šSOMETHING ABOUT USš
(When A Tomboy Loves…)
āļøWritten by Nuri .F. Chisom Pearlāļø
š„Chapter 32š„.
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“You are still giving me this look? You’re ma-king me feel awkward, You don’t have to pity me. I’m used to it now” Alicia whispered staring into Laura’s eyes.
“You’re still young. You know what it means? Many more years filled with pain and agony. I’m still wondering when the sufferness is gonna end”
“I’m waiting for a miracle”
“As if, Why can’t you get surgery?”
“Waaw! Are you worried about me now? You are caring and kind hearted. Why did you have to behave harsh and rude then?..I knew your facial expressions was a mask. You were just pretending. I’m sure you are hiding something”
“So? What do you wanna know. Exactly?”
“Wait!! You wanna tell me everything now? The stuff that really happened..I guess we are now compromised?”
“I just want you to stĀ©p feeling headaches because of me. Don’t you want it settled once and for all?”
“I do. I certainly do!…So, Let’s cut to the chase unnie”
“No. not today” She inhaled de-eply.
“What? Why? Are you perhaps scared?”
“āNo, Let’s just cut some slack. I just want you to rest. You’ve received enough headache for today. You’re gonna be available on Saturday right?”
“Well. Sure” Alicia replied
“Same time okay?”
“Sure unnie” Alicia replied with a smile. She signaled to the prison ward who c@mĀ£ into the room. He went closer to Laura and held onto her arm. She stood up from the chair while the warden led the way.
Suddenly, Laura stĀ©pped and turned her head to see Alicia once more.
She also looked at Laura and smiled.
“By the way. Why are you so curious about me?…Are you doing it because you just wanna do it, Is there probably a reason?” Laura asked in a low tone.
“Yeah. I don’t want people to think of you as a bad person.. I don’t want you to regret your actions too. You know, you’re my role model unnie” Alicia responded smiling while Laura smiled back.
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“Are we gonna watch a tragedy movie or what? NobĀ©dy is here” Flora said slowly taking a seat while she kept looking around.
“Well. That’s because I rented here” Ken retorted
“What? Why?”
“I wanted to show you something” He smiled.
“You’re ma-king me really curious now. I can’t help but feel anxious”
“FirstlyāKen paused and took hold of her hand. Flora looked at his palm which was holding hers. She looked at him surprised.
āI’m gonna tell you something” He added.
“What’s that?” She asked with curiousity.
“Flora.. Do you remember me?” He whispered.
“What? You? I don’t get that” Flora replied furrowing her eye brows as she looked at his face de-eply.
“Perhaps, Do you know me from anywhere before now” She asked.
“Ouch. I guess I’m the only one that remembers you… Should I give you an hint..?” He asked
“Yeah” She replied
“When I say this. You are gonna remember something. Well, That is if you have a retentive memory”
“Are you kidding me? Come on… Just say it!” Flora giggled.
There was de-ep silence. Only their loud breathing could be heard in the dark cinema.
Ken’s suddened voice broke it.
When Flora heard the word. Her heart skipped, She ti-ghtly held Ken’s palm which immediately coupled into hers as she took her gaze off him.
“Say it again” Her shaky voice whispered.
“I’m your number 1 fan……
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š(3 YEARS AGO)š
It was nightfall alre-ady. Flora was still practicing her ballet dance when her phone beeped. It was an inbox. She halted for a while and took few steps to the phone resting on the ground. She sat tiredly on the floor and crossed her long thin legs together. She hurriedly gr@bbĀ£d her phone and checked the message. It was from Alexa. She sĀ£nt her a message alongside cute friendly pictures with Alexa and Elizabeth in it.
The message re-ad thus;
š©We had fun today at the cinema. We wished you were with us but we un-derstand you have a big ballet dance next week. Good luck with your rehearsal. Fighting!! We love you ššš©.
“Awwn. They really had fun by the look of this pictures. Awwn! So cute. Oww, This one is so funny. I’m gonna post this! How I wish I went with them. I like cinemas too but I guess my busy schedule has its say too!” Flora sighed standing up.
She kept her phone again and returned back to her dancing. She used her ti-p toe dancing and adding high and low jumps in between. She would also spre-ad and bend her arms. She danced turning round and round. Infact, She was too good.
It was alre-ady 30 minutes and Slim Sweet Flora could still be seen dancing. Drips of sweat flowed down her
face including her whole bĀ©dy but she didn’t stĀ©p. She was still rolling around when she missed a step and fell.
“Owwww” She gro-an ed sharply in pain. She looked at her left leg and started removing her ballet shoes. Her big toe had a slight cut. She sighed and blew air from her mouth on it. She tĀ©uƧhed it slightly and gro-an ed again.
“Ouchh Its hurts” She whispered.
Suddenly, Hunger c@mĀ£. Her flat stomach made a loud sound. Gwwwwwrh!. It roared and growled so loudly enough to crumble down a whole building.
“I’m hungry. I have to go home now” Flora whispered taking her bags. She took her clothes and a bottle of water. She opened it and drank them all at once. It was surprising! No one could blame her though. She was weak, tired and also hungry. Water had to be her food. She didn’t want to gain any more weight now she was close to achieving her dreams. If the ballerinas added even a kg, They were gonna be disqualified. Since the weight would be able to break the rope they went going to also perform on. It was a life time opportunity for Flora.
Flora noticed something outside. She used her sharp s-en-ses and guessed it could be human. Who was that? What could the person be doing there all alone that night? And why was the person even watching her?.
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She carefully kept her bag back on the floor and hurriedly ran outside. She looked and saw a cute young guy. He wore a white shi-t with purple str!pes. He wore black long trou-sers to
match. His glas-ses were pretty funny too. He was more like a nerd. He was holding a c@mĀ£ra which Flora noticed. She sighed de-eply and pointed at him.
“Hey? What are you doing there? Are you a per-vert? I noticed you were watching me. Darn it, plea-se.. Can I have your c@mĀ£ra” Flora asked raising her voice.
“What? Why?” He asked with his pretty low, cute and shy voice.
“You shouldn’t be taking pictures of me”
“No. I just videoed you”
“What? Vi…Videoed me? You even have the guts to say that?” Flora stuttered
“Why? Shouldn’t I have said that?”
“Just forget that and hand me the c@mĀ£ra” Flora said stretching her hand.”
“No. I don’t want to” He replied
“Huh? Okay… Delete the video yourself then”
“Why? It’s my c@mĀ£ra. I’m gonna do what I want. You just danced beautifully and I was impressed. It was so great that I had to video them. Was that wrong?”
“No. Don’t misquote me plea-se. You aren’t wrong and you aren’t right either”
“What? I don’t un-derstand you”
“You see.. Huh, Actually I’m an upcoming ballerina”
“I can see that” He retorted. Flora sighed, shaked her head and sat down on the bench. The nerd š¤ joined her too.
“As I was saying, I have a performance soon and I don’t want anyone taking any video of me dancing. Who knows, It could be a spoiler to others. Kindly delete it plea-se”
“Don’t worry. I’m not gonna show it to anyone” The nerd smiled
“Huh? I don’t even know you. Why should I trust you?” Flora asked still adamant.
“It’s because I’m your fan” He replied with a chuckle.
“What? My fan? Wow. I’m surprised!”
“Why?” He asked
“It’s the first timeāsomeone said this to me”
“What?”
“A fan. No one has ever told me that. The only things would say is: Wow, You dance really great. I love your ballets. You’re so talented. This and that”
“You know what that means!” The nerd whispered
“What?”
“It means I’m your number 1 fan!”
“Oh. Yeah. I guess you are right… You’re my number 1 fan!” Flora replied with a smile.
TBC