Throughout the evening , Elise couldn’t get her mind off the way Richard her publicly humiliated her. He had completely ignored her when she spoke to him but yet , he readily spoke to another girl who was probably a common place person.She fumed inwardly as she sat in the car while her mother drove. Although her eyes were trained on the houses that does past as the car drove, her mind was elsewhere. It was heavy.Every effort by her mother to engage her In a conversation priced abortive. Not only was she insulted by the way Richard had treated her some hours earlier, she felt like it was an irreparable dent in her reputation. It could give other students a reason to disrespect her too, especially when it was convenient for them.She clutched her phone in her right hand, unwilling to check the school platform for the fear that the students had dropped that shameful video of she and Richard on the platform. She didn’t want to be in the spotlight of both students and lecturers and even
The weekend was an unexciting one for Elise because she was stuck alone at home with so much to do.She had cancelled her plans to go on a spa date with one of her friends because of the essays she had to write for school.As she sat at her study table, her open laptop facing her, she wondered if she had not done wrong to turn down the offer of going out to have fun instead of sitting at home in a quiet, lonely too with piles of assignments waiting for her. She placed her head in between both hands and leant on the study table.Her eyes fell on her newly pedicured toenails. Pink. That had always been her color.Her mother never failed to get all her items in pink. She had grown to accept the color as a part of her. She drew in a long, hard breath ,stood up from her seat and pushed the chair backwards.She needed something to distract her from her unfinished projects and just one thing came to mind; it was the new romance movies that had been released only last week.A large grin forme
Richard stood at a corner of the noisy stadium, peering into the crowd with his arms folded across his chest. He terribly hated places like this. The whole place was raving wild with noise from the mammoth crowd. Almost everyone was singing in unison to the song that the artistes were performing on stage.His phone beeped. It was a message from Niko.His frowned deepened and he could feel his jaw tighten. Niko had dragged him over to this concert because he wanted him to meet an old friend who also happened to be on the concerts ground.The message from Niko read that he was going to show up a bit late at the spot where Richard was waiting for him.Richard shook his head in anger. Niko, one of his trusted men, had a way of making him do things that he wouldn’t usually do for another person. Niko stretched him to his limits sometimes but he always remained sane.He yawned and clasped his left hand over his mouth. Then, he decided to while away time by closely watching each person a
Just as Richard got down from the school bus, he switched on his earbuds so that if Niko had anything to tell him, they could easily communicate without him having to pick a call. A loud rock song began to boom from it and Richard put the music on repeat since he wasn’t particular about the song and just needed some distraction.The blaring beat of the song helped to distract him from his environment. He stood under the morning sun as his eyes raved the entire expanse of the schools. There were flashy cars parked almost everywhere. Students bustled about with lively energy while a few moved about in solitude.He began to move towards the building where his department was. As he pushed through the surging crowd of students at the entrance of the building, he suddenly remembered that the previous day, an announcement had been passed on to the students through the public address system that had been fixed overhead where he stood.The announcement had been a short and concise one ; it
Niko strolled over to the table by the wall. There was a playful grin on his face. A small towel hung around his sweaty neck. He picked up the open bottle of soda that was on the table and began to gulp down its content.“I’m very serious” Richard said in a slow drawl. He was lounged on one of the couches in his apartment. He had a frown on his face and some open textbooks on his legs.“I still can’t believe this” Niko said. He had just dropped the empty bottle of soda on the table and turned around to face Richard.“Call it whatever you want but the school administration has made it mandatory for every fresher to be in attendance at that party” Richard said.“So, you’re actually going? “Richard nodded his head.“I think I would love to come with you.” Niko broke outRichard’s eyes widened in surprise. “Why? “Niko threw his hands in the air. “Well, isn’t it obvious enough ? I’ve been working under too many deadlines and I really do think that I have to loosen up a bit. It’s a g
Both men, Richard and Niko, breezed through the wild crowd as they headed to the bar of the hotel where drinks were sold. The school had paid for the first drink of every student and any other drink afterwards would be on the students personal bills.Almost everyone at the party was given a name tag with some funny line underneath. Richard , still maintaining his blank stare, approached the bartender. There were some vacant high stools in front of the counter and both men sat immediately .The bartender flashed a quick smile at both of them as he hurried about trying to pour out drinks for the students that were gathered at the counter, waiting for him.The men, Richard and Niko , were watching the wild crowd of dancing students and the way each person pushed against the other in frenzy. The colored bulbs overhead were revolving and the lightening inside the hotel was not quite bright.Richard squinted as he closely watched the crowd. It occurred to him that he had not seen Elise. Did
As soon as Niko left, the beautiful brunette girl that had been watching Richard, jumped to her feet and scurried over where he sat. She adjusted the top of her blouse so here would be more visible.“Are you with your girlfriend?" She asked in a high pitched voice.He didn’t look up. Instead, he began to text someone on his phone."Hello?" She called again, pressing close to Richard.Richard raised his head and locked eyes with the girl before him. He racked his head, trying to figure out if he had seen her at school before then. She spoke with so much familiarity in her tone.She flashed a smile at him, revealing a set of strong white teeth. A small dimple showed up at the side of his mouth“I don't think you heard my first question. What's a handsome young man like you doing at a party without a lady by his sides?" Her eyes twinkled with mischief as she pulled a vacant bar stool and placed it next to him. Then, she sat on it in a position that made her right gown to slide up her b
Richard was not moved or affected by what was happening. He paid them no attention. It wasn’t a surprise that there was a clique of guys in the university that could walk up to him and try to provoke him to anger.He was determined to disappoint them by not even acknowledging their presence. Instead he reached out and pulled Laila closer to him in an warm embrace she seemed to enjoy it and she hugged him tighter."Is this not the reason you are here?" Justin threw his question at him in sarcasm. "You need a rich girl to get a drink for free. Something that you obviously cannot afford"Richard was almost finishing up the content of his glass when he heard what Justin said. He paused mid air with the drink in his hands and that was when Justin edged forward shook with his hand. The glass was upturned and its content spilled on Richard's shirt.He slightly pushed Laila away from him and he jumped down to his feet.“Yes you heard that very well, it’s not possible” The second guy repeat