Khaluchi_8941

"What happens when a nerdy girl falls for a playboy?"

"They say that pain is a sign of weakness leaving your body but in my case, it's a clamp that refuses to let go of my heart no matter how hard I try."

Chisom has had a complicated life but when she meets him, the world seems brighter and everything feels a thousand times better. 

 Even though Chisom masquerades as the strongest person she knows with nothing being able to move her, deep down, her emotions are as fragile as an egg: easily shattered. Meeting him was one of the best things to happen to her. He was her first love but would he be her last?

Painful Addiction

"Happy birthday, Mariam!" Emmanuel, me, our classmates from secondary school, and her friends from Unilag, yelled in unison as she blew out the candles on her chocolate cake.

I had nearly forgotten that May 6th was her eighteenth birthday, she was actually turning eighteen before me, and yet, I looked older than her.

It had taken a Facebook notification to pull me out of the slump I was in due to boredom and remind me of my best friend's birthday.

"So...what did you wish for?" I asked, nudging her shoulder teasingly.

"Come on, you know the rules, if I told you or anyone, then it wouldn't come true!" She replied, flicking a finger at my forehead.

"Hey!" I squealed, rubbing the painful spot on my forehead gently.

"Thank you for coming by the way. I know things have been really difficult in your house, so it means the world to me that you are here," She smiled softly, pulling my left cheek gently.

Indirectly called a friend