I can't sleep, more like a special someone won't let me
sleep. She has been on my mind since the moment I left
her house, I'm glad her father consented to me coming
to see her again, and then it hit me, I didn't even notify
them when I was going to come again, I'm sure she
must be worried and think that I might not come again.
I didn't have much sleep last night, I woke up with red,
puffy eyes, and my head hurt like I was run over by
some herd of animals. I stood up and stumbled on my
way down from my bed, I hit my head and groaned in
pain, loud enough for my parents to start rushing to my
room,
"Alex, what's the matter honey?, are you..."
, my
mum said as she came running into my room, followed
by my sister and dad, she and my dad helped me get back on the bed, my dad went to get a thermometer
because he had flinched when he tried to check my
temperature,
"I can't go back to bed now, I have to go
and see her"
, I said as I tried to get up, but my mum
pinned me down, Chelsea was watching from the door,
dad came back with the thermometer and placed it
under my arm, after it beeped, he checked it and
shouted as he checked my temperature,
"Honey,
what's wrong?"
, my mum asked as she flinched at my
father's tone,
"He's burning up. Quickly, get a bowl and
some water, and Chelsea, get the medications in the
shelf"
, Dad said as he looked around for a stool, and
mum and Chelsea went to do as dad had said, I heard
Chelsea mutter some words as she left with mum,
"You
didn't get much sleep last night, did you?"
, I looked
over at my dad, who was looking at me with worry,anger and curiosity, I nodded my head and looked back
down. I haven't had this kind of 'Mano a Mano'
conversation with my dad, so I didn't know how well to
handle the situation, one thing was certain, I was
anxious, I didn't know if he was going to scold me, ask
me some more questions, give me some advice or just
keep quiet,
"And all for what, for a girl you saw and
thankfully rescued the day before?"
, he continued, I
looked up at him and just said,
"this one's different dad,
she's something else, and guess what, she convinced
her father to let me drip by her house again, kinda
reassuring don't you think?"
, I looked at my father with
hope as I spoke with him, and I wasn't feeling that
anxiousness that I had talked about before, I was just
concerned and curious about my father's opinion on
me meeting Samantha again,
"Although it is, I also
think it's a little suspicious, alot of mystery are held
behind that request of hers, I guess I'll just have to let
you go to see which category it falls on"
, he said as he
held my shoulder, I was beaming with joy that I didn't
even care if I was burning up, I jumped on my father
and kept repeating one word over and over again,
'Thank you so much'
, and at that moment I was focused
on getting better and going to see her immediately,
although I wasn't sure when I was going to feel better,
so I just let my parents and sister take care of me, and
allhe while, my sister was by my side, holding my hand,
and even toghe extent of sleeping by my side, I was
lucky to have a sister like Chelsea in my life, I held her
hand and thanked her for staying with me every now
and then, she just smiled and then looked down, just
like she did just now, I always wondered why she
looked down after smiling, Soni asked her, she looked
up at me,
"Can you please take me with you when you
want to go and see her?" she finally said looking down
again, I smiled at her and held her, causing her to look
up at me, I couldn't let her go with me to her house, I
don't even know what will happen over there and I
don't want to surprise her with the drama that might
take place over there, not to mention that sam's dad
barely agreed for me to come again, imagine how he
would feel if I brought my sister along, he might feel like
I took his consent for granted and that is not something
that I'm willing to risk,
"Tell you what, after I meet her I
will ask her if she can come over, but I won't tell you
when, I'm going to keep it as a surprise, is that okay?"
, I
asked, hoping she would concur to that idea, I just said
it, I didn't even know if Sam would agree to it, and not
to think of the day that she was going to come. Then it
hit me, I could ask her to come over on Chelsea's
birthday, it's not that far, so I'm sure Chelsea can wait,
it's just a few months from now, 2 months specifically,
and then I could also bring her again on the day of her
own birthday, it was brilliant, I patted myself in the
back for thinking of such an idea, now I just had to get
well soon and go and see Sam.
SAM:
I sat down on the stairs of our house outside, waiting
for Alex to come back, like he had promised to, I just
want to see him, I didn't even eat my breakfast, all
because I wanted to see him and here I am on our front
porch waiting for him,
'Where are you, Alex'
, I said in mymind, did he choose not to come again?, did his parents
not consent to him coming here?, what if he said he
won't come again?, Or was he going to come tomorrow?
My mind kept asking questions about Alex that I was yet
to answer and I didn't know what to do, my mum said I
was falling in love, Am I? Isn't it too early to call what
I'm feeling Love?, I only just met him a few days ago,
and I don't even know if he still feels thesame way I feel
for him. My mum and dad came to meet me in our
porch, holding a plate with bacon and eggs, and my
dad was with some drinks, I thank God for the kind of
parents that I have, they understood that I have to wait
for Alex, I know mum did, maybe she had explained
everything to dad last night, as I looked up to see the
best people in my life, I turned my gaze to dad, stood
up and hugged him, tight,
"I thought he would be herehe promised..."
, I said as my dad wrapped his arms
around me, mum dropped the plate she was with and
took the drinks from dad's arms, letting him to hold me
a little better,
"He did, but maybe something happened
and he was unable to come, but you can't keep doing
this to yourself, there are other days, I'm sure he'll
come over, just be patient, and don't try to pressurize
him to do some certain things he wouldn't be able to do,
okay cupcake?"
, I loved when he calls me cupcake,
even mum likes it, one thing I love about my dad, is that
he likes to be inghe moment, and knows how to
arrange his words to make the moment last a while, I
looked wat my dad and nodded, he then kissed me on
the forehead,
"Come-on, let's go and eat before the
food gets cold"
, Dad said and we went to meet mum,
and silently but joyfully ate our breakfast, with the
thought of Alex not being able to come again taped to
my mind, dad had said maybe something happened,
that's why he didn't come, I hope he's alright.