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Song for this chapter is Trampoline by Zayn Malik and Shaed( btw It has no relation to the chapter, I was just listening to it as I wrote this chapter 😂❤️)

                                  
                                 
                                         ~GIWA~

I reach forward to the passengers seat of the car to get my handbag for my phone. However, before I sprung into action, I accidentally catch sight of something just by the side of my eyes.

What the bloody fuck?

A brand new pack of Durex laid there on the seat with me, as if on display.

Condoms? In Ivandor's car?

My brain takes some time to decode what I'm seeing, desperately trying to put reasons as to why there would be a pack of condoms in Ivandor's car.

Condoms? The bloody hell, condoms?

Ivandor has condoms in his car. Condoms? I know I've sounded this a lot, but, hell.. we had not talked about sex yet, so why....

I paused as a probable, sickening reason for this, flashed into my mind immediately. I shivered at the thought, my stomach twisting countless times.

No! Ivandor would never!

I shut down that assumption immediately it came. He would never do that to us. He wouldn't. Ivandor doesn't even look like someone who would be sleeping around, right? Right?

Many thoughts swarmed through my mind all at once. Half my mind throwing accusations and assumptions against his favour, and the other part countering them over and over.

I didn't even realise I was doing this for minutes, until the car door was opened beside me.

I turned to see Ivandor, his hands still on the door he just opened, looking at me. Neither his mum or sister was with him at the time. It was just him.

Apparently, he must have noticed the look of shock and unbelief on my face as I stared at him, not saying a word.

I mean, the shock in me was capable of giving a heart attack, and with the way my heart thrashed mercilessly against my chest, scared to hear from him what I don't want to hear, I figured that heart attack was not too far from coming.

Ivandor's eyes narrowed in confusion. The crease on his forehead caused lines to appear. His lips paused as though he wanted to say something, but didn't know what exactly to say.

"What's wrong?" He finally spoke. His voice was filled with concern, and ofcourse, it was also laced with a little bit of anxiety.

He asked what's wrong, and not 'Is something wrong?' because hell, a lot of things were wrong right now and the shocked look on my face showed that clearly.

I didn't even know how to answer the question he asked me. I mean, I was too shocked and dazed to speak. All I did was pick up the condom pack that laid on the seat I was on and shoved it right to his face.

Now, he looked shocked. Horrified, to say.

However, that shocked, horrified look was gone as soon it appeared, and a rage filled look that nearly took me aback clouded his face immediately.

Like that didn't shock me enough, adrenaline suddenly took over him and he aggressively snatched the pack away from my hand and threw it out of the car.

I'm not joking, I said my guy literally just snatched the stuff out right of my hand and literally flung it outside.

"Ivandor!" I shouted.

"Where the fuck did you see that?!" He reamed.
I could tell how frustrated he was already because an animalistic growl came out of him as he ran his hands through his hair so hard that his head was almost snapping back with the force.

Jesus Christ, Ivandor!

"Where the hell did you get that, Giwa!" He barked at me, utterly shocking and scaring me at the same time with his reaction.

"What the_,"  He paused halfway in mid-sentence. He wanted to say more, but stopped himself. I figured because of the way his fingers hooked in the air as he held that thought, his hands forming a tight fist afterwards as all the frustration balled into that closed fist.

He looked away from me, like he needed to control himself. His chest heaved heavily with his ragged, heavy breathing, and I was left to wonder;

What the fuck has gotten into this boy. What's wrong with him?

"I-Ivandor, it-it was just h-here on the seat, I.. I didn't...and..," My voice came out decibels higher than my normal voice and the way it even shook as I stuttered shocked me even more.

I usually wouldn't get like this. But hell,  Ivandor was scaring the life out of me right now!

"What the f-, why would she even leave that there!? He hissed, his palm slapping his forehead in more frustration.

She? A 'she' left condoms in his car.

"Fuck, Sharon must have seen that!" He ran his hands again through his hair....less aggressively this time. It seemed like he was trying to control himself.

And then, he was calm.

I'm not joking. One second he was fuming like a wounded animal and the next...he was calm as a bird.

My mouth hung slightly open after the whole drama the guy just displayed for me right now.

His eyes softened as he finally turned to look at me again. "I'm sorry."

Sorry?

"You shouldn't have seen that." He spoke calmly, referring to the pack of condom he just threw out into a prison yard like a mad man.

He started coming into the car to sit with me in the back seat, and I shifted slightly away from him, clearly not having his shit.

He can't just come here and throw a psycho flip on me and think he has escaped. Like everything is supposed to be okay and forgotten now. I needed a fucking explanation.

"I'm sorry," he said again, face palming with both hands. He let out a deep-rooted sigh as soon as his hands left his face.

When his hands reached mine, I flinched away from his touch, and a slightly confused look appeared on his face. Although, the look cleared up in seconds as he immediately understood what this whole thing seemed like from my point of view.

"You think those are mine?" He asked me in total shock.

Uhh...Yes?

I didn't reply, but as usual, he chose to read my mind.

"It's not mine, Giwa." A tired sigh left with his words.

"I'm sorry for acting out on you like that," he apologized.

"Why is there a pack of condoms in your car?" I asked him calmly, completely ignoring his apology.

I needed to know. With all due respect.

"This isn't my car." Was his reply. He turned away from me, looking forward and added, "It's my mum's car."

His mum's car?

Okay, that explains why I didn't recognize the car initially. I mean, I knew it wasn't the same car he usually drove, but I thought it was a new car or something. The car looked very new.

"She probably keeps those there, I don't know." He said grudgingly, reminding me that we were still talking about his mum.

"I don't even want to know. I don't want to know why she would even think of keeping that there." He refused to look at me as he muttered that. He really wouldn't look at me.  However, my eyes never left his face, so it was quite easy to notice the strange look that clouded it .....embarrasment?

Why would his mum be keeping condoms in her car? Those aren't even female condoms. It doesn't make sense to me.

I want it to make sense. I want to believe him.

Ivandor, himself, was hell bent on not  looking at me.  Deliberately, consistently, he kept avoiding my gaze, and I wondered why.

"My mum..," His voice trailed off as soon I came in closer to hear him properly. He just stopped talking and looked further away from me, almost shielding himself with his hands.

The hell?

Why was he suddenly feeling so embarrassed to talk to me? Why would he be?

I was patient. I let him take his time.

"My mum..,"  he finally spoke.

Halleluyah.

"My mum, she....sssspppssssssssppp," he muttered inaudibly.

I'm not joking. That's exactly what I heard him say. "She sssspppssssssssppp..."

I mean, I know he said something, but it was so inaudible that it sounded just like that.

"Your mum.. what?" I interrogated, concerned I was, my hand gripped his shoulders as I tried to make him look at me. My voice sounded more desperate than I intended it to.

He still avoided my gaze, yet, he finally answered audibly. "She sleeps with other people."

I felt a heavy weight drop in my chest.

Was I hearing him correctly? His mum sleeps with other people? Are we still talking about the woman I just talked to some minutes ago?

"There." His hands gave in the air as he finally let out to me what he probably deemed shameful to utter. His voice sounded pained.

My stupid mouth opened to ask, "Why?"

"She was doing it all for us." He replied, his voice almost unheard. I was relieved he didn't pick offence at my nosy attitude.

"That's what my mother does to help cater for the family." His voice came out as a lament.

I felt the humiliation and embarrasment he felt as he let out that piece of information to me, my heart folded up slowly and painfully.

He didn't tell me about this part..
So that's why he wanted to get a job..

I didn't say anything. I was scared of saying something I shouldn't say. What on earth would someone even say on this matter?

"I feel so embarrassed right now. I can't even look at you," he admitted. Now he was trying even harder to avoid my eyes.

No, Ivandor.

I took his jaw gently, turning his head, and making him look at me...directly into my eyes. I felt like I could feel the bore into his soul and feel the ache in his heart just by looking at his eyes.

"It's okay." I said to him, my voice soft and having a calming effect to it.

Shaking my head, I assured him,"Nothing has changed with us. I don't see you, your mum, or your family any different. It's okay, Ivandor."

I was glad when he finally had it in him to look at me. This time, he didn't look away I was glad.

"It's okay." My smile was warm. My ultimate aim was to make him feel better now. It worked, I suppose.

His eyes held so much love and respect as he looked at me for what felt like an eternity. Then, a quick smile twitched at the corner his lips and I saw a glow in his hazel eyes. It was ever so short and quick, yet it spoke volumes. It assured me that Ivandor held me like a treasure in his heart.

I pulled him into a hug. While I sat up straighter to higher myself, he bent his head down low, sort of bringing himself lower in order to adjust to my smaller frame. That way, as we hugged, his forehead was resting on my shoulders, and my small arms were wrapping dearly around his head.

Holding him this way, I felt he could even feel my heart racing for him. Ruffling his hair softly and rubbing on his back, I whispered, "It's okay."

I did that over and over, and still in that position, he planted a kiss on my neck and whispered back to me, "I love you."

I squeezed him gently in our hug and said the plain truth to him. "I love you too."

I really did. I loved this boy. With everything I had.

We broke our hug when the car door was opened suddenly, revealing Ivandor's mum and Sharon, two of them looked drained as hell.

Ivandor's mum actually smiled at me. Even with how devasted she looked, I could tell that her smile was very genuine.

It melted my heart how nice this woman was to me. I smiled back at her.

"We should be getting you home. It's already getting dark," She said to me.

I nodded, and Ivandor smiled at me before leaving the back seat to the driver's seat. His mum sat in the passengers seat and Sharon scooted in with me to the back, cuddling up and smiling at me through red eyes and wet eyelashes.

I smiled back at the angel. Proud of her for staying strong today.

"Say hi to Dami for me," Ivandor's mum told me from the front, and I laughed softly, agreeing.

The car started and Sharon leaned into me, softly drifting into sleep. Ivandor kept stealing looks at me from the ....and his mum ...well..she just stayed quiet.

That night at home, I couldn't stop thinking about Ivandor and his family. Silently, I prayed for them too.

I laid on my bed, blanket all over me, and phone in my hand and headphones in my ears, as 'Trampoline' by Zayn Malik played in my ears - a song I had come to love since the day Ivandor introduced me to it.

Meanwhile, in our girls group chat, Prissy and Hassana were having this baseless, childish argument about Luka and Aaron from Grownish.

Brief look at the girls WhatsApp group chat this night from Giwa's phone (oya one to three, finish me leggo😂😂😂😂)

I laughed at these girls silliness. Like seriously, come on, is this what they waste their time doing on this group?

A part of me was relieved that Prissy was still on my side. I mean, I thought since Shade and Ibever hardly talk these days, she'd avoid me or something. Lol, I had forgotten Prissy's ability to have herself stress free. She could easily cut off anything that would threaten her peace - including grudges.

Anyways, as the girls squabbled on the group chat, I was busy texting my handsome wizard.

(2/19, 22:06) Wizard💖💝: I miss you so much already. Can't wait to see you in school tommorow ❤️

Butterflies danced all over my stomach and I would've been red all over my face if I was light skinned.

I texted Ivandor back;

Can't wait to see you too💖. Hope you feel better though?

He replied so fast that it almost shocked me;

Yeah, a lot. Thankyou. I'm happy you came with me today. I needed that support a lot.

Before I had the chance to reply his message, dozens of messages buzzed my phone from the Girls group chat. Hassana and Prissy - both girls, calling for me to come to the group quickly.

Ofcourse, curiosity got the better of me and I rushed there immediately, only to see that these girls were just calling me to come and judge for them. Luka and Aaron.

I laughed so hard. Who has these girls time abeg!

On side note, I'm on Prissy with Team Aaron, but please, I'm talking to Ivandor right now.

(2/19, 22:10) Hassana: Giwa, we know you're online ooo. Oya come and judge this thing for us. Luka or Aaron????

(2/19, 22:10) Prissy: Giwa show ooo!! We're waiting for you!!

Oh my goodness, these girls won't be the death of me! I had to take a moment to type in the Girls group chat;

Can you guys EXCUSE me!! I'm kind of in the middle of a conversation with my baby!!!

Immediately, their replies came with the speed of light;

(2/19, 22:11) Hassana: Abi naaaa!!!! Issokay oo, Us that dont have baby naaaa!!!😂😂

(2/19, 22:10) Prissy: Giwa go ooo. Go and talk to baby, leave us ooo!!😂😂😂

The way I was laughing in my room, someone would think I had lost it.

However, my laughter was cut short when a new message popped into my DM from Ivandor;

Giwa, what the actual fuck? Who did you tell?

That question took me completely off guard.

I sat up on my bed immediately, alarmed. Who did I tell what?

Confused as hell obviously, I typed back to him;

I don't understand..who did I tell what?

His reply came very quickly;

You know what? We'll talk about this in school. Goodnight.

Jesus Christ.

I wanted to type back, but my hands were frozen, and my brain tried to elaborate what was happening.

What did I tell and who did I tell abeg?!

Before I could even register anything else, my guy went offline.

Jesus.

Ivandor legit just went offline.

Just like that. An accusation, a plain goodnight and he's gone? Just like that?

I suddenly got tensed up, taking off my headphones that instant and half my mind screamed to call him.

Looking around hopelessly, as I tried to understand the sudden change in his attitude, I saw myself dialling him that instant.

His phone rang once. Twice. Then the third time I called, it was switched off.

That was enough to tell me something was wrong. Was this a joke?

I racked my brain to see where I may have gone wrong somewhere and done something that suddenly got him so pissed at me....that he had go off so suddenly and bluntly refuse to pick my calls.

Who did I tell? What did I tell?

Was I over thinking this?

Is Giwa over thinking this? Will she soon have high blood pressure if she doesn't calm down?😩

Okay okay, guyss!! Lemme hear your theories. What do you think this is all about?? Why do you think Ivandor went off like that??

On side note, Giwa and Ivandor are making me get too emotional for my liking. Who else thinks so????😩😩😩🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧💝💝

Thoughts on this chapter??

Next update will most likely be on Wednesday or Thursday as the spirit leads. The next chapter is the direct lead to the climax of this book my people, and from there, we're doing a countdown to the end of 'Those Little Things'!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧💖💖