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ALISHA'S P.O.V.

When I got inside it was about 3AM. Mom and Alessia were already sleeping so I just let myself in.

My first date with Jayden will always be one of the most memorable nights of my life and something tells me this is  just the first out of many.

Tonight was just amazing in ways I couldn't even begin t explain. I still cant believe I was bare chested in front of him.

The surprise in his eyes was evident when I gave him permission to take off my bra, which by the way I still cant believe I did.

The me of a month ago would never have been so daring or even bold enough to do something like that.

A part of me has changed since he has come into my life, a change that I really wasn't to embrace and hold on to.

I feel like I'm starting to love myself and my body, he made me feel beautiful and special.

I'm finally ready to be the bolder me and not look back, my real self.

Today was a Saturday so there was nothing much to do.

I didn't have anywhere to go so Alessia and I cleaned the whole house till it was spotless.

We had random discussions and girl talk.

She told me how Winston high was really challenging for her at first and how she's finally adjusting to the school system since the curriculum was a lot different back in Nigeria.

When we were done and satisfied we made breakfast.

We decided on coffee and toast since neither of us was up for such a spectacular breakfast after all that cleaning.

"So... How was your date?" She asked and I choked on the not coffee I was drinking and spat it back in the cup.

Her eyes were light with humor as she watched me almost die. I shook my head at her and decided to tell her everything.

I told her everything from the beginning to the end, from the alley to the beach and back home and she was in tears.

As you probably already know ladies and gentlemen, we are a very emotional family.

She was in tears of joy for me, because she was so happy for me that I had found someone like Jayden in my life.
I really thank the Lord almighty for sending him my way.

ALESSIA'S P.O.V.

After Alisha and I finished our cleaning spree, we sat down to a peaceful breakfast of coffee and toast.

When I asked her about her date and how it all went, everything she told me made me burst into tears.

Not everyone in life gets to find their true love but my sister was fortunate enough to be one of the few that actually did.

Then she told me about their little 'adventure' on the beach, I'm surprised she even had the balls to do it.

Even I couldn't to such, I admire her new found confidence and I really hope that I would be just like her.

The rest of our Saturday was uneventful and just plain boring.

Our day was filled with a lot of cookie dough ice cream, boxes and boxes of tissues that we used to wipe our tears and blow our noses and like you guessed it, an entire season of Banoo Main Teri Dulhann (The Vow).

Its just so sad that they died at the end. Why in the hell would they freaking die?!

I really needed to give the producer of that film an earful. Who the hell does he think he is, making us follow through for a whole season only to have them die at the end.

Mondays are the worst.
Alisha woke me up and I got ready for school.

I already gone to my side of the building when something vibrated in my back pocket.

It wasn't my phone because mine was in my bag. I brought it out and it was Alisha's phone.

It was a text from Jayden. I couldn't help but smile at the phone like a lunatic.

Then it me that I should return it to her so I stuffed my bag in my locker and locked it before turning on my heel towards Alisha's locker.

When I got to the hallway where her locker was, I saw Zarha harassing yet another innocent soul.

This had to stop!

I was walking closer and they were both too engaged in the scene, one harassing and the other cowering.

Zarha was about to slap her and I pushed her out of the way but before I could stop her hand, it hit my face instead.

I heard ragged breathing and it was Alisha.

My big sister would always look out for me.

Ooooohhh you're in trouble now...

ALISHA'S P.O.V.

Today was Monday, unfortunately a school day.

I was kinda excited to go to school. It may or may not have had something to do with a certain handsome brown hair blue eyed boy whose name started with the letter, J and ended with the letter, N.

I got up from my bed and sauntered off into the bathroom.

I took a ten minute shower and put on a tight white T shirt and blue ankle length ripped jeans along with some white all stars converse.

I didn't know what to do with my hair this time so I tied it in a lazy bun on top of my head and went to Alessia's room to check if she was still sleeping.

As suspected, she was still twisting and turning in her sleep. She looked so peaceful, like a beautiful harmless creature but once said creature provoked, she becomes that persons worst nightmare.

Zarha witnessed that first hand and I'm still surprised that she hasn't done anything to get her revenge on Alessia, or maybe she's just planning something more devious to get back at my sister.

The thought of Zarha humiliating Alessia made me sick in the stomach so I pushed the thought back and gently shook her to wake her up.

She slowly opened her eyes and smiled as she greeted me good morning and got up to take a shower while I sat on her bed to wait for her.

Thirty minutes later, she was ready.
She was dressed the exact opposite of me. She was putting on a black tight shirt that showed her curves and blue ripped ankle length jeans along with black all star converse.

We went downstairs, thankfully my mom had made breakfast.

We had our breakfast, kissed our mom goodbye and out the door we went.

We got to school with thirty minutes to spare. Alessia and I went our separate ways and I headed for my locker.

I was picking out my books for the day and looking straight into my locker when I witnessed a scene unravelling through my peripheral vision.

Zarha was once again harrassing an innocent soul in the hallway, normal school day nothing new but what I didn't expect was that Alessia would step in.

As Zarha's hand was about to land on the girls face, my sister shoved her out of the way and I know Alessia's intention was to stop her hand before it did any damage but she was a second too late and Zarha's hand connected with Alessia's face instead.

Zarha just freaking slapped my sister?!

The slap may have not been meant for her but if Zarha and her brainless minions just walked down the hallways without destroying every living soul that crosses their path, then maybe she wouldn't have been humiliating the innocent soul in the first place then maybe my sister wouldn't have had to interfere to stop the poor girl from crying her eyes out even further.

All that was ringing in my head was that this mole rat, Zarha just slapped my sister and all I saw was red.

Before I even realized what I was doing, my breathing became harsh and my mind was reeling with the possibilities of everything I could do to her ranging from smashing her head against a locker to punching her in the face till her perfect little nose would break and give me a pool of blood to swim in during summer.

I walked over to her and grabbed her by her very skinny shoulder and started shaking her vigorously really trying to hold on whatever bit of self restraint I had left.

I could tell by the surprised look on her face that I was the last person she expected to be doing this to her but she quickly gesturing to the girl.

"Do you have any emotion at all or are you just naturally stone hearted? Wake up and look around you, no one is your doormat you just walk on anytime you like. They are human beings and you cant just treat them or anyone else like any less. You hit my sister and I can assure you that if you could see what was going through my mind to do to you, you wouldn't be here by now." I said.

I let go of her shoulders which now had red bruises as a result of my harsh grip on them.

"Look around." I said, gesturing to the entire hallway.

"We know you're beautiful, hell you're one of the most beautiful people I know. That only applies to your outside but on the inside, you're as ugly as they come. True beauty doesn't lie in looks alone, you could wear all the slutty outfits in the world" I said gesturing to her really short dress that showed off her cleavage(even though there wasn't much to show) and stopped just below her ass.

" it still has to do with you as a person but what use is being beautiful if you cant share that beauty with others around you? What use is it if you make others lives darker each day, make them hate themselves for being the pathetic human being who can't stand up for themselves.

You love yourself as a person, spread that love around not take the small ounce of love they have left away from them." I said and at this point, the hallway was full of students who didn't have anything better to do than to watch the queen bitch getting told off, I knew I wasn't just talking to people but also to myself, the old me.
The me that used to not be able to stand up for herself, the me that used to hate me for being me, all the anger I felt toward her had dissolved and all I felt was pity.

She looked sad. I could tell behind the mask of indifference she was wearing, she was really sad.

She stood there listening to me with eyes wide open. She really had to hear it, from me or someone else and I guess I just lost it seeing Alessia getting hit.

I could swear I saw tears but she quickly blinked them away, showing that my words have had an effect on her.

Just then, her minions came and stood by her side, confused looks plastered on their faces.
They held Zarha and they walked away as I turned to face my baby sister and the girl."Are you okay?"  I asked as I held her face inspecting for any signs that she was hurt, there were none.

The  crowd in the hallway moments ago had scattered.

She held my hands that were on her face and smiled at me, tears at the corners of her eyes.

It was a genuine smile, one that showed she was really happy and the tears were tears of joy.

Sometimes, I really didn't understand this girl. She just got slapped across her face and she's smiling.

She let go of my hands and moved her eyeballs to the left, gesturing to the girl beside the lockers.
I move from her and toward the girl.

I give her a smile and she smiled back.
"Hi," I greeted.
"Hi," she greeted back.

"Are you okay?" I ask.
"Yes, thank you for that" she said.

"No problem. You're new here? I haven't seen you around before." I said.

"Yeah, today is my first day of senior year here." She said  and I nod.

"Welcome to Winston High." I said.

She let out a strangled laugh and said, "Yeah, I'm having a great first day if you couldn't tell." She said as she wiped away her tears.

I pull her into a hug and welcomed her  properly.

When I broke the hug, I turned back to Alessia and she gave her a hug of her own.

"What were you doing here anyway?" I ask, really curious because Alessia's classes and locker were on the other side of the building.

She reached into her pocket and brought out  my phone to hand it to me.

She came all the way to hand me my phone after I left it with her on our way to school.

I took it from her and she hugged me before going back to her locker.
I turn back  to the girl.

"Whats your name?" I ask.

"Anne, Anne Clover. Yours?" She asked.

"Alisha, Alisha Brown." I said.
"You're mixed?" she asked.

"Yeah. Half African." I say and she smiles at me as we walked over to our first class.

She had the same classes as me so it was easy to tell that we would be best of friends.

I brought out my phone from my back pocket and looked at the screen since the teacher hadn't come and I was terribly missing Jayden.

There  was a text from him, telling me that he wasn't coming to school and was missing me a lot.

Anne glanced at my phone and smiled at me.

"Is he your boyfriend?" She asked, gesturing to the picture of Jayden as my home screen wallpaper.

It was one of the days he came to my house, the day we worked on the project. He looked so focused with a furrow on his forehead and scrunching his nose.

"Yeah, he is." I said and smiled at her.
Miss Greyson walked in English class started.

The rest of the classes went smoothly as the day quickly came to an end and since Jayden didn't come to school that day we would have to take the bus  and I was planning to go see him after school and make sure that he was okay.

As I waited for Alisha in the parking lot, a familiar black range rover pulled up and I smiled.

Jayden got down and walked up to me, trapping me in his arms and giving me small kisses all over face.

I let out a laugh as he continued before he finally kissed my lips and smiled at me.

He didn't look sick in the slightest which made me wonder if he was actually sick or if there was something else that he wasn't telling me but I decided to brush the thought off.

As usual, Alessia and Jayden ganged up against me on the issue of Jayden taking us home.

In the car, Alisha was blabbing about my little 'encounter' with Zarha and he was happy about it.

He kissed me goodbye, promising that he would call me when he got home.

There was something off about him. His eyes were heavier and had dark rings around them.

He looked stressed out and sad. I would have to ask about it later, if he was ready to talk.

He dropped us off at home and we went inside.

My mom wasn't at home so we just helped ourselves to some left over pizza in the fridge.

ALESSIA'S P.O.V.

Jayden came to pick us up, which was really thoughtful of him since he was sick and didn't come to school that day.

I told him about everything that  happened between Zarha and Alisha.

There was a shine in his eyes when I did and I could tell that it made him happy as well to heard about it, even though he wished he could have seen it happen.

It was nice to know that we both wanted the same thing, for Alisha to own up to  and embrace the beautiful human being  that she is.

Ladies and gentle men, I love my sister.

I loved how she was today. She looked out for me and stood up to Zarha.

I really didn't mind getting slapped in the face to bring out that side of her.

We were at home, mom at work.
We sat down to some left over pizza and watched TV.

JAYDEN'S P.O.V.

I woke up this morning with a ring from my phone.

All that was in me leaped because I thought it was Alisha but it wasn't.

It wasn't my mom either.

Instead it was the last person I ever expected, Susan.

She had been calling for the past few days but I ignored.

Her calls just gave me sleepless nights, reminding me of the most horrible year  of my life.

I took a deep breath and picked up the phone. I wanted to Ignore the call but that would just be prolonging the inevitable.

She wouldn't stop until she got what she wanted.

I took a deep breath and swiped to the right to answer.
"Hello?" I said.

"Jayden?" She said.

"Yeah." I replied.

"We, we need to talk. Can we meet up?" She asked.

"No, I don't need or want to talk to you." I hissed.

"Please, for old times sake." She begged and like the fool that I am, I agreed.

"Okay." I breathed.

"The old Coffee shop we always went to. Is that okay with you?" She asked.

"Yeah, see you at ten." I said and ended the call.

I worked out a bit to get my mind off Susan.

There was a time in my life when I could die for that girl but after seeing what kind of person she really is, I know that nothing she can do would change my opinion of her.

There was only one person who I would have loved to receive a call from or see so early in the morning and that was Alisha, my Alisha.

I sent her a quick text saying I was sick and wouldn't come to school that day, meaning I would have to be done with Susan before school ended  so that I would be back home before she would decide that she should visit me because I was sick.

I hated lying to her but I couldn't risk her knowing about Susan if she came here.

I rushed into the shower and brushed my teeth. My mom still wasn't at home, still at the lawyers.

I got out and threw some clothes on.
I rushed out the front door and locked it then into my car, locking the gate as well.

As I drove to my old city, the knot in my stomach grew deeper and my hands trembled.

The familiar parks and buildings still looked the same. I took a quick detour to my old house.

I reached the front of the house. It looked exactly the same as it did before, glorious as ever.

The huge gates still as sturdy as they were before.

I really didn't know why I was expecting anything to drastically change. It had only been a year.

It had only been one terrible year, nothing had changed about the house physically, that is.

A lot had changed sentimentally though. The house I had loved to play in, the house I grew up in.

That house no longer existed, all I could see was an empty shell of what it once was.

The house in which I spoke my first words, the one I took my first steps in, all my memories happy memories were linked to that house.

Sad memories were also linked to that house and those were the ones that were fresh in my memory.

Days of dead silence and death wishes flood my mind in this house that I used to call a home was no longer a home, instead it has become the source of my sorrow.

A tear slid down my face as I stared at it.

I closed my eyes, opened them and drove off.

I walked into the coffee shop, searching for Susan.

She was sitting at the far end of the shop, the spot we used to sit in those days.

She was in the little black dress that I used to love so much and those heels that used to drive me crazy at a time in my life.

Her blonde hair that I used to love to sniff at one point was tied in a nest looking thing above her head.

Her grey eyes that used to have an effect on me now, mean nothing as they zeroed in on mine.

I walked over to her, didn't even bother to hide the scowl on my face from her.

She smiled at me. A smile I had seen so many times before and would have swooned over if I didn't know any better.

"Hi, thanks for -" she said but I cut her off before she could finish by saying,"Why am I here?"

"We need to talk. How are you? I mean after everything that happened and you got back from the-" She mused, trying to feign innocence but I cut her off.

"I'm fine, no thanks to you. Did you expect me to be stuck there for life, recovering from my break down?" I growled, making sure to sound extra cold.

"I'm so sorry, Jayden. If I could take it all back, I would in a heart beat."  She mused.

I resisted the  urge to roll my eyes at her. She cant take back any of what she did so why ponder on it any further?

"Its okay. I should thank you, though." I said.
"What? I almost ruined your life." she said and I give her a small smile.

"You showed me that I had wasted three years of my life being infatuated with you and I called it love.

It hurt me that what happened, happened the way it did but everything happens for the best." I said.

Her face fell as I spoke those words to her and my mental smirk grew.

"You found someone?" She asked as her voice broke.

"Yeah." I said and gave her another small smile.

"What's she like?" She asked.

"Nothing like you." I growled and her face fell yet again.

I wasn't angry at her and I knew my words didn't have any effect on her because she never loved me, only led me to believe she did.

I had forgiven her but I didn't see any need for me to discuss Alisha and as much as I loved talking about her, Susan wasn't the kind of person to do so with.

"You graduated high school last year?" I said, trying to keep the conversation going.

"Yeah. You?" She asked even though she already knew the answer to her question.

"I'm still in high school, had to take an extra year off." I said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

She nodded, so did I.

After a few more hours of lifeless conversation that had no particular destination,it was almost four and school would be closing soon so I had to get Alisha.

I bid her goodbye with a handshake and left.

I took a deep breath and mentally patted myself on the back for handling that better than I thought I would have as I drove off, to school.

I got to school just in time to see Alisha waiting in the parking lot.

I parked my car and got down, walking to her.

I hugged her and kissed her all over her face and kissed her lips before telling her I missed her.

I missed her, more than she knew.

I really needed her today after the whole Susan phase but I was happy I went to see her. It was like closing a terrible chapter of my life and finally beginning a new one properly.

When Alessia joined us, we drove off.
I kissed Alisha one last time before promising her that I would call when I got home.

I was happy Alisha finally stood up to Zarha, she put her in her place and put an end to the humiliation.

She's finally owning up to her beautiful self and nothing could make me happier than that.

When I got home, my mom was waiting for me with a  plate of fried rice and chicken and a whole lot of questions.

I told her I didn't go to school today and she wanted to murder me but when she asked why, I told her and she said, I quote "be careful." and I know she was right.

After the heart to heart and three helpings of food, I went upstairs to talk to the only person I had missed sine the day began.

Hearing her voice was what I needed to forget everything about that crappy day.

SUSAN'S P.O.V.

When I saw him, he looked so unaffected by my presence like we were just strangers.

He had moved on from me.

I know I was wrong but I didn't want him to get over me especially not after I found out what he was worth.

It took a lot to keep my good girl facade up.

Whoever the new girl in his life was, she would just have to step down.

I am willing to do whatever it takes to get him back.

A/N:
I don't think I like Susan very much and what did she mean by what Jayden is worth?

I guess we'll just have to wait to find out... 😂😅

On the other hand, Alisha finally stood up to Zarha.... God,  I'm so proud of her....*pats Alisha on the back and gives her a hug*

Jayden will eventually tell Alisha the truth...  Right?

I like Alisha's new friend, Anne. She seems nice enough and she could use a confidence boost as well... Well let's see how the rest of the story goes...

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