21 She Isn't My Sister

Michelle woke up the next morning with with a headache and bags under her eyes.

She massaged her temples and groaned, frustrated. She hated Roland quite a bit now because of what his confession did to her. She was afraid of hurting his feelings but then again.... She wasn't sure if she wanted to reject...

'What are you thinking Michelle?!!'

"Argh! " She quickly went into the bathroom and decided to keep these thoughts for later.

After her final lecture that day, Michelle made her way back to the dorms. She had planned to go have dinner at Roland's house aging today but she quickly decided against it. Despite the fact that Roland also went to college, he still visited the house once in a while and she wasn't mentally ready to bump into him just yet.

"Strip! "Michelle got snapped put of her thoughts when she heard that voice. The voice was deep and sounded gruff., it was followed by the sounds of a female struggling.

It was a bit dark, Michelle followed the voice down to the alley close by.

'How could no one had noticed this? ' she stared at the man who was forcefully stripping a woman.

Michelle sighed "Men will be men...." She mumbled softly to herself before making a decision she knew she was going to regret.

"Hey you! " with a sigh Michelle walked towards the scene. "Are you really going to do this in broad daylight?"

The man glared at her "mind your business little girl and walk away"

Michelle stared at the girl whose face was already covered in tears. She look quite young and pretty, she stared at the revealing clothes the girl had on and shook her head inwardly. How does she expect a guy like this to ignore her with what she was putting on?

"I'm going to call the police if you typed to take things further Mr, and we're going to sue you for rape. My uncle is a pretty good lawyer by the way, he hasn't lost a case for the past eight years!" Michelle lied with confidence. She almost wanted to pat her own shoulders because of her incredible lie.

The man who was forcefully stripping the girl suddenly stopped his movements and turned to look at Michelle in anger "You wouldn't dare... " he said.

Michelle smiled mischievously and dialed pretended to dial a number.

The man panicked and quickly left the alley. Michelle sighed, there was really no way she could take that guy on, if she didn't sacred him away she would have probably become one of his victims as well.

"Are you okay? " She asked the girl while taking off her jacket and draping it over her shoulders.

"You really shouldn't be walking around while wearing so little" Michelle sighed again.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." The girl apologized making Michelle feel flustered. "You...don't have to apologize to me, um....I'm Michelle. Do you live close by?, let me walk you home"

The girl sniffled and shook Michelle's hand. "Joyce...I...I don't live around here, I was sent here by a friend to deliver something....before....before..." Joyce began to sob again making Michelle panic.

She patted the girl's shoulder and sighed "You really should be more careful while walking around places like these, there are quite a lot of students who don't go by the rules....Thankfully nothing happened."

Joyce nodded "I just have to find Michelle Thomas....do you know any Michelle Thomas?"

Michelle smiled "That's me!"

Joyce's brows furrowed "Nigerian?"

Michelle nodded "Mmhmm, so someone sent you to me?"

Joyce gasped in shock "Where's the box?"

Michelle watched the girl as she attempted to find the 'box'.

Michelle stared at the beautifully wrapped box at her feet and smiled. She picked it up and read the note on top. It was John's handwriting.

"Coming to see you next week, wanted to tell you the old fashioned way"

Michelle shook her head, were they all missing her that much?, she hadn't even spent up to a month here.

"I found it...." Michelle said when she noticed that Joyce was at the brink of tears. Joyce sighed in relief, that was a close one.....

After hailing a taxi for the girl Michelle was beginning to suspect was John's girlfriend, she went back to her dorm room and immediately unwrapped the box.

"Woah....did your boyfriend send you that?" Darla curiously asked while admiring the pink bracelet it the box.

Michelle felt her lips twitch as she stared at the bracelet, that was definitely something that guys gave to their girlfriends right?

It even had an I Heart You text beneath it. Michelle felt quite awkward receiving a gift like this from her brother.

'I guess he's horrible at shopping for girls...'

Seeing the heart under the the bracelet her mind couldn't help wader to certain person who confessed his feelings to her.....

"God life is complicated! " Michelle said before finally making her way to the bathroom.

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"Are you really that protective of your sister?, you ant even spend a week without her" Roland looked at his friend in amusement. Despite the fact that John told Michelle he was going to come see her next week, he was already here.

John shook his head "You're right about that.... I can't spend even a minute without seeing her..."

Roland his eyes were deceiving him, he could've sworn the emotions he saw in John's eyes were actually.....

"Well don't worry, I've been looking after her personally, she has been fitting in quite good. There is nothing for you to worry about" Roland excluded the part of him confessing to her.

"That is the least of my worries Roland....I just want to make sure no guys are trying any rubbish with her"

John said through gritted teeth, just the thought of other guys getting close to her left bad taste in his mouth.

"Well, we can't really avoid that... She's already an adult anyways and Michelle is smart enough to know right from wrong" Roland said trying to convince the overprotective brother to let his date someone....maybe him....

"I can't let her be with anyone else, no guy out there deserves Michelle...." John said while clenching his fists.

Roland got quite irritated hearing his friend's words "Why would you say that, you know she won't be a little girl forever, she will have to be with somebody one day..."

"No!... She won't! "

Roland scoffed "And what makes you say that?... What are you going to do? Date her instead?! "

Both of them didn't realize how high their voices had become. They were both glaring at each other. Losing control of his emotions, John blurted out the first reply that popped in his head "Yes! I'll be the one to date her! "

Roland furrowed his brows "What?"

John ignored his confused expression "I'll be the one to date her because I'm in love with her...and she will definitely love me back!"

Roland got pissed off "What are you saying?, she is your sister! "

"No! No she isn't. Michelle is not my sister!"