The meeting

HEART GAMES.

--WRITTEN BY ONYEKE NAOMI.

CHAPTER ONE.

Rose sat at her desk in the empty classroom, staring with a confused expression at the board. Her eyes moved back and forth from her notebook to the unerased board and back, when a whisper grazed her ear.

“What are you doing”

She gasps as she quickly turns around to the sound. She was met with a pretty looking boy, about 6 feet tall in height, his hair was wavy and medium in length, staring down at her with his crystal brown eyes that was as brown as the desert sand. His lips curved up into a pleasant smile as she stared at him.

“Jordan!. You scared me” she referred to the boy standing behind her.

“sorry princess. You just seemed to have fallen in love with the board”. He apologized sarcastically.

“aren’t you supposed to be wiping it rather than checking it out”. He asked now grabbing a seat next to her. She sighs as she opens her notebook.

“I’m just trying to understand this part, i didn’t get the explanation earlier”.

“wow…I’m actually hurt. You have a mathematician for a friend and here you are trying to fry your brain, when you could have asked me to tutor you. Have you forgotten I exist?”. He says as he touches his chest dramatically.

“whatever, at least now you’re here. Are you done with the student council meeting?”.

“well yeah pretty much, so I came to find you. Common let’s go”.

They walk down the hall and then the stairs till they were at the entrance of the school building.

“aiit, see you tomorrow. Oh!, wait, you’re still coming to my place on Saturday, right?”.

“is that even a question?”. She asked. “Good” he replied walking to his own direction.

Rose always followed a daily routine that she hated to comprise. Whenever she did, it felt as if something was wrong. She wakes up by 7am to prepare for school, arrives at school before 8:00, eats lunch during recess at 11:30 am, after school she stays back for about 30 minutes to revise what was taught, and then by 2:30pm she heads straight home. That was the case until she had discovered her self-proclaimed best friend. She was never one to associate with boys or anyone for that matter. She had a total of 3 friends, 2 female friends from her middle school that stuck with her, and Jordan who was recently added to the group. He had made an impression on her when she first started the school. He was brave, bold and pestering, no matter how bad she treated him or how cold she acted towards him, Jordan never gave up and then one day.

Rose couldn’t focus at all at school that day, her mother had just suffered a stroke and was rushed to the hospital immediately. She didn’t know what to do and was scared. She was seated alone at the rooftop when Jordan walked in.

“there you are princess, been looking all over for you”. He said sitting next to her.

“I’m not in the mood for your annoyance today Jordan”. She said coldly.

“you know the funny thing? You always say that, but today it feels different”. He said looking up at the beautiful blue sky. “what’s wrong?” he added

“why the hell can’t you leave me alone. I said I’m not in the mood”. She said calmly, or at least she thought she did. Jordan heard the tremble in her voice and was certain she wasn’t okay in the slightest. Before he could control himself, he’s arms pulled her into a comforting embrace.

“what are you doing? Let go!”. She commanded as she struggled to escape his grip, that was tighter than expected, until she finally gave up. She looked up into his eyes, that was the first time she noticed how beautiful they were. He looked at her with unspoken sympathy for something he didn’t even know. Before she knew it, she rested into his embrace, crying uncontrollably while he did nothing but be patient and quiet. He was the only person that made her break down like that, the only person that made her let go and be vulnerable.

She arrived home.

“hey mum, I’m back” she greeted.

“hey baby girl, how was school?”

“it was normal”

“your sister just got back too. I microwaved your food already just go freshen up and eat”.

“yeah, sure”. She smiled, it still made her emotional when she remembers the state her mother was in 3 years ago. But now she’s all better. Honestly, she wouldn’t have gotten through all that if Jordan wasn’t with her, she often thought.

The next day at school, it was P.E, so everyone changed into their P.E wear and went to their different clubs. The girls played tennis while the guys played basket ball at least some of them did. After the girls were done she went to go freshen up and then headed to the basket ball court. Jordan had begged her to come by and watch him play if the girls finished early. She arrived at the court and sat where the other audience were seated. Her classmates and a few other supporters were cheering, apparently Jordan’s team had just gotten tied with the other team. She heard at her corner some girls gossiped.

“Carson is benched?”. Said the first girl.

“I know right?, that’s so unfair if he was in this match, they would have won a long time ago”. Agreed the second girl.

“he’s so hot, even while sitting down. Oh well….at least we still get to watch Jordan in action”. Said another girl.

She looked over at the bench curiously but couldn’t really see who they were talking about. She never really listened to school gossips, stuff about “school queen”, “school king”, “heart throbs” never really concerned her. She did at least know that Jordan was somewhat popular with some girls, but that was about it. The cheers increased as Jordan scored in the last minute. “he looked kinda cool” she thought as she walked down benches.

“princess!”. He called out to her while running towards her. “you actually came” he said after he had come to a halt in front of her.

“well I had nothing better to do”. She replied.

“liar. What did you think, of the game I mean”.

“you looked….”she paused to think of what to say. “ weird, all sweaty and stuff” she added while making a dramatic disgusted sound.

“idiot”. He said gripping her by her shoulder and ruffling her hair playfully.

After school Jordan and rose walking towards the school gate. When she remembered she forgot something and went back to her class to get it. Her eyes widened at what she saw. There stood a gorgeously good looking guy with short hair. His skin was dark but shone like gold under the rays of sunlight that sneaked in from the window. He had the rearest shade of grey eyes that sometimes confused a person to think it was green. His eyebrows were bushy but arranged perfectly above his almond shaped eyes. His hands travelled along the waist of a girl standing mere-inches away from him, he pulled her closer, his other hand holding the back of her neck as he kissed her passionately, pressing his body against hers. Then it clicked, wait…what was going on?, did she just walk into a make-out session?. The boy calmly pulled away from the girl he was with and his eyes turned to meet rose.

“do you need something?”.

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