Who missed me?!

No one? Oh ok.

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Philips' Pov

"Where's Sam?" I ask Nonso. "Is he not playing ball with us?"

"He said he's playing. I think he's still upstairs." He replies while twirling a football on his finger.

A deep frown finds it way to my forehead. "What's he still doing there now? Time is going."

We've been waiting for him for almost thirty minutes. What could he possibly still be doing upstairs?

"Are you guys playing?" An SS2 boy asks, coming over to us.

"Yes now. Where's Sam?" Steve asks.

"I'll go check upstairs for him." Nonso says, dropping the ball and giving it a small kick.

Steve holds the ball in place before attempting a bicycle kick. I scoff at his amateurism.

"Ore darling." I hear Nonso say. I turn to see his arms spread out for a hug as he approaches the new girl.

She scrunches her face before bending out of his reach. "Ew, you're sweaty."

"Ye, ye!" Steve yells dramatically.

"Ode, why are you shouting?"

"Ogbeni, chop your L."

"Fuck you bro."

I laugh at their immaturity.

"Are you going home now?" Nonso asks Ore.

"Yup."

"Wait now. Aren't you going to watch us? We're about to play football?"

"Isn't it closing time already?"

"Yeah but we're playing. It's only going to last for like an hour." He says, poking her cheek a little.

I'm really still trying to get his over familiarity with this babe. She just resumed today and he's already this close to her.

I look at my wrist watch and see it's almost nearing an hour since closing. The PE teacher will soon come and start making noise. He only allows us to use the school's field max, two hours after closing. We've wasted one hour now.

"Nonso, call Sam nau." I yell out to him. He ignores me and continues to flirt with Seun or whatever her name is.

I turn to Steve as a last resort to see he is now with his girlfriend. Hei God. Where did she come from?

I hiss and decide to just go call Sam myself.

When I get to the Senior block, I notice Joy resting her back on one of the walls, staring intently at Ore and Nonso.

I want to say 'hi' but then see that she doesn't even notice me pass.

I shrug and make my way upstairs. This foolish boy will explain to me what he's been doing upstairs.

When I round a corner on the stairs, someone bumps into me, almost tumbling me over.

"You're not blind o." I groan out at whoever it is.

Once I regain my posture, I notice who it is.

"Oh it's even you." I say in recognition.

"Yeah." She mutters and makes to scurry off like the last time. A wave of nostalgia hits me as I perceive her perfume once again.

"Wait." I hold on to her arm, stopping her abruptly.

"Why did you stop her?" My subconscious asks.

"Err... don't forget my note." I manage to make out.

"I've heard."

"Your leg is healed up." I point out.

"Oh yeah. I removed the bandage the day before yesterday." She replies with a smile. 

I can barely make out anything she's saying as my brain is still clouded up with her scent.

"Should I do the Government assignment for you?" I hear her ask.

"What?"

"I asked if I should do your Government assignment for you... When I'm done copying the note."

"Oh." I didn't even know Mr Ahmed gave us assignment. I guess I was absent-minded throughout the class.
"Is the assignment a lot?"

"Yes. Like die." She exclaims.

"Oh in that case... you're doing my assignment."

Her eyes widen and her mouth hangs open. I almost laugh at how comical she looks. She probably thought I'd say otherwise.

Did I send her to forget my note?

"But-"

"Can I see your handwriting?" I interrupt.

I really don't need one rubbish handwriting to ruin my perfect note.

She puts on a defeated expression before bringing her bag into view and taking out one of her notes.

I take the book and open it up. Well- Impressive.

I give her back her book. "Your handwriting is manageable." I say with a small smile. She scoffs playfully while rolling her eyes.

"Bro!" I hear Sam's voice call out. I tilt my head to see him coming towards us.

"Hey, you're still here." He diverts his attention to Amaka giving her a sly smirk.

She replies with a shy stutter before sending him a bright smile.

The exchange goes on for a second longer and it doesn't take anything for me to figure out that they had been together the whole time.

"Excuse me, sorry." She says and hurriedly makes her way out.

"I told her guy." Sam says immediately Amaka is out of ear shot.

He has on a wide smile as he gives me a heavy handshake. His enthusiasm rubs off on me as I ask with a smile, "Told her what?"

"I told her now; that I like her." He says the last part with a smirk.

My mouth forms in an 'o' before I nod approvingly.

"You're doing well." We head downstairs together. I check the time and it's already been a while.

I guess there's no football today...

"What did she say?" I ask, redirecting my attention to him.

"Nothing. She just ran off." He shrugs.

What's with that girl and running off?

"I think she likes me sha." He says with a confident tone.

"Cocky now, aren't we?" I tease.

"Seriously though." He says and I only nod in response.

I hope things go well with him. He's liked her for a long time now.

"So how are things...at home?" He asks and I can detect the hesitation in his voice.

My pace momentarily reduces. He just had to ask that, didn't he?

I remember when I tried to bring it up with my dad the other day.

We had been watching a football game in his room. It was perfect to bring it up since we were finally alone. Janet had just been everywhere since she arrived.

"Dad? I need to tell you something." I had stammered out.

"What is it?" He asked, munching on the groundnut he always kept in his room.

"It's about Ja- Aunty Janet."

He covered the gin bottle at once as he cleared his throat, signifying that he was about to say something.

"Thank you for even bringing her up. I-i really wanted to appreciate how well you've acted with her around. I don't know, I can't tell why you for some reason don't like her...but thank you so much, my boy, for putting up with her for the time being. See...Janet is the only family asides you, that I have left. She's my sweet little sister and it means a lot how you're trying your best to cope with her around. Thank you. I love you, my boy." He then comes in for a hug, occasionally softly slapping my back.

I couldn't bring myself to tell him anything after that.

Like what was I supposed to tell him? That I had sex with the sister he loves so much?

"She raped you." My subconscious reminds.

Well, did she?

"What do you mean 'did she'? Of course she did!"

Yes, maybe the first time, when she had her friends over, she did. But what about the other times?

Those other times.

"Are you okay? You're sweating." Sam says bringing me out of my dark thoughts.

"Y-yeah." I wipe the beads of perspiration that had gathered all over my forehead before jogging down the stairs.

"Philips-" Sam calls, jogging after me. I sigh, wondering what he wants to say.

I slow down so he can catch up to me. "You didn't answer the question I asked earlier." He states after falling in step with me.

"There's-"

"You guys!" A panting Steve shouts interrupting us.

"Come fast. Come and watch fight!" He yells, waving us over excitedly and running out at once.

"Fight?" Sam and I say simultaneously. We exchange amused expressions before going out to the compound.

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A/n

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