"You can let go of my hand already, we're already away from the girls." Maria said awkwardly, removing her hands from Damson's, rubbing her neck."Oh, yeah. That's true." Damson replied, clearing his throat. They both stood for a moment saying nothing to each other. "Thank you for showing up. I wasn't really expecting you to. Considering how our last conversation ended." Damson said, breaking the silence. "How did you know that I was with them?" "Oh, it's nothing. I just knew that something was up when I checked my phone to see that you're trending on the school website again. The picture I saw also looked like it was taken inside the girl’s dormitory." "I know you aren't on good terms with most of the girls here and since I was nearby, I ran down here to make sure you're okay. Girls can be very funny and unpredictable and it's going to be you against all of them. There's no way you can win." "Aw. You were worried about me." Damson said playfully, making Maria roll her eyes. "Yo
Damson told Luke that the only girl he could think of at the moment was Maria but he wasn't so sure if she would be interested in being his plus one to the house party. Luke told him immediately to call her but Damson refused to but after so much from Luke, he finally decided to. Surprisingly, Maria agreed to follow him and was happy that she got invited to a party. She kept talking about how excited she was and how she hadn't gone to a proper party in a long long time. Damson told her that it was the next day and if it would still be possible for her to turn up and she said yes, that it wasn't a problem. She even said that if Damson told her on the day of the party, she would still make herself available. Lowkey, he had wished that she would have said she wouldn't be able to show up so he wouldn't have to go to the house party but after hearing how excited she was, he decided to change his mind and just go to the party with her. He didn't want to ruin her excitement. The next da
Damson and Maria were on their way to the balcony when they were stopped by Becca again. Maria couldn't help but roll her eyes. She wondered why Becca couldn't just sit in one place instead of jumping around. All she wanted was just to enjoy the party without seeing her face again but she can't with Becca in her face. "Oh, hi. I remember seeing you next to Maria earlier but I thought you were just on your own and not with her. Now, om seeing you both together again. Do you know her?" Becca asked, facing Damson. "Yeah, I'm with her." Damson replied gruffly, putting his hands in his pocket. "Wow. I can't believe this. Maria got herself a boyfriend. Wait till all the girls hear about it. I bet they'd be as shocked as I am. This is unbelievable! When did you start dating? Becca asked, shocked. "What!? I didn't tell you that…what do you mean by dating?" Maria stuttered, her cheeks red as she looked at Damson, not exactly knowing what to say. "Don't make up stories. I and Maria are j
"Don't you think you're exaggerating a bit?" Damson asked Ted, stopping him from talking. "Yes, it's true that I did all sorts of work for you and your friends but from what I can remember you hardly paid for my services and I still continued to show up irrespective of that." "I had to follow you around before you paid me and at some point, you made me understand that you had nothing. You're actually broke. If you had money, you would have paid me instantly.""That's not true. Don't try to paint my boyfriend in a bad way. He's not the type to do what you just said. It's better you don't say anything than cook up lies. I won't accept that." Becca replied angrily."What would I benefit from trying to paint your boyfriend badly? I'm not that type of person.""I'm not denying the fact that yes, I ran errands for him but I don't do it anymore. You can ask him when was the last time I was available to carry out services for him. It has been months. It's been so long that I don't even reme
"What type of relationship did you have with Becca? From what I've heard her say, it looks like the both of you were kind of close in high school.” Damson said. "I wouldn't call us friends. She was more like the opposite of me. She was the prettiest girl in class and her parents were crazy rich and because of that she was the teacher's pet and to them, she was never wrong. "They were scared of offending her rich parents if they correcred her and she reports them. Also, every other girl in the class was obsessed with being friends with her. They would do anything just to be friends with her." "The only problem with her was that she wasn't book smart and she hated it. Not only did she hate it, she hated the smartest student in the class too, which was me. I wouldn't call myself pretty but I was okay, I guess." "People compared us together a lot and she hated it too. I hear things like. 'If only you were as rich as Becca, it would have been so nice.'""Almost all the juniors in our
Maria fumbled with her purse with shaky hands, opening it just to realize that there was nothing in it except for the chewing gums she had put inside before she left her room. She put it there to make sure her breath remains fresh all through the party. She knew there was no money inside the purse because she thought there wasn't any point in bringing money along with her to a party, when it's not like she's going shopping. She was just hoping for a miracle that she would find some money in her purse but unfortunately, she didn't. She jumped as the masked man yelled again, urging everyone to bring out money from their purses, bags and pockets. She was scared as she had no money on her. "Please, please. Let me go. I'm begging. I have no money on me. I didn't bring any money with me to this party." A male voice cried out. "Nonsense!" The masked man spat, dragging the man up to face him. "I dare you to repeat yourself again!" "Please, I don't have money on…" The voice said, stutteri
"Are you saying that there's someone here that has all of these things you just mentioned? Hope this isn't just a scheme?" The masked man asked Becca and she nodded her head quickly. "There's no reason why I would lie to you. This isn't the time to joke around so believe me, I'm not lying. There's someone like here with us!" "Hm, okay then. Lead me to whoever it is you're talking about." The masked man said and Becca led him back to where she was standing before happy that she wasn't taken away.Maria, who had been listening to the conversation between Becca and the masked man wondered who Becca was talking about. She was worried about the person she had ratted out to the masked man and hope the person would be okay.She looked up to see the both of them standing in front of her and she was confused. "What was going on? Why were they in front of her?" She wondered. "This is the person I was talking about. She has more money and designer products. If she stands up, you'll see that s
Everyone on the balcony watched in fear, waiting for what the masked man was going to do to Damson. They were so scared and worried for him. Maria was so worried that she didn't even know if she could call Damson brave or stupid. This isn't the first time he would be trying to play hero and she had warned him several times to not do things that would put him in danger but he never listens. "Who the hell are you and what did you think you just did?" The masked man sneered, bringing a knife from his pocket and started to swing it."I just stopped you from shooting an innocent person." Damson replied, changing his stance. "Aren't you so shameless? I mean, I get it, things are tough and difficult but for no reason should you be doing this. Robbery is such a disgraceful act and I can't believe you're trying to take things far by killing someone." Everyone gasped again as they listened to what Damson said and started whispering to each other. "This boy is definitely playing with his li