THE PINK CLOUDS✔
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Rebecca had just finished eating her dinner. She walked to her room and brou-ght her books to the dining table.
Her mother and her brother left the dining table and went to the living room where they sat and watch TV.
Rebecca opened throu-gh the pages of her books and tried to study. About 20 minutes later, she gave up and went to the living room. She failed to un-derstand why Richa-rd was the only thing on her mind all along.
She sat next to her mother and took one of the small pillows on the cushions and placed it on her l@ps. “Are done studying alre-ady?” her mother asked.
“Not really, I feel like I’m having a head pain. That’s why I decided to give it a break for a while,” Rebecca replied.
“You don’t nee-d to stress yourself. You have studied enough, you should rest whenever you are tired,” Her mother advised.
“I will do that mum,” Rebecca responded. After about an hour, the cartoon they were watching ended. Prof. Grace and Emmanuel decided that they will be going to sleep.
“Good night mum,” Rebecca said to her mother as she walked to her room.
“Don’t forget to sleep early,” he mother urged. “I won’t mum,” Rebecca responded. She continued watching movies until she finally falls asleep unconsciously.
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The next day, Rebecca woke up and did her chores like she usually does in the morning. She got dressed in her uniform and waited for her mother to come out. Around 7:30 am, her mother had gotten re-ady and she c@m£ out for her breakfast.
“Good morning mum,” she greeted her mother. “How was your night?” Prof. Grace asked.
“It was okay mum,” Rebecca answered. “Good, aren’t you leaving to school with your friends today?” her mother questioned.
“I am, I just want you to call Richa-rd . He didn’t show up yesterday,” Rebecca complained.
“Maybe he had a ti-ght schedule. You know it has not been easily for him to teach you and at the same time study,” her mother explained.
“You are right mum,” Rebecca responded. “You should be patient with him,” her mother urged her.
“Okay mum, I’m off to school,” Rebecca said as she proceeded to her way out of the house. “I will see you after school then,” her mother responded.
Rebecca went to Amira’s home and found her still getting re-ady.
“You know is alre-ady 7:30, right?” Rebecca alerted.
“Oh my God, I woke up so late today, I think I have to go to school with my breakfast,” Amira replied.
There is still time, you can eat before we go,” Rebecca as-sured.
“Alright then plea-se give me a minute,” Amira requested.
“I have given you ten minutes,” Rebecca laughed.
About 15 minutes later, Amira walked out. They quic-kly boarded a taxi and headed to school.
The taxi dropped them at the gate of their school about five minutes later. They entered the school and went to their clas-s.
Soon, the bell for the beginning of the lessons was rung and Alice c@m£ in immediately.
“Where have you guys been?” she asked. “I’m almost late because this girl,” Rebecca replied pointing at Amira.
“Well, you should be happy you c@m£ just right on time,” Alice said.
Before they knew it, their biology teacher walked into the clas-s.
They all stood up and greeted him after which he started his lesson.
minutes later, he ended his lesson. Throu-ghout the lesson, she thought about nothing but Richa-rd .
She desperately wished for school to be over so that she will go back home.
“What are you thinking about?” Alice asked when noticed that Rebecca’s mind was lost somewhere else.
“Nothing actually,” Rebecca responded.
“You have been acting really weird lately, is anything wrong?” Alice asked.
“Not really, I am okay,” she responded.
“I hope you are telling the truth,” Alice answered.
Their school closed at about 2 pm. Rebecca and Amira took a taxi to go back home.
“You know I have been your friend since we were very young, right?” Amira asked.
“Yes of course,” Rebecca answered.
“But I have never seen you acted this way before,” Amira said.
“How am I acting?” Rebecca asked.
“Well, it seems like something is bothering you,” Amira said.
“There is nothing bothering me Amira, I’m really okay,” Rebecca as-sured.
“Let’s hope you are telling the truth,” Amira replied.
They got down from the taxi after it had come to a st©p close to their houses.
“Alright, I will see you later,” Rebecca said to Amira.
“You too, I hope Richa-rd will come today,” Amira replied.
Rebecca did not say a word; she only smiled and shook her head.
She walked into the house and headed to her room. Her brother was calling her, but she pretended she hadn’t heard him and kept on walking. She walked to her room and lied on her be-d.
She held her pillow ti-ght and before she knew it, she unconsciously fell asleep..
About an hour later, she heard her mother calling her by the door of her mum.
“Yes mum,” she replied as she woke up.
“You even sle-pt with your uniform on, are you sick?” her mother asked.
“Not really, I was just very exhausted,” Rebecca answered.
“Okay, I will be going to my room,” her mother announced.
“Okay mum,” Rebecca answered.
She stood up and went to the bathroom and had a shower before coming back to her room.
She wore a green shi-t and black Sk-irt and walked out of the room to the dining room. She went throu-gh her phone as she eat the spaghetti that was cooked for lunch.
After she was done eating, she la-id her head on the table because she couldn’t think of what to do.
About 30 minutes later, her mother walked out of her room and told Rebecca that she will be going back to office.
“Don’t you think we should call Richa-rd today?” Rebecca asked.
“Be patient dear, he will come when he is free,” her mother announced.
“Okay,” Rebecca replied.
She went to the living room and started watching TV after her mother left.
“I want to watch cartoon,” Emmanuel said as he pu-ll-ed her dress.
“If you don’t take your hands off me, I’m going to sl@p you,” she warned.
Her brother re-leased her clothe and went to the sofa next to her and sat down.
About 30 minutes later, she heard Richa-rd ’s voice by the door of their house.
Suddenly, her heart started to beat fas-ter than ever.
It was like every atom of her b©dy was attra-cted towards the door where Richa-rd was.
Despite the fact that she was dying to see him, she remained sited and pretended she hadn’t heard him. Her little brother ran to the door and opened it for Richa-rd .
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Richa-rd walked into the house and saw her sitting with her eyes focused on the TV. At that moment, Rebecca felt like turning to look at him.
It was a de-sire she had never felt before. Even his voice sounded sweeter as he spoke to Emmanuel.
But despite all that, she still pretended not have notice his pres£nce.
“Rebecca,” Richa-rd called.
Even though the sound of her name was ringing in her heart, she still refused to turn and look at him.
“Rebecca,” Richa-rd called again. She turned and glared at him angrily and continued watching her TV.
“What have I done wrong?” Richa-rd asked.
“I don’t know,” she replied without looking at where he was.
“plea-se tell, what did I do wrong?” Richa-rd asked as he walked to her.
“Leave me alone,” she said as she stood up to go to her room.
Richa-rd ran to her and held her hand and pu-ll-ed her back.
When she looked into his eyes, her heart beat fas-ter that she felt like it will jump out of ribs. “What did I do wrong?” Richa-rd asked her again.
She quic-kly re-moved her hand from his hand and turned her back towards him. He then folded his arms and watched her.
“Why didn’t you come yesterday?” she finally asked.
“I was about to come when my mates called me that there is an important thing we nee-d to discuss,” Richa-rd replied.
“So I’m not that important to you right?” She asked.
“Come on Rebecca, you know I will never leave our lesson for something not very important,” Richa-rd replied.
“Okay what was it that you nee-ded to discuss?” Rebecca asked.
“We are expected to have a test today, and the lecturer had only taught us once because we pissed him off. So, my mates called me to teach them about the course,” Richa-rd explained.
“Enough of this long story, aren’t you going to apologise?” She asked.
“Okay, I’m sorry,” Richa-rd smiled.
She turned and looked him with a smile on her face.
“You are lucky that I easily get calm down,” she said.
“Let me show you something,” she said as she ran to her room.
Richa-rd bec@m£ curious of what she was going to show him.
She c@m£ holding her two scripts with a smile on her face.
“Take a look at my papers,” Rebecca said as she handed him the papers.
“Oh my God, is this really your script?” Richa-rd asked astonishingly.
“Whose name do you see written on it?” Rebecca asked.
“You know, for a second, I never doubted that you will be this great,” Richa-rd said.
“Really?” she asked.
“Yes of course. You are intelligent Rebecca, is all written all over pretty face,” Richa-rd complimented.
Rebecca felt like her heart was melting when Richa-rd said that.
She looked him in the eye and couldn’t say a word.
“You should keep it up, I know you will surprise more in the future,” Richa-rd continued.
“Thank you,” she smiled. “let me get you something to eat,” she said as she ran to the kitchen.
“Come on Rebecca, I have just eaten,” Richa-rd said trying to st©p her.
“Don’t even think about it,” She said as she kept walking to the kitchen.
About five minutes later, she returned with the spaghetti she ate for lunch with some fried eggs.
“Wow! I can’t believe you did this,” Richa-rd said.
She brou-ght the food and kept it on the dining table in front of him.
“I told you I’m not hungry,” Richa-rd complained.
“Just say you are not going to eat my food and I will take it back,” Rebecca replied.
“Why would I say that when you are one of the most amazing cook in the world,” Richa-rd replied.
“Come on, just eat,” she said she hit him on the shoulder.
“You know, I will be having an inter‐house sport competition in school in the next two weeks,” Rebecca revealed.
“Is that so? I hope you will be p@rticipating?” Richa-rd asked.
“Not really, I plan on not p@rticipating in any event,” Rebecca replied.
“Why not?” Richa-rd asked.
“I just don’t feel like p@rticipating,” she replied. “You know this is something that you are going to miss so much after you graduated,” Richa-rd told.
“I don’t think I will miss anything from high school after I graduated,” Rebecca announced.
“Well, you are saying this because you don’t have experience,” Richa-rd replied.
“Is that so Mr experience? Okay tell me the things you missed from your high school,” Rebecca asked.
“I miss everything from my high school,” Richa-rd said.
“Come on, you don’t mean it, right?” Rebecca asked.
“Of course I mean it,” Richa-rd as-sured.
“I missed my friends and the crazy things we used to do. I missed sport, my teachers and the school surrounding,” Richa-rd revealed. “That’s cute, I’m beginning to imagine how your school looks like,” Rebecca said.
“It doesn’t have pretty buildings, but lots of memories have been created there,” Richa-rd explained.
“Really? What is your favourite memory then?” Rebecca asked.
“Well, there are many favourite memories, I don’t know where to begin from,” Richa-rd replied.
“Okay, tell about the best five memories,” Rebecca smiled.
“Okay, the first one was the day we set up our friend.
There was a girl had a crush on called Naomi. We usually have practical clas-ses in the evening.
One evening before we went for the practical clas-s, we took the shi-t he was to wear that evening and wrote I love you Naomi on the back. Because it was a white shi-t, the writings appeared very well. He wore the shi-t and went clas-s with it. During the clas-s, the teacher called him to come and write on the board.
When he walked to the front of the clas-s, everyone saw what was written on the back of his shi-t,” Richa-rd narrated.
“Oh my God, what happened next?” Rebecca asked curiously.
“The whole clas-s started laughing, and he vowed to payback,” Richa-rd replied.
“And what did he do to payback?” Rebecca asked.
“Well, he wrote a letter to a girl with my name written on it as the writer,” Richa-rd responded.
“Really?” Rebecca asked. “Oh yes, and it turns out that the girl had crush on me,” Richa-rd laughed.
“Oh that’s so funny,” Rebecca laughed too. “So what your second favourite memory?” she asked.
“Well, it was the day our school won a match pas-s parade during children day in the whole state,” Richa-rd announced.
“Wow! Were you among the p@rticip@n-ts?” Rebecca asked.
“Not only did I p@rticipate, but I was also the leader,” Richa-rd announced.
“Wow that great, maybe you will teach me some new moves for our upcoming interhouse sport,” Rebecca said.
“Oh that won’t be a problem,” Richa-rd as-sured.
When he looked at the time in phone, he noticed that an hour was gone alre-ady and they haven’t started their lesson.
“Hey, look at the time,” Richa-rd announced. “Yes, the time moved fas-ter than expected,” Rebecca replied.
“Alright, go and get your book. Let’s do the lesson even if it’s for 30 minutes,” Richa-rd instructed.
Rebecca went to her room and c@m£ back with her books. She kept staring at him as he was teaching her.
She felt something which she has never felt before in her entire life. Staring at him made her feel so at ease that she wished that feeling will never fade.
“Is anything wrong?” Richa-rd asked when he noticed how she was staring at him.
“Not at all, what were you saying?” she asked.
“So all along, your mind is not here,” Richa-rd said.
“Yes I am sorry,” she replied. “As young as you are, what were you thinking about?” Richa-rd asked.
“I wasn’t thinking about anything,” She responded.
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At about 6 O’clock, their lesson ended and Rebecca walked Richa-rd to the door.
“Will you come tomorrow?” she asked Richa-rd .
“I don’t think so,” Richa-rd replied. “Why not?” she asked.
“I am very busier than I look,” Richa-rd replied. “plea-se do come tomorrow if you have the chance,” Rebecca pleaded.
“Alright Rebecca, I will try my best. But if you don’t see me, it means I’m very busy,” Richa-rd explained.
“I Know you won’t be busy,” Rebecca smiled. “Let’s hope so,” Richa-rd replied.
“Okay, I will go now,” Richa-rd announced. “Where will you go from here?” She asked.
“To my dormitory of course,” Richa-rd answered. “Do you want to follow me there?” Richa-rd tea-sed.
“Oh yes, I do,” she smiled.
“You have no idea what you are saying,” Richa-rd smiled.
“Of course I do, I heard that boys always leave their surrounding dirty unlike girls,” Rebecca said.
“Whoever told you that is the biggest lair of the century,” Richa-rd laughed.
“Let me get going, it’s really getting late,” Richa-rd announced.
“Okay Richa-rd , see you tomorrow,” she smiled.
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The next day, Richa-rd c@m£ in the evening around 3 O’clock. Rebecca was sitting with Amira on the bench they usually sit. Amira was helping Rebecca to loose her plaited hair. When they saw Richa-rd approaching them, they both quic-kly stood up. “Hey, you are here alre-ady,” Rebecca said.
“Oh yes I am,” Richa-rd smiled.
“Good evening Richa-rd ,” Amira greeted him. “Good evening, how are you doing?” Richa-rd asked.
“I’m doing okay, you left my friend very worried for not coming the day before yesterday,” Amira revealed.
“St©p it Amira,” Rebecca shouted at her angrily and she started to laugh out seriously.
“Come on Richa-rd , let’s leave this girl, she has gone crazy,” Rebecca said as she headed to the house.
“She has every reason to be worried, her favourite Mathematics teacher didn’t come,” Richa-rd replied.
“Yes, I wish you could transform me like you transformed her. You know everyone is surprised at school, even our principal,” Amira explained.
“Hey, I said we should get going, didn’t I?” Rebecca asked while she was some distance away from them.
“Don’t worry, we have plenty of time, I will come when I’m done talking to her,” Richa-rd smiled and continued talking to Amira.
Before he knew it, Rebecca c@m£ and held his hand and started pu-lling him along.
She dragged him all the way to the entrance of her home.
“Why don’t you want me to talk to your friend?” Richa-rd laughed.
“You know she is crazy, she can say all sorts of ridiculous things to you,” Rebecca replied.
“I think she is so sweet,” Richa-rd replied. “Well, you can go and continue talking to her if you wish,” Rebecca said and walked in looking angry.
Richa-rd went after her and found her sitting on one of the sofas in the living room.
“You’ve got a really long hair,” Richa-rd said. “Oh yes I know,” she replied without looking up.
“Why do you seem to be angry with me lately for no reason?” Richa-rd asked.
“Who told you I am angry with you?” Rebecca asked.
“Well, your face says so,” Richa-rd replied. “Don’t you want me to talk to your friend?” Richa-rd asked and she nodded her head. “Can I know why?” Richa-rd asked.
She suddenly started laughing.
“I can’t believe you fell for it,” she said after she st©pped laughing.
“I’m relieved that you are not really angry,” Richa-rd said.
“My mum has travelled, are you aware of that?” she asked.
“No I’m not. Do you mean she travelled and left you alone in this house?” Richa-rd asked. “Yes of course,” Rebecca responded.
“And you mean you will sleep alone in this house alone with no one to protect you?” Richa-rd asked.
“Actually not, I am slee-ping at Amira’s place,” Rebecca laughed.
“But do you think I can’t sleep alone in this house?” Rebecca asked.
“Yes of course, it is very risky. People nowadays are evil, anything can happen,” Richa-rd replied.
“There are a lot of security men around here in the night, we are really safer than you think,” Rebecca smiled.
“Will you plea-se sit down?” She offered.
Richa-rd went to the sofa opposite to her and sat down.
“Where is Emmanuel?” Richa-rd asked.
“He had gone out to pla-y,” she informed. “That’s cool, he always reminds me of my niece,” Richa-rd said.
“Oh really? How old is your niece?” Rebecca asked.
“She is 6 years old,” Richa-rd answered.
“I Know she must be very cute,” Rebecca commented.
“Very cute indeed, let me show you a picture of her,” Richa-rd said and brou-ght out his phone from his pocket.
He opened the picture and walked to her and handed her the phone.
“Wow! She looks so beautiful,” Rebecca complimented.
“Thank you,” Richa-rd replied.
“She is Emmanuel’s age mate, but she looks much bigger than him,” Rebecca commented. “Maybe he is not someone who grows fast,” Richa-rd replied.
“I love her hairstyle,” Rebecca said as she gave Richa-rd back his phone.
“I plaited it for her actually,” Richa-rd announced.
“You don’t even know how to lie,” Rebecca disbelieved.
“I am serious; I learnt how to plait on my younger sister. I have been plaiting her hair since when we were kids,” Richa-rd revealed. “Do you really mean what you are saying?” Rebecca asked.
“Of course I mean it,” he replied.
“The good thing is that my hair is loosed, you can prove what you are saying by plaiting my hair,” Rebecca said.
“No I can’t actually do that, I can only plait my siblings’ hair,” Richa-rd replied.
“You made that up because you aren’t telling the truth from the beginning,” Rebecca said. “Okay I will show,” Richa-rd said.
“Good,” Rebecca smiled.
Rebecca ran to her room and c@m£ back with comb and everything he will nee-d for plaiting. “Here,” she said as she handed him the items. “Sit here,” she pointed at the smallest sofa in the living room.
He sat on the sofa and Rebecca went and sat on the carpet in front him facing the same direction as he. She lowered her head towards him in such a way that he could easily access it.
Hair was very long and very dark. Suddenly, Richa-rd ‘s heart started beating fas-ter. He began to think of what Prof. Grace will think of him when she comes in and finds him with her daughter like that.
What scared him more was the fact that he had never t©uçhed any girl’s hair other than that of his siblings.
“What are you waiting for?” Rebecca asked when she noticed that he was hesitating. “Nothing actually,” he answered.
He stretched his arms slowly to her hair.
It was softer than he had imagined. He started plaiting her with anxiousness. He felt like any moment her mother will come in and see them. But after a while, his mind was set at ease.
“You plait like an expert,” Rebecca said.
“How do you know that? I’m not even throu-gh yet,” Richa-rd answered.
.”The way you la-id your hand makes you seem like an expert,” Rebecca said.
“Don’t be fast at complimenting me, wait until I’m done,” Richa-rd replied.
After about an hour, Richa-rd was done plaiting her hair. She stood up and ran to her room in order to look at herself in the mirror. “Oh my God Richa-rd ,” Rebecca shouted from her room.
“It looks terrible, right?” Richa-rd asked.
“No, it looks beautiful. I can’t believe it is done by you,” Rebecca answered.
“come and look at it,” Rebecca called.
“Do you mean I should come to your room?” Richa-rd asked.
“Yes of course,” Rebecca replied.
“No I can’t do that,” Richa-rd replied. “Why can’t you?” she asked Richa-rd .
“I’m not supposed to go to your room,” Richa-rd answered.
“Okay, if you insist,” Rebecca said and walked out.
“You really plait good, you know I wouldn’t have believed you if you didn’t prove it to me,” Rebecca said.
“I have never plaited any girl’s hair outside my family,” Richa-rd revealed.
“No boy has ever t©uçhed my hair, you are the first,” Rebecca smiled.
“Really?” Richa-rd asked.
“Yes Richa-rd , although I will get punished for not plaiting the weekly hairstyle given by our teacher, I really like it,” Rebecca responded. “Were you given a hairstyle? Why didn’t you tell me?” Richa-rd asked.
“I thought you couldn’t do it, but it I love this style,” Rebecca announced.
“I am happy you like it, why don’t you go and get your books so that we will start our lesson?” Richa-rd suggested.
“That will be a good idea,” she replied and walked back to her room.
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