From whatever she could hear she could make out that one of the boys was named Adrian while other was James. "Adrian? Why does it ring a bell?" She thought to herself. Adrian was right there, when Jennifer's laughter stole his attention. He stopped sipping his coffee and continued to gaze her nude lips, a perfect precise love-curve that made him forget what he was doing. The sight of her smile was so easy on the eyes that, even after trying he could not take his eyes off her.
In an effort to resist the laugh, Jennifer palm covered her inordinately cared teeth and Adrian's eyes consumed the out and out picture that only lasted a few seconds. "Have I not seen someone smile this beautiful?" A smile which is as perfect as it's meant to be, Adrian thought. He was carried away by his own nostalgia.
A bunch of Jennifer's hair waved back, clearing the view of her vibrant, little cheerful eyes. When she tilted her head up in joy which also made her face completely visible and Adrian was so very lost to the sight. A sudden curiosity rose in his gut and his inner self said 'go talk to her', Which was abruptly disturbed by his friend, James.
"Dude, what are you thinking? Your mind doesn't seen present". James asked. " How can I be you dumbass, while I am somewhere in heaven". Adrian thought to himself. " Yes, sorry" and he rejoined James. After a few seconds, Adrian's eyes again lingered back to where Jennifer was sitting. "Shit!" word slipped out of his mouth suddenly when he looked at her with such startling eyes. The eye contact! It happened just happened. "She seemed disgusted." Adrian thought to himself. However, he turned away quickly. Adrian hands quickly clenched and unclenched again.
"Where'd she go?" For an instance when he turned his back, Jennifer was gone. It was more like a penalty that god gave him for taking his eyes off her. It was love at first sight.
Soon, Jennifer and her friends were headed out for their classes again. In a flash, their first day at high school was over. Jennifer headed back home with her arm linked to Winston. "So, how about dinner this Saturday?" Ummm….actually my dad was hosting a business party this Saturday. He is making a big deal with "Rains Association". So, for business purposes, I need to present there." Jennifer send apologetically.
"Okay! So how about this Friday, after school I'll take you to mall so that you can shop for the party. I need my princess to get a perfect dress. She needs to look like an angel that she is." Winston said patting Jennifer's head. "Okay. I'll come."
"See you soon" with these words Winston and Jennifer went on their ways.
Jennifer reached home and went into the dinning room to catch a quick snack. But the sight in front of her, made happiness rush through every nerve of her body. Her father was sitting on the dinning table. Jennifer's father was a very rich businessman. His company and many clients from countries abroad. Since, his father was the CEO of such a big company, he was always travelling. Jennifer got to see him very rarely but whenever he was home, he made sure that he spent time with his daughter and caught up with her.
"Oh my god!" Jennifer screamed and hugged her dad. "Oh my sweet daughter" Her father kissed her forehead. "Dad, how come you are home early. You were suppose to return home early. You were suppose to return home on Friday". Jennifer looked up to meet her father's eyes.
"Yes dear, but how could I miss your first day at high school. I intended to come in the morning but the flight got delayed and I reached home after you left for school." Her father explained. "Oh dad! I love you." Jennifer hugged her father once again.
"I love you too baby." Her dad hugged her back. With that, it was almost sunset. So, Jennifer had dinner with her family on her massive dinning table and headed back to her room. She did her night routine and went to bed, thinking all about today's surprises.
Next day, Jennifer and Abby headed back to school in the bus. They met Winston at the school gate. Just as they were about to enter their class, Jennifer heard some commotion form nearby.
She saw that a boy was on the floor and two other boys were kicking him. To her surprise, the boy wasn't even calling for help. He quietly accepted the beating. He wasn't even fighting back.
Jennifer saw the teacher entering the class. She ran behind and found her spot next to Winston and just as the lecture was about to start, the same boy from before entered the class. His clothes were all covered in dirt and he was cleaning blood from his lower lop with a handkerchief.
"Oh my god Darius. What happened to you?" the teacher gasped. "Oh nothing mam, I fell from the stairs and got bruised. Nothing serious." Darius replied. "Take care of yourself and now join the class." The teacher signaled him for joining the class.
Darius moved to take a seat in front of Jennifer. The class began.
Jennifer kept stealing glances at Darius. After the class ended, she approached Darius "Hey, I'm Jennifer." she introduced herself. "Hi. I am Darius" he replied. They shook hands.
"Darius if you don't mind, Can I ask you a question?" Jennifer asked him. "Actually, I saw those guys beating -" "Oh them! You can't do anything about it and thanks for your concern but it's better if you stay out of it." Darius interrupted her. "But, I might be able-" "No. You are not able to help. So please do me a favor and don't meddle in my business."
Darius didn't even let Jennifer complete her sentence and walked away. Jennifer was speechless.