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If you see the girl I used to be
could you tell her that I'd like to find her

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Awe struck.

That was the most suitable word to describe her ogling at him while he changed from his uniforms to a vintage tee and which she brought from God knows where and insisted he wore together with a fancy goldchain and eyeglasses which totally made him look like a ridiculous pop star artist— a fashion he'd worry about later

But right now, his worry was that she didn't gawk at him like that. Like an open piece of delicious looking meatballs. It made him feel awkward

"Oh my fuckin' elves!" She finally exclaimed, raking her eyes around his bare torso

"Look at those abs! And six packs! And those muscles! How can all those abs fit into that slender frame of yours?! " she was exclaiming dramatically now making him roll his eyes trying to bite back a grin

Elves? Couldn't there be any less monstrous creatures she could use?

"You should tone down abit tho. We're in the middle of a serious crime alert" he advised giving her a lopsided smirk

She feigned a disappointed sneer, mumbling out aloud  " I didn't get the chance to view your butts. What a shame"

He gaped at her utterly stupefied for a second— she didn't just say that right? No she didn't...

"What are you thinking about?  C'mon it's time" he turned to her with an amused disbelief as he took in her appearance.

A pink sequined top with an over the top furry coat, a black trouse, pink coloured heels to match and a fancy white eyeglass over her eyes.

"Woahhh!!!" He exclaimed "who would have thought that you're a student?"

She twirled around "I know right. It's the perfect outfit for some classic illegal shit "

He grinned in amusement "it's totall crazy idea to sneak out of school dressed like this" He pointed at her clothes and his

She curved her lips coated in pinkshades into a lopsided smirk, dramatically pulling the fancy glasses below her nose to peer at him

"Do you have a better not so crazy idea on how to sneak out then?"

He narrowed his eyes for a second as if in deep thought then afterwards shrugged "i don't think so"

She wore the glasses back "good"

Her heels clicking the ground upon each step she took, tucking one hand into her coat and the other clutching a fancy Dolce&Gabana bag

"Still I think they wouldn't even believe us if we go out to the receptionist like this and tell her what? That we're popstars who had come to survey the school's auditorium for our next concert in port Harcourt?"

She hummed a reply  "you're afterall brilliant"

He paled in disbelief. Was she being sacarstic right now?  "wait what? That's ridiculous"

"Of course it is"

" so what do we say to them?" He asked further causing her to halt abruptly on her step as sbe fixated her gaze at him

"We tell them that we're popstars surveying the school's auditorium for our next concert.  I'll tell the rest if the words get stuck in your throat" she added the last part, resuming her step.

Toby inhaled deeply before letting it all out. This was crazy. Posing as pop stars to sneak out to God knows where. At the same time he grinned in anticipation.  Let's see how dramatic this turns out

^^^^

Every individual decides what they choose to do with their lives before they give it all up. Did it matter to anyone if they want to leave the surface of the universe with the speed of lightning or accept life challenges and move on?

While she sat on the stony bench in the garden, puffing out clouds of smokes into the air and for a moment wondering if the sky had to shine so brightly today.

She watched doctors from the ER rush out to the  ambulance, wheeling in a bleeding patients on stretchers who probably were trying to pull through life's thread.

"Talk about outdoor visiting for therapeutic purposes" a smooth voice spoke out causing her to avert her attention to the speaker.

He was dressed in the hospital gown which patients wore. His brown eyes sparkled,  his button nose stood out sharply and his perfectly shaped lips which had a darkshade underlining curved up in a heart fluttering  smile. He was beautiful

And she didn't give a shit. Infact, she had momentarily forgotten that he existed beside her

Her mum had just left after a charade of pleas. Recalling for a second the tone behind the smile he flashed at her when she came in with her mum

"Hello little sister!" it was derisive. The tone, like it was sneering right at her which it actually was

She had smiled back that it looked so much like a grimace  "Eliakim"

"How have you been, kid sister? "He smirked, " I  have missed you" he added

"Really?" She scoffed, crossing her legs together

"Well, i've been better than you'll ever be" she retorted and her mum gave her an admonishing glance

"That's no way to talk to someone you've not seen for a long time now, Yara"

"Oh I didn't even want to see him. So why should I care about my manner? Her tone was cold and sharp
"Please lets not do this here, Yara..." her mum hissed out

Eliakim leaned his tall, slender frame to rest on his seat with a satisfied smirk playing on his face

"Intresting." He muttered "still as stubborn as ever" he gave her a lopsided smirk and Yara rolled her eyes in reply

"Kim how have you been? " her mum had asked softly

"Good. I'm a whole better now but the nurses won't believe me" he said grimly making her mum give him a comforting pat

Mrs Williams sighed "I know you are…but doctor said he could still detect symptoms of dyphagia and you'll need to keep taking treatment"

"Actually, it's more than just dyphagia" Yara interjected

Her mum glowered "Yara! "

Yara rolled her eyes, lasping into silence as she watched her mum speak softly to Eliakim who kept saying he was fine and he wanted to come home. He sounded like a five year old and she wanted to laugh to his face and tell him that she wished he'd actually rot in here and never come back and there was a whole lot of bad things she wanted to tell him but she didn't

"Kim," she heard her mum sigh wearily "you're getting better and I believe you, let's just abide by the doctor's report"

"Fuck!" He cussed under his breath, huffing out in annoyance. Her mum reached out to arm, taking it gently into hers not reprimanding him for cussing

"It will be fine…"

"Mrs Williams. Can you please spare me sometime, doctor Brown will like to see you"  a nurse announced, cutting her off and Yara couldn't be more immensely grateful for that at the same time scared about her mum leaving her with Eliakim

She had contemplated leaving him to himself but had remembered the nurse telling her to 'please keep an eye on him'

Well, when had she always listened?

Her heart thumped loudly in her chest, she could feel his stare intensely on her and she gulped, feeling herself visibly shivering at his presence. She fiddled her hands into her pockets, bringing out a stick of cigarettes and lighting it up and puffing it away into thin air

"You've grown up alot. Juvenile must have done alot to you " She heard him say  "can I have a stick too?" He asked, looking at her with a knowing smirk playing on his face which she ignored him  making him chuckle dryly

"Guess not."

"Are you still called the bitch who killed her sister and had sex with her brother.  By the way, i still can't get over the taste of your pussy" he flashed her a sick grin, licking his lips sensually as he reached out to caress her face causing her to flinch

She inhaled sharply, swallowing large imaginary lumps. Her fist clenching and unclenching and her heart pounding erratically like a sledgehammer. She tried blocking out the cold  memories pouring upon her like a downpour of icy flakes

"You must have had alot of fun" she said with an icy tone and he smirked. A sick derisive smirk

"You just had to complicate things Yara" he taunted "if you had just been that sweet little girl you always were when you came crying to me…all thos wouldn't have happened"

"You're sick." She retorted,  trying to keep her tears from welling up her eyes as she tossed the cigarettes away

"Did you ever think of Josie? Did you even respect Josie's memory when you raped me? No! I bet you prayed she died anyway afterall, you were the only illegitimate child of the Williams"

He winced. Staring at her in a quiet death glare, his jaws clenched tightly together in anger and then he laughed.

A maniacal, dry undisguised contemptous laughter. Yara could only imagine his laughter akin to the sound of a bitter demon

"Rape? Josie? Williams? You're talking shit " he scoffed "I never raped you. The media knows that. Your friends knew that.  Everyone knows that" he snarled

Yara shook her head in disbelief  "you fuckin' forced yourself on me and unabashedly coerced my so called friends to testify against me and the bloody media knew nothing about what kind of demon you are."

"It was a matter of give and take Yara." He snapped in rage,  fixating a dark glare on her

"Nothing is ever free and the fuck you wished you'd never remember your sisters death and fuckin came to me. I was just helping.  You understand me? I was helping you take away your cold memories but you're cold hearted bitch so you called the cops on me. You think you'd ever live?"

For a nanosecond she could feel the thick wave of emotions shroud them over like a blanket. She was visibly shivering,  gulping down lumps and lumps of knotted imaginary emotions. She stood up briskly, trying to keep a straight face at him

"I always thought so too." her voice sounded surprisingly quiet  "the cold hearted bitch who always came to the wrong person for help and Eliakim,"

She laughed humorlessly "I don't regret going to the juvenile as much as I don't regret sending you to the asylum. " She swerved on her steps to walk away

"Yara." He called out causing her to halt on her tracks, she didn't turn to him.

"I'm still a William and it's not my fault your dad had to fuck around to have me" he said

She twirled around this time, twitching her lips into a sneer as she faced the mocking look  fixed on his face

"Good luck being a Williams then." She retorted giving him her middle fingers before strutting away.

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One. Two. Three. Action!!!

A short chubby man from the crew  hollered and the camera swung into action at the sight of April and the beautiful boy standing next to her—Desmond  Ukeme, a bankable star actor obviously shooting their long-awaited drama series

So far. April had been cooperating as much as Desmond and damn!! He was good at acting so much that she thought he really wasn't faking it. She sighted her mum among the crew members, wearing sunglasses while sitted on a recliner, holding a cup of parfait which had been ordered by the director.

Ever since her interview on TV, her mum hadn't said much to her and she didn't bother about it. Her mum was being a drama queen afterall besides, Toby personally hadn't also talked to her about it. She had thought of walking up to him earlier during civic class  until Yara had popped out of nowhere, pulling him along with her

She rolled her eyes at their sight. At their thought,  trying to shove them out of her memory and just focus on the movie shoot…

"Cut. Cut, let's take a short break"  she heard the director holler at the crew, he walked up to her with his hands on his waist

"Are you okay? You don't seem to concentrate lately on your shoots? " he asked

April took a bottle of water which her assistant had offered to her and gulping it down "I'm fine"

"Of course you need to. We need to wrap this series in the next month and you zoning out during your shoot isn't helping " he replied, turning to the Desmond guy with a huge grin on his face

"Desmond!" He called "you're doing well…keep it up" he gave him a light pat causing April to roll her eyes caustically at the same time, avoiding eye contact with her mum who she was sure was watching every movement. Every expression. Every speck of what was going on

She took in a deep breath, scanning the members of the crew for a particular someone—Josh. He wasn't anywhere around and for a fleeting moment she wondered about his whereabouts

"Hey" someone called out to her, averting her attention to her co-star. Desmond

She tilted her hair sideways to take in a good view of him, she didn't like him. He looked too perfect and outstanding and it weirdly made her feel suddenly conscious about her appearance

She mumbled out "hey to you too"

He bit his lips gently as though he wanted to say something else and instead  "if we're going to be starring in one drama series you should as well talk nicely"

She ignored him, turning to the girl who was her temporary makeup artist  "Mandy, i want a retouch on my makeup"  she said, spurning around when he held her wrist in a firm yet gentle grip

"Hey, you're not mad at me. Are you?" He stared into her eyes as though he was searching through her, she shifted uncomfortably from his gaze

"Excuse me" her tone sounded more frosty than she intended while her face was plastered in an unsteady faux smile that clowned her expression as she strutted away.

A/N

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