Sitting in a biology class , my eyes aren't doing me any justice , closing up no matter how much I try to keep them open . They are so heavy and that's because I couldn't sleep even a wince last night .
When I tried to close my eyes , I could only see the guy drowning.
"Merlin!" A loud thud on my desk makes me jerk, "Your father just called me and asked me to wake you up so that you can go pee before you do that on yourself . He says you do that when you go to slumber land , so stand up and help yourself to the bathroom!" Mr Brown says making other students burst out laughing.
I don't stand , I stay in my seat , still. He pulls me up by collas , just then the door flies open , falling inside , broken .
The laughter stops immediately as the sea guy walk in standing at the door. Mr. Brown lets go of me the moment the sea guy looks around the class then starts walking towards me , with a dead look directed to Mr. Brown.
Before I could even process anything going on , he pushes him , hitting him on the wall. Students start screaming. "Stop!" I yell at him but he pushes me aside.
"Stop it!" I yell again holding his strong hand then he turns to me and I shake my head at him.
"St..op ti" he repeats, letting go of Mr. Brown , I node at him, smiling for some reason.
The screams stops as people gather at the door and windows watching him.
Now I get the chance to look at his wounded body , fresh cuts , tired look in his eyes . How did he find me?! I wonder!
I take off my jacket and cover his lower body . He tries to pull it off but I stop him. "Stop!"
"Sto..p" he repeats again letting go.
The guards of the school enter , coming for him and he hisses at them , making them flinch.
"McCall! Move away from the man! He is dangerous! I've called the police." Principal Andrews yell at me after entering the class.
"Actually , he.. he is... my cousin, his name is Lucky... Lucky Lee , he is not dangerous, he is just not in his normal state because he lost all of his family in a car accident, every single one of them and now he just need someone to help him. We've been looking for him and now we find him, we'll take him to the hospital. I'll take him home." I have no idea where that lie has come from but it has worked , there is pity on people's faces , even those who I never thought they knew what pity means.
Just as am about to drag him away , the police block the doorway.
"Oh am sorry officers but turns out the man has a situation , he is family to the boy , he assures that he is not a danger , he will take him home." The principal says.
"Is that so?!" The police with a sturn look asks , obviously not ready to believe. "Just know if he is found roaming on the street naked again, we will take an action!"
"Okay"
I say pulling out of the classroom. It's a good thing that no one knows am from the Mayor's house , otherwise she would have heard about this. She told candy never to mention that we are related. And even better that she hasn't come back to school yet.
I don't know how I'll get this guy home or somewhere else, he has no clothes, and his wounds look terrible , like he was in a sword war , I could have taken him to the hospital but I don't have enough money to cater for medication. And also , I don't want attention!
Suddenly I remember something! I have my PE uniform in my locker , I go down the hallway, harrying up so that people don't get out of classes and start staring at us like we're some kind of lunatics .
"Put them own!" I say after giving them to him. I don't understand why he keeps walking around naked!
He throws them down. I pick them and give them to him again. "I said , put them on" I say shoving the tracksuit jacket on him.
"Sto..p!" He says surprisingly me . And he looks pissed at me , really pissed . Like the clothes burn.
I don't know what am doing or why I really felt happy that he didn't drown and he somehow found me... he's the person I have no idea who he is ! He might have a mental problem , which is supposed to keep me away from him because who knows what he can do. I don't even know his family!
"You! If you don't want to wear clothes! Don't follow me around! And don't come in my house or school!" I say trying to use sign language . I wanna walk out of here but I can't leave him at school!
Maybe I can use some other roads other than main ones where people are many. I think as I walk down the hallway knowing that he's following me , but when I go for some time , I realize he's not , I turn around going back and find him struggling with the tracksuit.
Trousers on his head and the jacket on his legs . "Oh gosh!" I sigh going back, I help him dress and then head home . I sneak him in once again . Through the window.
"Stay right here! Don't follow me nor go anywhere!" I tell him.
"Here.. don't... stay..." I can't help but chuckle to that.
I rush downstairs, I take the first Aid kit then back upstairs. I don't find him on the bed , the tracksuit is on the floor.
I hear water in the bathroom so I open it entering. He had broke the shower and the taps yesterday, and I had fixed them temporarily, using improvised materials but he has damaged it again!
Standing under the shower, letting the water flow on him .
What is it with him and water?! It's like all he ever cares about is water!
I pull him out .
"What the f*ck are you doing?! You broke this again?! What is it with you and water! You can't stay away from water , are you a fish or what?!" I yell showing him the water . He stands aside as he repeats.
"Wa..ter... f*ck... doin...!"
I don't know if he adds something else because am busy wondering where his wounds have gone.
He just got wet and his wounds are gone?!
I pick the thing that I had used to stop water from running and fix it again.
In the room , I find other clothes. A sweatpants and a hoodie and make him wear . When he finishes I make him sit on the bed . Looking at him , I have millions of questions in my head . I wish he could just speak!
Something is really off with him .
"Don't take this off unless I ask you to! Okay?" I say emphasizing with sign language.
"Ok..ay?" He repeats asking .
"What's your name?"
"His name...is... Lucky... Lucky Lee" he says making laugh to that , and after laughing I realize that I had even forgotten how my laugh sound like, because it's been very long since I saw or heard something to make me laugh.
He remembers what I said back at school. And now he thinks , his name is what I said it is. What I gave him out of no where. Well , that will work until further notice.
"Where is your home? Where are your parents?" I don't know how to say some things with sign language which he at least seem to understand.
But when I finally get him to understand, he keeps repeating. "Wa..ter " every time I ask his home , so I give up .
I decide to go get rid of the water in the bathroom , but then something pops up on my mind. "You know what? On the second thought , you will have to clean the mess you've made yourself! Come!"
"Co..me" he repeats coming to the bathroom, I repeatedly demonstrate to him what he's supposed to do then leave him in there .
I go downstairs because I have chores waiting for me , but when I decide to run back in my room to see if he's done , my eyes pop out in surprise.
He is lying down on the floor , pretending like he is swimming. I honestly can't take it anymore so I leave him to do what he wants to do with water .
In the room , he had thrown my things around again.
As am picking them up , I realize a file that doesn't belong to me . I take it and open inside curiously.
"Butler Books Company_ BBC" I read unbelievably. What are my dad's company documents doing in my room?! Contracts and all important documents.
I sit on my bed trying to figure out how they got here and how long they've been here and why.