hello guys , this is the second chapter for this week.
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MERCY'S POV
I sighed as I turned the page of the novel I was reading. I was sitting at the middle of my parents inside the plane. Apparently, mum saw me and Hakeem together in the car and told my dad about it.
Thank God I got an exceptionally good score, well I was not bragging but I got one of the top ten results in the department.
Because of the results, they pardoned me, and that was after I got the talk. We still had four hours to go and my dad was sleeping beside me, while my mum was reading through a magazine.
I was really excited to see my sister, who wouldn't be. I was finally meeting her after four to five months now, and my cousins which you will also soon see. They were total fun to be with.
Anita who is the first child was older than me with only one year and she won't let me hear word because of it. Idara was also older than her with two years making Idara the oldest.
Their second child, Sebastian, my Sebby , he'll probably eat me up if I call him that again but I don't care. Seb is the second child and was also my agemate but I am older with some months. And we were the closest. We call each other all the time but since he got a girlfriend, he forgot me. I know right, sad.
I still don't like that girl, she's too slutty and I don't even know, but I don't like her. And I think the feeling is actually mutual. I smiled at myself before dropping my book and resting my head on my dad's shoulder.
"so, you also want to sleep?" I turned to look at mum.
"yes, I feel like sleeping."
"when do you not feel like sleeping?" I just sighed quietly not that I would receive another insult like I have been receiving for the last three days.
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"where are all these people o?" my mum asked pulling her jacket closer to her body.
It was already winter here, so it was really freezing. I looked at the entrance again and my eyes caught my aunt's own. She squealed and started running towards us. I tapped my mum's shoulder and pointed at my aunt. My mum started squealing too and soon they were together hugging like someone who hasn't seen each other for the past decade when I'm sure they still met last month.
My aunt has been my mum's best friend right from the start of their high school, and she met dad through her. I remember the time mum was really sick, aunt Lucy called everyday to ask about her.
Dad shook hands with my uncle. He is an American man, tall rich one. And because of that my cousins' hair were quite long.
Immediately mum released aunty she walked up to me, I breathed in waiting for the breath-taking hug which actually came.
She hugged me so tight with her familiar perfume engulfing me. It wasn't suffocating but quite welcoming, the only thing not welcoming is her hug.
"aunt I can't breathe." I breathed out. finally, she shifted back and her husband tapped my back. Her husband was too handsome, they were a perfect match. No wonder their children were too beautiful.
Anny is a model herself and Sebastian is part of the popular in his school, I think that's high school. He wasn't eighteen yet so he was still in high school and he would so hear it from me when we get there.
"babe you know your hug can kill." Uncle Ken said, he didn't like me calling him uncle . but my parents decided against that claiming that in Nigeria, there's respect.
So, he had to just get used to it.
"I thought I was soft this time. See my baby looking so big now. You should see Sebastian, he's so big and tall now. I look like a baby beside me." Aunt Lucy said.
We were walking out of the airport,
"the way all these children are growing ehn. Before you know now it's Idara's wedding we'll all be attending." Mum replied.
Idara that don't have any love life but it's true sha. But knowing Idara , it would probably be after five or four years,
"I know right. The doctor in the house."
"yes oo. "
"I respect those that do doctor,it's not easy. When they're doing exams, you won't hear from her again." That was dad.
They all agreed with him and kept on talking about doctor works and future wedding preparations, I zoned their conversations out.
We finally reached the front of a limo. The driver got down and collected the suitcases from my dad, uncle ken and I. he arranged it in the booth while we waited inside for him.
The inside of the car looked just as shining and expensive looking as the outside. Did I mention, that they were rich, I think I have.
Bottles of wine were arranged in one side of the limo and there was a TV. This was not my first time in it but this one looked more beautiful than the rest. Maybe it was a latest version.
Once we got settled in I brought my phone and switched on my Wi-Fi. I stretched my phone to aunt who was talking to put in the password. She collected it and kept on talking, when she was done she stretched it back to me.
I collected it and muttered a thank you, I turned to my mum who was giving me a stink eye probably because I distracted me aunt while she was talking.
I grinned sheepishly at her using my last born superpower, she shook her head ,gave me a small smile and faced the rest.
I looked at my phone and quickly opened my wattsap app. I sent a message to idara asking her why she didn't come too.
I sent a message to Hakeem telling him I had landed. He responded immediately,
Roomie : wow ...... thank God. Don't miss me too much.
Me; or YOU should not miss me too much.
Roomie: I hear oooo.
Me: better just say the truth.
Roomie; okay , okay , lemme say the truth. I miss you.
I smiled at myself or more like blushed. He was just slowly crawling his way into my heart. And the date was just too perfect.
My heart was tingling at the thoughts, our kiss, all that we have shared, and to say I was not missing him will be a big lie. We chatted more until I noticed the car had stopped.
I sent a be right back to him and soon we were out of the car. The familiar looking mansion, which was not bigger than Hakeem's own. I knew the whole place by heart and had pictures of everywhere.
"Mercy!" I heard a familiar voice called out. I followed the voice and my eyes landed on my sister. She was wearing a big, thick jacket and was running out to meet us.
"mercy is here?" I heard another voice call and soon Sebastian too also joined idara and hugged me.
Sebastian was taller, too tall, yeye boy. I hugged the both of them back before they decided to go greet mum and dad.
Idara also turned to our parents, greeting and hugging them, while Sebastian stood beside me smiling at them. Miss Anny decided to grace us with her presence cat walking from the door, madam model.
I walked closer to her opened arms with a chuckle and hugged her, her suffocating perfume making me cough.
"I can't believe I actually missed you." She said with her accent laced voice.
"better believe." I said back. she chuckled and walked passed me to my parents hugging them.
Idara got to my side,
"I can't believe you're taller than me again."
"you are still thinking about that one."
"don't worry it's another thing I am thinking about." She said waggling her eyebrows. I can see mischief lying in her eyes. What is she up to now?
"what are you thinking about?" I asked back with a raised eyebrow.
"all the gist I am missing on." I rolled my eyes at her response.
I turned back to look at my chuckling, innocent looking cousins which were not even half as innocent as they looked. And then my gist loving sister who was still grinning at my annoyance.
This next two weeks will be quite eventful.
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"what do you mean by she left you?" I asked trying to hold myself from bursting out with laugh.
Who remembered the girl I was talking about earlier on , I didn't even know she was out of the picture, and even though Seb felt bad , I felt relieved.
After we ate dinner and retired to our various rooms he came to my room for our usual routine. We tell each other what has been happening in our life for the past four months. I told him to go first since mine will take the whole night and that was how we got to the situation of Joanna leaving him.
"like I caught her cheating on me with the captain of our number opponent school. I hate that guy."
"is it the Cole guy?" I asked, I took another handful of the sugary and creamy and way over the top popcorn.
We were surrounded with food too, that was what made us so close, food. He's actually worse than I am while eating food , but I love him like that.
After finishing the handful that he also took, he nodded. We were both lying down on the bed in my room and I was actually feeling for him since I knew how it felt to be cheated on.
"he is an asshole and she's worse than that. You are the perfect boyfriend material. If you were not my cousin we'll have been together." He laughed out , but I was serious. He's a darling and she's an ass.
"so how is university or college?"
"college is great, and I'm your senior now. Remember you're still an high school boy." He glared at me while I just laughed.
We actually had plans, when he was done with high school we'll go to the same college together. I don't know how they all want to do it but yeah, that's the plan.
He's good at drawing and he wants to be an artiste, but he has to take over his dad's company, everything is still complicated, but we'll see the end.
"don't bring that up Mercy." He muttered the same time my door was yanked open.
"it is a slumber party time." Anita said holding her imaginary mic, my sister also joined her. They were in a onesie and before I knew it, they were in my bed.
Well the bed was actually big, too big.
"you're not telling only Seb, babes." Anita said and idara nodded.
"oh, come on I'm not the only one with stories." I said and stared pointedly at idara. The rest followed my gaze and soon idara was pressured to talk.
She groaned, "you guys are not doing the best thing right now."
"just talk babes." Anita said wiggling her eyebrows, while Seb just started chatting with someone on his phone. Idara glared at me while I just stuck my tongues at.
"there is nothing to say except from, I went on only one date this year." She forced out.
"what! You know what we're going out on the 26th. The adults are leaving to one party or so, and I say we leave too." Anita announced.
"count me out." I said back and Sebastian too raised his hands up.
She hit his hand and glared at me,
"we are going out, that's final." She said with that her stern expression, which meant no more arguments. Even if you try to do you'll still fall for what she wants you to do at the end of the day.
"I need it." My sister said surprising the hell out of me. They were in it together, that meant the decision was already made.
"okay then."
"it's not like you had another choice." Anny butted in again.
"I had oo, I just didn't want to argue with you guys this night."
"Mercy, we won't argue this night. Don't try to change the topic and talk." I rolled my eyes at her,
"So what do you want to hear?"
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lovely cousins and cute hakeem .
if you want to know more about you can check my first book , The Wish.
thank you all for your supports.
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