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BY RUTHIE LEE đ¸ đ¸
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EPISODE 11
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âIf you like being nosy in everyoneâs business, Iâm not Everyone.â I gave Kingsley a glare and he laughed.
âHonestly Bridget, Iâm lowkey scared of you, you donât intimidating, you look really friendly and nice but your voice is what frighten me the most, itâs sharp and at the same time fades so quickly, so donât worry Iâm just going to sit here and watch you two work on your data basement homeworkâ Kingsley said.
âItâs called database and itâs a projectâ Samuel corrected.
âDo I look like a stupid computer science student to you?â Kingsley asked and Samuel looked away ignoring him.
Minutes passes and Samuel and I got into talking more on the project and after concluding what weâll be doing and splitting the work on our group mates. That was it, we will just have to fill Aisha and Paul on what with discussed today, and if Paul ditches the group meeting again, heâs out. He should clearly know Iâm the group leader not Samuel.
I stood up and grabbed my bagâŚ
âYouâre leaving already.?â Samuel asked.
âYes weâre done for the day!â I shrugged.
âBut⌠Why do you want to leave so soon. Itâs like you just got hereâ Samuel statedâŚ
âWhy do you want her to stay so bad.â Kingsley suddenly chimed in. âSo youâll be ableâŚ.
âShut upâ I said.
âYes maâamâ Kingsley stated.
âOkay, well Iâll stay, class doesnât start until 3pm, so I have tons of time, but the problem is that my stomach doesnât have much time. Iâm super hungry and until you guys get me something to eat then Iâll stayâ I expound sitting down and dropping my bag.
Samuel stood up. âI actually prepared spaghetti this morning, ill heat it up for youâ he said.
âGreatâ I threw at him and he walked away.
Kinglsey was staring at me, I sighed and turned to him, and he smiled.
âWhat?â I asked.
âI think Samuel likes youâ he stated.
âYou think, or heâs just being the nice freak he isâ. I shrugged.
He⌠We should not jump into conclusions.
âWell kind of⌠Cause he treats Cynthia the same way, but Cynthiaâs like his kid sister, but you, a girl he met last week and look at where you are now.â Kingsley grinned.
âWhere I am now, I came here to talk about our project, donât jump into conclusions or say useless things, if Samuel was here with you saying that, he might have vomited, and Samuel canât like someone like meâ I scoffed.
âWhatâs wrong with someone like you?â Kingsley raised his brows at him
âYou know weâre like words and opposite. He needs someone as calm and nice as his league is, someone as nice and calm and friendly as he isâ I stated.
âSo youâre indirectly saying youâre not niceâ Kingsley smiled.
âIâm not indirectly, Iâm actually saying itâ I nodded.
âSamuel doesnât need another dumb ass person in his life.â
âWhy are you pushing two of us so much, itâs annoying stop itâ I glowered at him.
âItâs funâ he chuckled.
âItâs annoyingâ I repeated and he nodded.
Samuel came back into the living room with a plate of spaghetti and boiled eggs. And suddenly my stomach starts to sing rejoicefully.
âThank⌠Youâ I stated as I grabbed the food from Samuel.
âItâs nothingâ he replied.
âOf course itâs nothing, but something when itâs meâ Kingsley muttered.
âCan you not act like a child⌠Please!â I stated.
âOuch? That was an insult and I wasnât acting like a child, I was just proving how Samuel has been biased lately.â Kingsley stated and I gave him a look.
âYou know what, Iâll just go to bedâ Kingsley said. Stood up and was about to go but paused.
âDid you guys hear about the Wednesday party?â.
âIs partying an everyday something here?â I asked.
âOf course it is, we canât just study all the time, all work and no play equals to Sammy. And no I donât want to be like Sammy.!â Kingsley stated.
âI think the correct line is all work and no play makes Kingsley a dull boyâ. I fired.
âAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, is the correct one I thinkâ Kingsley laughed.
âYou shouldnât have used Sammy as an example firstâ I snarled.
âAnyways, itâs on Wednesday night and not in this life, I am missing a party, are you guys going?â Kingsley asked.
I glanced at Samuel and then Turned to Kingsley.
âAre you going?â he asked me again.
Well Iâve already adapted to this place already. Letâs see how their party is anyways, I am a party popper after all.
âIâll stay home.â Samuel suddenly stated.
âExpected that from you!â Kingsley scoffed.
âIâll goâ I shrug.
âReally?â Kingsley eyes widen.
âYeahâ I nodded.
âWhat? I thought youâre not a party person. You didnât go to the first partyâ Samuel turned to me.
âI didnât go to the first party because I was too stressed out last week and wasnât really feeling this place, but now I am willing to attend and who said Iâm not a party person?â I smiled. Dropping my empty plate.
Wow. I cleared all that spaghetti in one goal. I must have been really hungry.
âHeard that Sam?, sheâs a party person, sheâs a total opposite of you, donât worry you can stay home and weâll both attend the party and tell you all about it when we get backâ Kingsley smiled.
I watched as Samuelâs eyes moved from the table and to my face. I raised my brows at him and he looked away.
âAnywaysâ I stood up. âI have to go home nowâ I said.
âWant me to escort you out?â kinsgley asked.
âItâs okay!â I stated.
âOkay, just donât change your mind about the partyâŚâ he said and I laughed. âI wonât⌠I love parties.â
âThatâs sweet to hear.â Kingsley nodded.
âOkay thenâŚâ I said and turned to Samuel.
âSamuel, Iâll see you in our next classâ I stated and he nodded not looking at me.
I walked out of the boys room with hearing kingsley say âcome again.â
As I made it through the hallway, I saw someone coming, it was just the silhouette of the person, until we got close and I noticed it was Cynthia, she clearly glared at me briefly and walked passed me.
I just ignored her actions and kept walking.
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I got home and tochi told me she has seen the money I sent to her and I told her it was for the whole week.
I got on my bed and drifted to sleep. Whenever Iâm stomach filled. The sleeps just come anytime.
I woke up a minute past three and I just dash out of my room and to class because I was super late.
I got to class and I quietly got in and sat at the back.
Class was over before I knew it and as I placed my books in my bag I felt a hand on my shoulder.
I turned immediately.
âOh its youâ I said seeing Samuel.
âYou sat in the back today?â he said.
I sighed. âSlept off and woke up late, did you put sleeping pills in the spaghetti?!â I joked.
âNo I didnâtâ he looked like he was ready to defense himself no matter what.
âSo while leaving I saw Cynthia coming to meet you guys,â I blurted out as we both walked out of class.
âOh yeah, she⌠She came to apologize to meâ Samuel stated.
âApologize⌠Really? That is surprising⌠See put her right where she belongs and she wonât treat you wrong anymore.â I expound.
âBut she still doesnât like youâ Samuel said lowly.
âI know and I donât like her too, too bad sheâs going to see me all semester and then the next oneâ. I blurted but Samuel said nothing.
I remained quiet too but he broke the silence.
âI changed my mind.â he said.
âYou changed your mind about what?â
âThe party!â he replied.
âWait? Youâre going?â my lips crept up into a smile.
âYes!â he replied.
âThatâs great, looks like it wonât be just Kingsley and I anymore.â I smiled.
âNo it wonâtâ he shook his head.
From opposite direction and from far away, you could see Cynthia with an unfamiliar friend.
âCynthiaâs coming.â I announced.
âUh⌠I know, I can see her tooâ Samuel replied.
âI donât want you to just see her, I want you to acknowledge the fact that sheâs coming and do something for me.â I smiled.
Samuel looked down at me. âDo what?â
I slipped down my fingers down his and he flinched.
What theâŚhell. Hasnât he hold a girlâs hand before.
âYou can forgive me about this later, if you feel too uncomfortable with this, but I just want to show Cynthia that, I donât listen, she wants you to stay away from me but no, Iâm making her see the opposite of saying away from someone.â I smiled and Samuel just gave me a blank stare.
âAre you trying to make her mad?â Samuel asked.
âYes that is the point!â I nodded.
âBut isnât that wrong, she already apologized to me.â Samuel stated and I sighed.
âShe apologized to you, not me, not like I need her apology and just go with what Iâm doing for christ sake!â I huffed.
Cynthiaâs getting closeâŚ
Damn SamuelâŚ.
I held his hand and watched him get all flustered upâŚ
âHavenât you hold a girlâs hand before?â I asked narrowing my eyes at him.
âI.. I.. Haveâ he stuttered.
âYouâre lying, you look flustered, youâre stuttering and not looking at me in the eyes.â I sighed.
âIâm sorryâ he apologized.
He didnât really have to apologize.
âCome on Samuel, sheâs getting really close, okay fine justâŚ
I let go of his hand and quickly grabbed his arm and placed it around my shoulder.
He looked at me against his arm, like his eyes is about to fall off.
âDonât flake on this Samuelâ I gave a warning. âletâs just keep walkingâ I stated.
Cynthia and her friends got close and I suddenly pretended to be in a conversation with Samuel with me laughing to myself. Samuel still looked in shock and surprise and wasnât even saying anything.
Cynthia said âhiâ to Samuel but he didnât reply because he was lost in some kind of reverie.
Sweet. Exactly what I wanted.
Cynthia walked passed us and when she was a bit away from us I took Samuel hands off my shoulder.
âSeriously!â I shut my eyes.
âYou just froze when your hand met my shoulder, how are you ever going to get a girlfriend, if you act like this. Even if you do get one, sheâs going to get irritated by all thisâ I laughed.
âI donât want⌠A girlfriend⌠I never said I wanted oneâ Samuelâs voice was low.
âWell one day, youâll eventually get one. And what? Youâll pass out if she kisses you one day.â I shook my head.
âNo⌠I just..
âYou just what?â I cut him off. âI held your hand, you stuttered, I placed your hand around my shoulder and you got lostâ I breathed out a sigh and continued. âLook, I once dated a guy, we didnât even last for a month, he was pretty obsessed me, demanding to hold hands when we walk on the streets, I didnât like that back then, but now I think Iâll just choose death if he ever acted like youâ I stated and Samuel wore a frown.
âSorry for saying that, but thatâs just how I feel.â I shrugged.
âBut itâs okay, you can be yourself, And Iâm sorry for using you to make Cynthia jealous just now.â
âCynthia⌠Jealous?â Samuel looked at me.
âWhy would she be jealous?â Samuel asked.
âobviously because she wants us to stay from each other and because she likes you!â I cross my arms over my chest.
âShe⌠Likes⌠Me?â Samuel looked surprised.
âYes⌠Like⌠Has feelings for youâ I smiled and watched his confused expression.
âI donât think she does!â Samuel shook his head.
âshe doesâ I snickered.
âiâŚi⌠Donât know.â Samuel looked uncomfortable.
âWhy are you always so tense.â I laughed. âItâs starting to get a little annoyingâ I smiled.
âIâm sorryâ he apologized.
âAnd donât apologize for everythingâ.i stated.
âSorryâ he said again and paused.. âSorryâ he apologized for apologizing again.
Oh Samuel.
I laughed. âItâs okay!â
How can someone be so guilble. Itâs annoying but cute.
âAnyways, thereâs going to be a lot of me using you lately to get Cynthia jealous, so donât flake out next timeâ I said watching his reaction.
But he gave a blank expression.
I grabbed his hand and he flinched which caused me to burst out laughing.
âThis will never get old.â I shook my head.
âAnyways, Iâll see you later Samâ I stated and starts to walk away after waving at him.
After walking like seven feet away from him, i glanced back at him and I didnât know if it was my head, or I saw him smiling at his hand.
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T. B. C
BY RUTHIE LEE đ¸ đ¸
So to be honest. I know someone who is exactly like Samuel. đ đ Theyâre the same.
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