Sarah's pov
'Well this is awkward' my subconscious thought that was the best moment to say that
"Nah! What's so awkward about the fact that he is literally on top of me!" My mind screamed back
We stayed in that position for a while looking at each other with dumbstruck faces before we both snapped out of it at the same time and quickly scrambled to get on our feet
But unfortunately the swift movements led to us toppling back down but this time with his lips pressed to the left side of my cheeks, dangerously close to my lips
Any wrong movement and we'd literally be kissing. So without much thinking I quickly turned to the right, feeling his lips drag all the way to my left ears. And odd sensation followed the path his lips made.
Daniel had not moved an inch, he looked more shocked than I felt with his eyes bulging out of their sockets
"Hey, let's try that again. How about you get up first" I said, sounding breathless but that managed to snap him out of his shocked trance
He moved his lips that were stuck to my ears first before saying "Okay"
Next, he stabled himself by placing his arms on either side of my body before pushing his upper body up, then the rest of his body followed.
After he stood up fully and had step away from me, it wasn't much of a deal for me to stand on my own. That probably didn't take more than ten seconds but it felt like ten years
Once we were both on our feet, we both let out huge sighs of relief at the same time and immediately looking at each other in surprise before we both burst out laughing
The laughter helped us forget the uncomfortable situation we were just in and we both welcomed it with opened arms.
"Well we'll have to eat something else because the food is probably cold by now" I said to him trying to avoid the real reason why we can't eat the food
"Like that's the only reason" he commented his in a low voice that reeked of mockery
"Hey! I heard that!" I answered back
"I know" he replied in playful jesting
"Oh yeah? Mr... manly scream?" I said with a smirk initially but the shock on his face made it turn into Pennywise the clown smile
"Thats below the belt Sarah" he replied
"Says the guy that keeps reminding me of my food mishap" I answered
"That's different. You don't know how scary it is to turn around in the dark and see someone behind you!"he said defensively
"Well, real men would at least scream for help and not squeal like a five year old girl!" I fired back
"That's so unfair" he said folding his arms
"All's fair in love and wars, lad" I said once again him 'the smile'
"Stop with that look" he said in a voice that showed irritation and also acceptance of defeat
"Oh that reminds me, we need to call the girls" I reminded him leaning on the kitchen counter
"Yeah but lets eat something first" he replied with a nod
"Okay. But what should we make" I answered
"I personally think we should go for something that doesn't require the application of heat" he said with a smirk
"We're really doing this again?" I asked with raised eyebrows
"Fine, I'm sorry"he said with his arms raised in surrender "but it wasn't a bad suggestions because it'll take less time"
"Cereal?" I asked to which he gave a nod as reply "Okay...cereal it is then"
While he got the bowls ready, I went to the pantry, took out a cereal box and brought out milk from the freezer. The house was stocked with groceries that could last us for a year!
When we were done eating in silence, we went to the room and began setting up our phones, iPads, laptops and everything else
"I just realised we have no means of calling them!" I said with wide eyes
"We do" Daniel simply said
"We do?" I said and he nodded in response
"How?" I asked curious to know and he really needed to learn to answer questions with more words!
"I gave my phone to Julia the day before we left, when dad said to leave our phones behind. I decided to give it to Julia so we can communicate with them" he said easily
"Woah, you do have common sense. For a while now I've been scared you were lacking it" I replied sounding like I just solved a mystery
"Sarah!" He whined, which made me give a giddy smile and say
"Oh I'm sorry, I forgot you do have common sense, you just lack the extraordinary sense that enable people pick up after themselves, make a bed or the hardest of all, not leave dirty laundry on the floor!" I said with feigned shock
"Really? I said I'll try to do better" He replied with a duhh tone
"Sorry, I just couldn't help myself" I replied with a cheeky smile
"Whatever" he rolled his eyes and began making the call
The phone rang for almost a minute without any response
"Are they asleep or in school?" He pondered
"No I don't think so. It's 9:45am here, so it should be 3:45pm in Nigeria, which means they should have woken up from their siesta. And their school resumes in a week's time. So technically speaking, they should be available. Try again, let's see if they pick up" I replied analysing the girls' schedule
Daniel nodded and tried facetiming them again but this time it was answered on the first ring. Their camera wasn't turned on but we could here squabbling
"Pearl remove your giant head, I can't see" Julia's voice said with irritation
"But I can't do that, my teacher said it's not possible because my head is attached to the rest of my body" she said innocently
Julia sighed with long suffering before saying "I mean move your head to the side"
"Oh but if I do that I won't be able to see and my neck will ache" she replied and from her voice I could detect that she was pouting
"Really?!" Julia said with annoyance, from her next reply I could tell Pearl went full on puppy face on her "Okay, let's set it in the middle then"
"Hey girls" I decided it was safe to talk since they were done
"Hello, Sarah" they replied in sync
"Julia can you switch on your camera, we can't see you guys" Daniel said in the sweet voice he used for how sisters only
"Okay but how?" She asked confused
"You press the button that looks like a camera. Press it once okay?" He explained
"Okay" she said in a serious voice
"I've seen it!" We heard Pearl's voice say excitedly
"Pearl no!" was the last thing we heard before the call went off
Daniel and I gave little amused chuckle before he tried calling again. When they answered he asked
"What happened?" He could hardly disguise the laughter in his voice
"Pearl happened! She thought the button that ends the call was the button to turn the camera on!" Julia ranted
"Sorry, my camera is that colour so I thought that was it" she apologized making Julia sigh
"Its ok, baby. Julia have you seen the button" I asked trying real hard not to laugh out loud and also nudging Daniel's shoulder because he looked like he was about to
"Yes" she replied and within second we could their cute faces
"Good. Also why didn't you guys pick up the first time we called?" I asked inquisitive
"Well, when I heard the phone ring,I knew it was both of you but I was the only one in the room and I didn't know how to pick up the call. So I ran to get Julia" Pearl said in a small voice looking embarrassed
"That's great baby. You did the right thing" I said to her to cheer her up to which she gave a wide smile after that
We talked to them for long while before saying our goodbyes and ending the call. Then we sat in silence for a while after that
"Hey let's go check out the garage. I want to test out the car" Daniel announced excitedly before getting up from the bed
"You just want to rub it in my face that you can drive and I can't" I replied jokingly
"You bet" he said with a wink before saying "race you there" with joy and run out the room but I quickly yelled after him
"I'd be totally content to take up the offer and beat you in a race but unfortunately we don't know our way around this house. So we, as sure as day and night, do not know where the garage is" I said and immediately heard him stop running and walk back to the room
He entered the room scratching his head and looking as stupid as I, for sure, knew he felt. After which we both walked out of the room and began exploring the house
It took us quite a while to check out the house and also get our belongings sorted out. By the time we were done it was time for dinner.
We eat dinner in silence, cleared the dished, showered and went to bed. Daniel was really quiet and honestly, I was as well. The main cause of our apprehension was we both started schools in our different institutions tomorrow
I've never been one to be scared of first days of school but then again, I've never had to start school in a whole different country!
And for some reason, I felt school was going to be the beginning of our challenges...