7:30 am

Kelvin POV

"Twenty-seven! Twenty-eight. . ."

Denis counted to thirty while he held my legs firmly for the final sit-ups before we called it a day. I had done so much drills already. I was jaded and couldn't wait for him to hit thirty so I'd just collapse on the mat.

"Twenty-nine!"

He kept repeating without nailing on the thirty. I pushed him off my feet and collapsed my back on the mat, panting like a dog.

"It's not funny oh"

I said as he made jest of my lazy ass.
He stretched out his arm and pulled me on my feet, so we could get washed up in the bathroom. I could at last feel the cool breeze on my skin after washing off the sweat. After the wash up, I changed into an oversized joggers and a body-tight top while Denis remained in his Nike short but shirtless so we could see his rock-hard abs. Show off. I scrolled through my twitter as we both walked back into the house.

Its been two weeks since we moved into Lagos to live in this estate right next to my dads best friend and his family, the Adetokunbo's. To be honest, I'm super excited that they finally agreed to have family indoor movie night. Once I was done dressing up properly in my navy blue joggers and a black round neck T-shirt that says I love Port Harcourt on it, I stepped out of my room and so did my elder brother Denis wearing the same thing as me, only he was taller, more muscular and more hotter. To make matters worse, we were the much talked about Adeleke's who where some how related to The most famous musician in Lagos David Adeleke aka Davido.

The reality of that alone got all the girls flocking over us where ever we went, even at Port Harcourt where we used to live. We where walking in sync to where the kitchen was when Denis my elder brother snapped me out of my thought saying

"Bro, we gotta stop acting like twins all the time. "

"And dressing like one too. It is like we have the same time table of dress code or something "

"I know right but I gotta admit, it's kinda cute. And I secretly love the fact that we ain't twin but be act like one"

"What ever man "

I responded before rolling my eyes at him. We both entered the kitchen to make breakfast since our parents weren't going to do that for us, I settled for bread and egg with tea, while he settled for Quacker oats and bread. Once we were done making breakfast, we headed to the living room so we could watch TV and eat at the same time. I mean it's not like we didn't have a dinning table, we did have one its just wasn't our thing to use the dinning table on a Saturday morning. Especially when we know we would be playing video games right after, now that's our thing.

Emmanuella POV

It's Saturday, the last weekend before we resumed a new school year and I was honestly super excited for that. I've really missed my girls Lydia and Mercy, they really did have my back any time and I made sure I had theirs.

Being the last born of the house isn't as Rossy as everybody thinks. I'm usually stuck with the house chores every weekend. Well, most of them. I was pulled out of my thought by mom who yelling some instructions to me in our native dialect Yoruba.

"Emmanuella se kia se o fe sun sibe ni?"
Translation: Emmanuella quickly, do you want to sleep there?

"Rara ma "
translation: No ma

" Rii daju pe o fo awon awo yen daada kin ma ri eyin mi nibe"
Translation: Make sure you clean the plate properly so i can see my teeth there"

"Bẹẹni ma"
Translation : yes ma

I responded making haste to wash the plates properly and ensuring they are all squeaky clean. Once I was done I quickly swept the kitchen and mopped the floor before letting my mum know I was done with cleaning up the kitchen.

"Ṣe o ti setan"
Translation: have you finished

"Bẹẹni ma mo de ti nu ile na"
Translation: yes ma, I've mopped the floor too

"Ah ose omo gidi,ma gbagbe pe a ma gbalejo adeleke ni irole yi"
Translation: Ah thank you Good girl, Don't forget we are hosting the Adeleke's this evening "

She thanked me before reminding me we were hosting the Adeleke's, they were coming over for an indoor movie night with my family. She went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the family which was yam and egg while I went to take care of the sitting area, then the dinning area.

Once I was done I moved to cleaning and tidying up my room, after which I moved to doing the laundry and I was thankful that we had a washing machine. That way I won't have to go through the whole stress of using my hand to scrub out all the dirty in all my clothes.

My elder sister Zoey who just finished working out came to my room to borrow the broom, and since I was done with it I let here have it. This was one of the rare cases Zoey would tidy her room and I was super happy I caught her in the act so I teased her with it.

"Whoa sweeping your room? must be someone cute coming over"

"Shut up sis, go take a bath before your start to stink. "

"Whatever, i was heading for the bathroom any way. "

I said before entering my walk in bathroom in my room to do my business. How we each got our own personal walk-in bathroom i don't know, but I sure am glad. Now I could take my time to clean my self with out being worried that Zoey or Addie my elder sisters were wait for me. Three hours later we had all done our family chores and now we were all at the dinning table have breakfast which was yam and egg.

6:00 pm

Kelvin POV

I just finish a master piece I've been working on for a few weeks now. It was a picture of a girl from my imagination dressed in a mermaid gown I designed. I made sure the gown had a V neck line since I named the girl in the gown "Vanellope".

I had taken out time in the afternoon to hang all my paintings of all the gowns and fashion outfit that I drew on the wall of my room, including some of my moms works. I was a fashion designer just like her and I have to say I drew my inspiration from her from time to time.

My dad was more of an actor or rather he is an actor and of course, Denis being the first born followed in his foot steps. Drawing me out of my thought was my mom who knocked on the door before coming in

"Oh my goodness; she looks so beautiful in that dress. Mermaid gowns has been my no one favorite"

She said stepping into my room and started admiring my most resent drawing.

"Whoa Kelvin with new painting and drawings of killer gown every week, we might end up turning our home into a waking Boutique at this rate"

"Hmm hmm that's if we sow it first. Besides tell me about it, I'm running out of room for all my works. "

"Ditto!! I know, we could maybe sell some of our works?... "

I looked at her with a knowing look on both our face . We both bust into laugher before I respond on behalf of both of us

"Nahhhhhh"

" C'mon I'll leave you to get ready now, movie night is by seven, so be down before 6:30."

With that she left my room and I went to freshen up before getting dressed.
I decided to wear a blue jean and a Black and red checkers long sleeve shirt with a white inner. I left it unbuttoned all the way down, since it was just dinner with the Adetokunbo's I didn't bother putting too much efforts in my hair as I left it a wet curly mess on my head.

Putting on a simple sneakers I left my room and so did my elder brother. He was dressed the same way I was except this time he was dressed in a blue and black checkers shirt and his was buttoned all the way up with his hair properly styled unlike mine.

" oh men why do we always come out at the same time wearing the same damn thing. "

I was going to respond to that but our father responded with much authority in his voice saying

"Quit chit chatting and get down here. We don't have all day. "

"Yes father. "

We both responded simultaneously before heading downstairs to where my father and mother were standing waiting for us by the door.

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Emmanuella POV

Forty mins later, we were all sited in our sitting room where our forty-five inch plasma TV was hanging . We were watching a movie titled Coming to America with the Adeleke's while we had plantain porridge with freshly squeezed fruit juice. I was too hungry to pay any attention to the people in our living room with me or watch the movie either so I just focused on my food instead. It's not like I didn't want to but, its just that my mom may be biracial with freckles all over her face but boooy could she cook.

My sister Zoey stylishly nudging my side and i mouthed an ouch before glaring at her but she signaled for me to look up. I groaned inwardly before I finally oblige, only to Catch Kelvin looking at me dreamily like I was the pettiest thing he ever saw.

I gave him a questioning look and this only caused him to wink at me, before i got the chance to react he took a picture of me with my mouth still stuffed with food. This caused me to glare at him and that only made him chuckle as he his lips curved upward in a smirk. He stiffened his laugher before making a funny face at me to let me know what I looked like when my mouth was filled with food.

I glared at him further before pushing the content in my mouth down with a glass of juice and wiped my mouth with a serviette. Just when I was about to dig in to finish the rest of my meal, my fathers best friend, Mr Adeleke decided it was the perfect time to engage me in the the conversation. I mentally groan as I was about to put another spoon full off plantain porridge in my month. I had to stop mid air and dropped the spoon back on the plate to answer his question.

" Whao look at you Emmanuella; the last time I remembered, you were in kindergarten. Now you're all grown up. What class are you now "

"SS2 science "

"Ahh would you look at that senior secondary school already, my my by this time next year you'll be on your way to university right? "

"Urr yes. "

"Do you have any university in mind already? "

"Umm yes Harvard University "

"Wow That's a big choice there young lady, and what may I ask do you intend to study in such a place. "

"Cell biology and genetic. I know another big choice my daddy over here is still trying to talk me out of it. "

I said trying to divert his attention from me so I could finish my meal in peace and thankfully it worked. His youngest son whom i already know his name was Kelvin from our last Encounter four years ago became the new subject of conversation for the rest of the dinner, thanks to my father asking most of the questions.

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Well there it is guys the long awaited chapter one. Hope it was worth it thought let me in on what you guys think in the comment section. Sorry I'm not really good with the suspense thing but I'll try my best to put it onto practice as we go on.

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