At Mia’s school.
Alyssa was making her way out of the hall when she bumped into someone. She placed her palm on her forehead which was hurting so much as her head collided with a hard chest.
“Nsss.. are you blind or something? Or is it that you walk around with your eyes closed?” she scolded without even looking up to see who she bumped into.
“I’m so sorry…I really didn’t mean to bump into you. It was an accident I swear” a hoarse deep male voice was trying to plead with her.
The voice was so soothing that it got Alyssa’s attention as she looked up to see a fine young guy who should be around 20 years or so. She just couldn’t stop staring at him as her heart skipped a bit, at least that’s how she felt.
Lakshmi who was coming behind Alyssa saw what was happening and quickly made her way to the boy, dragging him out of Alyssa’s presence.
“What the hell are you doing here Scott?” Lakshmi tried to scold her brother in a low tone to avoid drawing the attention of the students around.
“Calm down sis.. Dad just asked me to come pick you up from school” Scott tried to explain himself to his fuming sister.
“Don’t you even think about lying to me. Why would dad ask you to come and pick me up at school when we have so many drivers? And besides he doesn’t even pick me up himself.
The driver has always been the one to pick me up so this story you are cooking up doesn’t make any sense okay?? So tell me the real reason you’re here” Lakshmi pointed her index finger at her brother, giving him some kind of sound warning.
“Ok fine, dad didn’t ask me to come pick you up. I was coming from a friend’s place so I just decided to stop by and pick you up from school. Now tell me lil sis .. is there anything bad in what I have done?” Scott folded his lip as he asked a very rhetorical question.
“Hmmn.. I still don’t trust you but since you are here already you will have to wait for Mia . She is arranging her locker and she will be out soon” Lakshmi told her brother as she stretched her neck to see if Mia was coming.
“Okay no problem, but while I am waiting can I go talk to that girl. She is cu.. ute” Scott looked towards Alyssa’s direction and Lakshmi used her hand to shift his face very roughly.
“Ouch sis.. are you also jealous of her?” He raised his eyebrow as a smirk rested on his face.
“If you aren’t careful Scott then you will receive another slap in front of my schoolmates and trust me it won’t be the gentle one I gave you the last time” Lakshmi threatened her brother who put his two hands in the air as if surrendering to her.
“But why, if I may ask?” He was calm this time.
Lakshmi wanted to tell him everything but she had already made a promise to Mia that no one would come to know about Alyssa’s dirty secret.
“Because I don’t like her. Have I answered you?” Lakshmi rudely replied as she turned away from her brother.
“Do you even like anyone? I brought a girl to the house and you say you don’t like her and now I found someone in your school…you also don’t like her?” Scott raised an eyebrow.
“Yes I don’t like any of them because you cannot choose a reasonable girl for yourself. You have only chosen st*p”d people so far.
When you choose a good girl, I promise to like her okay?” She looked at her brother who clearly didn’t want to answer her.
“And besides, she is too young for you. She is my age mate and you can’t f*ck a teenager, I know that so what you date those girls for.
So save yourself the trouble and focus on yourself and maybe that twerp you brought to the house for now” Lakshmi rolled her eyes and her face lit up the moment she set her eyes on Mia.
“There she is'” Lakshmi pointed at Mia who was struggling to carry so many textbooks.
“Who?” Scott got a little bit confused.
“Mia, my friend.. the girl we were waiting for??” Lakshmi looked at her brother as she kept on nodding her head as if she was talking to a child.
“Ohh ” he rolled his eyes as he remembered, but that didn’t make him take his eyes off Alyssa as he kept on staring at her.
“Stop staring at her, you might get blind.. trust me I know what I am saying” Lakshmi warned her brother who only took it as a joke but the girl was being damn! serious about it.
“Yah, blinded by her beauty.
I don’t know why you don’t like her, she is such a nice girl” Scott defended Alyssa.
“You just saw her and you haven’t even met her yet and you have already concluded that she is a nice girl. Hmmn.. you need help and maybe prayers, let go..” She dragged him out of the hallway as she waited for Mia at the drive way.
Mia looked around in confusion as she could no longer see where Lakshmi had gone because she was standing in front of her not too long ago.
“MIA!! Over here Mia!!” Lakshmi was screaming as she leaned on the car and waved her hand, signaling for Mia to come towards her.
“Lakshmi you’re going to make me deaf if you keep screaming like that” Scott blocked his ears.
“It won’t be a bad thing since you are crushing on someone who is deaf” Lakshmi fired back.
“At least that’s what she wants the whole world to think” Lakshmi murmured under her breath.
“You said what?” Scott was shocked.
“You will find out yourself, you are not going to hear it from me or you might just end up saying that I am jealous of her ”.
“Come Mia, let’s go” Lakshmi placed her hand over Mia’s shoulder as she stood close to the car.
“Do you have everything??” Lakshmi asked when Mia and her were seated comfortably in the car. Mia nodded her head vertically as a way of telling her yes and Scott drove off almost immediately.