IN LUGARD'S MANSION
(Jeffrey's Room)
Jeffrey walked into his room with anger and rage written all over his face. He slammed the door behind him followed by a loud thud that shook the walls of his room.
For some reason, he was angry. Not just even angry, he was in rage,an understandable rage.
His eyes scanned his room as if in search for something. He walked over to his bed and sat on it. Finally sitting at the edge of the king sized bed, his anger slowly started calming down, though he was still angry.
He sighed roughly as he immediately lay on his bed, allowing the softness of the bed to caress his skin. He was still on his uniform but not on his shoes.
His mind was racing and he couldn't put it to rest. As expected,a lot of things filled his mind. He stared at the beautifully designed ceiling of his room. A growl escaped his lips as he remembered some events that filtered into his memory.
"That shitty principal" Jeffrey cursed under his breath. "Do I look like someone who is sick to her?"
Jeffrey hissed as he rolled lazily on the bed.
It wasn't long when a loud knock resounded through the whole room.
Jeffrey's eyes landed on the door. He sighed, maybe expecting the person at the door to be his mother. Though, he didn't want to have another argument with her.
"Come in".
The door was slightly opened to reveal Joseph's figure. Joseph's eyes met that of Jeffrey and he smiled softly. He closed the door behind and strode over to Jeffrey. Joseph immediately fell on the bed beside Jeffrey as he inhaled air into his lungs. He released the air before staring at the ceiling.
"You had a rough argument with your mom" Joseph started a conversation.
"I already told her I'm not seeing a doctor. I'm not sick"
Jeffrey said with an automobile cold voice.
"So, what are we going to do about the two days suspension?" Joseph asked.
"Got no idea, but all I know is that I am not seeing a doctor".
"I wonder how I'm gonna face my sister when she comes to pick me up" Joseph complained.
"When will she be coming to pick you up?"
"In the evening, around 4 to 5 pm" Joseph answered.
"That should be around 3 to 4 hours before she comes to pick you up?" Jeffrey asked.
"Yes".
After the question and answer session held by the two friends, the room fell into a bearable silence. The two friends stared at the ceiling in silence as a lot went through their mind. They seemed to be a lot exhausted after the day's events.
Could they really call today a bad day?
They had both woken up feeling weird and having terrible looks, coupled with the terrific headaches they had both experienced. The pain they felt at the chemistry class only added to their bad day. Also, the liquids (bloods) they had coughed out at the restroom could be added as part of their bad day.
And as for that shitty principal of theirs who had easily concluded that they were sick,had only topped their bad day. Not just concluding that they were sick, but informing their guardians how seriously sick they were, even recommending for them to see a doctor.
All these effects had only occurred one day after the encounter at the secret lab. They wondered what they had blindly drank that was causing all these effects on them.
A smile crossed Jeffrey's face as he jumped up, entering a sitting position. He glanced at Joseph while smiling at him.
Joseph gave a raised eyebrow at Jeffrey's smiling figure. He smirked at Jeffrey before giving a serious look.
"What is it?" Joseph asked with an obvious smirk. Joseph also entered a sitting position as he looked at Jeffrey face to face.
"An excellent brilliant idea just crossed my mind. Wanna hear it" Jeffrey squealed in an imaginary delight.
Joseph only nodded.
"How about we take our girlfriends on a date?"
Jeffrey asked rubbing his palms together.
"What do you mean?" Joseph stared at Jeffrey with a confused look.
"How about you take Jacintha on a date and I take Jessica on a date. Besides,we have two days suspension from school" Jeffrey proposed.
"Jacintha isn't really my girlfriend. I haven't spoken to her yet".
"What do you mean by that? Wasn't she admitted into the school today?" Jeffrey asked.
Joseph shook his head sideways indicating 'no'.
"For some reason, she wasn't admitted into the school today. Flora told me she had to escort her father to the airport today" Joseph said as he stood up from the bed. "But I will text her this evening when I get home".
"Tell me, do I look that bad?" Jeffrey asked.
"You don't look bad, all you just need is a shower and you will be looking better" Joseph replied.
Jeffrey nodded slowly.
"Joseph, can I ask you something?" Jeffrey asked, he stood up from the bed and strode over to Joseph who was looking at one of the photos in Jeffrey's room.
"Ask".
Joseph gestured.
"Can we forget all that happened that midnight and not let anyone know about it?" Jeffrey asked.
"We could but why are you asking".
"You do know that all that is happening to us is as a result of what we drank at the lab, that midnight" Jeffrey said with a groan. "I just wanna forget all that happened that midnight and I want us to move on feeling like everything is normal".
Joseph looked away from the photo he was looking at and his gaze fell on Jeffrey. He grinned widely.
"I was just about to ask you that" Joseph said.
"Humph!!"
"I mean, I wanted to ask if we could forget about the Midnight occurrence" Joseph grinned.
"So it's settled" Jeffrey said as bounced back on the bed.
Joseph chuckled mischievously.
"Let's just enjoy our two days suspension" Joseph grinned.
Joseph immediately jumped on top of Jeffrey making Jeffrey to squeal in despair.
The two friends played on the bed as if they were little kids bringing good memories, but forgetting danger was knocking on the door.
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THE YELLOW HOUSE
It was quite a windy evening.
After both Jeffrey and Joseph had agreed that they would both forget about what had happened that midnight and behave like everything was normal,they both had a good time together.
Few hours from that, Sophie came to pick up Joseph from lugard's mansion. She was a lot worried after being told that Joseph was seriously ill. The way she touched, caressed and asked Joseph how he was only showed that she was deeply worried.
Darkness had fallen over Astra city and it seemed to be a cold night. The streetlights and light poles in the land of Astra city prevented Darkness from overshadowing the land.
Joseph was in his room. He lay on his comfortable bed while thinking about a lot things. The windows in his room were opened allowing the cold breeze to filter into his room. He breathed in and out while thinking about a lot of things.
His heart was beating slowly but his heart wasn't at rest. His thoughts went wild as his mind was racing. He thought about the day's events.
Today was just only his second day of resumption and both he and his best friend were already suspended. That shitty principal (enemy of progress) suspended both him and his best friend because she had already concluded that they were sick. But who wouldn't conclude that they were sick?
Good thing, he was able to convince his sister from taking him to the doctor or a hospital. But he wasn't able to convince or stop his sister from putting him on daily medication. His sister really did Care for him and that's why he vowed to keep her dearest to his heart.
As his thoughts went wild,a knock resounding through his room drew his attention. His gaze fell on the door and he breathed heavily.
"Come in" Joseph called out.
The door clicked open and the figures of both his sister and Alfred came into view.
Sophie was wearing a pink night gown that made her extremely cute. And as expected, Alfred's blue eyes seemed to be glowing.
Joseph smiled at the sight of Sophie and Alfred. He entered a sitting position as he stared at them expectantly. Alfred didn't waste time in rushing over to his master, jumping on top of him and throwing him a hug.
Joseph caught his Panda as his arms wrapped around Alfred.
"How are you feeling?" Sophie asked as she strode over to her brother.
She sat at the foot of the bed while looking at her brother with concern.
"Better than ever" Joseph replied dropping Alfred on the bed.
Sophie nodded slowly. "That's good to hear".
A little while of silence followed.
"Thanks" Joseph muttered breaking the silence.
"For what?"
"For believing me when I told you that I wasn't sick, and for not taking me to a doctor" Joseph explained. "It only shows that you trust me and care for me".
Sophie gave a genuine smile as droplets of tears trinkled down her cheeks. She threw Joseph a hug and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. Joseph as well hugged his sister and both siblings stayed like this for what seemed like eternity.
Sophie broke out from the hug and chuckled.
"I better be going. I only came to check up on you" Sophie said with a chuckle.
Joseph twisted his lips in amusement.
"Why is it that you are always sweet and gentle to me when I'm sick?" Joseph asked.
"That's because I want my little brother to be safe, sound and healthy" Sophie replied, outrightly immediately.
Joseph felt touched by his sister's sweet words that he couldn't help but hug her again.
"I love you sis" Joseph mumbled.
"I love you more" Sophie replied back.
They separated from the hug and Sophie placed a kiss on Joseph's forehead making Joseph to blush significantly. Sophie gave Joseph an amused stare making Joseph to blush even more.
"Why are you blushing so hard?" Sophie asked. "Don't tell me another girl managed to kiss my brother".
Joseph couldn't say anything but his red cheeks like that of a tomato said it all. Sophie lowered her head closer to Joseph and whispered.
"If you are having a crush on a girl, my advice is for you to go get that girl" Sophie winked at Joseph.
Joseph only nodded.
Sophie left Joseph's room along with Alfred leaving Joseph's lonely figure on the bed.
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Love found Joseph were he would never expected. But fate was still ready to shower him with love.