something about us episode 21

💇SOMETHING ABOUT US💖
(When A Tomboy Loves…)

✍️Written by Nuri .F. Chisom Pearl✍️

🥀Chapter 21🥀.

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“Why is everywhere quiet?” Lizzy whispered

“Hey? You sure you took us to the right place?” Flora ch!pped.

“Sssh alre-ady! Let’s just walk to the other room” Alexa said as she pointed to the other door. The girls sighed and followed Alexa who led the way.
Alexa walked close to the door and breathed in de-eply. She knocked the door twice and waited. Soon enough, The door opened wi-dely. Eric was at the other side. His face lit up a fine smile. Flora stole a quic-k glance at Lizzy.

“Hi, Eric… Are we late or are we just early?. Everywhere is damn quiet” Alexa whispered

“Well. There was a change of plan” He replied

“What? Why? Did something happen?” Alexa asked anxiously.

“Not really. It’s just it won’t be a birthday p@rty anymore but rather a birthday dinner. Come on in, You guys are 40 minutes late” Eric chuckled as Alexa slowly went in. Lizzy went afterwards as Eric glanced at her. Flora looked at him like he was nuts. She squee-zed her mouth as she stared at Eric.
He looked back at her and shone his teeth. Flora scoffed loudly and finally entered. Eric pla-yfully pinched her w@!st.

“Hey? Don’t lemme kill you. You had better behave yourself. I don’t want anyone to find out you like Lizzy!” Flora warned in a whisper. Her face was squee-zed. She was frowning.

“Okay… Okay. Don’t worry” He replied wi-nking.

“Huh? Softball… You are here?!” Ken yelled and waved as he watched Alexa walk closer.
The room was hvge. It had a long table with decorations on it. On the sides of the the big long table were charming chairs. On the walls were banners, balloons and all sorts of decorations. The table had a big cake on the middle. While, on the side were different varieties of delicacies. It was a sight to behold. Lots of foods, beef, fried full chicken, fishes, all types of meat infact.

The table also had different drinks on them. They were beer, wine and soft drinks and even alcoholic drinks. Snacks weren’t exceptional too!.
Alexa smiled and walked to the vacant chair. She sat close to Ethan who was alre-ady seated. She looked at Ethan and smiled at him. Ethan kept a stern face and re-moved his gaze from her totally ignoring her abs£nce. Eric c@m£ afterwards and sat close to Alexa. She was now in between the two guys. Ken was the celebr@nt so he was seated at the far end facing the others though he was a little nearer to Ethan.

Lizzy and Flora sat together at the opposite side of where Alexa and the others (Ethan and Eric) were seated. Since they were opposite each other. Their eyes met.

“Is everyone here?” Ken asked discontinuing the heavy silence.
Alexa nodded. Ken looked at Ethan.
Ethan inhaled de-eply and stood up. He wore a dashing suit just like the boys did but from different designers.

“Welcome to Ken’s Birthday Dinner Night” Ethan coughed trying to adjust his n£¢k tie as he looked around.
There was a loud cl@p.

“Can the celebr@nt stand up plea-se?” Ethan asked. Ken smiled and stood up. The others started applauding once again.

“He’s now a year older today. Can we wish him a happy birthday?” Ethan commented. He looked and sounded awkward.
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🎶 Happy birthday to you 🎶

🎶 Happy birthday to you 🎶

🎶 Happy birthday to you, Ken. Happy birthday to Y–🎶

“What do you think you are doing?” Ethan’s voice jo-lted Alexa and Flora who were busy singing.
They looked around and saw Lizzy who was quite embarras-sed to sing along. Eric smiled looking at them. He couldn’t help but chuckle. Flora was embarras-sed and looked at the table.

“What’s it? Didn’t you ask us to wish him a happy birthday?” Alexa questioned

“Why are you behaving like a nine year old? Huh? Are we kids here–

“What?” She whispered sadly.

“I didn’t ask you to sing with your frog voice!. I just asked you to wish him a Happy Birthday! That’s all. Don’t you get that? Or is this how your br@in misun-derstands?” Ethan asked with an angry look. Alexa stared at him. Her eyes bec@m£ full. She tried ha-rd not to blink.
Blinking her eye alone was enough to make her tears drop. She felt painful, bad and bitter. She was starting to regret why she c@m£ too.

“Mister! That’s enough!” Elizabeth yelled hitting the table. She stood up gazing at him wickedly.

“You know. Mister, You shouldn’t insult my friend like that. It’s not yourfu-cking birthday?” Flora yelled as she stood up angrily.

“How dare you say such vulgar language at someone’s birthday dinner?” Ethan muttered with annoyance. Flora hissed angrily and looked at Ken who looked back.

“Your name is Ken right?” Flora asked
Ken nodded with a smile.

“So, Ken… Can we wish you a happy birthday with our frog voices?”

“Huh? Yeah. Sure. Go on” He muttered.

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Soon, They had started digging into their food with their different cutleries. They also drank their different preferable drinks.

“So? What are your names? There’s no nee-d for introduction from the Skyy Boys Band, right?” Ken asked. The others roared with laughter at this statement except Ethan who didn’t mind them.

“Well.. I’m Joseph Elizabeth but y’all can call me Lizzy”

“Nice name” Eric smiled.

“Oh. Thank you” Lizzy replied smiling back at him.

“What about you. What’s your name?” Ken asked as he ate gazing at Flora.

“I’m Brown Flora. Nice to meet you”

“Nice to meet you too. Let talk about us. Who’s in?” Ken asked. The others nodded.

“I’m gonna pas-s” Ethan retorted.

“Whatever!” Lizzy shouted

“Geez. You are really something! Quite Scary?” Ken smiled looking at Lizzy.

“Huh? Me?” Lizzy asked surprised

“Yeah. You seem fearless and you like cussing”

“Yeah. I even gave my sister a nickname due to my bull sh*t attitude” Lizzy laughed.

“I’m gonna call you Fearless” Ken retorted

“What?” Lizzy asked

“It’s your nickname. You too! I think I’m gonna have to give Flora a nick name” Ken chuckled
“But not now” He added

“Why not now?” Alexa asked curiously

“I’m still gonna re-ad her behaviour. We are still gonna be meeting often, or don’t you think so?” He asked now turning his gaze to Flora.

“In your dreams” Flora whispered taking a piece of chicken into her mouth.

“So, Guys… What are your dreams?” Ken asked

“Dreams?” Flora asked looking at him.

“Yeah.. Like what you wanna become in future? Your Dreams?”

“I don’t have one” Flora retorted in a whisper. Her voice was sad and her happy face got depressed.

“What?” Ken asked shockingly

“Me too” Lizzy ch!pped in.

“Huh? But why?” Eric asked

“I wanna be a singer and songwriter just like you guys but my parents are against it” Lizzy replied quic-kly. She didn’t mind anymore.

“Oh my. That’s bad. So, What about you, Flora? What happened? Why don’t you have a dream” Ken asked

“Huh. Well, I had a dream before. But everything changed–

“You don”t have to explain. Maybe Later–When the time is right.” Ethan’s voice commented. Flora looked at Ethan who had an innocent depressed face. Flora’s eyes were slightly soa-ked with tears.

“It’s okay flora. You can explain when you feel like. So, What about you, Alex?” Ken asked
Alexa eyes ran to and fro. She was speechless.

“She doesn’t have one too. Her dream expired after trying 5 good times” Flora spoke for her. There was sadness in her voice.
Alexa’s face bec@m£ de-eply sad.

“Hey.. What’s this. This is a birthday. What’s with this atmosphere?” Ken asked trying to lighten up the mood. He looked at Ethan who sat almost close to him.

“Hey!” Ken whispered pinching his l@p.

“Oww! Guy?” Ethan almost yelled in his whisper.

“Do something! Say something! Just because of me. Alexa and her friends are feeling down! Darn it” Ken whispered sadly. Ethan looked around and bit hisl-ips in thought.
Suddenly, He stood up which jo-lted the others.

“So, Guys! We are gonna pres£nt our gifts to the celebr@nt. I hope you are gonna love it, Ken” Ethan smiled now turning to look at Ken.
Ken threw him a quic-k wi-nk with a thick smile.

“Oh… The Gifts. So, Who’s going first?” Alexa asked. Her voice wasn’t really lightened up. Ken noticed this and sighed heavily. He looked at Ethan and shaked his head.

“Ken! This is what you are gonna do. You’re gonna open the wra-pped gifts and mention that one gift that won your heart. But you won’t know the person that dropped the gift till you ask. Are you re-ady, Ken?” Ethan asked swiftly trying to change the sad atmosphere in the room.
They suddenly heard a soft chuckle. They slowly turned their gaze only to find out it was from Alexa.

“I like that. Its looks fun.. Girls, re-move your name tag from your wra-pped gifts.. Ken, Turn around. You shouldn’t stare at our gifts!” Alexa chuckled. The girls smiled and nodded.

“Celebr@nt.. You heard Alex. plea-se, Turn around. Okay, Start dropping them at the celebr@nt seat as I blind fold him with this” Ethan smiled waving a white small clothing. Alexa smiled as the others got busy with their gifts. Ethan started with the blind folding. He remembered Alexa’s smile and smiled too. He was add!çted by his (Alexa) smile. He wasn’t gonna deny.

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Ken’s eyes were later opened. He stared at the five beautifully wra-pper gifts. He smiled and looked at the others seated. They all wore a smile. Ken inhaled de-eply and started unwra-pping them. He unwra-pped all the gifts and smiled. He liked them but he liked one better.

“This stuff looks like me” Ken smiled taking a gift from the others. He lifted the gift on the air and showed it to others. It was a small round smiley face ru-bber emoji 🙂.

It was yellowish in colour. It standed out bold and thick. There was also a small light gold chain at the t©p.

“It’s cute. Who got this for me?” He asked.
No one answered. There was de-ep silence.

“Huh? Who wra-pped this up?” He asked again now in the state of curiosity. Slowly, Flora stood up.

“Wow. Was it you?” He asked. Flora nodded.

“I decided to get that because I knew you had everything. It is a smiley face so whenever you are sad. You can just look at it… Oh! Can you squee-ze it a little?” Flora asked

“Oh….Ken paused and gently squee-zed it. It made a cute sound and said ;”Smile, Ken”

“Wow.. It just said my name. This is really the best gift. Others are cool though. How did you do that, Flora?” Ken asked stunned

“You don’t have to ask. There’s enough cash!” Lizzy chuckled

“Well.. I guess. And oh.. That voice in it–

“It’s yours right?” Ken cut in Flora’s statement smiling happily.

“Yeah” She replied

“It’s cute” He whispered staring into her eyes.
Flora nervously blinked her eyes. “Thank you, Happy Birthday again, Ken” She commented.
Ken nodded still smiling. “I wonder who got these gifts, Which are yours guys?” He asked

“I own the bow tie” Ethan said

“I own the wrist watch” Eric commented

“I own the shoes” Lizzy smiled

“While I own the Ken Stickers!” Alexa gushed as every one laughed.

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“Now, It’s time for cutting of the cake. Uhmm, I’m gonna light the candles–Make a wish, Ken and b!ow the candles” Ethan said.

“Uhh, I know we all have wishes here. I don’t wanna be greedy and selfish cause you all tried, seriously.. Now, Can you guys all make a wish with me. Let’s b!ow these candles together?” Ken asked
The girls looked at each other, sighed de-eply and turned to ken.

“Okay Ken. We can’t say NO. It’s your birthday after all” Alexa responded.

“Thank you Softball… Let’s close our eyes and make our secret wishes” Ken said as they all closed their eyes.
Later on, They opened their eyes and blew out the candles in the count of Three. They cl@pped their hands happily and hoped for their different wishes to come true.
After that, They all took numerous pictures with their different phones. Some were funny, cute and sweet.
They enjoyed the cake and the Birthday Dinner.
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It was alre-ady 11:30 pm. Elizabeth went home immediately it clocked 9:15 because of her family. Also, The church’s gate was gonna be locked around 10:00 pm. The girls had arrived at the birthday dinner around 7:25pm.

Soon, Flora’s parents called her to hurry home. They were worried about their daughter’s welfare. Now, It was only Alexa around.
They all drank to stupor. They drank a lot of beer and got a little drun!k. Eric stood up and walked to his be-droom tiredly. He la-id on his be-d and started dozing off.
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Alexa didn’t know what she was doing any longer. She found herself walking down to Eric’s be-droom. She opened it and saw him asleep. She smiled and blu-shed happily. She staggered to the be-d and sle-pt close to him. She was face to face with him. His eyes were closed as Alexa stared at him. She chuckled softly.

Minutes Later, The door flunged open. It was Ken. It was also quite drun!k. He walked up to the be-d and sle-pt behind Alexa.
Now Alexa was in the middle of both guys though her eyes couldn’t get over Eric. She smiled as she continued staring at him.

As if that wasn’t enough, Ethan c@m£ in. His eyes caught them. Though, He was quite drun!klike the rest. He still managed to jack Ken and pu-ll-ed him down on the floor.
Ken fell down with a heavy thud though he was not moved. The sleep had taken over him entirely.

Ethan smiled and sle-pt behind Alexa now on the be-d. He was feeling sleepy alre-ady. He wra-pped his arms around Alexa’s w@!st and made her back his pillow. He smiled as “sleep” took over his eyes. Alexa wiggled uncomfortably feeling Ethan’s t©uçh on her. Although, Her eyes were still on Eric.

Suddenly, Eric eyes opened wi-de. He stared at Alexa whose eyes were now twitching. He smiled and wra-pped his arms around her w@!st too. Alexa felt her heart nearly bur-sting out of her che-st.
Alexa saw Eric’s face coming closer to hers. She closed her eyes quic-kly and felt hisl-ips slightly t©uçh hers.

Slowly, He took hisl-ips off hers. Alexa opened her eyes and looked at him. Alexa smiled and also wra-pped her arms ti-ghtly around him taking her head to l@yin his comfortable wi-de manly che-st.

“Eli—Eric tried saying as he brou-ght Alexa closer to him.Then,He paused. He was still drun!kand feeling very sleepy. “Alexa” He finally said in a very low whisper. A bright smile from no where, c@m£ to his face and he found himself in a nice dream.

TBC