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MERCY'S POV
Get your ass off this bed right now." I heard someone say. I really felt like punching the person behind me or beside me or wherever.
I didn't get enough sleep cause we were busy decorating the Christmas tree, well I went to my room around nine but slept around twelve cause I was talking to Hakeem straight.
It's been really good with Hakeem, it seemed like we have found another relationship and if we have not then I would really love too.
I groaned again as the person opened the curtains letting the sunrays shine on me. I grabbed my pillow and put it on my head.
"Peters Mercy, if you don't stand up now I'll slap you hard, trust me I would." A very familiar voice said.
It was Anita, stubborn human being. The yeye girl will slap me for real, this was not the first time. But let's leave that one. And when it happened I did not talk to her for over a week. Yeah I got really angry.
So to avoid all that in this beautiful Christmas week I sat straight on the bed and yawned loud.
"you know it's close to eleven in the morning right? And we have to do our hair." Anita explained. I groaned again while she just hissed like a snake in response.
I slowly stood up from the bed and looked at her well for the first time this morning.
She was already dressed up in a crazy jeans and a big pink leather coat which looked very pretty by the way. I would have collected it but that means I would probably die from suffocation and heat in Nigeria.
"is Idara also ready?" I asked her,
"she was still sleeping but Seb went to wake her. The both of you should hurry up, we are running by the appointment time and I should let you know that it was quite expensive. Our parents also went out for a Christmas shopping.............. "
Can someone tell this girl that she talks too much. Such a talkative sounding like a radio. I walked to my en-suite bathroom door and turned to her,
"keep quiet Anny, you talk too much." I said making her turn red. She looked around the room before grabbing one of my pillows. I stuck my tongue out before running into the bathroom.
Typical Anny Mercy relationship,
I chuckled at the profanities she threw at me immediately I entered. Yeye girl.
.........
"mama I need one of your jackets." I said when I got to the living room where they were all sitted. I really needed one. There were heaters switched on in the whole room making it warmer than the normal temperature so if I'm out, I got to be out with a jacket so I won't freeze.
"hope it ain't me you're talking too?" Anita said from her seat on the leather chair. She was sitted like the model that she was. I could actually take a shot.
"shut up, it 'ain't' you." I said putting emphasis on the ain't , she rolled her eyes.
"you know, you two should stop your bickering it's so annoying." Idara said after taking a spoonful of whatever cereals she was taking.
"we know ourselves." I replied with a chuckle. Anita joined me,
"yes we do."
"don't interfere in their matters again." Seb said when Idara rolled her eyes at us probably annoyed as she said earlier.
She nodded at what he said and went back to her phone. Always the cool one. and she does look so cool.
"babes, stay there like that, I want to take a shot."
"photographer in the building!" Anita called out with her brother doing the same with her.
"thank you.... Thank you." I said faking a bow. I ran upstairs back and took my canon camera from my bag. I went down back and she was lying down.
Can someone tell this girl that she's not okay. Like who the hell will do this? Oh I know, ANITA!
"she's angry with her eyebrows folding, I don't think you should go with the plan. Retreat, I say retreat!" Seb shouted from the back of a pillar.
"aswear better sit well." Idara said laughing out loud, even worse than I. she sounded really bad and funny, before you could get her to laugh like this, you would have done something extra funny.
I didn't know when everyone just started laughing in the room, each of us holding our stomach and pointing at each other's face.
Moments like this are always priceless.
After laughing and trying to catch our breaths back for close to ten minutes, Anita finally sat down like before. I told her to look at her phone as she was at that time.
After much arrangement, I finally took the perfect shot. She looked so unaware and so pretty. See why she's a good model. The picture looked so good and I was so tempted to just go to my room, lock the door and edit the life out of this picture but that couldn't happen cause I was sure some people will break down the door.
"let me see the picture cause you looked so captivated with my beauty guessing from that expression on your face." she stopped short when she saw the picture.
"wow. Aidy, Seb come see." She muttered. The both of them jumped out of their seats and rushed over. I was so overwhelmed with the expressions on their faces.
"I am so proud of you right now." Idara said, making me blush again. My head was obviously swelling and it just felt nice to see people love your work, you know?
"this is my new profile photo on all my accounts and if you were living here I would have dropped your number and you will start receiving contracts you know?" anita said still looking amazed.
I smiled so bright, I haven't even edited it and they loved it already.
"I know right, your fellow models would just collect the number and I'll be her manager obviously." Sebastian said. It was actually true, what they were saying.
"shut up, I am her manager." Idara tackled back and before you know it they started arguing about who my supposed manager would be.
I laughed and walked to the kitchen. I was feeling so hungry, I opened the stocked fridge the same time a maid entered.
"what would you like miss?" she asked, she was wearing a black gown and she had a long hair. The smile on her face looked tired but sincere and she was around my age. All in all she looked beautiful.
"don't worry, I'll get myself something." I said back and brought out a pack of frosted flakes and the milk.
I pulled out a ceramic bowl and poured it into it. It was a little bit much but like I said I was hungry. I added a big serving of the cool milk too. after stirring I sat on the bar stool.
It kind of reminded of me of our daily breakfast routine. How Hakeem would cook while I would just prepare a bowl of cereals for myself.
The vibration from the back of my jeans got me out of my eating like someone who has been starved moment.
I brought out my phone which was vibrating and checked who was calling. It was Hakeem and he was making a video call. I remembered our conversations yesterday and how I was the one who told him that he should video call.
I quickly cleaned my face with my cardigan and picked the call.
That handsome face which I haven't seen in the last five days greeted me. He was just staring at something and when he looked at his phone he saw that I had picked already and quickly smiled when he saw me.
"hey." He said,
"hi. So first video call ever between the two of us." He nodded and then pointed at something.
"you have something on your chin." I lifted my hands and rubbed where he pointed at. I looked at the substance and it was milk.
"foodie, you will just get fatter." He said while laughing. I didn't even drop a snarky reply just stared at him laughing. Why did he always look so handsome and cute and hot all at the same time and to say that someone like him have feelings for me was just heartwarming.
I cleared my throat when he was done laughing.
"I took a wonderful shot today."
"really, can I see?"
"duh, do you need to ask?" I asked back. I opened it and stretched the camera to the phone.
"wow, that's so good. It looks so magazine-cover worthy." if I was blushing before, I won't really know what to call this and also this time my head was swelling more than usual. I know I had heard lots of compliments over this shot but his own just warmed my heart and sounded much more sincere and genuine.
"thanks." I muttered back in a really tiny voice, wait was I the owner of that voice? He shouldn't think I was changing.... , wait why am I so worried over my voice.
"you know, I'm just stating facts. It looks really amazing and the girl is quite beautiful." Uh, he just had to say that.
"yeah, she's beautiful, do you want her number?"
he looked taken back and confused with my question until his mouth formed an 'o' shape.
He chuckled,
"come on, I don't mean it like that. She just looked beautiful and I thought I should ..... okay I think I am making matters worse right?" he asked frowning.
He sure was. If she looked so beautiful that he can't help but talk why not just talk to her instead of me.
"I don't know Hakeem, should I send her number since she looks so beautiful that you can't help but drop a comment."
"come on, you are taking this the wrong way okay? Is she not your cousin or sister? Why would I want her number? is it that bad for me to just say that. What are you trying to portray through the picture, its obviously her beauty and it was bad for me to just say she looks beautiful. Okay I am sorry if it was that bad, and you know you look the best to me. You look so gorgeous all the time especially when you laugh, you look so hot and sexy especially in red, you look so cute when you're angry or confused, you look so beautiful in your glasses, you're just it for me you know? And I don't think anyone can be that perfect in my eyes like you."
Did he just say all of that? someone get me a cardiologist cause my heart is beating at a very abnormal rate. If he was here right now I would have hugged him tight and kissed the hell out of those lips.
What he said really got to me. My whole body was tingling, fire works were going on in my belly and the grin on my face couldn't possibly ever get wider than this.
He said I am perfect for him, God knows that he is absolutely perfect for me too.
It was at that moment, the both of us grinning at each other from different places in the world that I knew that I was falling for him. I was falling so hard for him.
"you are perfect for me too Hakeem." I simply said back, I knew it wasn't as long as what he had just said but those seven words ran deep and was really from my heart to him.
"sorry to break this lovey-dovey moment but we're going to be late for our appointment if we don't go now." Anita said making me wonder how long she has been standing there. and why the hell will she just interrupt us.
At the same time the remaining two entered the kitchen too. Oh God, all of them should go na.
"uhm, Hakeem these are my cousins; Anita and Sebastian. And my sister, Idara." I introduced faking a smile. He noticed that and chuckled before facing them.
"hey Hakeem."
"So this is the Hakeem, I have been wanting to see the guy who got my sister?" idara said making me blush from where I sat.
"I have been wanting to see her elder sister too."
"you know she got it right. You're cute."
Oh My God, leave it up to Idara to embarrass me.
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