High school r0m@nç£episode 26

🎸🎼 HIGH SCHOOL r0m@nç£🎼🎸
💝 It can’t be 💝
Author Viola
#Episode_26
 
 
🎻 KELANIE 🎻
The drive home was the most boring one I ever had. Angelou was lost in the novel he was re-ading and didn’t even say a word to me and everything I said, he replied with gestures. I placed my head on the head rest and slowly dozed off.
“We’re home” Festus said j£rking me wi-de awake
We had arrived home and Angelou wasn’t in the car again.
“Where’s Angelou?”
“I dropped him along the road”
I sighed and got down. I had sle-pt for long after planning on finding out where Angelou lives.
“Good evening nanny” I greeted and slumped on a couch
“you look exhausted” she said worriedly
“that’s school for you”
She walked into the kitchen and returned with a glas-s of milk
“Thanks” I gulped down the milk and dropped the glas-s on the table
“your mum called she’s really worried”
“I don’t care”
“she’s getting sick and…”
“She wasn’t there when I was sick” I cut in “all those sleepless nights I was in pain where was she?”
“She’s very sorry and she’s willing to make it up to you”
“I don’t nee-d her” I stated and ran to my room
My phone started ringing immediately I got to my room. I glanced at the caller ID and it was an unknown number.
📞 Hi
📞 This is Kelanie…
📞 are you home?
I quic-kly recognized the voice as Angelou’s
📞 How did you get my number?
📞 I was actually using your phone in the car. No crime right?
I rolled my eyes and dropped on the be-d
📞 when did you leave the car?
📞 when you were asleep
📞 you shouldn’t have left without telling me
📞 Are you sad?
I felt bu-tterflies in my stomach at the way his voice sounded
📞 I can’t be
📞 just wanted to say hi
📞 you’re hanging up?
He chuckled
📞 maybe
📞 okay
I wasn’t really happy about it
📞 get re-ady for NYN, we’re leaving in two days time
I nodded even though I knew he wasn’t seeing me then the call ended. I blew out air from my mouth and hvgged my phone to my che-st. I was surprisingly happy about speaking with him and it gave me feelings better left hidden.
THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL
I skipped all the clas-ses I had for that day as I stayed in the libr@ry doing nothing in p@rticular.
“Hey!” Selene greeted and sat beside me
“what are you doing here?”
“Nothing”
“Or you’re sad about the news”
“what news?”
“you haven’t heard?”
“Just hit the nail on the head” I was running out of patience
“Lancelot has been in coma for the past two days and his parents flew him to Jamaica for treatment”
“How did you know?”
“Richa-rd told me”
Richa-rd is Lancelot’s younger brother and he also attends Glamour High.
“What about Mabel?”
“She’s less concerned and am really sad about Lancelot” Selene replied
“I don’t want anything to happen to him”
“me too” Selene said then started searching her bag “Richa-rd asked me to give this to you he said Lancelot was writing on it before he pas-sed out” she handed me a paper
I collected the paper and hastily unfolded it
______________________________
📄 My joy and happiness started when I met you and my sadness and pain started when I left you. I know it’s too late but I just want you to know that I still love you and will always.
I know that am dying but I don’t know where I’ll go from here. I just want….
___________________________
“He wasn’t done writing” I said amidst tears
“It’s alright” Selene consoled “he’ll be fine”
“I don’t think so, I just want to see him”
“Nothing is gonna happen to him”
“I don’t think so, I want him to live”
“If he ever lives, are you going to forgive him?”
“am going to” I sobbe-d then she wiped my tears
“Richa-rd will be leaving for Jamaica by 1pm”
I checked my phone “that’s in thirty minutes time”
“you wanna go?”
I nodded in tears “I wanna see him again before it’s too late”
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“sure you don’t wanna tell them?” Selene asked as we snuck to the lot
“they would kick against the idea and we don’t have time”
We entered Selene’s car and drove out of the school. Richa-rd was waiting outside the airport when we arrived. We had called to tell him we would be going with him. He led us to the runway then we entered his family jet.
“I hope you forgive my brother, that’s the only way I can get him back” Richa-rd said as the jet took off.
✈ JAMAICA ✈
We walked out of the airport into a waiting car that took us to a memorial hospital where Lancelot was admitted.
We arrived at the hospital and an elderly man welcomed us then led us to Lancelot’s ward.
“You have few minutes to spend before the doctor comes” he said when we got to the door then he left
“You can go in” Richa-rd said not ma-king any move to go in
“you’re not going?” Selene asked
“I can’t bear to see my brother in that state”
“He’ll be fine” I soothed but I wasn’t sure of that myself.
We entered the room and tears welled up in my eyes on seeing my once agile Lancelot lying on a be-d and surviving with a life supporting machine.
“He’s… he looks… ” Selene chocked on her tears and pu-ll-ed me closer cause I couldn’t stand by myself again
“I can’t believe this” I sobbe-d “I want him back, I want him to be fine”
I placed my hand in his closed palm and held him ti-ght.
“promise me you’re going to come back. You’re not going to leave me like this”
I k!$$£d the back of his hand and shut my eyes as tears rolled down my cheeks.
“You can’t die
You promised to sing with me in NYN
You said you’ll give me the trophy. You can’t do that lying here”
“This is all Mabel’s fault now she’s happy and he’s dying” Selene wept bitterly
“I don’t want to lose you like this. I can lose you to someone else but not death”
“Everyone says the same thing” someone said from behind and we whirled around to see a nurse standing beside us
“Am Deborah by the way” she introduced “am in charge of him”
“He’ll be fine right? Nothings going to happen to him”
“that’s what we’re praying for but we aren’t sure till he wakes up from coma”
“He’s gonna wake up right?”
“Heard you’re the reason he’s like this, maybe you should bring him back”
“How do I bring him back?”
“There’s a chapel in the first floor you could pray to God”
I nodded in tears then dropped Lancelot’s hand
“I’ll be in the chapel” I said then proceeded to leave
“If he ever wakes up and gets better…” she prompted when I got to the door “will you take him back?”
I st©pped on my track but didn’t turn “if that’s what will make him live, then I don’t mind giving him a second chance. Everyone deserves a second chance” I replied truthfully and walked out with Selene
“Were you serious about your reply?” Selene asked as we headed for the first floor
“Am going to do it all he has to do is to wake up, I don’t mind who gets hurt” I said referring to Tristan
We got to the chapel and Richa-rd was alre-ady praying there with his mother and little sister. We went to a corner and knelt down before the altar. I can’t remember the last time I prayed but am gonna do it till dawn if that’s going to bring Lancelot back.
LATER
“We have to return the girls are alre-ady calling” Selene said when we were done praying and sitting on a pew. The Blooms has been calling but we ignored their calls.
“Am not leaving till Lancelot wakes up”
“He’s going to be fine, I believe it”
I sighed and t©uçhed my grumbling stomach
“Are you hungry?” Selene asked
“Maybe but I don’t want to eat”
“It’s getting late and we have to join the jet else we’re stuck in Jamaica”
“When is the jet leaving?”
“soon, Richa-rd will inform us before it leaves”
My phone started ringing and it was Angelou calling.
“Are you going to answer that?” Selene asked cause I’ve been ignoring other calls. I sighed then rolled my eyes and answered the call
📞 Hey!
📞 You don’t sound cheerful
📞 am in my worse state of mind
📞 where have you been?
📞 travelled to Jamaica to see someone
He didn’t say anything again
📞 Hello
📞 your ex?
📞 yes, he’s sick
📞 okay
His tone wasn’t cheerful anymore
📞 How was school today?
📞 Normal. When will you be returning?
📞 Tonight I guess
📞 okay, see you in school tomorrow
He hung up
“he’s weird” I sighed
“You shouldn’t had told him you went to see Lancelot”
“There’s nothing wrong with him knowing”
“Your friends don’t like him after he broke up with you”
“Angelou has no reason to hate him”
Selene shrugged and said nothing again.
“The jet leaves in forty minutes” Richa-rd said joining us “Thanks a lot. Your pres£nce meant a lot to my brother”
“You don’t have to thank me, Lancelot is also important to me”
“Even after what he did to you?”
“Even after what he did to me”
“I just pray he wakes up and watch you sing in NYN, that was all he wanted before he went into coma”
“we’ll come see him some other day. Take care of him” Selene said to Richa-rd
“take care of yourselves too. Mr Flynn will drive you to the airport” Richa-rd said then pointed to a man who was standing by the door
“At your service miss” he gestured
Mr Flynn led us to the lot then we entered a cat different from the one we c@m£ with and headed for the airport.
LATER
“Am really tired” Selene exhaled in exhaustion when we drove to my house
“Me too, I just want to sleep for a long time”
She pu-ll-ed the car to a halt in front of my gate “we’re here”
“Thanks for today you made everything possible I owe you”
“you don’t owe me. What are friends for?”
“Thanks” I greeted and alighted from the car “Goodnight”
“you too” she nodded and drove out
I wiped out invisible sweat from my face then walked towards the gate. I saw a shadow following me then I whirled around and Angelou was walking behind me with his hands in his pockets.
“What are you doing here?”
“did I scare you again?”
“maybe”
“How’s he?”
“Not fine” I shook my head
He brou-ght out a book and proffered it to me “I c@m£ to drop this”
“What’s that?”
“Phoebe said you’d be in nee-d of it when you return, she waited till very late then left”
“and you waited?” I asked then took the book
“I’ll be leaving” he turned and started walking away
“wait!” I prompted then he turned around to face me and our eyes met
“Did you forget anything?” he asked when I wasn’t saying anything
“Nothing” I shook my head
“Then you should go in”
I nodded but wasn’t moving
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
“I think so” I replied and he took few steps close to me
“you don’t look fine wanna share?”
I stared into the pool of his dark eyes and all the hor-mones in me wanted to hvg him.
“Am just exhausted that’s all”
“You nee-d to rest then and don’t get exhausted again so you can be able to sing in NYN”
“Thanks”
“Goodnight” he greeted then walked into the dark street. I watched him till he was out of sight then I entered the mansion. Something wasn’t right and it has to do with that strange feeling I get when am around him.
It can’t be
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TBC