Chapter 6 KELVIN

Kelvin quickly hid under the bed when he heard Laura's voice. He totally knows what that calls for. Laura stormed into the room but froze in her steps and unconsciously dropped the bag on the floor at the sight which met her eyes. The room was turned upsidedown with clothes scattered all over the bed and the floor. Her study table was no different with books scattered here and there.

"Oh, my God, Kelvin!!!!!", she screamed, almost in tears.

Upon hearing the screams,Mrs Amy rushed out of the kitchen and stood at the hall;gazing up the stairs.

" What is it, Laura? Is everything okay up there?",she shouted, frightened by the scream.

"No, mum, my room is totally a mess!", she replied. Amy chuckled without uttering any further words and continued her chores.

Laura slowly strolled into the room in search of the culprit. Kelvin hid as quietly as he could without any sound, displaying a satisfactory smile. Laura checked through the wardrobe and the washroom but couldn't find him. Just when she was returning from the washroom, she saw Kelvin's exposed feet at the right side of the bed without his knowledge. A mischievous smile suddenly formed on her face and she gave a faint giggle. Laura crept towards him as quite as possible; not exposing herself or intentions. All Kelvin could feel was a warm hand on his feet followed by an unexpected drag from where he hid.

"Here you are, got you", Laura exclaimed, cheerful.

"Ouch, Laura, let go off me. I didn't do anything",he screamed.

"Really? So why is my room like this? ", she queried as she continued dragging him around with a chuckle.

"Ouch, Laura..., you're hurting me", he cried.

Mrs Amy slightly shook her head with a giggle,"These kids", she mumbled on hearing their giggles and screams.

Laura finally let go off Kelvin's feet and dropped next to him on the floor , cheerful. They both chuckled heartedly, breathless;facing the roof.

Laura was suddenly silent, gazing at the roof, blank. Stroke by the sudden silence from his sister's end, Kelvin looked down at her to find out the reason; only to find her spacing out.

" Hey, Laura, are you alright?", he queried, quite worried.

"Yeah, why do you ask", she mumbled, staring at him.

" You don't look that cheerful to me and I've never seen you suddenly down like this. Why, did something happen at school?"

Laura gave a faint smile and sat up making Kelvin to also adjust himself up, facing her.

"You know you can share your worries with me even though I'm troublesome and carefree but I'm not heartless and senseless ", Kelvin added.

"Hey, don't say that, you're my perfect kid bro...",she replied with a chuckle, ruffling her hand through his hairs.

Laura sighed, holding his brother's hand," Here's it, I had a little fight with these bully guys at school today because they're always bullying Ivy and Lupita for whatever reason I don't know. This really gets on my nerves and I don't know how best to solve this", she explained, depressed.

Kelvin smiled and pulled her into a hug,

"It's okay,Laura. I know you're very intelligent and will in no time find solution to that", he mumbled.

" Thanks, Kelvin ",said Laura,cheerful.

" But hey, there's no way you're getting out of here without clearing this mess, kid bro ", she added with a chuckle and trod off to the washroom.

" But Laura.... ", he cried.

"No buts young man. It should be done before I get out there ",Laura shouted from the washroom.

Kelvin roared in frustration with a pouted face and started cleaning up, whining. Laura peeped at him through the door with a satisfactory smile and retrieved back in to wash down.

THE ROBERTS' MANSION

Supper was finally over and everyone had already retrieved to their respective rooms, attending to their personal works.

Mya was attending to some documents from work and Laura was as well finishing up her assignment while Kelvin was busily playing a video game. The piercing shouts and laughter from his end flooded Laura and Mya's room like the rains causing them to roar, frustrated. Kelvin's room was in between Mya and Laura's room.

Laura dropped her pen wolfishly, storming off to Kelvin's room. Just when she got out, she saw Mya also approaching Kelvin's room with a messy hair and a wanly look. They both sighed with a faint smile, sightly shaking their heads when their eyes met and pushed the door opened together.

" Gosh, Kelvin!!!!! ", they shouted and he flinched, turning to the door.

" Damn, Mya, Laura....you startled me"

"Really? Guess what, we'll do worse than this if you keep on disturbing the whole house like this. Why? Do you wish to bring the roof down?", exclaimed Laura glowering.

" Yeah, Kelvin, we're trying to get our work done here but those loud screams keeps haunting our brains ", cried Mya with a pleading look.

" Ouch, sorry, guys.....I'll watch out for that, okay",he replied with a withering look.

They smiled and strolled out, "Goodnight, Kelvin. Don't forget to sleep early", they shouted;locking the door behind.

He responded and continued with his game. Mya and Laura returned to their rooms to finish up their assignments.

Two hours later, Laura laid on her bed attending to a call when she heard a knock on the door.

"Hold on, guys, it seems someone is knocking on my door. I think mum want to check on me before going to bed".

"Alright, girlfriend, go ahead", Naomi and Alixes responded from the other end of the cell. The knock came again. Laura quickly got up from the bed with her phone still placed on her ears.

"Who is it, I'm coming", she shouted.

Laura opened the door only to find Mya standing there with her pillow; wearing a faint smile.

" Mya? why, what happened? ", Laura queried with a brooding look.

Without an answer, Mya by passed Laura into the room leaving Laura at the door while she settled in bed.

" Hello,sorry, guys, need to go off now. We'll meet at school tomorrow ", said Laura to Naomi and Alixes as she dropped the line with a grave look.

Mya looked at the tensed face of her sister as she approached and chuckled.

"Do I need a permission if I want to share your room with you?", she uttered with a wry grin.

"Mya", Laura cried with a chuckle, throwing a pillow at her." You're always like this when you want to share a room. At least you've got to seek my permission first ", she added while she laid next to her.

" Really? Anyway, you can kick me out if you can",said Mya with a deadpan look.

"Which you clearly know I can't, right", uttered Laura with a chuckle. Mya nodded and they both bursted into laughter.

" I'm so happy to have you, Laura. I don't know how life would have been without you, sis", said Mya with a smile.

" Same here, Mya. I love it when we listen to music together.... It makes me forget the troubles of the day".

" You're right, dear", Mya added and they giggled, humming to the song they were listening to.

? ?Halo, Halo, Halo...?? by Beyonce.

Mya is two years older than Laura but loves sharing a room with her sister whenever she feels stressed or tired. They normally discussed about their activities of the day and listened to music together since they both love the same genre of music until they sleep off.

NEXT DAY

EXCELLENT BRAINS COLLEGE

It was 8:00 in the morning, Laura sat in class already done with her usual hour studies;chatting with her friends Naomi and Alixes when Ivy and Lupita approached them with a box of chocolate in their hand.

" Here, this is for you, Laura", said Ivy with a stretched hand.

Laura stared at her friends and back at them with a quizzical look.

" What for? Is it already Val's day"

Alixes immediately shrugged at her question,gazing at Naomi for a confirmation.

"What's today's date", queried Naomi with a vacant expression.

" Oh, no, no, guys. It's not yet Val's day", Lupita cuts in with a radiant smile.

" Oh, right, we thought we missed that", Laura and her friends exclaimed in unison, chuckling. "Then what's all this about",Alixes asked.

Ivy and Lupita took a glance at each other and Lupita nodded to her to go ahead.

" Um, Laura, this is to thank you for what you did for us, yesterday. If not for you, what would we have done to please those guys".

" Oh, that; it okay, girls. Let that be, okay? we're friends and that's what friends do for each other", Laura replied.

"But we want you to have this, please don't reject it", Lupita insisted. Laura glanced at Naomi and Alixes for an option and they assured her to accept. She accepted the gift with a smile.

Ivy and Laura thanked her again and went back to their desk. All along, Ben and his friends, Fred and Patrick stood at the entrance, starring at them.

"What do they think they're doing?",asked Fred darkly.

Without a word, Ben sped towards Lupita and Ivy with a surly, black expression. Fred and Patrick trod after him.