Chapter 7

Instantly, the party became disoriented and everyone started running for their safety. Albeit Richard was full of regret of why he remained behind in the first place, he still managed to hold Janet 's hand and ran with her. With no hesitation, she followed him as her dragged her along. As they headed out of the hall, they noticed that the police were capturing those that were outside.

They quickly ran back not knowing what to do. Janet started crying because she was completely scared. Richard begin to imagine what he will tell his sister if he got arrested. Luckily, he saw a door located at the extreme of the hall. He held Janet 's hand and ran with her alongside him.

He kicked the door with leg and they both entered. He locked the door soon after that. The room was all dark with a very low light. There were some bags of corns that were leaned against the wall of the room. Richard jumped and sat on one of the bags while Janet squatted by the door with her hands covering her face as she cried. 

"Please stop crying, they will know we are here if they hear your voice,"Richard said trying to calm her.

When he heard some footsteps approaching the door, Richard quickly jumped down and squatted beside Janet and covered her mouth with his hand.

At that moment, they looked into each other's eyes like they were involved in a staring contest. Suddenly, Richard's beat faster than ever. Even though they were close to trouble, he was lost in in another world.

"You can let go of me now, is like they are gone," Janet said about 3 minutes.

"Yes I think so,"Richard responded as he stood up. He walked back to where he was sitting before and sat down. They remained there until after about an hour when the whole place become quiet.

"We should get going, I think they have all left the club now,"Richard said as he jumped down from the bag.

"Are you sure?"Janet asked.

"Yes I think so,"Richard responded. Janet stood up, and together they walked out the room to the hall.

They headed out of the club when Janet remembered that her purse is missing. She ran back to the room and looked for it but still couldn't find it.

"You must have dropped it while we were running for our safety,"Richard said after going into the room.

"I think so," she responded as she turned to walk out.

"Will you please help look for it," she said after she had walked out the room. 

"Alright, that won't be a problem,"Richard answered.

He helped her to search for the purse in the room but they couldn't find it, and they concluded at the end that it was taken by someone. By the time they walked of the place, it was already dark.

"Could you please borrow me some money? I will use it to pay for my transportation back to the school; I Promise I will pay you back tomorrow," Janet requested.

"Actually, I didn't come here with any money. I was brought here unwillingly by my stupid friend,"Richard responded.

"I really am in trouble," Janet answered.

"I guess we have to walk our way back since none of us is capable of paying,"Richard said as he started walking.

"What? Are you crazy? Do you know how far our school is from here?" Janet exclaimed. 

"Come on, don't be such a lazy kid. We have no choice but to walk,"Richard said and started walking.

"Well, if I break my legs, you are going to be held responsible," Janet said and started walking behind Richard. 

"Really? I thought fat girls have stronger bones than that of the men,"Richard teased. 

"What? Are you calling me fat right now?" Janet asked as she walked to face him.

"Well, any girl bigger than me is supposed to be called fat,"Richard responded.

"You are just a thin dwarf Richard, so me being fatter and taller than you just make me a perfect human being. Besides, no one has ever said I am fat with the exception of you,"Janet said.

"You are just like mount Everest. It wasn't the tallest mountain before it was discovered,"Richard said. 

"I don't even know what if that's supposed to make sense,"Janet responded. 

" Of course it does, I mean I am the first person to discover how fat you are,"Richard laughed. 

"You are not serious," she answered.

By that time, they have gotten close to the highway. The road was filled with vehicles and there were street lights shining above it. 

"if only I hadn't lost my purse, we would have taken a taxi to school,"Janet said.

"I have s question that has been running in my mind,"Richard announced.

"What is it?" Janet asked.

"What is a girl like you doing in a party like that?" Richard asked.

"Actually, I have no idea that it was that kind of a party. I only accompanied my friend, she said she was going to meet someone there,"Janet explained. 

"Okay,"Richard uttered after he smiled. "Don't you believe me?" Janet asked noticing how Richard smiled. 

"I do believe you,"Richard responded.

"What about you? What brought you to this kind of party?" Janet wanted to know.

"I was  brought here by my stupid friend, this is the first time I have been to a party,"Richard mentioned.

"Really? And you expecting me to believe that?" Janet denied. 

"Of course you are supposed to. He said I suck with girls, so he wanted me to socialize and have a girlfriend,"Richard explained.

After Richard made that statement, Janet started laughing.

"Actually, your friend is right I think,"Janet finally said after she had stopped laughing. "What? I can't believe you have said this,"Richard said.

"Do you think I will let you go free after way the you treated me? By the way, why will you ever treat a girl like that if you don't really suck when it comes to girls?"Janet queried.

"What do you mean by that?" Richard asked.

"Why did you ignore me those times I was talking to you?"Janet asked and stopped walking.

"We were talking when you left me and went to another boy without even bothering to say goodbye. That's the biggest insult that could ever happen to a boy, "Richard replied as he turned to faced her. 

"Oh did I really do that?" Janet asked.

"You certainly did, "Richard answered.

"I am really sorry I didn't know that will anger you, "Janet apologized.

"Is okay, "Richard smiled.

"By the way, thanks for defending me today, "Janet appreciated. 

She continued walking and Richard turned and also walked beside her.

"I was wondering what you would do to that man with the gun if the police hadn't come,"Janet teased. 

"I would tell him I was kidding, he should do whatever he pleases with you, "Richard said. 

"What? I thought you going to be my superman, "Janet complained. 

"Had it been you are not fat, I can risk my life for you, "Richard laughed.

"Oh damn it, why do you keep saying I'm fat?" Janet asked pretending to be angry.

"Well, the fact that you have a cute face, boys will blinded by it and won't notice how fat you are,"Richard said.

"Thanks for calling me beautiful,"Janet smiled. 

"When did I call you beautiful?" Richard asked. 

"Technically, you just did,"Janet laughed.

"You must be very bat at grammar, there is a difference between cute, pretty and beautiful,"Richard replied. 

"Oh really Mr. Grammar? Tell me their differences,"Janet requested.

Before Richard could reply, he noticed the lightings in the cloudy sky. 

"Oh my God, we are in trouble,"Richard said. 

"What is it?"Janet asked worriedly.

"I think is going to rain,"Richard responded.

"Oh my goodness, you scared the hell out of me Richard, I thought it was something serious,"Janet answered.

"Have you got caught up in a heavy rain before?" Richard asked. 

"No I haven't, why do you asked?" She questioned.

"Well, is similar to been whipped with a whipper. And if you haven't been whipped before, get ready to feel the pain today,"Richard said. 

"I know you are just trying to scare me, and I won't be bothered by that,"Janet smiled and kept on walking.

They talked and laughed as they walked as if they had been friends for years. At some point, Richard felt like everything happening was in a dream and that he could wake up at any moment. They walked for an hour before it started raining heavily. Richard suggested that they should find a place and stay until the rain stops, but Janet insisted that they Keep walking. It rained heavily on them as they walked but Janet didn't mind.

"You said it will hurt, but I pretty much like it,"Janet yelled due to the loud sound of the rain.

"I am out of words to say,"Richard smiled.

"Can I tell you something?" Janet asked.

"Yes sure,"Richard assured.

"I used to think you were some kind of a jerk before, but not anymore,"Janet revealed. 

"Really?" Richard laughed.

"Yes of course," she responded.

"Good to hear,"Richard answered.

Suddenly, a car stopped and parked close to the road beside them. 

"Hey Richard, where are you coming from?" Asked the person driving. 

When they got closer, they noticed that it was one of their course mates at school.

"Thank God,"Richard said and they both quickly ran and entered the car.

Their course mate was so surprised to see them together in that condition. 

"Where are you guys coming from?" He asked as he started driving.

"Is a long story really,"Richard responded. 

"Well, we've got plenty of time," he answered. 

"We visited someone and got caught in the rain,"Janet quickly interfered. 

"Oh I see," he answered suspecting that they were hiding something. He drove into school and headed towards the female dormitory. She walked down from the car after it came to a halt close to the gate of her dormitory. "Good night Richard," she said as she smiled. "Goodnight Janet ,"Richard smiled back.

The car drove away and Richard was dropped close to his hostel too.

"Thank you so much, I really appreciate it,"Richard said and his course mate as he drove away.

As he was heading to his room, he suddenly remembered that he was supposed to have a lesson with Rebecca. He then decided he will make up for it the next day.

When he entered their room, he found all of his roommates sleeping due fact that the weather had become so cold because of the rain. He went to the bathroom and changed the wet cloth he was wearing. He went to his bed and lied down because he very tired without even thinking of studying. He kept thinking about what happened between him and Janet until he finally fell asleep.