Twenty-one
💙Daniel💙
I walked out of the class and saw Unugwa approaching with her friends. She was looking angry. She's still angry with me
Me: Unugwa
Unugwa : not now Daniel
She entered the class and I stood at the door. She sat down and crossed her arms staring at her locker.
Her friends were standing behind me
Loretta : excuse us..
He patted my back. I looked at her and she moved back
Me: can you girls please give me a minute with her?
Loretta gawked at me
Claire: did you just speak politely?
I scratched my head
Loretta: okay bye
She held the other girl's hand and pulled her away. I faced Unugwa who was still staring at the desk
Me: UN
She looked at me and I smiled and walked to her
Me: I'm sorry... I didn't mean to be an asshole
She looked at her desk again. I lifted her face up
Me: I'm sorry. Stop being angry with me. I can't stand it
Unugwa : I'm not angry with you... Not anymore
Me: so I'm forgiven?
Unugwa : sure
Me: we're still gonna have lunch this weekend?
Unugwa : I don't know
She looked away and I smiled
Me: stop giving me that attitude. Makes you ugly
She glared at me
Me: sorry... I surrender
She chuckled
I looked at the back of her ear, it was seeping out blood
Me: why are you bleeding?
I touched the skin around the bruise
Unugwa : I am?
Me: yeah
She opened her back and brought out her phone. She slid down the cover and a mirror was there. She looked at the place
Unugwa : must be where I fell
Me: you fell
Unugwa : yeah. Your girlfriend pushed me down... To the ground
Me: girlfriend?
She opened her bag and dropped the phone
Unugwa : yeah. Agnes attacked me
Me: what??
My voice was so loud that she jerked back
Unugwa : hey don't yell. I'm not Agnes
Me: why the heck would she do that?
Unugwa : because she wants me to stay away from you
I bit my lower lip
Unugwa : I'm hungry. Recess should be over
Me: I wish she was a guy. I would have punched her
Unugwa : hey let it go. I slapped her already
I smirked
Me: was that enough? She's a bitch you know
She cracked and crossed her arms
Me: your hair has fallen out of it's bun
She sighed and brought out the phone again, using the mirror
Unugwa : the stupid girl pulled my hair
I stood up, reading to pull back Agnes hair from the roots but she held my hand
Unugwa : don't even try to kill anyone. Not today
I sat down
Me: maybe I should start following you around. Be your bodyguard and bounce off any body who's trying to intimidate you
Unugwa : nope. I'd get too used to you
I chuckled and watched her as she arranged her hair
Andy
The rest of the day, I was alone. Loretta and Claire kept going about together and Daniel wouldn't let Ugwa breath her own air. He was always breathing it with her.
I couldn't approach her to say hi. Or I'd go back to the hospital
One time, I saw her alone. The only thing I could do was to take her picture because I knew Daniel would burst out any moment
I took different shots of her and smiled at each. She looks so innocent
When I went home that day, I decided to print those pictures. She'd be surprised if she sees them
💙Unugwa 💙
The rest of the day was just Daniel and I. Loretta and Claire didn't come near us. I could see Andy from afar. I kept stealing glances at me and laughing within myself how Daniel hates him so much and how he equally dislikes Daniel
After school, Anibe came to pick me up. While I sat in the car, Agnes passed by it and entered hers
Anibe: whoa, who's the pretty face
Me: pretty face? More like pretty witch
Anibe: huh?
Me: she attacked me today
Anibe: attacked you?
Me: yeah. She hates me. Thinks I'm a threat. Standing in her way. Especially when it comes to Daniel
Anibe: wait forget about that first... The girl attacked you?
Me: yeah. Pulled me from the chair and pushed me to the floor. Pulled me up, pushed me to the wall and almost ripped off my hair.
Anibe: what? And you didn't do anything?
Me: only slapped her and told her to steer clear of me
He bounced his hands on the wheel
Anibe: damn! You could have painted her face red. Turn it into a work of art
I chuckled
Me: not everyone is a skilled artiste like you boo
Yeah, Anibe is like the best artiste ever. He can draw and paint. He even redrew the Mona Lisa and it was wow.
I tapped his cheek and he smiled
Anibe: do that again
I chuckled
Me: hell no. Start the car and let's go home
He started the car and drove into the street
Anibe: how's Andy
Me: he's fine. Buddy got into a fight today. Had his face bursted up
Anibe: what? That innocent face. Who did that? Wait, let me guess. Daniel
Me: you guessed right
Anibe: I knew that Daniel had a temper. Be careful around him bae
Me: Danny can't hit me. He's too sweet
He looked at me
Anibe: sweet? He's too sweet?
I groaned
Me: just face the road please
Anibe: speaking of sweet, grandma made some food.
Me: what food?
Anibe: I don't know the name. But I know it's Nigerian food
Me: how? We don't have any of the ingredients here
Anibe: Unugwa, this isn't the US. It's The Philippines. These guys farm and they have lots and divas vegetables. They certainly can grow what grows in Africa
Me: that's true. Can't wait to go home
Anibe: love me like you do. Love me love me like you do
Me: what's that?
Anibe : it's a song. I'm reading out the lyrics like it's words on a book
Me: you're weird. You're so weird
I went home. Couldn't believe my dad had bought about two bags of what he called Garri. He had ordered them from Nigeria and was shipped down here.
Mom and grandma had made wholesome meals from it and we were to eat it for dinner.
During dinner, dad was grinning from ear to ear
Saying he could relocate back to Nigeria because of this.
Anibe was acting like the locals. Chubi was just normal.
I was the only one who found the food weird. But I later joined in, seeing the look in their eyes like they were eating Heavenly food.
I admitted it was good. But I ended up feeling like I'm three in one.
After going upstairs, I retired for the day.
Andy called me
📲hello, Andy
📲uhm hi
📲how are you doing? How's your face?
I heard him chuckle
📲I'm fine. Thanks for today
📲my pleasure
📲well, I joined wanted to know how you were doing tonight. I hope you're fine
📲yeah I'm fine
📲did Daniel scold you?
📲not much. Just a little
📲don't let him intimidate you too much. He can be a butt pain
I chuckled.
📲I'll keep that in mind
📲okay, good night dear
📲good night
He hung up and I smiled and hugged my pillow
The next day at school, I didn't get to talk with Andy but I kept seeing him
I prayed Daniel wouldn't find out I was keeping tabs on his enemy.
Throughout that week I kept stealing looks at Andy. It got to a point it became a lifestyle, to always know where the heck he was.
I literally became obsessed with him. I just wanted to keep seeing him. I called him but he didn't pick it. I was downcast. I really wanted to hear his voice.
I almost cried when I called again and it wasn't even ringing. It was raining and the network was faulty
My grandma entered my room
Me: grandma
Grandma: why is my little angel still awake?
Me : nothing ma'am. I just trying to call my friend
She sat on the bed
Grandma : just a friend
Me: yes
I nodded and sat at her feet then rested my head on her laps
Grandma : why are you trying to call this friend now? Is it that urgent?
Me: no grandma. I just wanted to hear from him
Grandma: is he your school mate?
Me: yes ma'am.
Grandma : and why do you still want to call him, if you see him in school?
I didn't answer
Grandma : is he a cute boy?
Me: hahaha, grandma
Grandma : he's not cute?
Me: he is
Grandma: I remember when Grace began to make discreet calls. She would hide in her room just to call someone. Everything she thought about was about that someone
Me: really? Mom did that?
Grandma: yes. She was twenty-three then. I found out she was liking her school mate. That was in Nigeria
I smiled
Me: tell me more
Grandma: then I caught her looking at his picture. She was so surprised and thought I'd scold her. But I said it wasn't bad to like someone. I advised her to do something
I sat well and comfortably placed my hands on her laps as I stared into her face
Grandma : I told her to get a calender and on each page, she should write his name everyday for two weeks without calling him or seeing him. If at the end of two weeks without communication but just writing his name, she still likes him, then she's good to go
I smiled
Me: really? So did she do it?
Grandma: she did. And on the 15th day which was the day after the mark of the second week, she woke up and ran to his house. She asked him if she could take him out for lunch
Me: did he agree?
Grandma : I don't know... Go ask your daddy if he agreed or not
I smiled
She tapped me as she stood up from the bed
Grandma: I have to go and see Chubiyojo. Good night my love
I kissed her cheek then tug under my bed
Me: good night grandma
She smiled and left the room. I looked on my table and saw my calender. It was a monthly calender, with thirty pages. Each page was for each day of the month and it was medium sized, like a textbook.
I picked it up, checked my drawer and brought a maker pen. I looked at the date. It's 13th of June.
I smiled
I gently, boldly and neatly wrote ANDY in black ink just below the date












