One Hundred And Twenty Six

I didn't see my aunt's car when I got home so I opened the door and went in. Nick was sitting in the living room, using his phone.

"Fucking lucky, that's what you are," he told me when he saw me. I was about to check the time when my aunt pulled up outside."Is that Uche's shirt you're wearing?" Nick asked but I didn't wait and answer that, I just rushed up the stairs to fix myself in bed before my aunt came in.

"Where's Julie?" I heard my aunt ask on her way up the stairs about a minute later.

"I don't know. She hasn't left her room all morning." I heard Kim answer skillfully.

"Well, check on her for me, I'm tired. She might not be feeling well like before." I heard my aunt again before the closing of her room door.

The moment I was sure she wasn't coming into my room, I pulled away the blanket and took out my phone to text Uche.

****

"Did you see them?" I asked Uche if he saw my dress and underwear when we were close to our school entrance and Nick finally gave us space when he went to greet their friends.

"See what?" He asked and I raised my brows, wondering if he really didn't know."Oh."

"Well, did you?" I asked and he nodded with a naughty smile. I rolled my eyes, finding myself smiling too till he said;

"I have it with me," he reached for one of the zippers of his bag.

"No, not here..." I trailed because he had already taken out my pink underwear."Uche!" I yelled out in a whisper. He immediately enclosed it in his hands. We both looked around to see if anyone saw us but everyone was busy with their friends.

"Are you worried someone is gonna find out you wear pink undies all the heavy black you wear always?" He teased but I just grabbed the panty from him shoved it into my bag and rolled my eyes.

"Come on, we're going to be late for classes," I pulled his arm towards the entrance. Doing that, we both bumped into April and her phone and other things fell from her hands.

Uche freed his arm from me and squatted to pick them up. She squatted too and joined him in picking them. I just stood there tapping my feet and biting my lower lip to keep myself busy till I noticed her graze her fingers against his when he gave her her things. I heard myself chuckle dryly before walking away and leaving them to it.

"Julie," Uche hurried in front of me before I could go far.

"What?" I folded my arms and waited for him to say something but he just ran his hand through his curly hair and sighed.

"Why'd you walk away like that?" He asked like he didn't notice her attempting to flirt with him.

"Like you don't know," I hissed and wanted to leave his presence so I did get annoyed, but he didn't let me.

"You don't get to do that from now on," He held my arm and brought me back."I was gonna bring that up later. I don't like it when we're together and you just walk away, and leave me standing alone."

"Well, you're the one who makes me do that sometimes." I shrugged.

"Sometimes? You do that all the time." His tone dropped. He was getting angry, I could tell. But I'm the one to be mad now, not him.

"So what, now? You want me to stand and watch when April or any other girl tries to flirt with you?"

"Flirt? I just picked up her stuff for her?"

"She grazed your hands with hers," I pointed out and he arched his brows in confusion.

"What?"

"She touched your hands when you gave her those things you picked," I repeated and heard him exhale softly.

"That..." He paused and thought to himself for a second."Oh." I heard him after."That doesn't count as flirting, does it?" He asked and I just chuckled.

"Trust me, I could flirt with someone by just blinking at them, or literally anything. That's how girls flirt."

"I remember that," I heard him laugh in a low voice and with his teeth all out, just when I thought we were arguing."You were staring at me that first day we met and whenever I caught you doing it, you'd blink at me instead of looking away. I thought that was a weird way of being cute, but then I figured out that was probably your way of flirting."

I found myself smiling stupidly. Aw, Uche, I want to be mad at you for helping April pick up her stuff, don't be cute!

"That's not what we're talking about, Uche." I rolled my eyes.

"No, it's not." He became serious again."If you dislike something I do, tell me not to do it, talk about it, but don't walk away from me, I dislike it a lot."

"It's not that easy..." I wanted to complain but he cut me short.

"At least, try. For me?" He gave me puppy eyes and I just groaned.

"Fine. I won't walk away anymore. I'll say it when I have an issue with something...and I'm sorry." I apologized and he smiled pleasantly.

"See? Not hard." 

"Not hard," I repeated to myself. He spread out his palm in front of me and took my hand when I gave it to him.

****

It was Saturday already, the week was about to end and I had spent it doing naughty things with Uche. Very, very naughty things I had no idea Uche was capable of. We fucked everywhere. His room, the Janitor's closet in school, the abandoned old lab building in school, his spot at the park, everywhere.

The only place we hadn't done it was my room, and that was because my aunt was suddenly always around. It's been like a week or more? Since my mum hadn't called or texted.

I was still waiting. But while waiting, I enjoyed every moment I could with Uche. I've become clingy to him more than before and I was worried he would notice and have an issue with it, but I think he likes clingy me.

"Babe," Uche called my attention away from my thoughts. I turned to him."Let's go," he took my hand.

I was standing by a corner waiting for him to help an old woman cross the road, and he had just come back.