marry him yesterday?” Ava asked with a smile and Ria’s smile grew wider.“Maybe, who knows?” Ria asked as they sat down.“Where’s Janet?” Ria asked as Ava scoffed.“She’s like you. if you can’t find her, you won’t see Jason” Ava replied and Ria laughed.Ria raised her head when she saw a shadow fall over her and she snickered seeing Gabriel. As Ria had said, his popularity had hit rock bottom after that day, his friends stopped talking to him, and he was also benched by the soccer team. If he didn’t play in any matches soon; it would really be hard for in to get into a soccer school and talk less of a top-notch one.He had no option but to seek out Ria again. They definitely had to date again even if it was for show. Gabriel gave Ria a small smile as Ria glared at him.“What do
Ria held Damien’s hand as they walked out of the old house. Ria took one last look at the house as they walked outside the house. Ria looked around and was surprised at the number of black cars in front of them.She easily recognized the dragon tattoo on the cars as the same one on Damien’s stomach. She allowed Damien to pull her towards one of the cars and the window was slowly wounded down.“Is it all taken care of?” a voice asked in the car and Damien nodded.“Yes, boss” Damien replied.“Hmmmmm,” the voice said.“Thanks, boss” Damien said his voice solemn.“Take care of yourself, Damien,” the voice said as the glass went up and the cars sped out of sight.“Who were those?” Ria asked and Damien smiled at her.“People you don’t need to pay attention to,” Damien said as he led Ria to the car and he drove off. Damien couldn’t express how he was feeling. He didn’t feel free, he was just calm and he tightened his grip on Ria’s hands as he drove toward his apartment.He had her beside him
Damien rubbed Ria’s back comfortingly as he pulled her along and walked after the burly men. Ria watched as they led them to another part of the fighting ring.The area was surprisingly well-lighted and bright. There were rows of burly men with weapons making Ria latch herself to Damien.“He’s inside,” One of them said as Damien pushed the door opened and stepped inside the room.It was a large spacious office and there was a fan rolling as Damien and Ria stepped into the room. Three men were seated on the sofa in the middle of the office.“Damien, have your seat,” one of them said with a smile and Damien sat down and pulled Ria with him.“Mr. Lee, I have fulfilled our part of the agreement. I have as well also repaid my father’s debt. Isn’t it time to let me go?” Damien asked calmly as one of the men laughed.“It’s hard to let one of our strongest fighters go just like that,” he said and Ria frowned as she looked at the man disgustingly.“Just like that? Viper, I fought for a year” D
Ria watched calmly as Damien wore his gloves. She had watched Damien fight two times after the first time he brought her to the underground ring and she knew how good he was. But considering that after today he wasn’t going to be fighting again; Ria felt weird about it.She knew these people weren’t going to let him go just like that but Damien had assured her that he was going to be fine so she couldn’t do anything about it. She could only pray in her mind.“Don’t look like that, I’ll really be fine” Damien said and Ria nodded as she dropped a small peck on his lips.Damien tapped her nose as they walked out of the room. Everyone was yelling at top of their voices. He walked into the ring and raised his hands at the referee who checked him and Damien turned to his opponent. It was a young man who was a few years older than him. Merely looking at him, Damien knew he was the real deal. He chuckled lightly; these people had finally pushed him to the wall.He walked at Ria who was lookin