Chapter Three:Suspicious!!!
Sophy stared into his eyes confusingly and straightened up while Harry took his hand off her waist slowly.
' Sorry.' she muttered.
' Sorry too.'
Sophy got out of the elevator and greeted Cleo smiling. Cleo reciprocated by smiling and she eyed Sophy.
'what?'
'Nothing. Just wondering what you were doing in the elevator with a cool looking teacher.' she said slowly and silently ' Which I definitely do not know.' she finished glaring at Harry but he just smiled standing behind Sophy.
' Sophia, let's go.' he commanded grabbing her hand.
' Let me go. You are hurting me please.' and he released his grip with a sorry look he didn't even know why he did what he did.
When they entered the class Precious smiled but later frowned seeing that she never helped Harry with the books. She took her seat smiling while Precious eyed her badly, but Sophy just ignored her. He greeted the class and taught them really well and fast. They all understood everything he said. After he was done the whole class started complimenting him. Sophy knew he was really good but she still kept quiet until she felt lots of eyes on her.
They were all waiting for her to say something.' Don't look at me that way, I was going to say something afterall.' then she smiled at Harry for the first time. ' You are Dope.' she finally said and Harry smiled broadly at her showing his set of white teeth. She quickly straightened her face and her head ached a little as she remembered an incident.
FLASHBACK
Sophy was smiling broadly and looking in a particular direction. She was really looking happy,when someone carried her in his arms. One of his hands under her knee and the other supporting her back. She wrapped her hands around his neck lovingly and took out a weird looking dagger. She raised the dagger and put it down hard....then she screamed.
REALITY.
'Sophy please come back..why are you screaming?' Precious was.already crying.
Harry carried her in his arms, with one hand under her knee and the other on her back. She screamed loudly again and this time Harry called her 'Sophia.' he said softly and Sophy slowly came back to reality. She closed her eyes so tears dropped from it. Then she looked up at Harry and buried her face in his neck, crying.
' Oh why did I do it?' she asked.' Why? Why? Why?' she asked again crying. Few minutes later she realized she was in his arms and she felt uneasy again.' Please put me down.' she said in her best soft tiny tone, trying hard to hide the fact that she was angry but Harry still saw it and he let her down.
Precious made her seat and she hugged her tightly.' Oh you little skinny brat! ' she exclaimed ' You scared the life out of me.'
' sorry.' She muttered.
'Sophia, are you sure you are okay or do you wanna go to the school clinic?' Harry asked worried but Sophy nodded negatively insisting that she was okay. Her classmates were relieved but there was someone they didn't notice. The blonde girl sitting at the back with red eyeballs. She was watching them all and was tapping her forehead with one of her fingers. She brought out a small note and jotted down something smiling.
'Interesting.' she said looking at sophy and then at Harry. 'Quite interesting.'
When it was recess time Sophy refused to go to the cafeteria but Precious pleaded with her. On their way she kept grumbling but Precious pretended not to hear. When Sophy noticed it, she stopped.
' You move on, I will just go to the school library. Am not feeling hungry.' she lied but was worried because she didn't want to bump into her class teacher, Harry. Precious stood in her front placing her hands on her shoulders.
' You have a problem you don't want to tell me about.' she began sighing' tell me what exactly is wrong with you. You hate the library more that anyone else and now you badly want to go there. Tell me Sophy is there something you are trying to hide from me?' she asked looking into her blue eyeballs.
Sophy looked away ignoring her stare but she couldn't keep a secret from her best friend.' fine I will tell you.' she said taking off her hands from her shoulders.
'It's Harry. He bothers me. I mean he doesn't bother me but his presence does. I don't feel good about him. I feel so uneasy around him. You know uncomfortable, and scared. Am always scared to my nerves whenever I see him.'
' Is that it?' Precious asked and she nodded.' I don't know what you are saying cause how can you feel that way when everyone except you likes him. I mean, sorry Sophy but it doesn't make sense.'she said and kept walking while Sophy tagged along.
'Believe me Precious, I can't lie about that. Okay, you know how you feel when you see Josh around?' Sophy asked and precious stopped wearing a frown.
'Totally. I feel uneasy and scared too.' she said rubbing her palms through her hand like she was feeling cold.
' That's exactly how I feel around him. I feel like he is dangerous. I feel like there is more to him that we don't know about.'
' How?'
' You see since yesterday I have a feeling he's following me around. Like he's...he's..'
'Stalking you?'
'Yes like he's Stalking me.'
'Oh no Sophy.! Just because we saw him on our way home yesterday doesn't mean he's Stalking you.'
'Really?' She asked rolling her eyeballs and she stopped behind a pillar while Precious did the same.' would you believe he's stalking me when I tell you he woke me up from the library yesterday, or should I tell you that I met him on my way home yesterday or that he spied on me in my Veranda, and that I saw him this morning too while I wanted to come fetch you. Or that he came into the classroom right after you left this morning.' she finished trying to breath normally as she had been talking too fast.
' Wow! Of everything you've said the only one I clearly do not and won't tolerate is he spying on you in your Veranda. I won't stand for it.' she said and they continued walking. They took the stairs to the cafeteria which was in the fourth floor, the same floor Harrys office was on. They got their food and was still looking around when some boys called Sophy.
' Hi Sophy, why don't you come join us.' Steve said.
' You know you will have to try harder to convince me, don't you?' She asked with a frustrated look on her face.
'She said she won't eat with you.' Precious repeated.
Sophy smiled at the boys and signaled to Precious. 'Come on Precious, it's bad to ignore people. '
They sat with the boys and was having their lunch when Sophy looked up and she locked eye with Harry,then she looked back at her food. Apparently,she had seen Harry in the cafeteria so she decided to eat with the boys because she didn't want Precious to invite him to their table. When she noticed that he was sitting with some teachers, she stood up and told precious again.
'Come on precious, you don't wanna sit a B group when you are an A.' and with that she carried her tray and went to a vacant table.
' What was that for?' precious asked.
'I saw Harry. ' Sophy replied and sat down opposite precious such that she was turning her back at him.
'Oh I see.'
They continued with their meal and she could feel his eyes on her even though she didn't see him. His stare was heavy.
'Can I join you guys please?' a little girl said and she said yes. She sat beside Sophy placing her tray on the table.
' Ehmm..who's she?' Precious asked gesturing at the young teenager.
'She's a class mate. She sits at the back seat so it's hard to know she's there.' Sophy said and smiled while the girl returned the smile.
' You feeling heavy?' she asked.
' Why are you asking?' She asked picking at her food.
' I think I go with Sophy.' she began. ' You see Precious there are most things you won't understand. Most things you won't feel but Sophy will. I agree that Harry is a bit strange and dangerous. Though I have no evidence but I can prove it if you let me.' she said scooping an ice cream in her mouth.
' Were you eavesdropping on our conversation? ' Sophy asked surprised.
' No I was not but I accidentally heard and is so glad you are thinking in my direction.'
' So you also think he's dangerous?' Precious asked and she nodded.' Why am I not feeling it then?'
' Because you weren't born to feel it. You see I agree with her because grandmother always tells me about supernatural beings. She said most of them come back because of their past lover, friend, relative or enemy.'
'So what you are trying to say is that, Harry isn't human.'
'Yes and that am sure of. His scent tells it all and am sure he's either a werewolf..' Sophy gasped 'werewolf, vampire, Goblin, or worst still the grim reaper.'
Sophy just sat with her mouth parted. She couldn't believe it she had never thought that far. She only thought that perhaps he was an hired assassin sent to kill her. But all these being she had just mentioned, scared her a little. 'But how can we sure?'
' Oh!, how about you break into his house and search it?' Precious suggested.
'Nope that will be the most dangerous thing ever.'
'Then what do we do?' Sophy cried.' Oh no he's coming this way right?'
'Yes but how did you know?' Precious asked.
'Shhhhh..i can feel it.'
Harry got to their seat and looked from one student to another.'Hi. ' he said taking a seat beside Precious who was sweating already.' Were you guys probably discussing me?'
'And why would you need to know?' Sophy asked.
'Because precious is seriously sweating. '
'Yes we were Harry. We were discussing you, so if you will excuse us and please give us some privacy.'
'Privacy to discuss about me?'
'Yes.' Sophy replied through her teeth staring at him and he left. Immediately Precious wiped the sweat off her face.
'I must say that he's truly scary. Can you believe am sweating in my undies. 'she frowned adjusting her skirt.
' I think I found the solution'
'And what's it?'Precious asked curiously.
'The solution is you. It's you Sophy.'the red eyed teenager said in an excited tone.
' And how am I the solution?'
' You can get him to talk.'
' how?'
' You know tomorrow is Friday and so class teachers spend most of hours with their students. '
' so?'Precious asked not getting the point.
'We all know Sophy is vocal. So all she needs to do is make him speak.'
' How will I do it? Am also sweating in my undies.' she said worried.
' You will do it just like you did now. Just your normal self. Always interrogative. '
They agreed on the plan and when it was closing Precious said there was no way she's gonna walk home so she phoned home to come fetch her from school. Sophy insisted on walking home. She actually had a plan, she was going to check if Harry will stalk her again which he did. When Sophy got nearer to her house she looked back and stopped with her arms folded.
'You can come out Harry. I know you are there.' but nobody answered so Sophy kept on walking.
'You can hide all you want I won't stop you.' she muttered to herself and she could feel his heavy gaze on her again but she didn't bother to look back. She just went straight home. When it was bedtime she closed the sliders.
' I won't forget today because I won't let you spy on me today.' she said audible enough to be heard then she went to bed.
Harry stood at the Veranda staring into the room.
'How the hell did she know i was here.' he said to himself.
Sophy rolled to the other side of the bed.' I heard all that. Now go away to your house or don't you sleep. You monster.'
Immediately Harry left and went straight to his room. He brought out a big book and opened it. He looked over some Pages before jumping into bed.
'She's definitely Sophia.' he said looking at a picture in his hands. He kissed it an dropped it beside him.' So much resemblance, face eye color voice, hair. Everything?!!'
He sighed smiling broadly. ' we meet again Sophia. I won't let you off easily this time.'
"And we will see who will kill who?" both said inside their minds and drifted to sleep.