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~Jayson~

Mr Mohamed is back, And for some reason he had chose a new way to punish me after learning about my night out with Matilda thinking it was Chloe. Instead of tying me to the bed when I was proving stubborn and rapping me severally. He chose a new and more advanced style of doing so. Pain that was all I felt at the moment, my whole body was throbbing as I secretly sneaked out of the house while Mr Mohammed was fast asleep.

I got to Chloe's house by 10:15am, 15 minutes later that we originally agreed. The song all time low by Jon Bellion kept my head busy and kept me company till I got her house. This was the first time was coming to her house after  The Whole mix up that happened 4 years ago. Still couldn't forgive myself for not realizing sooner that the girl I was kissing wasn't Chloe. I just hope I would be able to confess my feeling to her today.

I was the knight in shining armor in your movie
Would put your lips on mine and love the aftertaste
Now I'm a ghost, I call your name, you look right through me
You're the reason I'm alone and masturbate

I sang along as the song started from the beginning again. Chloe finally came to opened the door in that moment and my breath hitched in an admiration of her beauty. She was dressed in an altar neck fitted gown that stoped right above her knees. It was littered gluten to her body like a second skin and she smirked at me when she noticed I was checking her out. I pulled out My ear pods and keep it in it case as she spoke .

" so you are still a  Jon Bellion guy, after all this years."

" what ? You don't expect me to give up on the guy that made me love music."

" hmmmhmmm yea right, common in, have you gotten the topic we are to work on.?"

She asked me as I entered there house. Much hadn't changed from the last time I was here. The chair framers, the Ridiculously huge chandelier hanging on the celling at the center of the living room. Every thing was intact the only difference was the walls were not the same colors I remember, they were once cream and blue and now it's  just cream.

" hello earth to Jayson? Are you still using me to listen to music?"

" hmm, oh Urrr no sorry about that, what were you saying."

"What's the topic."

"Sexual assault /harassment and rape should be rape be a criminal offense."

She froze at the sound of my voice calling out the topic. This could only mean one thing but I didn't want to be too quick to judge, so I just ignored. I wasn't ready to start a conversation i  knew will most likely not end in 2mins instead I said to her.

" we could go with something else if you are not comfortable with that topic, Maybe we can like go with 'should marriage be encouraged at 16?' And when the teacher asked we would say we—"

"No. It's alright, it's fine. We would go with the first topic."

With that said she climbed the stairs that lead up to her room and I followed suit. We got to her room and she offered me a n asking if I wanted anything to eat or drink perhaps Cookies with lemonade juice. I was going decline and simply say no but my tummy had other plans as it growled loud enough to Chloe' earring.

I squeezed my eyes shot in pure embarrassment, of all time my tummy chose to growl hungrily it choose now, right now in front of the love of my life. She chuckled at my reaction and two seconds later I heard  the sound of the door open and closed signaling she just Left the room, probably to get me something to eat. I should have had breakfast this morning but how could I, When Mr
Mohammed was the only one at home with me.

His wife had traveled to Kano to check up on thing so it's was just me and him, two men who knew nothing about how to prepare a decent meal. It's not like I couldn't though, it  was because Mr Mohammed was punishing me that why I haven't eaten in 4 days straight and I don't think my tummy could take it anymore.

" here you go. Fresh from microwave,  I made Indian Jollof last night to celebrate the coming home — never mine, I don't want to bore you with the background story. We should both eat up before we start working."

We eat in a Comfortable silence I stayed on her bed and she was at her study table. Once we were done she took the plate to the kitchen and came back as fast as she could. It was already 11:30 and we had a lot to cover, so immediately she got back upstairs to her room I joined her on her study table and we got to work immediately.

" how do we open the essay? Should it be 'Say No Rape, that has been the anthem for aslong as I can remember. Yet it only increases with each passing day' orrr 'Penetration without proper consent shouldn't be the other of the day because it need to be stoped. It had been going on for far to long."

"Umm I don't know they both sound eye catching, lets use both yea but in different paragraphs. Start with the first one you said."

She gave a half smile and began typing into her MacBook laptop immediately. She didn't bother writing it on paper or something, she typed it into her computer directly. The teacher had been kind enough to let us send it to her via her personal school mail once we had throughlychecked the essay.

" okay we got a very catchy first paragraph. What then do we write."

" hhhmmm. Say 'victims of this Human violation are every where, the guy you have been crushing so hard on might be a victim. That's why he is so cold and withdraws from people. Don't be so quick to judge the boy next door for not giving you attention,"@"0 maybe it's because he is suffering on the in side and doing is best to hide it from you on the outside."

" whoa that's a little intense, really if I didnt know you any better I would say it's like you were once raped or sexually Assaulted."

" haha. Very funny."

I said laughing it off causally. I didn't want to get too serious about the subject just yet even thought I knew I was directly involved with the subject at hand. We kept on working on our project together until someone barged in on us rudely opening the door. She Accessed and we did the same, she looked like so someone nearing her early 40s but she was dress like a 70 year old woman.

Almost all her hair was gray and she didn't bother to adjust it as it almost covers her face. She was looking at me specifically as if tying to read my mind and I just had to Maintain eye contact. I didn't want her forming bad options about me because I couldn't Maintain eye contact. 10 seconds felt like 10hours as we all held each other's gaze with the door wide open, Chloe finally spoke up not being able to endure the awkward silence.

"Mom!?!"

"Ummm Me-Mrs Babajide. Urrr go—good afternoon ma."

" so there really is a boy in your room. Hmph should I be worried that I meet your room door close with this boy in your room."

"Ur no. it's a school project we are working on."

" ahhh, I see. Then  pretend I never asked."

And without another word she left Chloe  room leaving the door wide opened. We immediately go the message that she didn't want to the doors closed so we tried to get back to work and concentrate with the door Wild opened.

"Tiiiiehee tandoori taaataaa yeeee."

" yes you are serenity, yes you are!! My little peaceful angel. I love you tooo."

" I yooo vooooo baaa baaa."

"Yes you dooo!!"

I Looked  to my left and saw that Zoe's door was wide opened. She had  a toddler in her hands, she was making funny faces at the toddler and i couldn't help the small smile that tugged at the Connor of my lips. This was definitely beautiful, Serenity indeed, it was really amazing what motherhood could to Zoe, to girls in general. It literally humbles them and bring them down from what ever high horse they find themself on.

" sss aleumdaun isn't Jayson San. it's going be hard concentrating with her across acting like that. Ss we should close the door."

" huh?"

" hmm, I said its beautiful, but we need to concentrate so pls close the door, Just a little."

I moved from where I was seated to do as she asked before returning to my seat which  was was beside her. We continued from where we stoped as we continue to rub our minds together to make the perfect Essay. After writing and brainstorm for almost 3 hours we were finally done.

" hallelujah ooo. We have finished, all we need is a catchy phase, a dramatic ending, something to leave the readers pondering and wondering, something—"

"Pain, is inevitable. It's what you do with it that matter."

"Sorry?"

" we can use that instead, 𝙿𝚊𝚒𝚗... 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝙸𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝚂𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚂𝚊𝚢 𝚗𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠."

I finally opened my eyes to looked at the expression Chloe was giving me. She must have been really shocked by the expression of her face, I had to close her mouth for her using my index finger before she drooled over all her clothes. The minute my skin touched her I felt a sensation in form of a vibration, and i retracted my hand from her chin. She looked at  me puzzled,  wondering why I acted like I was zapped with tasers because of touching her. I looked away from her trying my best to change the subject just hoping and pray she doesn't question me too much.

" yea. Um should i type that for you or your going to type it your self."

" yea yea, I've been don't all the typing, you should totally type it and add whatever you want add to it."

She stood up and went to lie on the Bed to relax her back, since she has been doing all the typing in that sitting position for a while now.
Once I had add a few more ideas of mine and a slamming conclusions I went through it from top to bottom just to be sure there was no error in form of punctuation and grammar. I read it out to her from top to bottom so she could know what the final work looks like. Once she approved of it I put into a document and emailed it to our English teacher.

" Done and dusted. We are now good for graduation."

" hey Jayson, can you answer this question with all honesty,... are you a victim of rape?"

I knew it, I just knew it was going to come down to this. I was really  worry letting her in especially like this on a very rocky topic but she was going to find out one way on the other and I most certainly wouldn't like it if she finds out through someone else. She had to know, the sooner  she did the sooner I get it of my chest That someone other than Matilda know my pain.

" honestly if I said I was, will that change anything? will you be able to solve it ?"

" no, I guess I shouldn't have ask then, I'm sorry"

Deafening silence.

More deafening silence and it was slowly weighing me down. While still seated in  her study chair, I turned a-bit so I was facing her properly. She  was no longer lying down but in a sitting position now looking at me expectantly.

"But To cleared all doubt. Then yes I am, by my own uncle Mr Mohammed, as a form of punishment for still staying loyal and madly in love with you after all this year."

I finally confess looking at her straight in the eyes. She blinked rapidly and Scratched her ears a bit just to be sure she heard me Right. After a while of starting at me like I had 10head she asked again.

" what?"

" I am in love with you Chloe, I have been ever since we were kids."

" I, I... I am sorry I don't know what—"

"Speechless? That's how you make me feel each time I  see you walk down the hall in school. It's cool though, I know you don't feel the same way."

There was really nothing to discuss. The reason why I  was here was done And dusted there was no was i was going to stick around  and let her break my heart further. With that in mind I stood up my phone in my had and made my way to the door. Before I could take another step she held on to me, Hugged me from behind and my body tensed abit before it could relax into the hug. How comforting but too bad she isn't mine to keep, and the worse part was, she was probably hugging me out of pity.

" why are you hugging me Chloe, I am not yours to keep."

" true. But you look like you could use one right now and since I am the only one available , I thought I just might."

" In that case..."

I turn so I was facing her and this time she was hugging me properly and i was basking in the warmth of her embrace. She felt so soft against me and her scent was  so intoxicating I had to hind my face in the crook of her neck so I could sniff her properly. The ringing of my phone interrupted the hug and I knew I had to go, my uncle was calling  me and it could only mean one things. I let go of her painfully  finally leaving her room  she gave me a halfway smile before muttering.

" i am sorry."

" it's alright, you didn't offend me, I'll be on my  way now, see you when I do."

A/N

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