"Troy what did Mum and Dad tell you?" Temi asked again.
Troy knew that if he told his sister even though his parents had warned him not to, he would somehow be in trouble.
But for the sake of clarification, he decided to tell her everything. Besides what they were told wasn't something that was bad anyway...
It was a lookout plan.
"I was in my room the day before you finished your entrance examination...!" Troy began.
"That long?" Temi exclaimed as she cut him short.
She knew that her brother hare being cut short during his talk, but she couldn't help it. This was 'her' that they were talking about here!
Whether she would do something ba or murderous that would stain her name and the name of her family, she would have to be placed right now in order to prevent the mistake in the nearest future...
Her brother on the other hand, slowly closed his eyes as he took in a deep breath with his lips pursed.
He knew his sister knew how much he hated being cut short in his sentence, especially when it was something important.
But since this was kind of like a serious matter that really needed attention, he decided to let it slide.
Talking in deep breaths three times, Troy slowly answered;
"Yes...!" And then he opened his eyes and looked at his sister, who, was still waiting patiently for an answer.
"Yes, it was that long...!"
Hearing her brother's reply, she couldn't help but turn her face to the front as she help thinking.
What had she done...?
Had she offended God in anyway...?
Why would like this be shown...?
She hadn't secretly killed someone to even know how to handle a knife...
Troy didn't say anything else as he watched her gently. He knew what she was thinking...
Placing his hand on her thigh Temi was frightened, as she turned to look at him.
When he was sure he had gained her attention, he said;
"Big Sis..." He called.
Temi blinked her eyes, an indication that she was listening.
Looking down, Troy opened his mouth to say something, but the words could not form at first.
Moving his jaw, Troy looked up at his sister as he met her eyes.
Looking into each eye, he slowly said;
"That dream, is not you!" He said firmly.
Temi looked away.
"Yeah, sure, of course, it was displayed with your face, whatever, so what?" Troy said.
"The 'so-what' there, is that, it was my face...my face was what had been displayed, it was my face that had been used, no one else's...!"
"The fact that it had been your face that had been used, doesn't guarantee that it was you, or represent you in any way!" Troy said as he slowly pulled his hand away from his sister's thigh.
"It could have been anyone else...!" He added.
"Even if it was to be someone else, or 'is' someone else, why does it have to be 'my' face that had to be used?" Temi asked as her voice got a bit louder and her throat choked.
"Why couldn't the person's true face be revealed?" She asked again.
"Why can't the person's true face be revealed, why does it have to be 'my' have that had to be displayed in the picture...?" Temi asked again.
But this time, she was cut short.
"Maybe it's someone close to you!" Troy cut in.
Temi stopped talking as she looked at her brother with teary red eyes.
Troy, with his phone in his hand repeated;
"Maybe it's someone you know, someone close to you!"
"It could be your friends, the neighbors you're close to, the classmates, or um...er, maybe that rich kid you've been associating with for the past month now!" Troy said.
"Don't go in that direction, Troy, he's not the one...!" Temi said as she raised her hand up to stop him from saying anything more about the guy.
Troy looked at her with his eyes narrowed.
With, his chin on the back of his palm, Troy asked;
"Don't tell me you're into him...!" It was more of a statement than if a question.
"Pffft! Yeah right!" Temi waved it off as she lowered her head down to look at her clothing.
Although her eyes were on her clothing, her mind was elsewhere.
Troy's gaze did not still leave his sister.
Feeling his gaze on her, Temi couldn't help it as she raised her head up and looked at him.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" She asked.
"You like him don't you?" Troy asked without hesitation.
Once again Temi waved it off.
"Pffft, what? W...what gave you that I...Idea?" Temi stuttered as she asked.
Troy wasn't stunned that much, he understood his sister.
Sighing as he shook his head, he said;
"Big Sis, don't be fooled!"
"Fooled?" Temi asked.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
Troy didn't give her answer.
Seeing that Troy didn't give her an answer, Temi said;
"What's wrong with him?" She first asked.
"Don't you see something wrong in him?" Troy asked with his eyes wide.
Temi looked the other way and then slowly looked back as she gently shrugged her shoulders.
"No...!" She replied as she shook her head in a negation.
Troy's mouth fell open.
"What?" Temi asked.
"What's the open mouth for?" She asked again.
Troy seemed to have been hypnotized by his sister's dumb answer, he almost began drooling.
"Troy?" Temi called as she waved her hand in front of him, bit ki response.
"Troy?" She called again, this time snapping her fingers in front of his face.
And as she did that, he came to...
"Huh?" He asked.
Temi laughed.
"Your mouth was open and you had almost started drooling too!" Temi said as she laughed on.
She knew how much he hated drooling.
Troy's eyes widened in shock.
"What?" He screamed as he used the back of his palm to wipe his mouth and looked at it, to see if there were traces of saliva on the corners of his mouth.
Wiping the corners of his mouth multiple times without any trace of saliva, Troy raised his head up as he gave his sister an annoyed look.
Temi couldn't control herself when she saw the look on his face.
Taking out her phone, she took a picture of him.
As she took the picture, she looked at him again and burst out laughing.
She laughed so hard, she held onto her tummy as she almost passed out.
Troy nervously smiled as he wiped his hand (that didn't contain saliva anyway), on his pants.
"Hahaha, really funny!" He said as looked up at his sister, who still laughed uncontrollably.
"Okay, okay, it's enough...!" He said.
But his sister kept on laughing.
"It's enough...!" He repeated.
But when his sister refused to stop laughing, he got a little bit agitated and said;
"I said it's enough!" He roared.
Truth be said, Temi 'did' stop laughing.
But for a shot time, because as he was about to start 'feeling' himself, Temi bursted out again.
But this time, her laughter was too annoying that Troy decided to leave.
But as he stood up, his sister held him back, still giggling though...
Troy; still angry though, he tried to hide his anger by faking a frown and also tried pulling his hand away from his sister's grip.
But unfortunately, he couldn't help himself and also bursted out laughing with his sister.
"Hahahahaha...!"