It's not a joke, I actually updated twice, it's a double update!😂😂
Chetachi's birthday party scene is divided into three chapters, this is the second one.

The last birthday chapter will come after this one.

The name of this chapter reminds me of Fire boy's song, Party Scatter!😂😂.
Anyway, please nobody should ask me what happened, Me sef I'm still finding out😂😂😂
This chapter might Sha seal most of your mindsets towards James.
Dedicated to  theonlyFirstlady
Enjoy your read ✨🌲
       

                         ♠ Chetachi ♠

He saw it before he felt the impact, James' hands on Gracious infuriated him.

Lumen gasped, trying to seperate the two of them, Chetachi watched her struggle for a while and eventually take Gracious away, he followed them with his eyes, to make sure Gracious wasn't hurt too badly before he lunged at James.

Chetachi tightened his grip around James' neck, ignoring the choking sounds from his victim.
He squeezed harder, feeling James life slip through his fingers when an unexpected blow struck his head.

Chetachi let go of James as a sharp pain coursed through his head, James proceeded to land subsequent blows on Chetachi's head and back.

Gracious ran towards them, seperating the two boys, a hand on each boys chest.
Chetachi's fingers wrapped around her hand, pressing it firmly to himself.

He sent death glares James' way, silently daring him to do something, anything. He was ready to kill the boy.

The latter only laughed, the hand that had been on James' chest fell to Gracious' side as he walked away, leaving her there with him.

Chetachi pulled her into a hug,her sobs broke his heart, “I'm sorry he hurt you Amara, please don't be angry with me, let's go inside and treat your injury" he said, taking her by the hand and leading her into Lumen's house.

He dutifully cleaned her bruises, asking her if she was okay each time she winced or moved away.
“What the frosted barnicles are you doing? You're bleeding on my parents white couch" Lumen shouted, Chetachi inspected Gracious' face, checking the rest of her body for signs of further injury or harm.

“She's not bleeding, she's fine" he sighed in relief.
Lumen proceeded to drag Chetachi off the chair he was sitting on, confused, he looked behind him, gasping when he saw the red  stain that had accumulated on the chair he had been sitting on.

He touched the side of his head, wincing when the pain coursed through him, Chetachi was surprised, he hadn't expected any injury from the hit he took from James.

“James was wearing sharp knuckle rings, that's why your head is injured," Lumen explained, as she scrubbed the chair with a sponge, dipping it occasionally in a bowl of water she had gotten from the kitchen.

“I'll be okay," he smiled at Gracious who didn't seem to believe him.
Chetachi went into the bathroom Lumen had brought out the wipes and antiseptic he had used to treat Gracious from, looking for some things to treat his  injury.

Gracious walked in, shutting the door quietly behind her.

“Lumen is cleaning up the parlour, let me help you," she offered taking the pack of wipes from his hand and standing on her tiptoes to clean his face.

Chetachi took in a ragged breath as she put an arm around his waist to steady herself, dutifully wiping his bruises.
Gracious took her time, her lips puckered in concentration.

Chetachi admired her,a dull ache stung him whenever she applied methylated spirit or changed the wipes, but except for that pain, that coursed through him once in a while, he was okay.

“Thank you," he said when she was done.
His hands took both of hers, and he watched her expression change from the concentrated one to anger.

“Why did you hit James?" She asked him, leaning off him and throwing the used wipes into a bin.
He raised an eyebrow at her question, “You don't expect me to watch him slap you and not do anything do you?"

She rolled her eyes, leaned against the counter, and folded her arms infront of her.
“He was just angry over something, he didn't mean to take it out on me.

This was supposed to be your birthday party for crying out loud, you could have just ignored it."

Chetachi blinked twice in disbelief, his furrowed eyebrows conveyed the message he still spoke out.

“If I haven't been clear about it, I care about you a lot Gracious," he said, pausing to give her a chance to respond, when she didn't say anything, he continued.

“It's not even about my birthday anymore, James touched the girl I love, and he's going to pay dearly for it." Chetachi finished, watching her.

A smile broke out on her features, his  worried own morphed and mirrored her new expression.

“I don't know how I should respond to you liking me, or if I should respond, but I'm grateful a friend I cherish stood up for me.

Don't fight again please Chetachi, let me go and see if Lumen needs help with the chair you bled on."  She said, reaching for the door handle, giving him one last look before she left.

Chetachi breathed out, Gracious had been receptive of his feelings.
His fingers lingered on the band aid she had used on his injury, remembering her soft touches.

His phone buzzed in his back pocket, Chetachi took it out, Tobiloba was calling him.

“Where have you been Chetachi? I went out with Chikamsi to buy us drinks and I haven't seen you or Lumen and Gracious," Tobiloba said.
Chetachi heard some noise in the background and Chikamsi came on the line, “Ezi Enyi come outside biko, Tobi and I are waiting for you."

“You went out with Tobiloba and didn't kill him?" Chetachi laughed, “I thought you couldn't stand him?" He heard Chikamsi hiss playfully and tell him to just come out.

He ended the call and left the bathroom, Chetachi noticed Lumen and Gracious were no longer in the living room, “At least her parent's sofa is clean," he said to himself, wandering into the kitchen looking for them.

“Surprise!" Chetachi did a quick three sixty, bumping into the group, he collided with them and fell onto the kitchen floor.
Gracious helped him up, while the others laughed, Chikamsi put a party hat on his head, each of them had a hat on.

“Birthday boy," Lumen said, presenting the large wrapped present she had been holding to him,and others followed suit, heaping their gifts on Lumen's own until Chetachi could barely hold them any longer.

Tobiloba took them from him and dropped them on the counter in the kitchen, while Chikamsi gave him a brief hug and pushed him towards a high stool that was in the center of the kitchen, asking him to sit down.

Lumen set a camera up to record  them, and she brought out a list.
“Are you high already?" Chetachi asked Chikamsi who was giggling uncontrollably, as the white girl went over the list.

“It's the list you wrote when you were eleven Chetachi, all the grown up things you wanted to do on your eighteenth birthday!" She said, air-quoting grown up and giggling some more.

Chetachi's ears turned red, and he cringed in embarrassment at the thought of Gracious hearing the contents of the list, he stood up,reached for Lumen, trying to take it out of her grasp.

Chikamsi aided Lumen, she took the list from her and handed it over to Gracious who sat beside Chetachi.

Chetachi sat back down and fell silent as Gracious went through the list, her smile increasing as she read the contents of his list.

Looking  at him, Gracious smirked, “Why don't we start from number eighteen?"

Authors Note
I wonder what number eighteen is😂😂😂
I'm sorry Chetachi, but you're going to cringe so hard in the next chapter, you'll wish you never wrote that list 😂😂😂✨

I still love you but we have to expose your deepest desires 😂😂😂😂✨

And someone expressed their feelings to someone 🌚🌚🌚
Don't ask me why Chetachi is not in pain from his injury, it was a minor one and Amara has taken care of it!✨😂😂

Ezi Enyi is Best friend in Igbo language.
Amara is Gracious in Igbo language as well.

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