??ALEX-ANDRA?✨
(??♀️TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN ONE WORLD?)
©GIFT OKORIE✍️
?SEASON 2?
?CHAPTER 1?
I looked towards the driveway and saw flashes of blue and red light of the police van, tears ran down my cheeks.
Alex took my arms, he picked two of my bags while I took his own which was less heavy and we ran into the woods behind the back yard, which I have no idea where it left to or what we will see inside it but as long as its away from jail, we were OK.
?ALEX’S POV?
“Are you Ok” I asked Andra as well walked on the lonely street of Baritana.
How we survived that forest is still a miracle to me, it was so dark and creepy and Andra had to clutch my arms, I was dead scared but I couldn’t let her see it, she had so much confidence in me.
We walked for almost 2 hours before we found a track, we followed the track until we got to the tiled road.
That was a hvge relief for Andra cause she literally took a de-ep long breath and that made me laugh, while she giggled.
But the mood changed immediately we entered the dark streets, And almost cried, I held her ti-ghtly, but I could swear she was crying silently.
“Talk to me Andra, you are getting me worried” I urged her.
She took a de-ep breath and st©pped, she turned to her right and found a pavement un-der an old sto-re, she dragged her feet to the pavement, she sat down and sighed again and that was when I realized that her problem was tiredness, she wasn’t just tired, she was worn out, it’s written all over her b©dy, the long walk took a toll on her, and it’s not good for her condition.
I walked to her and sat beside her. “Are you hungry” I asked without looking at her, stupid question right. I mean, a pregnant girl walked for more than 2 hours without resting in this freezing cold. My question could be labeled ‘harsh’ in this situation.
Andra turned to me and nodded childishly.
Great.
What am I gonna do now, and with her crazy pregnancy hor-mones, if I give her my arm to eat, she will literally finish my whole b©dy.
And it probably…. What time is it though, well all I know is that it’s almost day break. But just to be sure, I nee-d to know when all this grocery sto-res will start opening.
I reached my pocket for my phone but I felt nothing, my head spinned a million times, I dropped my back pack on my l@ps, I unZi-pped it and sli-pped my hand into it, I knew it was just a waste of time, cause if my phone is not in my pocket, forget it.
I searched for it and I couldn’t find it, gush.
“This is the worst, oh my God” I lamented.
“What are you looking for” Andra asked me quietly.
“I think I left my phone in that house”
“Oh no, that’s not good, are you sure, maybe it can be in any of these bags” she stood up and almost fell but I was fast enough to catch her, she must be feeling dizzy by now. She fli-pped my hand off and went for the bags, is the phone more important than her health.
“Andra its OK, forget it, you won’t see it”
“We have to, we nee-d it” she cried as she searched all the bags.
“Andra st©p, its not like anyone will call us, not even your mother” I blurtedd out and wished I could take it back. She st©pped searching and froze, and then she dropped the bags and turned to me.
“Andi I’m sorry, that was not what I meant” i tried to apologize.
“No Alex, you are right, I don’t know why I’m still believing that they will ever care, I’m such an idiot” she whispered and dropped into my arms and hvgged me like her life depended on it.
I patted her back, and she sighed.
We remained like that for a while before she broke the silence with a loud g@sp.
She flew out of my arms and stared in awe behind me.
“What is it” I asked her.
“The girl in armor, she’s over there, God she’s so beautiful, I’m so jealous”
“Yea, that’s exactly how your sisters feel each time they see you” I stated and gathered the bags. “Let’s go”
She was still smiling sheepishly at empty space.
“But she…”
“Andra there’s no one there” I urged and she g@sped.
“Why do you always chase her away, now she’s gone, happy” she whined as she crossed her hands on her che-st, tamping her feet for me, lol, she looks adorable.
“But there was no one there” I argued.
“There was, she was in an armor”
“Really, a girl in an armor scampared away just because she heard my voice, Andra get your story together” I carried two of the bags and tried to carry the last one but she beat me to it. “Andra you can’t carry that, you are alre-ady feeling dizzy” I tried to collect it from her but she shifted from me.
“I’m better now” she giggled. “Alex I don’t think we are still in the city, it looks like we are in the country side” she pointed out and gestured behind me.
The path was tiled, filled with different trees and beautiful flowers that began to sprout as a result of the rising sun, some of the trees were filled with different deliciously looking fruits.
It was quiet but the singing of birds made it a melodious neighborhood. Gush I love it here.
“Are you hungry” I asked Andra as we both stared at the ripe fruits.
“Hell yea” she whispered.
“Last to get to the mango tree is a rotten kibble” I shouted and took off.
“Hey, slow down, that’s cheating, you know I can’t run, I’m heavy” she complained as she ran behind me.
We got to the tree and luckily for us, the fruits were very close to our reach.
I stretched my hand up plucked 4 mangos at the same time. Andra cl@pped in excitement.
“That was amazing, I could try that 8 times and still won’t pluck one fruit, I think they hate me” we turned around when we heard a de-ep elderly voice behind us, we saw a gray haired tall white dude watching us, He’s probably in his early 70s. “Or maybe they like you better”
Andra nudged me. “I think we are trespas-sing Alex” she whispered to me.
“Mmmh” was all I could say.
“You are not from here are you?” The man asked.
“No sir” I replied. “Listen sir, we are so sorry for trespas-sing, we didn’t know the tree belongs to someone”
“Oh come on, I can’t remember the last time I c@m£ here, probably sometime last year, it’s just the gardener that is wasting his time on this place” he walked closer to t©uçh the trees.
“You call taking care of this paradise a waste of time” Andra asked in astonishment.
“Well I guess when you get old, everything becomes different” the old man stated in a cowboy’s voice. “But if you want it, you can take it”
“Oh, umh, we don’t have enough money for that, although its really nice but we can’t, and by the way, we are just pas-sing by” I replied.
“Oh come on, you don’t have to…..”
“Alfred here you are, I’ve been looking for you all over the place” an elderly woman screamed as she ran towards us.
“Oh I’ve been here, look what I found snooping all over the garden” he stated and k!$$£d her on the cheeks.
Andra and I couldn’t resist the awwwww we whispered to each other.
The woman turned to us and waved, then she covered her mouth and g@sped as she stared at Andra.
“Oh my God you are and Angel, where did you come from dear” the woman asked.
Andra and I smiled at her, she walked to Andra and hvgged her really ti-ght, I suddenly felt ugly.
“Alfred you remember I used to look this beautiful when I was younger” she asked the man who I can now call her husband.
“Not even close Halen” Mr. Alfred muttered and I couldn’t hold back my laughter.
“Whatever, anyway I just c@m£ to tell you that breakfast is re-ady” she stated with her tiny voice. “And you both can join us”
“Umh, actually..” I tried to speak but she cut me off.
“Oh plea-se don’t say no, she can’t keep moving with Empty stomach, she’s too tired alre-ady, it’s not good for the baby”
Andra and I exchanged glances in surprise. How the hell did she know.
“Baby, the girl is having a baby” Mr. Alfred asked.
“Yes, didn’t you notice”
“This not a place to be at this moment”
Andra looked down, she lifted up her head and stared at me and I had no idea what to say to her.
“Let’s just go and eat first, come on everyone”
“But you don’t even know us” I argued.
“Well I know enough to un-derstand that you are in the wrong city and sooner than later, the authority will find out and track you down, also you look tired and hungry and you nee-d to rest and eat some food, so come on, don’t punish this innocent girl over fear of nothing” she stated and led Andra away from the garden.
“don’t worry, you have the whole day to check it out, I mean the garden, we better get going, Helen frowns at people missing meals.” Mr. Alfred win-ked at me, he walked off and I shrugged and had no other option than to follow behind.
But how is it possible that in this crazy city, this couple could be this nice to us even after knowing about the pregnancy. Or should I be worried.
I shrugged and cleared my mind off anything bad about them, we nee-d to trust someone no matter what and I think they are the right people to trust.
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“so how did you get here, why did you choose here” Mr. Alfred asked us as we eat the deliciously made baked milk and beef sandwich, mashed potatoes and fine bacon, washing it down with creamy coffee and orange jui-ce, well actually the old couple were drinking the coffee and served us orange jui-ce just cause we are teenagers, lol, I mean what made them think we can’t drink coffee, we are teenagers not kids.
Andra has been quiet and I wondered if she was ok, she just managed to eat a little. And she is right beside Halen, right across the table.
I watched her for a while and she kinda look sick, who wouldn’t be after the rou-gh long night, plus we sle-pt outside in the cold, did we even sleep.
I stretched my right hand across the table and t©uçhed hers, she managed to look up at me.
“are you ok” I whispered to her, and she shook her head negatively.
Great.
“oh don’t worry yourselves, it’s just morning sickness, she will be fine” Halen stated.
“are you sure” I asked her as if she’s a nurse or a doctor.
What Andra nee-ds right now is a doctor, and I’m scared something may happen to her if I didn’t take her to one.
“don’t worry yourself, she’ll be fine” Mr. Alfred as-sured me. “so, how about a little introduction, like your names, where you c@m£ from and how you got here” he asked.
Andra and I exchanged glances, she bent her head and I was tem-pted to lie on her behalf, but I couldn’t, how was I supposed to lie to the only people that accepted us with open arms without us even asking.
So right now, truth is the only option, and I have a feeling that they don’t even know that I’m the father of the baby yet, if they s£nd us out after hearing it, then I would do nothing but to thank them for their kindness.
“umh, I’m Alex Hathaway and this is Andra Edward, we are from New York or at least I’m from New York and Andra is an African but lives in New York with her family”
“wow, you are both far from home” Halen stated as she took a sip of her coffee.
“yea, and for a moment I thought you two were siblings from different parents” Mr. Alfred shrugged.
I chuckled internally, if only he knew, well I’m about to tell them.
“so how did you get here” he asked.
“well it’s a long story, started two months ago, but I’ll try to cut it short by starting last month, it was on PROM NIGHT……” i told them the story exactly the way it happened.
The both sighed when I finished.
“wow, this is crazy” Mr. Alfred commented.
“if not that you both doesn’t look like liars to me, I would have said this is a movie or a story” Halen stated as she put on a thoughtful look. “but do you think that your siblings has a hand in it?” she asked.
TBC….