After It Happened

Chapter 29: 28

I stare at the woman's tear filled eyes and my heart swells at the faith she has put in me. A boy she just

spoke to.

"Yes, Aunty. I promise."

I open a door with a 'Do not disturb' sign hoping it is her room. I have to put my fist on my mouth to hold

laughter in. Her bed is as big as mine, but she is everywhere. Her head hangs off the edge of the bed

and her mouth is open. Her legs are so wide apart that I won't be surprised if she tells me she took up

gymnastics. Thank goodness she is wearing pants and not a skirt. That would be a problem for both of

us. To top it all, she lets out loud snores at intervals. She never outgrew her snores lol.

Now for the interesting part- waking her up. I kneel beside her bed watching her and thinking of ways to

wake her up. Water? No, I don't want to go home crying today. A slap? I flinch thinking of the slap I'll

get in return. I'll tickle her.

At the first try, she slaps my hand away, but doesn't wake up. When I try again, she unconsciously

intertwines her hand with mine and I gasp. If shocks from my hand that make my stomach lurch are the

sparks writers make a fuss about then I am done for. The girl has to wake up now! With my free hand I

hold her nose preventing her from breathing. She lets out a loud kind of snort then jolts awake. Her

eyes fall to our entwined hands then move to my face.

"Blood of Jesus!" She shouts so loud that even I jump.

"What the hell are you doing here? How did you enter? You didn't even tell me you were coming?"

"Do you have a DVD player?"

"Yes, downstairs but..."

"Let's go."

Maybe it is her half-asleep state that is making her so submissive, but she follows me looking like a lost

puppy. A cute one at that.

"What are you doing?" she asks when I sit in front of the DVD player trying to set it up.

"What else? I want to watch TV."

She goes quiet for a moment before muttering, "Maybe madness is the new trend. Or it is contagious."

I ignore her statement and stand to join her on the sofa as I wait for the movie to start.

"Please help me get my phone. I left it on my bed."

I open my mouth to tell her to get it herself but she gives me a look that shuts me up. I don't want a

beating. I begrudgingly walk up the stairs to her room. The phone is on her bed as she said and it is

ringing.

Mi Tolatobi

Ugh why is he calling her now? He is her boyfriend, ode.

Of course he wants to know how she is doing. I groan hating myself for the pang of jealousy I feel. He

is my best friend. I shouldn't even be thinking of his girl or spending a lot of time alone with her. Then

why do it? I wait for the phone to stop ringing before going downstairs.

"What took you so long?"

I mumble "Nothing" before giving her the phone. She rolls her eyes and hisses loudly.

"Of all things to watch. Barbie?"

"It's the Island Princess one." I say with raised eyebrows expecting a reaction from her. She used to be

crazy about it. Obsessed even.

"Huh? A boy that loves Barbie. Wait till the whole school hears this. The almighty smartass new boy is

a huge Barbie fan."