The bell rang and our last class for the day was finally over. A lot of my classmates left but Nick and Uche weren't leaving yet, they stayed behind with some of their mutual friends gathered round both of their desks.
"You going home yet?" I heard Casey."Or are you gonna be waiting for Nick?"
"Why?" I wanted to know why she was asking, that would determine my answer.
"I was thinking maybe we could...you know, go home together, I mean my house is just a little farther from yours..."
"You know my house?"
"Well yeah, of course, I do, practically everyone does. Nick lives there." She made her point.
"Oh." I just said.
"So?" She gave her nicest smile.
"I actually have to wait for Nick...I mean, my aunt says I have to go with him...I mean, he has to go with me, to make sure I'm safe." Mann, I hope my lie wasn't too obvious. I should stop lying, I was bad at it.
"Oh." She made an 'O' shape with her mouth.
"Yeah." I nodded, biting my lips to control my nervousness. I was scared she'd find out I was lying and cry like the last time, I didn't want to be responsible for her tears.
"Okay then, maybe some other time." She said with a shrug, her smile not leaving her lips. She picked up her books from the top of her desk and made for the door. When she was about to pass through it, she turned and waved at me. I waved back.
As soon as she left, I felt relieved, I felt less guilty. I lied because I wanted to go with Uche but even if I didn't want to go with Uche, I wouldn't still want to go with her....or anyone at all.
I decided to look back at Nick and Uche's direction after Casey left. The moment I turned my neck, I saw Uche staring at me. A little taken aback at first, I rolled my eyes and then smiled afterward. He was slacking on his seat to be able to look at me; he wasn't even listening to whatever Kim was saying to the group.
There was a friend of his sitting on his desk and blocking his direct view so he had to slack on his seat to be able to see me. He smiled when I rolled my eyes, not just the usual smile he gives everyone, his once-in-a-long-time smile, it was different.
He took out his phone and in seconds, I felt mine vibrate in my right hand. He texted me.
'Come over here.'
'No.' I texted back and saw him look up from his phone to me.
'Pls?' I saw his message.
'Why?'
'What do I do if I come over there?'
'Sit on my thighs.' I widened my eyes at his text but before I could think of anything to reply, he deleted it.
'I saw that.' I thought I should let him know that I already saw what he deleted.
'Pls come?'
'No.' I bit my lips as I typed. I looked up and saw him looking at me too. He looked away for a while, scratching the back of his neck afterward. I liked what I was doing to him.
'Should I come to u?'
'No.' I typed immediately, backing my disapproval with a sharp look at him and shaking my head slowly so no one else around noticed.
I waited to see that frustrated look on his face again after I said no to his every request but was shocked when I saw him get up from where he sat. Oh no. What was he doing?!!
He started towards me. No no no!
'Just leave before he gets to you,' My inner self told me. I stood from my seat, picking up my bag but before I could turn to make it to the door, he was in front of me. He grabbed me and made me sit on my desk, leaning towards me while using both his arms to stop me from leaving by holding on to the edge of the desk. He basically had me trapped.
"What are you doing?" I whispered to him. He smiled. His charming smile, it almost made me accept what he was doing now.
"Uche!" I wanted to scream out his name to stop him from leaning in more but all I could do was aspirate.
My heart started to beat fast, it was like the first time he was ever close to me. I swallowed as my breathing became harder to control. I looked over his shoulder and none of the boys were looking at us, thankfully.
"Chill." He chuckled at how troubled I looked.
"Chill? I can't chill, what if any of them turn and see us?"
"Let them see. I don't give a fuck who sees...."
"I do." I cut his words.
"What are you scared of?"
"I told you already, didn't I? Everyone expects the first time you'll be willing to have a girlfriend it would be someone 'hot', not someone like me...."
"Who says you are not hot?" He asked me, his tone reflecting temporary annoyance. He leaned in more, bringing his face closer to mine.
"Uche...."
"Ssshhh." I shushed automatically after he requested that."Okay, how about I kiss you right now then I would stop being this close to you."
"What?"
"I wanna kiss you."
"No. Not here."
"So you are okay with how we are right now." He mentioned, making it more of a statement than a question. He was implying that If I didn't accept his kiss right now then he wouldn't let me go; I was right in between a rock and a tight space. If I let him kiss me right now, there was an eighty percent chance that Nick and their friends would see us and If I didn't, he wouldn't let me go, his friends could still see us. I didn't know what decision to make.
"Why are you doing this?" I had to ask when I couldn't make a decision.
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