An Unfavourable Favour

The same day after school period, Cynthia could not hold the excitement of letting me in on the huge favour that she believed she had done for me, she had just given me the opportunity of being the most popular and loved kid in the school, an opportunity I would have missed if not for her care and love, so she ignorantly assumed. As she got home, she quickly dropped her bag on top of the wardrobe which had different bags strategically hung on it. Her room was quite a beautiful one, and also well arranged, it wasn't like the room of a regular teenage girl, only that the colour was quite too feminine and teenage. The colour of the paint and other furniture was quite too pinky, almost everything in the room had a pink colour, and only a few had different colours with which blue was the second majority colour.

After she kept her bag, she quickly took off her uniform, both the skirt and the blouse which she threw on the beg which had a pink coloured bedspread, and she hurried into the bathroom in her pink pant and black bra which exposed her beautifully curved teenage body. Her bathroom had a glass door that looked like a mirror from the outside.

After the shower, she quickly made something for herself to eat from the kitchen, and that was after she had arranged her room and her bed. Cynthia just like me stays at home alone till evening when her parents are back from work, well, in already used to it, it had been my life since I was five years old, mom got to work, she had to fute our bills and pay my school fees, sometimes I will stay with Mummy nurse till mom comes home from her workplace. Oh, Mummy nurse! I've missed that lady, though she gave me goosebumps with her troubles, she also was the best woman and the most caring person I know, I grow up thinking all nurses are as kind as she was, because sometimes when my mom will thank her for her kindness, she will often say, "I am a nurse, it is in my nature", but lately I noticed that most nurses are as cruel as the devil himself, I think Mummy Nurse is only kind because she was naturally kind, and not because she was a nurse, I knew a nurse from the general hospital who had little or no care for the for anyone but the pay she gets after the moon is down. After eating Cynthia quickly rushed to my place.

"How are you doing Damian?"

Cynthia asked looking at me sympathetically as she saw me when I opened the door for her to come into the house.

"I'm getting better"

I responded, I was actually in the sitting room watching this horror seasonal movie called "The Walking Dead" when I heard her knock on the door.

"So does that mean you will be coming to school tomorrow?"

Cynthia asked again still making that face of sympathy.

"Hmm... Well... It depends."

I sluggishly answered.

"No na, pls say yes joor. I thought you said you are ok."

She said now looking into my eyes and holding my hands.

"Everyone missed you in school today."

She added with her eyes still connected to mine. The eye contact made me blush as I tried to break the contact. I can't believe that I'm actually blushing like a girl, I don't understand why she got this strong effect on me, her eyes were like a spanner, they get me tightened whenever I make contact with them.

"Ok, how was school today? Gist me about what happened, did the principal announce the competition?"

I asked looking very inquisitive, I just want to be sure that the announcement had been made so I can know about my response.

"Yeah he did, and that's even..."

She responded and tried to elaborate, but instead of me to allow her to explain, I stupidly interrupted her because of my stupid anxiousness.

"Oh, my God! And did they still do the registration today?"

I asked again as I pretended to be disappointed, I made this look that could convince her that I regretted not going to school today.

"Yes they did, and that's what I came to tell you, I..."

She answered again but was also cut shot again by me even before she could explain any further. This was her usual personality, not mine, I just don't understand why I kept doing this.

"Did they still close the registration portal today as you said they will be?"

I asked, I was actually curious to know if the registration portal is closed, that was my main interest, I want to know if it has closed, but instead of getting a positive response which would have been better for me, I got a negative. This was because Cynthia now felt that if she can manage to restrain herself from giving me this goodness she had come to give him now if she can let it be a surprise which I will get tomorrow in school, I will be more excited and It will give rise to more emotion towards her from me. What a weird way to think. Babe that will only drift us apart, you are sending me to my grave.

"Yes they have finished with the registration and the portal is closed."

She said. Yeah, she did not lie, but she withheld information, and as far as I'm concerned it is tantamount to a lie.

"Oh no! I have missed out. I just don't know why I have to be sick today of all days. Sorry, I wasn't there today, I know you wanted me to compete, I also wanted to, I wanted to prove to this school that a new swimming champ is here, but now I've missed out all because I had to feel this way today of all days."

I said looking rather disappointed. Seriously? That's the news I've been waiting for, I just want to know that I dont have to compete anymore, common, I don't want to die, at least not yet.

"It's ok Damie, some days are like that, but you still have to come to school tomorrow. Right?"

She advised. She now noticed that her plan will yield great profit because of the way I reacted knowing that I won't be participating in the swimming competition, little did she know that I was only pretending. Well, one of my areas of competence is pretence. Hahaha, don't mind me, it's only my protection mechanism.

"Well... I'll come, I just feel bad about how great I have lost out for missing school today, I promise I'll never miss school no matter how unhealthy I might feel."

So I said.

"You ehn, how can you just be at home without the television on?" Please where is the remote control?"

She asked as she searched for the remote. Poor Cynthia, she never knew that I was watching a horror movie before she knocked at the door, I only switched off the TV. So she will not think that I chose to not go to school just to watch a movie.