Chapter 5

He stared at the watch on his right hand.

"We have twenty minutes left, before the next class change", he looked at her briefly and turned his stare towards the road in front of him.

"That's enough time for us to find him",she replied not looking at him but staring at her phone. She tapped on it briefly and let out a sigh of relief.

"I have finally found the place", she held the phone at face level and smiled, "it's actually some blocks away from school", she told him.

"Good, I don't fancy the fact that we are far away from school"

"You and safe spaces", she gave him a light punch and laughed.

He turned to looked at her, watching as she laughed and he was caught in a trance of admiration. Every laugh and movement of her face gave him butterflies, each gesture was an explosion of emotions, he couldn't hide it and he knew she knew, it was clearly written on his face. Her beauty was mesmerizing...

"Hey, eyes on the road", she blushed and he was jolted back to his senses,he quickly turned his gaze towards the road and the memories came flooding in.

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"Everyone, this is Janet. The new girl", Mr Johnson, the Mathematics teacher voice echoed round the classroom. There standing beside him was the fairest sight to behold. Tall and lovely, with beautiful carved hips and a full breasts resting comfortably on her chest, he lips were curvy and the dimples in her face could be clearly seen. She smiled and waved to the class, revealing a set of beautiful white teeths with a gap in the middle. She was breathtaking and charming, a definition of a river goddess.

"Hi pretty lady", one of the jocks sitting close to the window at the right end of the class spoke out, and Janet blushed in response.

"You can have his seat", he continued pointing at the boy seating beside him, the boy turned towards the jock with fear and submission written all over his face, he gathered his books and reached for his bag that laid carelessly on the floor close to his legs, he was about standing up when Mr Johnson voice roar round the classroom.

"Sit down Adam..... How many times have i warned you not to bullied him again", he directed his anger towards the Jock

"Whatever", the jock sighed, responding without a care in the world.

"There is an empty seat close to me pretty, come sit", Noah voice could be heard clearly from the back.

She searched the voice with her eyes and saw the average height dark, with nice haircut and carved jaws pointing towards a seemingly empty chair, the sight of his perfectly flawless face made her stomach quiver and she could feel the adrenaline rush, down her viens. Her hands became sweaty, her legs became unsteady and her cheeks turned red almost immediately. She tried maintaining her composure and hiding her betrayed body response to the masculine figure at the end of her gaze, but it was too late, she knew that because the red hair girl sitting right in front of her was already chanting.

"Someone has found a crush, someone has found a crush....."

"Awnnnn.....", The whole class chanted along.

With shame in her eyes, she scanned the class for any empty seat and found one at the righ hand side, two chairs before the last row of the class. She hurried quickly towards it and sat resting her hands nervously on her laps and staring directly at the teacher. She momentary turned to steal a quick glance of Noah, but saw another face instead, smiling in a very charming and harmless way. It was Ben's.

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"Blue marks the spot", she spoke while staring at her phone, he turned and looked at her confused.

"I know, we are used to x marks the spot", she looked at him and titled her head slightly to the left indicating sarcasm, "but you know, google map..... blue", she giggled

"Odd, but that's tech for you", he smiled back.

He made a quick bend towards the road by his right and rode slowly into the first parking lot by the right hand side of the road. It was the parking Lot of Smith and Fries Place. It was a simple building, painted yellow halfway upward and red halfway downwards, the parking lot wasn't crowded and had enough parking spaces. He parked the car on the left end of the parking lot, beside a BMW Jeep that rested boldly in its parking space. They both highlighted down from the car and made their way towards the entrance, with Ben pulling the door for Janet to pass through.

"What the hell", her voice sounded surprised with emphasis on the hell

"Who names a bar Fries", she asked, "who does that"

"This is odd", he added, "very odd".

They stood rooted at the entrance of what was previously thought to be an eatery but turned out to be a bar. With the counter located at the far end of the bar, it had a L shape interior design, with chairs arranged around tables in a circular manner at one side of the bar with the counter and chairs with tables at the other side. It was noisy and occupied with all sorts of people, a big contrast to the activity on the parking lot. Ben held her hands and directed her towards the counter, navigating between bodies of drunken men and half dressed waitress. One gave him a flirt look and he quickly turned his eyes away.

"I would need two glass cups of martinez", Ben ordered as they both sat on the handless and backless high stool arranged neatly in front of the counter. There was a middle aged man with a loose tie and yellow stained white shirt sitting besides Janet, sipping a rather giant cup of rum and a bottle of whiskey stood proudly by his side on the table. He stared at Janet wearing a look of surprise and quickly smiled mischievously. She felt unease and turned her back against him towards the direction of Ben.

She could see him showing the barman a plastic ID card which caused her to panic inwardly, she didn't have an ID with her.

"And you lady", the barman turned to her

"Water....", She spoked in low tone.

The barman wore an expression of confusion for a brief moment and shrugged his shoulders making a meaningless disgruntling sound and turned towards the stack of drinks behind him.

"Water", Ben remarked

"No IDs with me",she whispered.

She quickly scanned the room with he eyes not fixating her gaze directly on anybody to avoid suspicion, yet there was no sign of him, no resemblance and her countenance fell.

"He is not here", she told Ben

"He would come, let's just enjoy our drinks", he assured her.

The barman placed their order on the table and Ben clutch his giant cup and brought it gently to his lips. The first wave of liquid made contact with his tongue and his taste buds came alive with excitement. He could feel the electric effect progressing as the liquid went further his tongue, it was the feeling of beach and rainfalls with a little bit of calm and the taste took him on a memory dive.

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It was the third day since the new girl joined his school and he was yet to start any conversation with her. He wasn't a particular introvert person but he wasn't extrovert either, he spoke when the conditions and feelings were right and there was yet to be the right conditions that would get him speaking with the new girl. He stared at his watch and noticed it was time for his history class which made him murmured within himself.

"Why the long face boo", Britney was all over him with her hands resting gently on his cheek

"History", he replied with no passion on his voice

"Yak", she hissed, "I wonder why we need to know old people stuff and life"

He giggled and a big smile formed on his lips, he loved it when his girlfriend made fun of history, "old people's life",he laughed again.

Britney saw his response and continued, "I wish we could drop some classes, history is Grandma talk, i know enough"

he continued laughing at her jokes, he couldn't help it. They both stood in front of his locker, Ben was organizing his books into his locker and searching for his history book. He closed the door to his locker after finding it

"Won't you be late for Biology", he said looking at her.

They had been dating for three years and had won best couple of the year, they knew each other class schedule perfectly. According to the school magazine, they were perfect for each other.

"You know I don't like that stuff, i only come alive in music class", she complained

"I know baby", he held her by her waist and drew her close to himself, "just bear for now", he whispered softly into her ears and her face reddened in ecstasy. She brought his face before her and placed her lips upon his, savoring ever aspect of his soft masculine lips without progressing into his mouth. He replied with the same passion as hers, placing his hands firmly on her waist. They unlocked their lips afterwards and made their way to their respective classroom.

He decided to sit one of the front row seat, he had little interest in history and was keen on hearing every detail of the teaching. The history teacher Mr Stones was a very quiet teacher, his voice was barely audible when he spoke and you had to pay special attention if he was addressing a crowd.

He made his way to the third seat on the front row, it was empty with the chair pull out from under the table indicating the hurriedness of the last student that sat earlier on the chair. He hissed under his breath as he put the table and chair in order, tilting it to the right angle and cleaning every inch of dust on the furniture with the class cleaning towel.

After performing proper sanitation, he kept the towel at its usual place and walked quickly to the chair, placed his bag gently on the floor, resting it against one of the legs of the table. He dipped his hands in his unzipped bag and brought out a pen and a book quickly placing it on the table with the pen gently placed beside the book in an orderly manner, he was one for cleanliness and order. As he lifted his head upwards towards the direction of the white board, that's was when he saw her, her smile lighting up her face and his heart, she grinned and her dimples could be clearly seen. It was the most beautiful, well structured face ever.

"That's my seat", she said still smiling, her voice calm like the midnight sea, every sound and diction sounding like the melodious orchestral in perfect harmony befitting for the Queen. All he heard was 'i love you'.

She snapped....

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.....her finger in front of him, and he was jolted back to the present.

"It's him", she spoke quick and fast, sounding very excited

"Him," he sounded puzzled

"Yes him, Augustine Felix, I mean Josh",she nudge her face towards the entrance.

He turned his head towards the direction of the entrance and there he was, a tall white boy, with brown hair parted sideways resting comfortably on his left hand side, wearing grey leather jackets with tears spread unevenly on it, by his side was a beautiful red hair girl, in red gown smiling and scanning the room with her eyes. His right hand was resting comfortably on her waist.

Ben turned to look at Janet and he could see the venom in her eyes.