"Happy New Year, sis!" I screamed and jumped around Anita.

She flashed a smile and said, "Happy New Year! This year will be a year of rejoicing, success and happiness!"

"Thank you! You know, this year has already began to be a year of blessing," I grinned.

"How?" she asked. We were sitting on the couch in the living room. She rose up and I followed.

"I got a contract as a female lead in a movie. I went to multiple auditions and I was lucky to get that one. The director loved my acting skills," I chuckled and skipped to the kitchen since she was heading there. "By the grace of God, I'm going to make it in the film industry".

"Ah! So you want to become a celebrity, eh? Like all those big-time actress?" she cocked a brow with a wide smile on her face.

"If God bless me and I'm like that..." I shrugged. "No problem! I would like to be a celebrity".

"Sha...Remember me oo! I'm your sister," my sister opened the warmer and picked one of the fried chicken mom kept there.

"Mom said we shouldn't touch it," I narrowed my eyes at her.

"I didn't touch it. I picked it" she wiggled her brows.

"Picking it is even worst," I exclaimed. She chuckled and bit out of it. "Ah! Biting it? You have dug your own grave".

"Mummy will not know if you don't tell her," she winked. "You get na!"

"What if I talk?"

Her eyes widened. "You want to talk?"

"I will tell"

"Go ahead na! You will see what I'll do to you" she sent an icy glare at me.

I wanted to ask her what she will do to me but then I realized she was capable of beating me. I just have a slim figure but Anita is thick and curvy.

One slap and I will be seeing stars.

As she glared at me, my mother walked in.

"Eh?" My mother yelled. "What is the meaning of this? My chicken?"

"Ah! No oo!" Anita yelled. She glanced at the fried chicken in her hand and then at me.

"Anita, didn't I warn you? Why would you touch that chicken? Do you want slap?" My mother growled and stomped to us.

"Mummy, it is Naomi. I collected the fried chicken from her so that she won't eat it," Anita lied easily.

"Ah ahan!" I hissed. "Don't lie ooo. It is you!"

"Mum, see Naomi oo! She want to start performing her acting skill again. Naomi, no dey lie," she voiced.

I folded my arms across my chest and looked at her. She smiled and asked, "How is my acting skill?"

"Mtchewwww!"

"Naomi, answer na!"

"You did well. In fact, don't be a surgeon, be an actress!"

"No oo!"

My mother came to Anita and pinched her cheek. "So you took the chicken?"

"Mama, sorry na! Please!" she pleaded, freed herself and ran away.

     
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"Teach me how to twerk oo!" I exclaimed and hopped on the bed to sit beside Anita. "You know that they gave me the part as the anatagonist in the movie. I will be acting as the villain and bad woman who will be trying to break up the relationship of the male and female lead".
                 
"How is twerking related?"

"I want to act my role well. I will make my makeup heavy so I will look  like those bad women in the movie. I might twerk in one of the scenes. Help me! I want to know how to twerk, catwalk....you know, look like the evil woman"

"I will help you"

Thirty minutes later, Anita exclaimed, "Haba! What are you made of?"

"Huh?"

"Naomi, what are you made of?" Anita asked me between laughter.

"Metals! I'm half human and half robot. That's my true identity"

"You no get sense!"

"I'm serious! I'm a robot."

"So you are saying you can't twerk because you are a robot. I thought robots could do human activity?"

"But they can't twerk. Have you ever seen a robot twerk?"

"Chai! Naomi, how many times will I teach you how to twerk? It is so simple"

"I guess I wasn't destined to twerk"

"Nonsense!" I said and slapped her butt.

"Ouch! You have started again!"

"Yes na! What do you mean by you weren't destined? That's rubbish talk. Laziness will kill you there"

I grumbled and said in defeat, "Fine! Play the music. I will do my best"

"Make me proud!" She said and switched on the music. We were at my room and we had a small Bluetooth speaker. The song played from the speaker with a high volume. I danced and this time, I got it right.

"Now tell me. Why are you dancing it? I thought you weren't destined to?" She taunted and joined me to twerk to the song.

"I guess my destiny changed!"

The tone of the song changed into a slow beat. She paused, shook her head and allowed a brief laughter out of her mouth. "You're a silly girl," she said to me. Anita checked the time on my phone and sighed.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"It's time for me to head home"

"But this is your home," I pouted.

"I'm talking about the other one. I will be going to work tomorrow. This place is far from my hospital. Traffic will hold me. It's better I leave now."

"But I don't want you to go"

"You should be happy I came to visit. We can talk on the phone. You know, do video calls like usual"

"I like that you ensure to visit us every first day of a new month," I sent a bright smile that made my eyes sparkle.

"Yeah! I'm here to wish my family happy new month"

"Yeah! Happy new month. I hope February will be as amazing as January or even better. It's surprising how we have entered a new year"

"And I thank God for that," She headed to the bathroom and quickly washed her face. "You said you will be going to Abuja, right?"

"Yeah! I might stay there for months. It's better you say a proper goodbye"

"Proper goodbye?" She queried, strolling back into the room.

"Yeah! Send me a total sum of 10k. Write a letter to me about how much you love me. Sing me a song and hug me. Then, you can go"

"I senior you. Shouldn't you be the one doing that?"

"Nope! I'm the last born. You should pet me."

"Mtchew!" She hissed.

"So you won't do it?"

"My proper goodbye will be a hard slap on your butt. Do you want it now?" Shs asked, waving her palm in the air.

"No oo! Please don't slap me"

"Ehen!" she smirked. Her brows furrowed when she recalled an incident. She looked at me with wide eyes. "I forgot to gist you".

"Gist me about what?"

"The latest news in my life na. I met a handsome guy"

"Wow! And?"

"Your foolish sister couldn't even ask for his name"

"You didn't? Anita, I never thought of you as a foolish person. Today, you have surprised me. Why didn't you ask for his name? It's so simple," I exclaimed. "Just ask, what is your name?"

"Azin eh! It's so simple. I guess I tagged him as Mr Handsome and forgot his real name is relevant. Anyhow let me give you the details," she said and told me everything she could remember about Mr Handsome and what Clara had said to her.

"OMG! You guys met in a unique way. It happened like the ones in Romance novels. I feel that Clara is right. He might be your prince. You might end up together"

"Mtchew! Why should I listen to a ten year old? I don't believe that. Even if I date that guy, I won't easily fall in love. I'm the kind of person that takes time to open her heart to a stranger. If my relationship lasts with the guy for up to a year. Then there might be a possibility"

"Anita, you cannot control your heart. I speak out of experience," I added but she could hear my voice was laced with pain.

"Naomi, I know my heart. I don't fall in love easily. It is a fact"

"Okay!" I shrugged. "Is the guy your type?"

"Eh....I don't know sha. I just know that he is different from all the guy I've dated"

"I can bet that you guys will end up together"

"I will advise you against it. We might not"

"Let's bet. Anita, I am so sure. I can feel it"

"Be feeling it there. Mumu! Mtchew! You haven't even met the guy. You are busy feeling it," she said and rolled her eyes. She strutted to the bed and sat on it.

"Betting is not good but with you, I'll bet. So...Let's bet. Fifty thousand from each of us. The winner takes all. Before the end of three months...I mean...If you get to know that guy better..you will fall in love with him. I'm sure of it. I feel you guys are destined to be," I exclaimed and sat beside her on the bed. My eyes glimmered with excitement.

"This is the result of too much romance movies and novels. You won't be thinking realistically"

"Just bet na!"

"If I don't meet him till the end of the bet, I win. Agreed?"

"Yes!"

"Deal! I will put in my money"

"Good! I will earn 100k by the end of three months. That's nice!"

"Don't be too over confident," Anita rolled my eyes.

"For now, I'm following my instinct"

She playfully slapped my cheek. "You aren't following any instinct. To much romance movies and novels is affecting your brain," she disclosed and rose to her feet. "I will start leaving now. I will go and tell mom and dad goodbye"

"They will miss you"

"I will call them often. If I get leave, I will visit"

"Okay!"

Before Anita left that day, she taught me how to glare in a way that would frighten anyone. She also taught me how to stay in a way that showed I was up to evil.

I shall leave for Abuja and I will do my best to act to my best ability.

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