ANNA WAS BUSY GOING through the school for her school report trying to gather as much information that she can gather when....

"Boom!"Desmond said frightening Anna

"For fuck sake!"Anna said placing her right hand on her chest

"Hahahaha!"Desmond laughed "I scared you right?"he asked

"You fucking did! You scared the shit right out of me"Anna replied

"I'm so sorry"Desmond said not looking sorry and Anna rolled her eyes

"So what's up?"Anna asked

"I heard you fought with Amara and Diana,that's not you"Desmond said and Anna look at him before walking away and Desmond followed her

"Well I didn't know what came over me I just got angry maybe one because I heard them talking about Jonathan dating my best friend Joy or two because they actually body shamed Joy,I don't know what happened but I just got extremely angry and did the do"Anna said shrugging

"What did I just hear?! Jonathan and Joy dating?"Desmond asked

"I was surprised like you're, seriously I'm not so angry about my brother not telling me because he is a guy and you know guys love keeping things to themselves but what pained me was the fact Joy decided to hide it from me,I told them when I started dating Damilola"Anna said

"How sure are you that those girls weren't just assuming things?"Desmond asked

"Assuming? They're saying the truth,I was already suspecting it and all they did was confirm it,I always knew Joy had a crush on Jonathan and last term they fought and started acting weird I was confused like they aren't friends so what's up with them and one time before the term ends Joy came to visit me and I went out to grab something I didn't see her when I came back only to see her coming from Jonathan's room,I didn't think much of it then but right now everything makes sense"

"Wow!"Desmond muttered "have you talked with your friend?"

"Which friend?"Anna asked giving him the stink eye

"Your best friend Rejoice who else am I talking about"Desmond said and Anna groan

"Why will I ask her when she decided to keep it a secret from me,I'm waiting for her to talk"Anna said and Desmond nodded in disapproval

"No no no no! That's not how you suppose take this issue,she's your friend and everyone have the right to make mistakes because that's what makes us human,I think it's best you talk to her communication solves seventy percent of any type of relationship issues"Desmond said and Anna laughed

"When did you became an motivational speaker?"Anna asked and Desmond laughed

"Starting from today,so Anna promise me you will think about it?"Desmond said

"Yeah yeah yeah"Anna said rolling her eyes

"I just got a boyfriend"Desmond said and Anna stopped walking immediately turning to look at him

"Don't tell me we have lots of gays in this school"Anna said groaning

"I think"Desmond said laughing "I know you don't like it"

"Of course I don't,I just don't understand how a man will fall in love with a fellow man or how a woman falls for a fellow woman,it's stupid!"Anna said and Desmond look at her with an hurt expression "but I can't do anything when my friend is one of them,I have accepted you like that"Anna added hugging Desmond making him to laugh

"Stop making me get emotional"Desmond said releasing her from the hug and entangling their fingers

"I do imagine sometimes how will your mom feel if she finds out you're a gay"Anna said and Desmond stopped walking

"I do imagine it too and I don't want to break my mom's heart too"Desmond said and Anna smiled

"I think of something,why don't you try dating a girl and see how it turns out,you can really try to change your taste because this is Nigeria"Anna said and Desmond laughed imitating Anna 'this is Nigeria'

"Like seriously I'm serious,you should try dating a girl,we have different beautiful girls in the school and that might help you,you can't risk breaking the innocent woman's heart"Anna said and Desmond nodded

"But I have a boyfriend now"Desmond said

"You can try it when you guys break up"Anna said shrugging

"What?!"Desmond said laughing "how sure are you we are going to break up?"

"Ahh it's obvious"Anna said smiling and Desmond did too "please think about it,I can help you arrange a blind date"

"I will,thank you"Desmond said before leaning over to kiss Anna hair and Anna smiled before he walked away

Anna started walking alone when she felt she was suddenly dragged to a corner emitting a yell from her

"Damilola what's wrong with you!"she shouted as soon as she saw it was Dami who dragged her to the corner

"Are you cheating on me?"He asked venomously and Anna laughed

"What kind of a question is that?"Anna asked crossing her hands over her chest

"What were you doing with Desmond?"he asked his eyes turning into red

"Oh please Damilola stop being a possessive boyfriend,we are in the twenty first century and Desmond is my friend so what's up?"Anna said and Damilola raise up his hand slapping her hard and Anna's eyes went wide

"Dami what's the meaning of this?"Anna asked placing her palm on her cheek

"I don't want to ever see you with Desmond or any other guy in this school,you're mine and you should know you belong to me alone"Dami said in a possessive tone and Anna got shocked

"Is that why you slapped me?"she asked tears threatening to fall and Dami hugged her immediately

"I'm sorry,I'm so sorry please I didn't know what came over me I just hate seeing you with guys especially Desmond,the way you guys were together were like a couple and I hate that"Dami said kissing her hair "please forgive me"

"Don't ever hit me again"Anna warned

"I won't I love you"Dami said

"I love you too"Anna replied before Dami lean over to kiss her

*****

"Anna!"Anna heard Martha called and she turn over to see her approaching her

"What's up?"Anna asked and Martha smiled

"I'm fine"she replied before her eyes landed on Anna's face "woah! What happened to your face,who slapped you?"she asked dramatically and Anna quickly covered her face up with her hand

"Is it that obvious?"Anna asked

"More than obvious babe,who did this to you?"she asked and Anna swallowed trying to walk away while Martha hold her hand stopping her from walking away "who did this to you?"

"It doesn't matter"Anna replied sighing

"It does! Wait! Is it Damilola?"she asked frowning

"Just forget about it please"Anna plead and Martha eyes got scary before walking away and Anna followed her immediately, running after her to stop her

"Martha! Please wait! Don't do anything!"Anna yelled running after her

"Damilola! Richard!"Martha shouted as soon as she entered the art class

"Why are you shouting my name like that?"Dami asked standing up from his seat

"How dare you slap Anna?"she asked and Dami eyes landed on Anna who in turn faced the floor,the class started murmuring immediately and Jonah stood up

"What?!"he asked out of shock

"What's your business with what happens between my girlfriend and I Martha,why don't you mind your business?!"Dami said

"I hate people hitting a girl and when one does,it becomes my business"Martha replied in return and Anna feel like the ground opening up and swallow her

"I don't understand,what do you mean by Damilola hit my sister"Jonah asked stepping forward "is she saying the truth?"he asked Anna who in return remain silent,too embarrassed to talk "what?!"Jonah shouted before giving Dami an heavy blow

"How dare you hit my sister!"he roared!

"She offended me and I got angry"Dami tried to protest making Jonah get angry the more and stalk forward Damilola

"No matter what she does,you have no right to hit her! You have no right to hit any female! You!"Jonah shouted and few guys in the class came forward to stop the fight including Desmond

"I said I was angry! Don't you get it!"Dami yelled back and Jonah hit him once more,Dami got angry and hit him back and they started fighting,Bisi and Joy stood up and rush toward them immediately trying to stop the fight and Anna started crying

"I swear I'm going to kill you Richard! No one dare hit a female member of my family and go free,how dare you hit the only sister I have"Jonah yelled while the guys were separating them

"Please calm down"Anna said and Desmond succeeded in dragging Jonah out of the class

"Chill!"Desmond said placing his right hand on top of Jonah and Jonah brushed it off when Joy suddenly run over to them and Desmond decided to excuse them

"What happened?"Joy asked kneeling beside Jonah accessing his body,she quickly forgot the promised she made to stay away from Jonah as soon as the fight started

"Nothing"Jonah replied coldly and Joy gulped,she was only caring for him and this is what she get in return

"I was only trying to look out for you"Joy said hiccuping

"I don't want your look out"Jonah replied coldly

"Jonah what's wrong with you? What's wrong with us? What happened?! I know I didn't do anything wrong and if I did just forgive me, forgive me for christ sake because you're killing me slowly"Joy said breaking down

"There's nothing wrong with us Rejoice,you're my girlfriend and I'm your boyfriend so what's up? We are totally cool stop bringing out dramas out of nothing"Jonah replied standing up and Joy imitates him

"You know this wasn't how we are before,you rarely reply my WhatsApp messenges,you ignore me on Facebook and Instagram,you don't pick up my calls anymore and when you do all you tell me is that you're busy,you know we weren't like this before"Joy said heaving

"You're frustrating me Joy! Can't you just be a peace of mind giving kind of girlfriend,I'm so tired of this,I can't be thinking about someone hitting my sister and deal with you too"Jonah said walking away and Joy broke down crying

"Joy!"Bisi called Joy rushing over to her,she had been eavesdropping Joy and Jonah's discussion and she was so happy about how it played out

"Bisi!"Joy called rushing over to her friend and started crying on her shoulder "I don't know what I did to him Bisi,I tried getting over him but I can't, I can't stop thinking about Jonathan and I have sleepless nights because I spent those nights dreaming about him and in those dreams he rejects me over and over again,I can't stop thinking about him,I'm so much in love with him I love him so much and he didn't wait for me to tell him what he means to me how much I really care about him"Joy said crying bitterly and hiccuping

"You have to forget him Joy,he is of no good to you and you know it,please don't stress yourself over a boy,our finals is on the way coming please"Bisi said and Joy rested her head on her shoulder

"I wish it's as simple as it was said,I would have stop loving and caring about him long ago"Joy said and Bisi subconsciously answered

"Me too"