Chapter 2: A dream

Rebecca:

  "I..I am so happy we got to spend today together." I stuttered nervously as I played with my fingers.

 We were sitting down on a bench in the park.

    "I am glad you like it, I thought I was boring you with all the talk about school," Jordan chuckled .

    "No ,no you weren't. I like listening to you talk, " I replied.

    "You do?" He asked with an arched brow.

    "W...well I just you ..know" I stuttered, unable to form a complete sentence.

     " Becca,you are so easy to tease. " Jordan whispered into my ear and his voice sent shivers down my spine and I blushed .

    I had to move away a bit because him sitting this close to me was not making me think straight.

     I can't believe that I was actually on a date with Philip, my crush .

"Rebecca! Rebecca!" I heard someone shout but I saw no one.

  Who could be shouting my name ?

     I heard banging on the door and I had to stop and wonder where that was coming from.

     I was in the park right?

    Who would be making so much noise at the park?

    The banging got louder and I popped one of my eyes open and that was when it dawned on me that I was sleeping and the date with Jordan was just a dream,the banging on the door continued.

   "I am up " I shouted but the banging continued.

     "Rebecca! Rebecca!" My annoying sister shouted.

     I am sure she just wanted to disturb me this morning, she has nothing better to do.

    I angrily got up from the bed and went and opened the door ,when the door opened I saw her hand mid air trying to knock on the door again.

    "What do you want?" I asked grumpily.

     How can she wake me up from such a blissful sleep, I should really smack her for doing this.

   "You should greet your elders when you wake up from your beauty sleep ?" Vivian smirked.

    I know she was trying to get on my nerves on purpose.

      "Vivian...why were you banging on my door and shouting at the top of your lungs this morning?" I asked calmly.

    "Nothing much just wanted to see if you were still alive in there, you know you sleep too much for a teenager." She said as she leaned on my door, smirking.

     I had to mentally tell myself to calm down, she woke me up from such a wonderful sleep just to check if I was alive.

    "Vivian ,please leave me alone and go find someone else to bother." I pleaded as I pushed her off the door firm and shut the door .

    Talk about an annoying sibling.

 I should give her a hat's off .

    I just took three steps away from my door and I heard her knock on my door again.

I had had enough of this ,I opened the door immediately and then I saw her retreating figure walking towards the living room.

      I walked out of my room with my nightwear still on and ran after her ,when she heard my footsteps she turned and saw me and she ran away and out the front door .

      I stopped just at the front door. How can she act this childish when she is eighteen already?

We are the same age ,but I act even more mature than her. All she does is prank me or annoy me and it's really getting me so angry.

      " Someone woke up at the wrong side of the bed," Mum said, walking into the living room from the kitchen.

    "Mum didn't you hear Vivian banging on my door?" I asked .

     "I asked her to call you to come eat breakfast. I didn't know she would go bang on your door, sorry hun. " mum said.

    "I am not hungry " I huffed as I made my way back into my room .

   "Don't be silly hun ,go freshen up and come eat" mum said.

    Trust them to ruin a good dream.

   I can't even sleep properly ,because I am pretty sure they don't want me sleeping at all.

       I got into my room and looked at the messy, but comfortable bed that beckoned me to come back to sleep again ,but I knew my mum all too well,she would come get me herself if I didn't come eat breakfast.

       I went into my bathroom to freshen up ,I stopped in front of the wash basin and stared at myself at the mirror .

      I looked so happy when I was on a date with Jordan ,even if it was just a dream I was so happy ,I took my toothbrush from its holder and proceeded to brush my teeth .

            The thought of Jordan sent butterflies to my stomach.

           After freshening up, I went to my wardrobe and took out a sleeveless dress which I wore.

I walked to the kitchen and sat on the breakfast table where mum was going through the refrigerator and taking down notes.

I guess she's going to the supermarket.

   My breakfast was already made and kept on the breakfast table,scrambled eggs ,bread and tea. It was my favorite,mum does know how to make me happy .

         "Good morning mum" I gleefully greeted.

    "Morning sweetie ,how was your night?" Mum asked, still taking notes.

   "Fine ....but Vivian had to ruin my morning with her antics" I replied.

   "Cut your sister some slack ,you didn't join us for breakfast because you were sleeping ,what are you ,a sleeping beauty ?" Mum asked as she closed the fridge.

        "I was tired, " I said with a mouthful.

 "Don't talk with food in your mouth" mom scolded.

    Don't talk to me then, if you don't want me talking while eating.

   "Oh, I am going to visit your aunt Naomi before going to get groceries, do you want to come along?" Mum asked.

   Oh Aunt Naomi and her nagging I don't want to go anywhere near that woman .

 "No thanks" I shook my head.

   "But dear she will ask of you ,what do you want me to tell her that you refused to come along with me to her and her baby?" Mum asked.

    " I don't feel like going mum" I pouted.

 "Fine ,fine if you say so ,I am leaving to wash the dishes for me " mum said as she left the kitchen ,when I heard the front door close I sighed in relief.

        Aunt Naomi is mum's younger sister. She recently gave birth to a baby girl. It's not like I don't want to go see her ,but she nags a lot and I would probably feel bored if both of them get engrossed in talking about grown up stuff and leave me with the kids.

    Aunt Naomi has two adorable boys, but they can be awful at times.I remember one time I went there with my mum and I just fell asleep for a second and I woke up to find gum in my hair. It was really a horrible experience that I don't want to talk about.

       After having breakfast, I went out to the living room to see my sister Vivian sitting down in the couch ,a midday snack in her hand watching cartoon,all she does all is watch cartoon all day and no one bugs her about it, I wanted to watch a movie but I dare not try to change the channel or I won't hear a word anymore.

     I sat down beside her. I just forgot about what she did this morning.I decided to spend some time watching the cartoon with him.

      I tried taking the snack from her hand, but she was quick and she smacked my hand away.

   "Go get your own, " she said.

     I just ignored her,acting as if she was the only child in the family.

         Don't get me wrong I love my brother but he can be a pain in the neck at times.

     I decided to leave her to her cartoon and go back to my room to continue my daydreaming, when I got there I took my phone from the nightstand to check my messages.

     I saw Joy's missed call and I wondered why she was what she was calling about so I called her back,she picked up at the first ring, typically Joy.

 "Hey girlfriend " she squealed.

  "Hey babe how are you? I saw your call."

" I called you ages ago and you just remembered to call me now am hurt babe" Joy whined and I couldn't help but sigh at her childishness.

   "I was watching a cartoon with Vivian." I replied.

   "When did you start watching cartoons babe I thought you preferred romantic movies'' Joy asked in surprise.

 "Yea ,but I don't want to start dragging the remote with Vivian, you know how annoying siblings can be at times." I told her and she giggled.

"I just wanted to remind you of our math assignment,you forgot about it didn't you?" Joy asked and I froze.

I totally forgot about it,heck I haven't even opened my backpack after I tossed it aside after I came back from school on Friday.

   "Oh my goodness I forgot about it thanks a lot babe" I admitted.

   "Seriously Rebecca, i think you like the special attention Mr Williams gives to you" Joy chaffed and I rolled my eyes and sat on the bed.

    "Who would want their math teacher giving them that type of attention ,the only thing he does is embarrass me in front of Philip" I replied.

  That man is definitely out to get me.

   "Oh so all you care about is Philip, but Mr Williams is only trying to help " Joy reminded me.

   "As if he's just being annoying," I said.

    "Got to go Becca ,I need to do my assignment," Joy announced.

  "Oh...say Joy why ..."

"I won't let you copy my assignment, you know the last time it almost got us into trouble" Joy cut me off before I could even finish talking ,how did she know what I was about to say?

   "Fine, fine , I will do my assignment myself," I replied.

   "That's better Bye girlfriend"

 "Bye" I said and she hung up.

     How can I forget my math assignment ?

 I don't blame myself, who likes math anyway?

    I touched the warm blanket beside me and it waa inviting me to come have a nice nap and probably daydream as but my assignment was waiting as well.      

    I shook my head a bit to clear all distraction,here I am wanting to daydream of the day Philip would come and ask me out instead of doing my assignment.

    A memory flashed into my head and I stood up immediately.I really don't want to get on Mr Williams' bad side, he always knows how to make you feel inferior with his words.

     I searched for my backpack and found it under the bed.I don't know how it got there but all the same I found it.I took out my assignment and tossed it back on the floor and went to my desk to do my assignment.

   After trying to solve a particular question for 25 minutes I finally closed my book and jumped on the bed. I'm tired of that assignment and am giving me a headache.

     I tossed around in the bed for a while smiling sheepishly, imagining Jordan taking me out on a date.I popped my eyes open when I remembered that it probably won't happen.

I decided to go visit Jordan.

It was a saturday, I wasn't doing anything at home so as usual I went to visit Jordan so we could do our assignment together.

Getting to the door, his rude and grumpy younger sister Ivy opened the door for me.

She clicked her tongue in annoyance ,but still let me in.

"I don't know why you are always coming here ,can't you just leave my brother alone, don't act like a pest." She hissed.

"Is he upstairs in his room?" I asked.

"He is busy." She replied.

"Wait, on second thought he is free." She said and smiled.

I just ignored her and headed upstairs to Jordan's room.I was about to knock on his door when I heard grunting and moaning.

I froze, then I forgot about knocking.

Jordan doesn't have a girlfriend and he won't bring his flings back home.

He must be working out inside ,there was no way he would bring a stranger home.

I just held the doorknob and turned it with shaky breaths and opened the door.

The door opened and what I saw made me freeze at the door.

Vivian, my sister was on top of Jordan riding him and he was moaning.

I stood there for at least a minute ,before Jordan noticed my presence.

"Oh shit! Rebecca!" He said abd Vivian turned and her eyes widened.

'Becca,it's not what you think." I heard Vivian say and I just slowly backed away and ran towards the door.

Ivy was waiting beside the door and I stopped as I saw her.

"Do you think my brother's should be hanging around trashy looking girls like you?" Ivy hissed at me with folded arms.

"Your step sister is prettier and in my brother's league." She huffed.

She had a smirk on her face and when I think about it now she must have known what was going on and still told me that Jordan was in his room.

I heard running footsteps and I knew that either Jordan or Vivian was coming ,so I just ran out the door ,as I heard Ivy burst out laughing at my expense.

I don't know if Jordan and Vivian were in a relationship ,but they were sleeping together.

I don't blame Jordan for what happened, but Vivian, I told her that I was in love with Jordan ,so why did she do this?

I treated her like my sister and what she did was stab me in the back with a knife.

I took a cab and went back home and locked myself in my room and cried my eyes out.

My phone was blowing up with calls from Vivian and Jordan. I didn't pick up any of the calls and even when Vivian came back home and knocked on my door,I ignored her.

After I cried till exhaustion, I checked my phone, Jordan just called me twice, Vivian called me eleven times.

I bit my lower lips , Jordan just called me twice, then I saw another call from Elijah,he called just once.

I called him back.

"Hi Rebecca I, I thought you didn't want to answer my call ,that's why I didn't bother calling again." Elijah said once I picked up the call.

I sniffed.

"I was just resting." I said in a low voice.

"Were you crying?" He asked in concern.

"No." I lied and he saw through it.

"Did something happen?" He asked.

"I just got stabbed in the heart by the two people I care about, I feel as if I have no right now." I replied as tears formed in my eyes.

"Elijah I got the plane tickets, you should get ready." I heard someone say from his side of the line.

Elijah was silent for a moment.

"Sorry to hear that." He finally said.

"Rebecca, did I tell you, it's my last year of highschool and I am transferring to your school on monday." He informed me and I wiped away the tears that fell from my eyes.

"I thought you are in another school?" I asked in confusion.

"Elijah, what are you…" I heard someone else from his background try to say but stopped mid sentence and I heard a loud bang.

"Oh no , I am transferring to your school, hope we get along, I can get there for you as more than a friend, don't cry yourself to bed, anyone that hurts you isn't worth your time." He told me.

I wanted to ask what that bang was but I just decided to mind my business.

"Thank you." I told him.

"Bye." He said and hung up.