Twenty two

💚Andy💚

I walked into the school building and met Ugwa, Loretta and Claire talking.

Me: hi

Loretta: good morning Andy

Claire: hi Andy

She twirled her hair with her index finger and smiled

Me: HI Claire

Claire: wow, you know my name

Me: yeah. I know

Claire: really, since when?

Me: sometime now

She smiled. I looked at them again, Ugwa was no longer there

Me: where's Ugwa?

Lorette : she was standing right here

Claire: where did she go?

I bit my lower lip

Me: I'll see you later

I walked away. Why did she leave without saying anything?

Is it because of Daniel?

I walked to the locker room and opened my locker. I saw a shadow and looked

Me: Roberto?

Roberto: hey man

I laughed and hugged him

Me: you finally decided to show up

Roberto : yeah. Home is boring

I chuckled

Me: I missed you here. Especially that Daniel won't let me be

Roberto: that punk! He shouldn't try that now that I'm here

I smiled and looked at the left. Daniel and Ugwa smiling while walking. My heart ached.

I knew she was avoiding me because of Daniel but I still feel bad

Roberto traced my eyes

Roberto: whoah! A black Barbie? Man! I've missed a lot. Are they dating?

I sighed and looked away then closed my locker.

Roberto: is Daniel dating her?

Me: I hope not.

I began to walk away and he followed me

Roberto: she's beautiful. I hope she accepts me to be her boyfriend

I chuckled

Me: Daniel wouldn't let that happen

Roberto: then we would fight for her. The winner takes her

Me: she's not a puppy looking for a master. Just let her be

Roberto: no. I wanna serve as a threat to Daniel. You know I'm really cute

Me: not to brag but.. I'm cuter than you

Roberto: but I'm braver than you

I shook my head and entered class. We sat down and Roberto placed his right leg on his desk. He brought out a pack of gum and pulled one out. He unwrapped it and put it in his mouth.

Roberto always chews gum. Always.

Roberto : how's Lucia?

Me: I don't know

Roberto: what do you mean you don't know? You've not been seeing her?

Me: who cares about her? I'm not the one tripping for her

Roberto: not anymore.

Me: you always believed I had eyes for your Lucia

Roberto: you pecked her cheek!

Me: we were acting on stage!

Roberto: I don't like her anymore though. I saw this Korean girl... She's beautiful. I got her number. We promised to keep talking

Me: good for you. So focus on your K-girl and get your eyes off the black girl

His eyes widened. He removed his leg from the desk and leaned closer to me

Roberto : you like her?

Me: what? No! Why would I like her? No!

He chuckled and placed his leg on the desk again

Roberto: that's a relief because I like her already. Just joking...

I shook my head and leaned on the chair. Daniel and Ugwa walked in. My eyes locked with hers. She immediately looked away.

They began to walk through the spacing beside Roberto

Roberto : hey Daniel! I missed you buddy

He's at it again. I rubbed my temples, ready to hear things I don't wanna hear

Daniel : glad to see you back. I thought you died in the plane that crashed last week

Roberto: you mean the plane that your ass boarded? Ohh, I stepped down from the plane when I saw your smelly ass on a chair

I chuckled at that. Ugwa looked at me and I looked away

Daniel : don't get me angry Roberto

Roberto: really? Wow you're improving. I thought you were already angry. Are you attending therapy?

Ugwa: okay. That's enough. Daniel let's go to our seat

Roberto: black girl. You better shut up and sit down. You have no idea how things here work. This school is for the rich and fortunate. When we talk, no one interferes.

Ugwa smirked and crossed her arms

Ugwa: yeah? Well I say you gotta shut your damn mouth or a'ma gon' do that for you. You ain't getting nowhere with your bullshit

She dragged Daniel away. I looked at Roberto and began to laugh real hard. He looked like a teenager caught stealing by the police

Me: sorry

He looked at me

Roberto: why didn't you tell me she was American? Did you hear her? She spoke like someone who grew up in the hood of Las Vegas

Me: funny enough, she grew up in a mansion in Los Angeles

Roberto: wait... She's rich?

I nodded

Roberto: richer than you?

Me: I don't know about that. But I do know her family owns that huge mansion on your street. She lives there

Roberto: what? I gotta go apologize. Man, that was a bad first impression

Me: Daniel is really happy. With her...

I don't know why but that statement I made hurt me.

Why the heck I'm I getting this stupid feelings?

Roberto: why did your face turn dull?

Me: because I realized I'm hungry. I skipped breakfast

What a lie

Roberto : is your dad still at loggerheads with you?

Me: do you think he'd stop?

He scoffed

Roberto: that man is your number one problem

Me: it's worse now. The house is on fire ever since Alberto Empire took the lead in business. I heard Daniel's dad got a partnership with some foreign rich Company

Roberto: wow. That's a lot. Sorry

He punched my shoulder lightly and I smiled and looked back. I sighed and faced forward

Ugwa get out of my head

💚💚Unugwa💚💚

I decided to avoid Andy just like grandma had said. But he was the first boy I saw.

I succeeded in slipping away but later met him in class with a rich savage dude.

How on earth I'm I going to avoid someone like him. It's almost impossible because we're in the same class and he keeps looking back but not looking at me

I walked to the locker room alone and opened my locker

I dropped my books and closed it. And there stood Loretta

Me: hey girl

Loretta: come with me

She pulled my hand and began to walk fast

Me: where are you taking me?

Loretta: to see someone

She walked even faster and entered into a storage room. She pulled me in then went out and closed the door

Me: what the heck?

I looked at the room and found someone leaning on the wall like a Knight in shining armor

Andy: hi

I breathed in

Me: Andrew

He chuckled

Andy: it's the first time you're calling me by my full name

I smiled

Andy: sorry I had to pull you here. I know it's wrong

What? He planned that with Loretta?

Me: it's.. It's fine..

He began to walk closer

Andy: so why are you really avoiding me?

Me: what? Avoiding you?

Then he stopped moving then he moved backwards

Andy: I'm sorry I didn't apologize. For Roberto's attitude earlier in class

Me: the boy beside you?

Andy: yeah. He's my best friend

Me: really? Wow. You're almost opposite

Andy: I guess that's why we're friends. I can tolerate his nonsense

I chuckled

Andy: I just wanted to speak with you. Since you were avoiding me. That's all

I smiled. I don't have anything to say

Andy: you can go now. Sorry for wasting your time

Me: it... It was nothing

Andy: thanks

I nodded and left the room. I closed the door. Still holding unto the knob, I breathed in heavily.

I almost choked myself with high blood pressure in there.

Ahhh Andy.... Get out of my head

I looked up and saw Daniel

Me: Daniel?

Daniel : is something in there? Why do you look like you've seen a ghost?

Me: nothing. Let's go

Daniel : why were you in there in the first place?

Me: uhhhh....

I ran out of lies. I'm a really bad liar sometimes

Me: nothing. Just Loretta and her pranks

Daniel : you're sure. I don't want you getting into trouble with anyone. The students here are really nuts

I chuckled nervously

Just then Andy opened the door and walked out. You need to see the look on both their faces. Like they just saw the man who brought the idea of exams

Daniel clenched his fist

Daniel : you bastard. What were you doing with Unugwa?

He made to punch Andy. Not again. Not my cute Andy's face again

I stood in the way and the punch landed on my jaw instead. I fell down instantly

I'm gonna need a huge bag of ice