Written by: Eunice Nwodu Ifunanya
NEXT MORNING
Astrid was heading out of her classroom since she was done with lectures for the day. Her books were clutched tightly to her chest and her thoughts were on Juicy and the weird friends she made recently. The four boys.
It’s a first to see her surrounded with guys. She claimed to hate them though.
But unfortunately, she won’t push her to tell her the truth since she doesn’t want to do it willingly.
She spotted one of the boys approaching her. Thinking of the devil.
He was hiding one of his hand behind like he was hiding something.
Great. What do they want from her now??
“Hey, Astrid. I’m Spike, in case you don’t know.” He greeted with a cool smile on his face.
Astrid stared at him unable to say anything.
“I never asked for your name, did I?” She questioned trying not to glare at him. Luckily, he was too handsome to get one.
“Relax, would you? I got you flowers too. Can we walk together?” He requested and she sighed accompanied with a deep breath.
“F—fine.”
She left the way while he quickly joined her.
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“You asked to see me?” Ryan’s voice came up behind Juicy and her heart skipped a bit. Just a bit.
She turned to see him alone and empty handed.
“No. No, I didn’t ask for you to come see me.” She shook her head taking slow steps away from him. She was alone at the field before he showed up.
“Really? Because you looked relieved immediately your eyes rested on me.” He smirked.
“Don’t be so full of yourselves. I’m still freaking out about what happened last night. Did… Did she really die??” Juicy asked with a shaky voice.
“The truth is, I don’t care. Even if she is alive, I pray she never comes back. I never want to see her again.” He replied coyly.
“I can’t believe Spike could do that in just a twinkle of an eye. He shouldn’t have—”
“Yes, he should have. Guess what she wanted to do to you? She wanted to bite you. Feed of you, suck all the blood her body is capable through the artery in your neck.” He said sounding less bothered but she wasn’t so fooled by that.
“You care about me, don’t you? I saw how you attacked her.” Juicy smirked and she’d be d*amned for smirking at that moment. Ryan’s blood was boiling. He just wasn’t happy with what’s happening.
“My plan was never to hurt any body in this school. If not, my boys and I would have been feeding off you all from day one. I sometimes…” He paused and sucked in a hard breath. “Don’t know what to do.”
He started walking slowly alongside Juicy. He looked rather sad and miserable.
She immediately regretted talking about his response to Mandy’s attack.
“Why did you always choose me to go to the club as your date? From what I’ve sent so far, you hate me so much.” She pointed and he glanced at her in amusement.
“I don’t know, Maybe your eyes. I just like them. But then you are annoying.” He snorted and Juicy found herself laughing.
“You are so weird, Ryan.” She said at the end of her laughter.
“Is that so?” He mumbled.
Juicy suddenly stumbled on a rock thereby tripping, she wasn’t looking. She had glued her eyes on Ryan.
Ryan tried to hold her and the bracelet slipped into his hands while Juicy fell on the ground. He stared at the bracelet in his hand as he suddenly felt weak. It was as though it was draining something from him. Juicy got back on her feet and slowly took the necklace from Ryan.
“Are you okay?” She asked though she was the one that had just fallen.
But the look on his face made her ask.
“Where did you get that?” He asked calmly.
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TBC
