"Okay, I am closer." J.J. said to Lizzy.
"What do you want me to do?" He asked her.
"I want you to taste one of these sliced tomatoes." She said to him,
"Taste it?" He asked, confused.
"Why?" He asked again.
"Just fucking taste it." She said to him,as she used the knife she was holding to him the chopping board.
"They look so yummy." He said and laughed softly, as he picked up one of the sliced tomatoes and ate it.
"How does it taste?" She asked him.
"Wait." He said to her,as he picked up more and ate it.
"Just answer the fucking question." She said to him, angrily.
She was just eager to prove me wrong or to prove that something is wrong with me.
"No curses." He warned her and ate more of the sliced tomatoes.
He was about to pick more when she slapped off his hand from entering the bowl.
"Am sorry." She apologized and gave him a fake smile.
"So how do they taste?" She asked nicely this time, but was making an awkward face.
"They are so delicious. Are they made of honey?" He asked and succeeded in taking another one from the bowl without her noticing.
She blushed and said,
"Yes, because I grew them myself." And laughed softly.
"Really?" J.J asked her, grinning.
I felt invisible.
Was I really invisible?
"Yes." Lizzy replied and pouted.
"No wonder it's very tasty." He said and laughed softly,as he picked more without Lizzy noticing.
"Hey." She said to J.J when she noticed that was still eating the tomatoes and slightly hit him on his muscle and I swallowed.
"Stop eating them, there won't be enough left to cook if you continue eating them." She said to him and slightly pushed him away from the bowl of sliced tomatoes.
"Am sorry." He said, as he walked towards the sink and washed his hands.
"Stay still." He said to Lizzy and removed her hair that was covering her right from her face.
He looked at me while doing it, but I quickly looked away pretending not to notice.
He started to take all the hair in her face behind her ears, just then Hale walked into the Kitchen.
He didn't mind J.J and Lizzy and then he said,
"Hey, Eunice."
Finally, someone noticed me.
"Hey." I greeted him.
"Are you ready?" I asked Hale.
He nodded and replied to me,
"Yeah."
"How do I look?" He asked me, smiling.
"You look great." I replied to him, smiling back at him.
J.J walked up to me, stretched out his hand and asked
"Where is my car key, lady?"
"It is inside my pocket." I replied to him.
"Give it to me, I and Hale are about to leave." He said to me,
I walked closer to him and turned the right part of my body towards him.
"It's inside my pocket. Reach out for my pocket." I said to him, pointing to my right pocket with my left hand.
He reached for his car key in my pocket and brought it out.
"Thank you." He said to me and went out of the kitchen door.
"Let's go." He said to Hale when he got close to him and started walking away.
"Wait." I said to Hale, but the both of them stopped.
I kept the knife on the chopping board that I was using, rushed to the sink, rinsed off the veggies that were sticking on my palm.
I walked up to Hale, removed the bonnie from my head and wore it on Hale's head.
"So you won't get recognized." I said to Hale, smiling at him.
"Thank you." He said to me, smiling back at him.
My aim was to make J.J jealous and guess what.
It worked.
It was written all over his face.
HOW DARE YOU GIVE HIM THE BONNIE THAT I GAVE TO YOU.
Hale was about walking away again, when Lizzy called out his name,
"Hale?"
"Yes darling." He said,as he turned to face her, smiled awkwardly, releasing his mistake.
He didn't talk to her.
"Are you seriously going to Walk away without talking to me or hugging me?" She asked him, angrily.
"Am sorry my love." He apologized,as he walked up to her and hugged her.
She couldn't hug him back, because of the veggies that stuck to her arms.
"I am sorry, my love." He apologized again, as he quickly kissed her on the lip.
She smiled at him and said to him,
"It's fine, I understand."
"Go quick and return, as quickly as possible too." She added.
"Yes my lady." He said to her and kissed her on the forehead.
He pulled away from her and started walking towards J.J.
"Remember to wear your facemask when you reach the pharmacy." She called out behind him.
"Yes, my lady." He said and bowed.
"Bye Hale." I and Lizzy said in unison.
"Bye." He said, as he opened the door and left, closing the door behind him.
J.J opened the door too and left
The moment I heard the door closed, I sighed very deeply with relief.
"What's up between you and J.J?" Lizzy asked me immediately after I sighed.
"Nothing." I replied to her, as I continued slicing the onions that I was slicing before.
"Come on." She said to me,
"Did you two have a fight?" She asked me.
I shook my head and replied her,
"No, we did not."
"Why?" I asked her, pretending not to know what she was talking about.
"It seems you both did." She replied to me.
"How?" I asked her.
"You both totally just ignored each other." She replied to me.
"No from me, but I really do not know about him." I replied to her.
"No girl, I don't think so." She said to me, shaking her head at the same time.
I stopped what I was doing, as I carefully placed the knife on the chopping board in front of me, went to the sink, rinsed my hands and walked close to her and placed my hands on my waist.
"If you must know, we did not have a fight.
He started this whole silent treatment and malice." I said to him, kissed my teeth and rolled my eyes.
"How did he start it?" She asked curiously.
"When he came into the Kitchen, he totally ignored me, as if I was invisible." I explained to her.
"He did not ignore you, you are just being jealous that he did not talk to you." She said to me and laughed softly.
"Remember that I was the one that called him over." She added and laughed softly again.
"Okay. I agree." I said and I started to walk out of the kitchen.
"Where are you going?" She asked , as she was confused.
I stopped halfway, turned to face her and replied to her,
"Am going to the room you gave me."
"Hope you are not mad at me?" She asked me to confirm.
"No. I am not." I said to her,
"Won't you join me to cook again?" She asked me.
"No." I replied to her.
"You are a better cook, so you can cook alone." I added, as I completely walked out of the kitchen.
"We will talk better when I am done cooking, alright?" She called out behind me.
"There is nothing to talk about." I called back at the very top of my voice.
I entered my new room and jumped on the bed.
I didn't want to think about anything for now, so I opened my phone and checked the news.
I was still the talk of the town.
When will I stop being the hot topic of the whole country?
And the whole universe too.
Ugh.
I don't hate my life, but I hate what I am currently going through.
It's really hard.
I wonder if I am the only one with this curse.
But on the other hand, it's somehow a blessing, but it is still a curse.
It has changed my life negativity and it is fucking annoying.
I do not like it.
I wish I could turn back the hands of time.
I don't know why scientists are viewing and seeing me as a hero.
I have never seen a hero that is being hunted, as the way that I am being hunted right now.
And they are involving innocent people too.
I wonder if everything will ever become normal again.
It will really be nice if everything will just go back to normal.
I sighed very deeply,as I scrolled down my phone.
I was in the top five news worldwide.
They are even arresting my lookalikes.
Shit.
So many people look like me.
But,they are all innocent.
I would have willingly surrendered if I wouldn't be spending the rest of my life as a prisoner in a secret scientific laboratory for the rest of my life.
Who knows, I might never grow old again.
Whatever.
I continued to scroll down my phone screen and stopped when I came across an ad.
It was an ad for meat, I swallowed and immediately started to long for it.
What the fuck is wrong with me?
Why am I even getting jealous over nothing serious?
I kept staring at the raw meat that was being advertised on my phone screen.
Why am I longing for it?
I suddenly started getting scared of myself.
I quickly left the site that I was on and returned to my home screen.
I have to clear my mind.
I really do not understand this myself.
I really hate it.
Or is there something my family is not telling me?
I sighed very deeply and left the room.
I went in search of Lizzy and found her at the dining table. She was already eating.
"Hey girl." I said,as I sat down in the dining chair opposite her.
"Hey." She said, while chewing and almost choking,but I quickly poured water from the jug and handed it to her.
"Thanks." She said after taking some sip from the glass of water.
"You are welcome." I said to her and nodded.
The aroma from the food made me salivate and swallow.
"Open up." Lizzy said as she was stretching a spoonful of rice towards my mouth.
I did, but for some one or two reasons unknown to me, I spat it out the very moment it got into my mouth.
"What the fuck!" Lizzy exclaimed almost immediately.
"Is it hot?" She asked, concerned, but before I could reply her, she added,
"But the food is already cold."
"I don't fucking know." I replied to her.
"What do you mean by you don't fucking know?" She asked again.
"I swear, I don't. I haven't had any appetite since yesterday evening." I said to her, as I started to cry.
"What do you mean?" She asked, as she quickly stood up and walked over to me and sat beside me.
"I didn't have dinner yesterday, remember?" I asked her.
"Yes, I do. You even gave me your food." She replied and nodded at the same time.
"Wait, have you not been hungry since then?" She asked.
"No." I replied and shook my head at the same time.
"Not at all?" She asked again, concerned.
"Not at all." I replied to her.
"It's okay." She said, trying to comfort me.
"I promise we will go through this together. We are in it together." She added, as she began to wipe off my tears with her palm.
"Okay." I said, as I tried to stop crying.
"You won't understand." I said to her,
"What do you mean by that?" She asked, but before I could reply her, she added,
"You ought to make me understand since I don't."
"I know, but I am fucking scared." I said to her, as I raised up my head to look her in the face.
"Scared of what?" She asked, concerned.