Chapter 34

After an hour I returned to my room to see Yvonne lying on my bed. I would have been happy had it not been 6 fucking pm!

My heart actually skipped a bit from anger and discomfort. I had hoped to come home and sleep in peace, but then this, I really craved my solitude now.

No offense to Yvonne but she was becoming a thorn in my flesh.

Lord Jesus save my life from friends who want to suffocate me to death! I prayed silently.

"Hey Yvonne." I muttered, shaking her till her eyes opened. She had spit at the corner of her lips and her eyes were red from sleep. Her hair had loosened from the band she had tied it with and it was now scattered.

She looked awful to say the least.

"Mma." She sighed. "Please let me sleep I'm tired." And that's how her eyes closed shut again before my very own irritated eyes.

I just had to ignore her and try to manage her stay. I had no choice in the matter. I couldn't send her away.

I changed from my faculty uniform and tried to sleep.

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The bed felt uncomfortable. I was tussling and turning but I couldn't sleep no matter how tired I was.

Not only was she taking more than half of the bed she was sleeping in my usual position which was outside the bed, so I had to lie down inside and close to the window where Ada lies.

It felt so uncomfortable but I couldn't push Yvonne inside or ask her to leave, even though I would really want that.

I gave up on trying to sleep and instead focused on thinking of Emeka and all we could be.

It was as if my thoughts summoned him because just as I started thinking of him, he called. I didn't wait for a single second to pass before I answered my phone.

"Hey babe," he said as usual.

"Hey." I yawned into the receiver. My voice wore my emotions like a clothe. I knew I sounded tired so tired and he could hear it from my voice.

"Are you OK? You sound stressed." He asked like I expected he would.

Is there a time he didn't know how I felt?

"I'm fine. I am just tired of school, tired of law, tired of many things. I just want to be alone, to be locked up in a high tower like Princess Fiona." I sighed. "I want to be alone where no would be able to reach me."

It felt good to get it off my chest_all that I was feeling even though I knew that how I felt was offensive to some people. I instantly started to feel relieved.  Usually I suppressed everything but now I didn't have to. Now, I had someone to tell all my feelings to and I couldn't be more grateful.

"That would make both of us dear. I'm just coming back from class. The lecturer taught for three hours." He hissed. "I'm so angry and frustrated.

"How can a lecturer teach for three hours." I asked amused. It sounded impossible_even my face was edged in confusion and disbelieve.

"Ask the lecturers they employ in this school. Now I'm so hungry and tired and my eyes hurt like hell."

"You stress yourself too much. Don't worry I will get you food."

"You don't have to." He said, but I knew he wanted me to, and I knew that he was smiling now. It might sound crazy but I could feel his smile from the phone.

"I want to. I'm coming." I said and I hung up. Just then Yvonne woke up and flew to her feet shaking in the process.

Always the drama Queen.

"Oh my God! I'm late for the dance rehearsals. Mma why didn't you wake me up." She sighed, running to the mirror to fix herself up.

She would need a lot of fixing up to do.