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When did we all
Start believing in magic
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Sarah sat at the edge of the pristine walls of sugar de la cuisine, one of the most popular and expensive eateries in the whole of Port-harcourt city owned by the Okoye's— yes!! Sarah Okoye's parents.

She stared around in anticipation. Soft music played at the background of the cafe as her eyes roamed around the few number of people seated in different expensive looking tables whilst talking and laughing. They were mostly teenagers, rich and sometimes spoilt teenagers settled in Sugar's mainly because of it's serene atmosphere and delicious meals it offered at the expense of any intrested customer

The staffs, managers, waiters and all had offered to treat Sarah as a VIP guest knowing she was their boss's daughter but Sarah on her part had politely declined,  choosing only to seat at the window while waiting for the one person she was anxious to see. She occasionally found herself staring anxiously at the glassy windows of the eatery in nervousness, excitedly....She was that excited so excited that she just had showed up earlier than the allotted time

If it was like this then, how excited would she be if he asked her out on a date? She'd probably show up the day before just to coax herself on self control and whatever feeling of ecstasy she's going to have.

Sarah tugged her mini off-shoulder flowery designed gown which she paired with a strap silvery heel in uncertainity. Her makeup was at its barest minimum yet she seemed to have over dressed herself-- or was she good to go?  seeing that it may have been a casual outing to him and maybe…just maybe she needed to add more makeup because he probably may not find her attractive

Okay!! Sarah stop it. She chided her subconscious self, trying to avoid the mental battle against herself and her self esteem which seemed like a lost case, hearinh another voice reason within her again

No seriously!! Maybe that's why he never noticed you. Maybe you don't look good enough for him

Figures…she frowned painfully,  it was more sensible to accept the fact that she looked ugly compared to the girls he may be interested in and as much as she hated to think this way, her mind fleetingly wanderef to Yara. He was so concerned and disturbed about Yara not showing up at school even when the both weren't even that close to each other unlike she who kinda lived just a stone throw from her and besides she talked with him sometimes on things that mattered to him though especially the talk about music which he basically did most of the talking since she knew nada about music…

Infact! Sarah give up!! You're being so shallow trying to compare yourself with someone who really doesn't even care about you...

"Sarah? Hi! "A deep hearthrobing voice greeted friendly

She looked up quite startled after being jerked back to present from her reverie. Her lips reflexively turned a smile infact, her countenance had brightened up at the sight of the guy

"Hey George! " she replied cheekily, checking him out in his black trousers, checkered t-shirt which he wore over an ice blue plain tee. He looked neat and handsome as always sporting a white sneakers and his signature small earrings which accessorized his farcical looks

"I hope I'm not late though " George's cool tone riverted her attention back to his bemused expression. She felt her cheeks heat up in embarrassment, she had been ogling him for the past few seconds since he arrived and of course he noticed

"No you're not.." she managed to reply avoiding his soft gaze on her

"You look beautiful " he complimented her

Of course I look beautiful!! So beautiful that you hardly spared me a glance and only God knows why you asked me out today that I had to ask the gracious Lord for a revelation to know if it's really you and if not, He should wake me up from my fantasy island-- and then I saw my phone beeping with your message

Yup!!! I knew it was no dream..so you can imagine how excited I was

This was sarah mentally screaming and rattling inside her head while she smiled cheekily at George's compliment

And speaking of that, this was the first time he complimented her. Like for real?!!

Who said miracles don't  happen?

Yah!! Calm down this wasn't even a date sef and you're already getting all ahead of yourself

"Sarah!! Are you okay? You look..umm…like your having alot going on inside your head?" George asked  concern and worry laced inside his tone

Of course I do.

I have alot going through my mind that I think I may faint out of curiosity, excitement and nervousness

She smiled, shooking her head in negatively "nope!! I don't...I'm just umm…thinking about your reason for asking me to meet up with you" she said truthfully

George blinked a couple of times, opened his mouth and shut it back, pressing it into a thin line before. He raised his left hands up, calling the attention of a standby waiter

"How about we get something into our stomach first? I'm badly farmished " he said

Sarah gazed at him for a while, wondering why he would divert the question. A small tap jolted her back to the waiter who stood by the side, handing her the menu

"I'll just have strawberry smoothie " she requested

"So you're a light eater huh?" George asked. His lips were curved into a smile

"Nope! Infact I eat alot…oh did I ever tell you I'm a chef ?" She asked excitedly

"Wow!! That's impressive" he exclaimed in admiration

Sarah beamed widely, feeling so proud at herself that moment

"Thank you. But well I'm still practicing my culinary arts and I just have a YouTube channel specifically for my cooking shows " she divulged futher in excitement

George smiled "that's awesome. So I  get to call you chef sarah d' oeuvre right?" He joked

Sarah laughed,  feeling her cheeks heat up by each minute. "Well, maybe you'd call me that after you've tasted my special lasagna with a touchdown of chopped veggie salad and with feta and herbs"

He grinned "that sounds delicious even though I'll overlook the fact that you're bragging right now " he teased causing her to burst into fits of laughter

"That's smart of you though!!!"

"See?" He said still smiling just as the waiter placed their order on their table. George was having just hot espresso with whipped cream toppings

Sarah quirked her brows at him "are you going to have only that? You said you were farmished? "

He nodded " yeah I was. Don't feel like eating any more though,  so i'll just go with coffee "

He raised the cup slightly up before taking a sip, humming in pleasure as his eyes met her amused expression. This was a side of George that she never saw. A side of him that she never knew he had as though she actually knew a thing about her 'crush'

"Is it that good?"

He grinned " yep. At least I won't regret not eating " he replied jokingly as she smiled sipping her strawberry smoothie

She licked her upper lips in satisfaction, a huge smile stretched on her face as she hummed "mine is good too. Actually delicious " she bragged causing him to laugh muttering something of how cute she acted after she decided they clinked their glasses. 

A small part of her prayed desperately for this not to be a dream. Sharing this unbelievable moment with George. Something she had prayed all her life to happen. What was she going to call this though? Was it a miracle? Magic?  or what?Certainly there was something more to George waking up one morning to ask her out.

This wasn't a date!!!

She quickly reminded herself. Then if this wasn't a date, then what was it? Her curiosity slowly creeped in making the smile on her face gradually varnish. She dropped her smoothies carefully on the table.

It was high time she asked already. Even though as the adage goes;  curiosity killed the cat.

But ever heard of satisfaction bringing it back to life? That satisfaction was what she was determined to get from him no matter how much he may try diverting her attention.

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Benny stood from a safe distance watching her little miss face lit up with excitement while she stared adorinngly at the black posh super bike which obviously belonged to Toby who was grinning at Yara's child like expression

"Wow!! This is huge!!!" Yara exclaimed impressively as she gazed at the BMW super/motor . Her face was so rosy with excitment that you'd have to rethink if it was still the same Yara Williams

"This is so unbelievably monstrous! See how big it is? And black? I love black! This is like the dopest most coolest ride I've ever come across "…she was legit gushing over his iconic bike and in the course of doing that, she just spurted out her favorite color

Black.

If she knew Yara would  fawn over a bike like his, then she would  have advised him earlier to park it right in front of her room -- Benny thought, smiling at the bizarre thought

"It's just a bike Yara... you already saw it the first time I did deliver your soiree clothes " she heard toby say  coolly still looking at her ogle at their ride with a heartwarming smile

She snapped her head at him "I bet I  wasn't intrested in your ride whem you deliverd my clothes  besides, this isn't just any bike, Toby. This  is so amazing like you must feel super proud when rolling this baby on" she gushed causing him to erupt into fits of laughter

She stopped talking,  facing him squarely "really?!"

"You just called my bike a baby? " he said now grinning in amusement at her temporary poker face

"It's dope alright!?" She defended

He nodded in agreement "true. And i'm more amazed seeing you get so excited over our ride"  she pressed her lips into a thin line in response, fixing her palms into the black jacket which she wore over a tee and black jeans, pairing her outfit with a 'van on her foot.

She had changed her earlier outfit and even let her hair loose so it fell around her shoulders, framing her small face into a cute childlike countenance. The only thing she carried with her were the pack of cigarettes which she had stuffed inside her pockets. Something Toby was quick to notice

He walked closer to her in a gentle approachable manner, "you mind?" He asked not waiting for her reply before bringing out the pack.

She scowled "what are you doing? "

"I'm gonna hold onto them for tonight "

"And I'm gonna need them"

"Why?" He asked softly

She sighed, fixing him her best death glared that could send him into a 12ft grave if possible yet he maintained his soft gaze at her

"Why would you need those"  he asked again

"'Cause they're the best companions I could ever have"

"You're gonna have me though" he replied coolly watching her cuss profanities under her breath, he continued "you know, every cigarette you smoke deducts 14mins from your life span"

She rolled her eyes in annoyance "well…I wouldn't care less even if I dropped dead this minute."

"And..?"  He waited for her to go on

She bit her lips softly still fixing him a cold glare "And nothing. Ever heard of the term 'Beneficence'? It means if the benefit is higher than the risk then we go ahead with it. And right now, this is higher than whatever the risk maybe besides, everyone would die someday anyway"

"Nice try. But no. I care about your health and this is  bad. And guess what? you've got a long way to go in life and I wouldn't want you to just drop dead except you're going to be drop dead gorgeous sight for sore eyes"

He replied with a bemused expression graced his face as he watched her throw her hands up in defeat while muttering a fat load of obscene profanities under her breath.

"Douche! " she scowled at his grinning face

"You know what I just realized? "

"That you can shove your realisation to where the sun doesn't shine " she retorted

Her threw his head back in laughter, his curls which looked like fallen petals  bounced back a little. His face was morphed in pure amusement

He actually was laughing because she looked like an angry little kitten with her scowls

"You didn't swear..It's the first time you said alot without swearing " he said  wearing the black helmet over her head which prevented him from seeing her expression

Benny smiled in contentment, watching him help lift Yara up to the seat of the motorbike afterwards wearing his own helmet and thick black gloves on his hands.  she noticed the adamant gesture of Yara to Toby who had suggested she held onto him as he revved the engine to a start a suggestion that Yara had treated with aloofness until  he had gone ahead.  Benny chuckled at the way Yara gripped his torso  when he revved the engines which made a whole lot of noise along with the thick smokesit brought out from the exhaust..they hit the road.

So much for being stubborn.

A few minutes after the duo had left, a cream coloured Gusteau Rolls Royce pulled up in the garage. Benny had assumed her position at the entrance of the door knowing the owner of the car. She bowed deeply as Mrs Williams walked in, her heels clicking the ground in an air of superiority as she handed her bags over to Benny who received them in a carefully. As though they were some sort of  fragments of  exuberant glass

Mrs Williams—a svelte tall lady with a facial look  just like her daughter was draped in an office attire—a blue fitted gown.  Her hair twisted around her head like a crown. She held her chin up and held her gaze like she was scrutinizing everything in sight. Her lips were pressed into a thin line as she looked around the house

"Where is Yara? " she asked Benny who had returned from laying  her bag in her room and proceeding to carry out other activities

"She went out with a friend mam'm"  Benny replied

Mrs Williams creased her eyebrows in a deep frown "Tola? "

"No. A friend from school." Benny replied her Madame who had her brows piqued. She knew that look, Mrs Williams was suprise that her daughter could actually have a friend. It sounded so out of the the box

"Toby " Benny divulged further.  Mrs Williams sighed. Her countenance had morphed into an unreadable one. She rubbed the side of her neck in tiredness

"Oh wow!! She probably would have gotten mixed up with a more riff raff than Tola "

"He's actually a sweet kid " Benny objected causing Mrs Williams to spare her a disapproving glance as she scoffed

"As if. Yara is someone who would never move with anyone decent…sometimes I wonder if I birthed her " she muttered walking past Benny who gulped at her last statement

She wasn't going to say a thing to counter what her Madame just said about her daughter. Someday, it will all fall in place…

Someday.

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So I was going to drop this update earlier but then nepa decided to be brats.  So tell me? Are you as stupefied as I am?

George and Sarah??  Hmmm

Meanwhile Toby be giving me every reason to love him more. The drive haven't even started yet oo sha I'm totally shipping him with Yara 😍😘❤

Anyway! Enough talking.. Tell me what you think about this chapter. comments help alot and vote too. They're encouraging ✌ tells me I'm not totally wasting my energy.

See you when I see you
Ujurita xoxo ❤❤