Chapter 19

"Be my girlfriend."

My palm was pressed against my chest as my heart slowly shattered my ribs. Daniel, I didn't even know his last name, wanted me to be his girl friend. My still shook up brain and shaking palms would not allow me to think. Then finally, I calmed down.

Daniel asked me out.

If I clearly remember, it was right after he supposedly proposed to help me get Joseph. But how would I get Joseph if I was dating Daniel, Joseph wouldn't want something that's been used before. That seemed to be why he chose Maureen. She hung with them. She talked to them. But she never did anything with them.

I took a large gulp of oxygen through my breathing holes and then released it through my mouth. I needed to be calm. Relaxed. I could do this. I could be calm. I am calm. "Kolupo why did you run off like that?" My eyelids ripped open and my nose arched up in a twitching motion. With clenched fist I charged at Daniel.

"You stupid brainless cow related dumbatron!" He furrowed his brows at the last part. Dumbarton was a nicknamed used on one of my favourite movie characters to show the world that he was dumb. That was back when I had time for television or when my parents used to let me watch it. But back to our current situation.

I was fuming. My former thoughts on being calm had disintegrated into dust and had been carried away by the wind. I had been made a fool of, I had been disgraced.

Daniel took small steps backwards, but he wasn't fast enough for me because even thought he was taller, I had gotten to him first and had shoved him into a random wall.

He still managed to sport that confused look that he'd had since he got here.  "Why are you trying to destroy my life? I don't even know you well enough to remember how I caused you trouble." Atleast it's good to remember how you hurt your foe. Foe means enemy basically.

Then out of nowhere, his chest starts rumbling, then slowly he breaks out into a loud serious of laughs. He laughed so hard, his knees buckled and he almost fell to the ground, the wall being his only support.

"When an item is purchased, it is more desired than before the sale. Now that you're wanted, watch as the boys come to you." Daniel took my hand into his and planted a sloppy African boy kiss onto the back of my palm. I frowned in disgust.

He smoothly slid away from me and walked off to God knows where as I pondered on his words, had Daniel just increased my chances of getting Joseph or made things worse?

My feet began to move at it own accord and I was so caught up in my thoughts that I didn't notice the human being running in my direction. "Move!" A voice alerted and unfortunately being as confused as I was, I moved in the wrong direction and slammed heavily into an Idiot.

"Are you blind!?"

My head snapped up to meet the rude idiot that yelled at me. "Who ran into who?" I pursed my lips and placed both palms on my hips. My eyes took in the sight before me and I felt more irritated at the fact that he was cute.

He kept his eyes trained on his trousers as he frantically wiped at the imaginary dust. "Oya sorry, before you cut my head off." And finally, he looked up.

His brows furrowed while his eyes ran over my whole being. "Are you a transfer?" I inwardly gasped and my frown deepened. This thing had the guts to call me a transfer when he's the one who looks terribly unfamiliar.

"I'm the one that's meant to be asking you." I folded my arms across my chest and arched an eye brow. The idiot frowned and took a step back. "Why do you like answering questions with questions?"

I scoffed and hissed. "That wasn't a question, that was a statement." Pay attention in English class, they say sam. He smiled lightly before bursting out into a full on laugh. For some obvious reason, his laughter seemed to infuriate me the more.

"What's wrong with you?" I barked at him and he some how composed himself in seconds. But his adorable grin refused to leave his face. "Nothing o, it's just that you're still angry."

I let my hands fall limply to my sides with a sigh. I was just wasting my time on an idiot. "Bye Bye. I don't have your time." I attempted to make my way around him but he just side stepped me and took hold of my wrist.

"I'm Emeka. What's your name?" Emeka. I've never heard of this idiot in my life. But I just nodded slowly and tried to rip my hand out if his iron grip, making no progress whatsoever. "Nice name."

I kept wiggling my hand and prying at his own but he just kept his eyes focused on my face. That stupid grin of his never dropping once. "Your name for your freedom."

This time I was the one who started laughing. This boy drank something he shouldnt have o. My inner self felt rather amused than scared. "Kolupo." For the first time, I flashed him a smile.

"I will call you Poppy." My hand was released in an instant and fell limply to my side as I laughed once again. "Don't try it." His grin grew wider as he slowly started walking away. "Bye bye Poppy."

I grinned back at him and shook my head. Emeka. Who the hell was this guy?

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Hi guys, I'm very sorry about the late update and I'm very sorry about the edit malfunction. My wattpad seemed to have been acting up but everything is fixed now and ready to be read. Quick heads up, the next chapter might be a tad bit confusing.. So good luck. 🙃