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Vivi is up in the media.

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"I can't breathe,
Running for the exhale.
Toss my pains and my wishes,
In a wishing well..." Wishing well- Juice Wrld
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Vina's POV
It has been weeks, well, exactly two weeks since Vivi's party. Since Kiki confided in me, since Nasir and I shared a kiss and since I last spoke or even saw Nasir.

Here I am two weeks after the party still reminiscing on the moment we shared.

His hands on my waist, his soft lips on mine, the seductive purr in his voice, the enthralling look in his eyes.

I groan out and cover my face with my Biology textbook.

A knock sounds at my bedroom door.

"Come in."

I hear the door open and soon feel the bed dip.

"Having trouble studying?" Aidan asks looking amused when he takes my textbook off of my face.

I roll my eyes at him and sit up,"Kinda. What's up?"

"Nothing o, I just decided to check up on you." He says reaching out to ruffle my hair.

I playfully hit his hand away,"You have checked up on me, so be going before your twin comes with her wahala."

Aidan and I have become quite close over the course of the past two weeks and Nadia doesn't like it one bit. But guess what? I don't give two fucks about it.

It is now his turn to roll his eyes,"Please."

I chuckle lightly,"Go and study. Your externals are coming up soon."

"Ugh, you sound like my mum. You are the one I am meant to be advising, your test starts on Monday."

I laugh at that,"I know, I know. Today is just Saturday, I'll still read. Infact, I was reading before you came."

He scoffs,"You looked like you had given up on reading when I came in."

I get down from the bed and try pulling him up,"Leave my room o, Aidan."

"Fine." Aidan says, raising his hand in mock surrender,"You like chasing me away."

"It's not like that na." I pout.

He nods and fakes a sniffle.

I chuckle inwardly,"Oya give me a hug, cuz."

He purses his lips and throws his face away.

I roll my eyes, for the second time in three minutes, at his childish antics but still wrap my arms around his torso.

With my head on his chest, I gently pat him on his back,"We can watch a movie when I'm done studying, okay?"

He finally hugs me back and I feel a warm feeling deep in my chest.

"Let me leave you to study." He says, pulling away with a cute smile on his face.

"Bye." I tell him as I shut the door.

Time to try studying again and stop thinking about that kiss.

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Question 15
The digestive enzyme that coagulates proteins in milk is
A. Ptyalin B. Pepsin C. Renin D. Trypsin

I shade option C and take a sip of water out of my water bottle.

The Biology test I am taking is the second and last paper SS2 science students have for the day.

The first paper was Mathematics and it had been easy. Same with the Biology test which consists of just twenty objective questions and seven theory questions to answer any five.

Turns out that we, the students, are shuffled into various classes during test and examination periods.

Me and 7 other SS2 students happen to be placed in JSS 3A as our exam class. This class is also Mimi's original class as well as her exam class.

I quickly finish up with my test and submit my answer sheet to Mrs. Rose who is my invigilator for the day.

She beams at me as she takes it. I return the smile and leave the class.

I decide to go to the basketball court since most people sre still taking their test.

Once I get to the ground floor of the junior secondary building, I reach for my phone to check the time.

12:27pm

"Aphie!"

I turn back in time to see Tony sprinting towards me, his bag slung over one shoulder.

My lips stretch into a smile,"Hey."

He drapes an arm over my shoulder when he gets to me and we begin walking,"It has been a while. How have you been?"

I just shrug,"I've been okay basically."

"You sure?"

I raise an eyebrow in question,"Uhm. . .why wouldn't I be?"

"Nothing really. Just wanted to be sure." He replies, tugging at my cheek lightly.

"Well I am good. How were your papers?"

"It was mostly good but that objective question 18 in maths was quite confusing."

"You sef." I say, smacking him a little,"The answer is 9 nau. After getting 3 as your initial answer, you have to square it."

"How do you know the initial answer is meant to be squared?"

"It was literally in the question, Tony." I state, pursing my lips.

"Oh God." Tony remarks, face palming himself.

I chuckle lightly,"It's okay iyeh."

"Yeah yeah."

We finally arrive at the basketball court and sit down on the bleachers with Tony still looking forlorn.

"It's okay nau." I repeat, pouting at him,"That is most likely the only one you didn't get right."

"How do you know?" He asks finally turning to face me.

"You said the test was easy for you, that single question being your only confusion."

"Well, I'm not too sure. . ."

"I am sure." I cut him off,"Just focus on the future papers, okay? No need dwelling on the past ones that you can't change."

But you, madam adviser, are allowed to dwell on past experiences, abi?

My subconscious mocks me.

It's completely different, what happened was my fault. . .

I think inwardly.

"I guess you are right." Comes Tony's masculine voice, cutting me out of my reverie.

"I'm always right." I say, flipping my hair, a look of mock pride on my face.

"You haven't given me a reason to think otherwise, that's why I'm agreeing with you." He laughs out.

I join in, on his laughter,"I hope it stays that way."

"So tell me about yourself." Tony inquires after our laughter dies down.

"There's nothing about me o."

"Stop na."

"Fine. My name is Davina Sochikaima Igwe, my favorite color is purple. That is all there is."

"You are not serious. Tell me more nau."

"Like what na?" I ask, taking off my blazer and placing it on my lap.

"Like your date of birth, favorite meal, siblings, parents, your old school. You know, things like that."

"I was born October 29th. . ."

"No way!" He shrieks excitedly.

"What is it?" I ask, totally confused.

"I was born October 29th too!"

"Oh wow." I laugh.

"We are like twins or something." He raps on happily,"Are you 17 too?"

"I'm 16."

"Too bad." Tony says, pouting like a little girl,"But still, OMG!"

I burst out laughing because of how excited he seems over us being birthday mates.

I was sprawled out on the living room couch, watching a movie going on, on TV and eating popcorn.

The next thing I heard was a loud shriek coming from him as he ran down the stairs. Some popcorn pouring on me in the process because I wasn't expecting it.

"Xander, what is it‽" I screamed at him while sitting up.

"They kissed!"

"Who kissed?"

"The lead actors in the Netflix movie I'm watching."

"Are you for real right now, Xander?"

"On God, the kiss was epic!" He shrieked once more, prancing about.

I fought the urge to slap him.

So his reason for almost giving me a heart attack was because some movie actors kissed.

Xander and always being overly excited.

I simply hissed and resumed my former position on the couch.

"Princess nau. Be excited with me." He pleaded coming to sit by my waist on the couch.

"You are a twenty-year-old man for crying out loud, Xander. But still, you always behave like a tween girl gossiping about boys with her friends."

"I may be twenty, my princess but I will always remain a child at heart."

I rolled my eyes at him but still let out a laugh,"Excuse me biko. I'm trying to watch a movie."

He let out an evil chuckle but before I could understand why, Xander snatched my bowl of popcorn from me and took off.

"Xander!" I screamed, chasing after him.

"Are you okay?" Tony's voice ends my train of thoughts.

I shake my head to bring myself back to the present.

"You spaced off as we were talking."He tells me,“With a smile on your face too."

"Oh, I'm sorry." I apologize, realizing I am still smiling.

"Are you sure you are alright?" He asks, looking genuinely worried.

"I'm fine." I accompany my statement with a smile.

He opens his mouth to say something but the lunch bell goes off, cutting him off.

"Let us go." I say, putting on my blazer and standing up.

He stretches out his hand to hold me, preventing me from moving further,"You know you can talk to me, right?"

I know, Tony. You remind me of him.

Instead of replying, I give him a hug and mutter a thank you.

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I eat tonight's dinner admist glares as well as snide remarks from Nadia. And also, excitement resulting from Auntie Nenye's safe return from her two weeks trip.

After the meal, I go upstairs to my room to study for the papers I will be having the next day — English and Chemistry.

Settling down at my reading table, I set to work with memorizing definitions and formulas and also solving questions.

Close to 3 hours later, I am through and decide to take my bath before retiring for the night.

Getting into the bath, I let my mind wander through the happenings of the day as my tensed muscles gradually relax and I shut my eyes.

"Stop na."

"Fine. My name is Davina Sochikaima Igwe. . ."

My eyes fly open with a start.

It can't be. I told Tony my name is Sochikaima.

I hurry out of the bathtub, the once relaxing bath doesn't seem so relaxing anymore.

I made a big mistake, no one was supposed to know.

I grab my phone from the bedside table and begin searching for Tony's number on the set's gc.

Thank God he is one of those people that save their number on WhatsApp with both thier name and surname so it does not take long before I find it.

I frantically send him messages.
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He isn't even online at the moment, his last seen being an hour ago.

I try revising again to buy time before Tony comes online but I am not particularly grasping what I am reading due to my worrying.

A little over an hour later, I come back online and thankfully, he is online too.
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I go offline because I have to wake up early the next day to read.

A pleasant smile is etched on my face as I sleep off.

Little do I know that the events of the next day will trigger a very painful memory.

A/N

Sorry for the short chapter.

Word Count: 1904 words.

Love,
Riri🌹