Chapter 8: Chapter 8

VICTORIA POV...

"Mummy I'm going oh." I shouted.

I can't believe I'm late for lecture. 8:00 lecture.

And typical Nigerian mum won't let you leave the house till you've finished your work.

"Have you warm the food?" She asked

"Yes."

"Ok. Bye bye."

She was preparing for work and Ife had already gone to school.

While I'm a fresher, she's in 400 level.

***

"Wassup girlfriend." I swiftly turned at the sound of the greeting.

"Hey guys." I greeted my friends. We've known since secondary school.

Vanessa and Deborah. Twins. They are like the dopest friends in the world. I kept them around cos as a girl, they complete me.

And...of course they're weird but their kind of weird doesn't take crap. Back in secondary school, they were feared by both teachers and students.

Everyone saw them as the bad bitches, but when you get to know them, they aren't really bad, they only give the impression.

And that attitude of theirs was brought into the university. And it's worse now since there is no rule stopping them or parents restricting them.

But don't worry, I'm here to keep them sane.

We're like the three musketeers. Inseparably.

"Vicky. Guess what?" Deborah said innocently.

That shouldn't be good.

"What? Wait don't tell me. You don't give good news when you give that face." I sighed.

"Do you wanna hear it, or not?" She said matter-of-factly.

"Oya talk." I said

"Remember that guy that kept disturbing you at the beginning of the semester?" She smiled

Oh God.

"Yeah I do."

"I've taken care of it." She shrugged.

"What did you do?"

"Let's just say I dropped his stinking ego in the pool. Poor pool. It must be very dirty now." She sighed innocently.

She had always had this innocent look on her face. Just to lure her prey. Slowly she lures her prey and exactly when you least expected, she attacks. In sweet moves you'd never knew existed.

I pity that guy. Poor Jude. He might never be the same again.

"Oh, the dude's lucky to meet a girl like my sister." Vanessa smirked.

"I would have cut his balls and naturally feed them to dogs. But this time around I'll feed it to him." She said

"Jesus. Language Nessa. Don't spoil my innocent ears." I covered my ears with my hands and they rolled their eyes.

"Is that your thank you?"

"Thanks. But keep up with this and I might never get married." I said

"Girl, that guy had no right to insult you all because you declined a date with him." Deborah said.

How she makes her voice so soft but yet with lots of venom in them still surprises me.

"Okay. I guess you're right." I admitted.

"But honestly, you've got to learn how to defend yourself." Vanessa said and I laughed.

"You're not me and I'm not you please oh."

"Blah blah blah. You're too nice and weak and...." Deborah's soft voice said.

"I'm not fighting anyone." I defended

"I didn't mean to fight people. I meant to speak up for yourself. You're too...nice for someone your age." Vanessa said.

"So where are you going tomorrow?" I changed the topic.

"Me I have a date with Luke." Vanessa shrugged.

Debby and I shared a shocked glance. Then we both smirked.

"You mean the guy..."

"Yes. It's him." She interrupted sternly.

"I thought you.."

"I just wanted to give him a chance." She interrupted me again and Deborah and I laughed.

"So..."

"Hey V." Why does everyone like to interrupt me. It's getting really annoying.

Wait. I recognize that voice.

Instantly, I looked up and...

Oh. Tell me this kind thing no dey happen today.(Tell me this is not happening today)

"It's shocking how hot guys get attracted to you so easily." Debby clicked her tongue.

"A-is that really you?" I asked still dumb founded.

"No. It's a clone of me." The person smirked.

"Your first speech to a boy and that's what you say. Girl you're way worse than weird." Vanessa said.

"Nessa, you're going out with a guy you claimed to hate for the rest of your life, for crying out loud you punched him in front of the whole student council. So how's what Vicky doing now weird?" Debby said and Nessa rolled her eyes.

God you people should just shut up. What is this na?

"Ayo. It's really you." I sighed out.

Okay I won't lie. I wasn't expecting him in my life at all. After the incident with Olawale, I thought he hated me. Because since then, he never called me again.

"Hey, did you miss me?" He gave a smug smile.

"Vicky. You never told us about your boyfriend." Nessa smirked.

"He is not my..."

"Hey handsome. What's your name." She have him a seductive look.

"Didn't you have a date with Luke?" I asked in disgust.

"Doesn't mean i don't have the right to talk to guys." Nessa said and her twin chuckled.

"I'm Ayo. Ayomide Johnson. It's a pleasure." He stretched his arm for a shake and she took it.

Okay this is just weird.

"I'm Nessa. Vanessa Williams. Pleasure is mine." She beamed

Flirt meets flirt. This should be interesting.

"And you are..." Ayo trailed off already staring at Debby. Nessa nudged her and she finally looked up from her phone and stared at Ayo nonchalantly.

"I'm Deborah. And I don't give a fuck about you." She smiled innocently.

I like how she's honest.

"So are guys twins?" He asked still facing Debby.

"So are you that dumb?" She mimicked the tone of his voice.

"Debby?" Nessa intruded and I tried my best to stifle my laughter.

"So now that the introduction is done. Debby and I were just leaving." Nessa began to pull her sister.

"Leave? We can't leave Vicky alone with a stranger." Debby pouted

"Technically he's not a stranger and Vicky can take care of herself." Nessa urged still trying to pull her twin.

"But I want to stay and watch. This is just like in the movies where two lovebirds meets after a very long period of not seeing. It's gonna be epic." Debby's innocent voice was still in check.

"If you don't come along, I'm gonna...you know what I mean." Nessa gritted her teeth and Debby gasped

"You wouldn't dare."

"Try me."

With a scoff, Debby got up and left with her sister who winked at me before going out of sight.

I know tonight is gonna be filled with gist.

"Are they always like that?" Ayo said.

Oh. Ayo, he's still here. I cannot believe this.

"Um. Yeah. Their accent has always been like that. They didn't spend their entire life in Nigeria." I said trying not to panic.

I mean, the last time we met was in a bus. And we were both nine months younger then.

Ah. We were so young.

"I was talking about how they behave." He scoffed.

"Yeah. Do you have a problem with that?" I glared and he chuckled

"No. It's alright." He stared earnestly into my eyes.

Gulp.

"So what brought you here?" I changed the topic.

"Came to visit one of my friends and on my way back to my hostel, I heard you laugh." His eyes still never left mine.

Okay...that's not usual.

"You heard me laugh?"

"Yeah."

"So you can recognize me anywhere?" I asked in awe.

"Yeah. Your laughter is too weird not to notice." He mocked

Oh, so he's still playing this game.

"It's shocking how you never quit being a jerk." I shook my head as I began to walk.

To only God knows where, but I was shà walking. And he was keeping up with the pace.

"Once you quit being weird, then I'll stop being a jerk and then we both can act like mature adults." He smirked.

Okay this is gonna be a long interesting afternoon.

The jerk is back and I worse than ever.

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"Okay darling, you have to tell us what happened." Debby said as I found a spot on their bed.

As daughters to a rich man, they both got to rent three rooms and a parlor apartment.

"Did you two go to a restaurant?" Nessa asked.

"It's not exactly a restaurant. It was a fast food joint." I answered

"Wait lemme guess. Then you both left and went to his house and you both all of a sudden began kissing and from there made passionate love to each other?" Nessa added already excited.

"What. Eww. Hell no! We only ate lunch and shared phone numbers. Why would you even think of that?" I almost shouted.

Jeez. What kind of friends are these?

"Oh. You're too boring. Even for a story writer. I wonder how you get views on Wattpad?" Nessa shook her head.

"We're just friends oh. Nessa please I'm begging you in the name of God not to complicate things." I pleaded and she gasped.

"Name one time I ever put you in a complicated situation?"

"You sent our biology teacher a love letter in my name all because I admitted he was hot....you also insulted Ola and told him I was the one that sent you to him....you even went as far as..."

"Shebi I just said only one reason."(didn't I say just one reason?) She interrupted.

"Speaking of which. What of Ola?" Debby finally spoke.

"He's fine. What about him?" I asked

"Have you gotten over your love for him because Ayo is here?" She asked and my eyes widened in horror.

"What! No...I mean...Yes...wait what am I even saying?....look, Debby, Ayo's arrival hasn't changed anything Okay? And I never said I loved Ola." I said

"You actually didn't need to say anything." Debby gave a very unusual smile.

"But honestly, Ayo hasn't changed me." I repeated and they both shook their head in disapproval.

"Look sunshine. This is how it all starts and gradually you begin to fall for him. And the next thing you know, you're already in a relationship with him. Things would go smoothly between you two and then BHAM! Ola comes back to claim what is his.....This is what I'd say to you as a heartfelt friend....But I'm not. So i say you suck it and ditch them both. You don't need guys in your life. I don't have any guy and look what I turned out to be. To hell with boys."  It's just horrible how her voice can be so quiet and shy in one minute and the next? Boom! It could be as scary as a monster.

"V. Don't listen to her okay. But what she said at first was right." Nessa supported her and I gasped more

"I should ditch both of them. That's horrible." I sounded shocked

"No I meant when she says it would get to a situation where you'd have to choose one. I just hope you choose right." Nessa patted my shoulder.

Wait what's going on?

"C'mon guys it's not gonna lead to that at all. I'm still in my prime, I want to enjoy and explore. Stop acting like old cargos." I eyed them and they laughed.

"What's so funny?" I glared.

"It's strange how you classify us as old when you're the old one." Debby said

"For your information, I'm the youngest out of all of us." I corrected

"But you're older by heart." Debby said

"And characters." Nessa added

"It's just your luck that we're friends cos you would have been old in style and fashion too." Debby smirked.

"What?!" I shouted and they both burst into laughter.

Where did I even find this girls sef?!

"Abeg no dey red ooo. We just dey play."(please don't be mad ooo. We're just playing) Nessa teased me and I picked a pillow and threw it at her.