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Chapter 10 - FEBRUARY 10TH

Christy's  POV

February 10th (Six days later)

Today is my birthday and I'm surprised at how fast the days are going,it felt like yesterday was just Sunday but it's not. There was no much trouble in school this week, I made new friends, Hazel and Andrew are the only friends I have who are my classmates. I did not forget to invite them for my birthday.

The birthday party is being held at the back of the house, mom (Mrs Ajileye) does not want the house to get dirty so she planned for the party to be held outside the house. Mr Ajileye was welcoming the arriving visitors, Mrs Ajileye was supervising everything that the event planners were doing, while Esther was helping me get prepared. I am just too happy today, I can't wait to see my brother today and my mom and my dad too.

"You look like a princess" Esther complimented.

"Thank you " I simply said.

"My birthday is four months from now, so get ready to celebrate me" Esther said smiling widely.

"Don't worry miss I don't care, I'll be there and it's a must" I said returning the smile.

"Uuuuuuhhhhh, your family is here" Esther announced and I smiled widely, I was just too happy, that I almost stained my gown.

"Calm down miss iluv school, don't ruin your dress, you will go out to meet them but prepare first" Esther said reading my mind,to be honest the joy was too much!. After she finished helping me to prepare,she went to take her bath and as usual she sang, I was thankful to God that everyone was outside and the DJ was playing loud music,if not I think Esther will pursue all the guests with her voice.

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Everyone was having fun, my dad, Mr Ajileye and one other man were busy chatting and laughing, while my mom and Mrs Ajileye were also chatting and I smiled. All the guests were present, some were dancing, some were gisting, some were laughing, talking of laugh?!, I was surprised to see my brother and Mr Jeong laughing,both were talking and laughing as if they had known each other for long. I wanted to know what was making them laugh so hard so I went straight to them and I sat beside my brother.

"Hello guys, what's happening here" I greeted and asked same time.

"Christy!!!, you are here!, I have missed you" my brother said and he hugged me tightly.

"I missed you too,but how am I sure that you are not lying about you missing me " I teased him.

"Of course I'm not lying,the house is boring without you and I have no one to prank!!!" He said raising both his hands up.

"Oh!, let me just pretend that I believe you "I said smiling.

"You are annoying.....and I think I miss that too!, please come back!!!" He cried hugging my right arm. How I miss this boy.

"Stop that Christian... it's weird,by the way what was making you and Mr Jeong laugh soooo much?"I asked shoving my brother's hand away from my arm.

"Oh!!!, We were arguing about the Asian mothers and African mothers, but it was funny so we started to laugh " Christian tried explaining.

"Is it true that your mom once seized your phone because of BTS?" Mr Jeong asked me and I started laughing, remembering what happened in the past,it was not funny but it was funny.

"Yesssss, it's true " I answered still laughing,my brother too was laughing.

"How!!,tell me how that happened" Mr Jeong asked keeping a surprised face.

"Hihi, well during the holidays I was lazing around the house not doing anything but listening to gospel songs and BTS, unknown to me my mom was observing me,she was getting annoyed. I use to watch some of the skits that BTS made and I talk about it all the time, I refused to bathe or brush because of laziness and I automatically turned to a bed and couch potato. One day my mom came into my bedroom and she was giving me a disapproving look,then she asked me 'Christy are you listening to BTS songs?', and I nodded happily,then she asked 'have you taken your bathe today?' and I said no,then she asked 'don't BTS take their bath's?, don't they do their house chores and not lazy around?, don't they obey their parents?, have you seen them disobey or disrespect their elders' and I wanted to answer all her questions but she cut me off,she collected my phone and headphones too,she told me that she would give me back when I start behaving myself " I explained smiling, I was grateful that back then none of my friends were present when that happened, I was so embarrassed and ashamed of myself. I promised myself that I would behave myself and do the good things the BTS members does.

"Wow!, wonderful!!!" Mr Jeong chuckled.

"African mom's can surprise you in different ways, they'll be like 'it was me who carried you nine months in my womb, I breast fed you,so you better not give me that attitude unless you want me to kill you with my hands.'" My brother joked and Mr Jeong laughed.

"It's almost the same for Asian mothers too" Mr Jeong said laughing.

"Nigerian parents have made slippers a weapon of mass destruction, if you see the way my mom flings her slippers at me when I annoy her, you would not believe it, it is as if a bullet is coming your way and there is no way of escape,it was definitely hit you...or try to dodge the slap your father is about to give you,trust me it's Rest In Peace for you" Christian said again and I started laughing, Mr Jeong too was laughing.

"Sometimes my mom throws her slipper at me when I disobey or annoy her  and if I dodge the first slipper, I will not be able to dodge the second one and if I managed to dodge both,more slippers will be coming at me and I use to wonder how she does that "Mr Jeong said laughing,we were all laughing so hard that I almost fell from my seat.

"Even though they do all these things to us,we will still love them unconditionally cause WHY NOT,they are also showing how they love us, they are just trying to discipline us and lead us on the right part of life,so that we will not have any regrets in life" I said cleaning the happy tears that fell from my eyes while I was laughing.

"True Christy, you are right, a parent who loves his or her child would correct them when they are wrong " Mr Jeong supported.

"Christian did Ugochukwu come with you guys?"I asked my brother looking around to see my best friend.

"Yes,he must be somewhere around here though"

"Lemme go look for him, it's been long"I said and left. Ugochukwu is my best friend since when we were babies, he is also called the third twin because he was born on the same day I was born, so today is also his birthday. My family and his family are so close to the extent that other people think we are one family. Ugochukwu's family are struggling to survive because they are not rich but from time to time my dad support's them.

I was.....kinda having a crush on him..... before I met Kehinde, Ugochukwu is damn handsome,he is very handsome but to be truthful he is not as handsome as Andrew. So if someone should say were childhood sweet hearts back then I will accept,but not currently because I think I'm having.....a crush on Kehinde hehe!.

"Hey!, Christy!!!" That very familiar voice brought me back to the present.

"Ugochukwu!!!!" I screamed and hugged him,I also missed him.

"Did you miss me too much?" He asked and I hissed.

"Behave!!!, Happy birthday to you " I said to him, taking him to a bench we will sit.

"Thank you and same too!"

"So how have you been,how is everyone "

"I'm fine and everyone is doing well too, how are you?"

"I'm good "

"I heard you are now a married woman, how is your husband?"

"I'm not....." I tried to explain but a voice interrupted.

"Yes she is married and her husband is doing perfectly well " Kehinde appeared from no where.

"But I'm not....." I tried to talk again but I was interrupted.... again.

"Who is this one?" Ugochukwu asked raising an eyebrow.

"Oh!, Ugochukwu meet Kehinde my friend, Kehinde meet Ugochukwu my best friend" I introduced.

"I see...so this is your best friend that you said is handsome, tsk I'm more handsome than him" Kehinde said.

"Guy!, have you seen yourself in the mirror?, you are not fine at all " Ugochukwu started and I sat down to watch them argue, this is real life and it's not a romantic movie or a Kdrama where the girl's best friend and boyfriend argue and the girl pretends to hate it, I'm enjoying it even with a drink.

"When normal people are talking,bald head boys should not interrupt" Kehinde said.

"Look at this one,you cannot even differentiate a bald head from a low cut, don't let your curly hair deceive you, guy you are ugly" Ugochukwu defended. Menh!!, I'm enjoying this.

"Oh!, I hear someone blabbing,oh!,look it's a black pig talking "

"Who do you even think you are!!!"

"I'm someone who can turn you to LeBron of Nigeria,I will make you jump your ass out from one place to another with just a single call, no,not even LeBron, I can turn you to the mighty frog of Lagos, you have forgotten that you are still in high school and that you are still a kid,show respect to your seniors and stop being arrogant " Kehinde said with sarcasm.

"You ....you... I'll.....ah! Christy will you not help me out or will you just sit there sipping your drink and smiling?" Ugochukwu was lost.

Ugochukwu - pronounced, Uu - go - chu - ku.

Christian and Mr Jeong were just joking about the mothers, please don't mind them ;⁠)