Fifty four

I stood on my toes and put my arms around him tighter, reaching for his lips. I felt his arms circle around my waist when I kissed him, it was slow, I was still learning how to give kisses so he helped me out. He took control and kissed me back, and I was enjoying it till he stopped our lips with an unplanned chortle.

I looked at him, a little taken aback. Why was he laughing?

"What?" I had to ask him.

"I was right, you have to get on your toes to kiss m...."

"Fuck you," I laughed and pushed him away from me, not letting him finish because I knew what he wanted to say.

He came back to me and circled my waist with his arms again, trying to kiss me like before but I stopped him.

"What, are you mad now?" He protested.

"Yes."

"Because I laughed? I'm sorry." He said genuinely like always but I only folded my arms and kept a straight face.

"Julieee, come on, I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at you, I actually like that you have to do that to be able to kiss me."

"Let's go, Nick's probably wondering why we aren't behind him."

"Forget about Nick."

"No, think about it. What if he turns around and we aren't walking with him anymore?"

"Urghh," He groaned again."Fine, we're going but don't be mad, please?"

"I'm not mad." I assured him.

"Okay." He kissed my cheeks, then my ears before leaving a peck on my lips."Alright, let's go now."

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Next day at school.

I met Casey by the locker today unlike yesterday. She just closed her locker and was ready to leave but turned and saw me.

"Julie," She sampled a broad smile on her lips.

"Hey." I just said.

"We are having history for the first period, did you bring tour textbook from home? or did you leave it here the last time, are you going to get it now?"

Too many questions! I took a deep breath and just smiled, trying to be as nice as I could be.

"I brought mine with me from home, but I have to get something from my locker."

"Oh."

"Yeah, can you make way now?" I asked because she was standing directly in front of our lockers.

"Oh, yeah, yeah. Don't mind me." She shifted back.

I bent and unlocked my locker, taking out my jotter for class. When I got up, the first thing my eyes noticed was Uche; he was standing with that April girl again. They were by a corner and not his locker this time.

She was talking with a smile while he listened, I felt a quick pull of rage but it only lasted a second.

'Take a deep breath, Julie. Take a deep breath,' I told myself.

"You okay," It was Casey asking.

"Yeah," I just said and walked past her, she hurried to catch up.

"You sure, you look mad."

"I'm not mad," I got words through my teeth, trying to convince not just her but myself. I walked by where they were; Uche and April, giving Uche a disappointed look when his eyes met.mine.

I wasn't looking back in his direction but I knew he turned his head to me when I passed.

"Ohhh, I get," Casey came in front of me."It's Uche isn't it?"

"No," I was quick to deny.

"So why are you mad then?"

"Casey, can you just stop?!" I couldn't control how I felt at that moment and she wasn't helping by trying to figure out why I was mad.

"Sorry," She got out of my way and when I continued walking to class, she joined me, walking by my side.

We got to class, I looked around when we walked in, the teacher wasn't there yet and not many persons were in class, just some boys and this other guy kissing a girl in her seat. It reminded me of yesterday with Uche. I sighed, my jealous anger turning into sadness.

"Julie,I know you asked me to STOP but I have to ask, are you really okay?" Casey set her books on her desk before turning to me.

"I'm fine," I lied to her, and myself too, taking my seat beside her.

"I don't about you but when I'm sad or mad or both, I usually wish I had someone to talk to, that's was before you came, now you're here, I know I have someone to confide in if I ever feel those again soooo you can tell me what's on your mind, maybe I can help?" She smiled at me when I looked up to face her.

Could I tell her? I couldn't. I wanted to but I just couldn't, I didn't trust her enough to tell her about Uche and I.

"Yeah," I just gave an unrelated reply and looked back at my nails while I fiddled with them.

The class door opened and Uche walked in, I quickly looked away from his direction to avoid getting any suspicion from Casey but he came to meet me where I sat with Casey.

"Excuse us," He didn't have to repeat himself, Casey immediately got up from where she sat and left to another seat.

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