Tiana's POV
Alagbaka, Akure in Ondo state, Nigeria
"Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you, the latest bride in town!!" Temi shouted immediately the makeup artist was done with my makeup.
Temi, Blaire, Sade, Moyin and other girls were my friends who dressed and kept me (according to the custom of Yoruba land). They'd dress me and keep me from the groom till he finally performs all the rites before the ladies would bring me out.
It dawned on me that life would change us completely as time goes, but it'd never have the power to influence what fate and love had planned.
We always joked when we were still in Stockfield that we'd be the bride's/groom's friend of ourselves on each other's wedding day. But today, the people standing as the bride's friends were not my
Tiana's POV It was the mid year season again. The time that students gets eager to vacate and start a new session; a new dawn. I grew up to note that you won't realize when you exhaust the season. But God created that year a different one for me. Instead of being eager for the season to end, I never wanted it to end. Fear came over and changed everyone completely. My father slipped out a note briskly from one of suitcases and handed it over to my mum. Instantly I felt a pain rush through my body and leaned against the door for support. I had believed in forever, that everything will stay the same. But I believed there's a secret and I don't know about this whole thing. I watched them as they kept stealing glances at me while they exchanged papers. The reality is here for me to face but it wasn't not easy to. What about the memories, the love we shared together, is it just going to crash within a couple of hours? Just then, his phone rang and he stared at me like a thief that stol
Tiana's POVIt's been days now and I saw him but traces of things he left behind. He never came to visit me like he promised. I forced myself out of the bed and stretched myself. I feel like my whole joint have been stiffened together and I felt lazy and weak. Even if he was still going to stay in touch with me, it's not gonna be like before. My mum told me that he has another family to return to when he leaves.The fact is that the intimacy has been lost. I screw up strength to move, I felt so light; never felt like this before I swear. I crawled up to my bed and slept back again. I rolled to and fro on the bed and collapsed on the bare floor. I couldn't go climb the bed anylonger so slept off on the floor. **************I woke up with tear stained face and broken body. I stared at the wall clock;it was 8:05pm. "Fuck it"I mumbled to myself trying to get up. I feel less pain now, I mean emotional pain. I crawled to my bed and climbed up. I took
7:30am...Tiana's POV "Ding Ding"I know I would definitely wake up late, I don't know what's wrong with me I can't just help it . I stared at the wall clock,Goddd!!! it's 7:30am already.I jumped from my bed and dashed to the bathroom. After I had taken my bath, the rest of my dressing was a rushie.I posed in front of the mirror. I think I look okay now. I stucked my phone inside my jacket breast pocket and plugged in my earphones to my ear to listen to Back to you by Selena Gomez.I was about to rush the stairs when I remembered my mum, I paused; confused. I don't just want to see her but I must.I reluctantly dragged my legs to her door. I knocked patiently waiting for response."The door is not locked" She said following the sound of my knock. I creeped in to find her eyes glued to her phone."I am leaving for school"I said waiting to be ignored."Bye" she replied not looking at me. Then I saw some five hundred Naira notes on a nearby table beside me."I am taking this money alo
Tiana's POVI was still at the entrance of the lockeroom with the paper in my hand. I couldn't stop staring at it with so much pain. I don't deserve this even if I wasn't his type.I picked up the remains of my broken self and put on the best of my smile on my face and pretend as if nothing happened. Because if I don't, I'm about to whack garnished beans if I loose concentration on reading.I dusted my book that dropped on as a result of excess thinking and shrugged off the remaining pain off my body. The piece of paper dropped on the floor. As I bend to pick it up I read it once and broke down again. I used my left palm to clean my face."Hey bby doll!" I looked up to see Tinashe Benjamin. The upcoming cheerlady of Stockfield high. Another name for perfect is Tinashe Benjamin only that she isn't that good at academics, but this girl is fucking hot. Pink small lips,brown eyes, and natural facial beauty. She have this pear shape that gets my class boys on their knees. No wonder why Bl
Tiana's POV2:35pmI just got home now. I couldn't find my mum at home and I sighed. it's something I've got used to.I laid on the bed with my back, trying to figure out what happened today. I laughed at myself hailing myself for what I did to him even though a strong feeling of insecurity have overwhelmed me.Will he hit me back? No, he doesn't hit girls but that doesn't make him a fool. I was still trying to figure out a kind of punishment he would give a girl like me when I thought my phone?Where the hell is my phone?? Or has he taken it as a sign of punishment?? He can't do anything else but not my phone!Just then Patricia came in. I raised my face up and gave a look of what_can_do_for_you??"Benard said you forgot your phone in car, so here you go"she said, handing over the phone to me.My face softened and I smiled"Ohhhh thanks alot I do appreciate extend my gratitude to him"I said as she leaves and I bolted the door behind her.I collapsed on the bed and began to check my
Tiana's POV7:30amI came down from the car with random thoughts flowing on my little head. My heart kept skipping beats like mad. Then I offered a silent prayer.O God, as am about to enter the class may I not encounter evil (Blake).Then I made my way to the class. I was just about to step on varanda when I saw him running towards the direction of Mr. Jaiye's office. Probably for submitted notes. When I saw him, my legs failed me. Like he knew I was beside him, he turned and stopped. I had wanted to run back but I my legs were dead.He shrugged off and continue his race.Hallelujah!!I entered the class, went for my literature textbook. Our literature teacher might want to distribute our scripts back to us. I went back to class immediately. All these while I never saw Blake and I was grateful for.As I was busy thanking God for his grace, Blake entered with the literature teacher.Gbam!!What made me choke was that he was coming towards me where as, our seats were no way together.
Tiana's POVI got home thirty minutes later. The traffic pitied me today. "Mom?" I called settling on the couch. She was so engrossed with the conversation she was having with a guy that only God knows that she might noticed I was around or she intentionally ignored me."Huh!Kini yen?" She asked as if I was disturbing her from doing something relevant."Hey! Let me greet my baby" the empty headed dude said turning to me." My name is Michael Bamidele,but you can call me Mike."Should I now be running away?He gestured an handshake and I just keep staring at the crook. Then my mum shot me a death glare that made me to reluctantly gave in my hand. And removed it immediately."What's your name pretty" he asked with this sheepish grin refusing to leave his face."Tiana" I murmured softly."What a beautiful name for a beautiful girl like you. Baby you've got a beautiful name for this girl" he said the last statement to my mum.My mum was just beaming with smiles like a person that won a big
7:35am"Are you not to going to school today, Blake, and you're still on your ned!" Blaire yelled nosily, waking me up from my sweet slumber."Wake up!" She was already beside me in my room, shoving the blanket off my body and hitting the pillow on my head."Fuck!" I groaned and rolled from her."Fuck?!" She laughed hysterically. "Wake up and dress up for school, thank goodness we are not going to same school, this is not a matter of wait for me" she laughed againWe were not attending same school; I liked it like that. At least; she's free from wicked claws of boys that lost their girlfriends through me and would be willing to take revenge from any kind of sister; even if it's a day old baby. Mad boys."Better be going,am not leaving this room till noon" I replied trying to cover myself with my hands. The harsh breeze blew on my body and made me felt like screaming."Mummy, Blake doesn't want to go to school"she screamed over to our mum and I felt like covering her mouth. It was more
Tiana's POVAlagbaka, Akure in Ondo state, Nigeria"Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you, the latest bride in town!!" Temi shouted immediately the makeup artist was done with my makeup.Temi, Blaire, Sade, Moyin and other girls were my friends who dressed and kept me (according to the custom of Yoruba land). They'd dress me and keep me from the groom till he finally performs all the rites before the ladies would bring me out.It dawned on me that life would change us completely as time goes, but it'd never have the power to influence what fate and love had planned.We always joked when we were still in Stockfield that we'd be the bride's/groom's friend of ourselves on each other's wedding day. But today, the people standing as the bride's friends were not my
Six years laterTiana's POVI turned off the loud music and the car engine as well. The drive was pretty tiresome. My legs even hurts. I stared at the house again and smiled to myself.I'm so happy to Gigs again. He is my favourite little human that I love so much. I opened the door to the owner's seat and pulled the gifts I brought for Gigs out lazily. I've been working tirelessly all day.Being a lawyer is something prestigious though but it's very demanding and stressful. To add more to it, risky! I had to attend to many issues again after I thought I was done.My phone rang again and I hissed. I knew it was him. He finally saw me again me again and he's making go mad over it.I flicked my hair over and strode to the building. When I opened the door, Gigs was playing with his toy. He looked up at the sound of the door and screamed my na
Tiana's POV"I'll" My blur eyesight that was blocked with tears in conjunction with my mind paved through my whole life till that very moment. I was looking for a good date to pin and I found the Thursday, 13th of March. "On Thursday, 13th of March. I can still remember, my family was still perfect then. It was the my birthday. My parents had made preparations for it so hard. I was going to be twelve then"I swallowed and continued."My little friends, I mean classmates because I never had a friend until my parents divorced. Some of my classmates, were invited. The guests were mainly of adults. So the party started on a happy note. I never knew anything. It got to a time I saw my mum with red eyes""Crying?" She asked to comprehend the statement and I gave her an agreement nod."I could not ask what was happening becau
Tiana's POVIt's just stopped raining after few thunderstorms that scared the hell out of me. I was being free since court's judgement a weeks ago. I was even under depression after the seeing Mike's mother's depression.My phone's battery have been flat since yesterday. I know Blake would have been trying to reach me since. I just charged it this morning when my aunt turn on the generator. My uncle Mofe had promised me all my devices to be apple products all through once I gain admission to the university.I discharged my phone once it had reached hundred percent. I slipped out of my bed and paced the room, thinking whether maybe I should go to his house or not.He'd be leaving soon. In few days in fact. I should spend the best out of the days he'd be available. I took a trouser I left on the bed earlier on and shoved my legs inside. I already had a blue plain top on.I recalled our valedictory service as I was dressing. It was full of fun and tears. The fun we had from taking pictur
Tiana's POVBlake waited downstairs for me while I quickly dressed up. I rechecked myself at the mirror before getting ready to go."I'm coming!" I screamed my lungs to assure him I'll be right beside him."Take your time"He must be comfortable, pressing his phone. Else, he'd have been groaning that I'm wasting his time.After our last paper yesterday, he came to me and apologized for his actions. He told me he could now understand what I was trying to tell him all these while. We'd be friends till he leaves maybe in two to three days time.When I thought I was done, I did discovered that my pen was not with me. I had wanted to jot some words at the court because of my interest to study law.I started throwing my clothes up and down. After thirty minutes and I was about to give up. I looked at my hand and found it. I was s
Last days at Stockfield high. Tiana's POVBlake had been avoiding me since he caught Tinashe and her team's plan. Probably he thought I was still bitter at him. At when? We'll be writing our last paper later in the evening today.After exam, our valedictory service, that's for who'd stay. I heard Blake and his family would be relocating back to the states. I applied admission for law in University of Ibadan and University of Lagos.That means I'm schooling in Nigeria. Even if Blake and I had never broken up, we'd forced to at that time.So.. High school love is a waste of time. I closed my book and stretched my body, yawning so loud and high. I slumped on the bed again rolling to and fro on it.I decided that I must pay Blake a visit that day to show I'm not holding a grudges with him ag
Tiana's POVThree weeks later..."Tiana!"My name would never leave your lip if you know me. People call my name as if it has vanilla flavour whenever they're calling it."What!" I groaned and turned back reluctantly. Alas! It was Blaire. She ran tiredly towards me and I smiled at her race.I was at the joint admission matriculation board (JAMB)'s office. A lot of candidates had issues checking their exam results including me. If you have such problems, you'd have to contact the nearest Jamb office around you."Mama" I laughed, calling her the pet name I gave her.She finally got me and rested her on her knees by supporting her hands on it."What's it?" I frowned at her sudden outburst."It's a long talk" she said, still panting.
A/N: You can play Us by Tiwa Savage if you want to enjoy this part.Tiana's POVA great deal of the SS3 students including me stayed at the library, checking different types of English textbook. English subject is for everybody, every career class; art, science and commercial class.Being that all of us offer it, all of the SS3 students stormed the library like bees at a rotten mango. I found a A-Z guide to English studies and shoved it out of the shelf. My heart was skipping beats and racing fast. I don't want see Blake but my eyes keeps crashing at him.I looked back at him again and our eyes hit each other. I quickly dashed my face from him and continued my search. A lot of us had like eight textbooks with us and we were still looking for more. And we have like two hours left for the exams.
Tiana's POVI dashed out of the bathroom at once. Blake had moved faster than I can imagine. I couldn't find him again.I stared confusingly at the crowd, I still couldn't find him. I felt a pat on my shoulder and I turned back scarily with fear."What's wrong? Why are you like this" Blaire frowned in question at me."Uhm.. I.. I- I'm just wondering where Blake could be" I shuttered. I had tried to sound serious but I failed."He's in his room actually. Look here, when you lie, you sound so fake. Tell me, what's wrong? Why are you shaking?" She held my hands but I jerked from her grip and dashed to the room.I ran towards the room with great speed but slowed down when I was about to get to the door."Blake I'm here for you. I love you,but you don't know who loves and trip and fall for the wrong person" the voice sounded so familiar that I s