Chapter 12

Daniella's pov

We walked to the school garden so no one would hear our conversation.

"I can't let Michelle get away with this. I have to deal with her. She has to leave this school." I said while pacing round the tree in the school garden.

"What do you want to do now?" Teresa asked.

"I don't know,that's the problem. I need a big plan. Something really big." I said looking at the sky.

"Well you have to think of something dear. I am out." Susan said standing up.

"What do you mean you are out?" I asked resting my hands on my hips.

"What?" She asked back

"I have my own problems too. You like Alex,i like Marco okay." Susan said and left.

"You are the worst." I screamed at Susan.

"What are we going to do Teresa?" I asked

"I am thinking okay. Calm down." She yelled.

Michelle's pov

"Alex! Where are you taking me?" I asked trying to release my hands from his but his grip was too strong.

"Just shut up and follow me." He commanded.

"I am tired of walking." I yelled.

"Do you want me to carry you?" He asked yelling back at me.

"Let's just go." I said giving up.

We entered a room. It was not really big but it can accommodate at least six people. A table and a chair was at the center of the room,with books neatly arranged on one side of the table.

"What are we doing here?" I asked nervously.

"Hmmm." He exhales.

"Tell me!" I yelled.

"Must you scream all the time. Is that what all Nigerians do?" He laughed.

"Don't disrespect my country." I warned, pointing my index finger at him.

"What are you going to do? Beat me?" He mocked me.

"Whatever. Why did you bring me here? Hope you are not expecting me to clean this place because I won't." I said.

"I am not going to ask you to sweep, I just need your help."He said clipping his tongue.

"What? I didn't hear a word." I said walking into the room scanning it.

"I neeeddd yoooouuurrr heeelllpp." He said slowly.

"Wow." I clapped.

"The great Alexander Williams the second or whatever you call your self needs my help. I must consider myself so lucky." I mocked him.

"I am serious." He said staring at me.

"What kind of help do you need? Can't Marco help?" I asked.

"Enough with the questions just listen to me." He said angrily.

"Okay." I folded my arms.

He walks up to the table and chair in the room taking a textbook from it.

"Here."He stretches the textbook towards me.

"What's that for? Do you want me to carry it for you?" I asked.

"No. I am not that mean right?" He asked.

"You are very mean. So wicked." I said sitting on the chair in the room.

He sits beside me.

"I need you to teach me mathematics. I can pay you if you want." He said finally.

"You want me to teach you?" I said laughing loudly.

"I had to swallow my pride to ask you and now you are laughing at me." He said.

"Okay. I'll teach you but on one condition." I said folding my arms.

"What condition?" He asked shifting his gaze off me.

"I won't be your stupid PA anymore. Cancel the stupid contract." I said.

"No." He said almost immediately I completed my sentence.

"Please. I'll be helping you, help me too." I said.

"Nope. No way." He waved.

"You are a meanie." I frowned.

"Don't make that face. I'll pay you." He said.

"I don't need your money." I said.

"Let's start." He opened a page in the textbook.

"I hate this topic and I have no idea on how to solve this." He said.

"How will you know how to solve it when your talent is bullying people." I said.

"Thank you. At least I am better at something." He winked at me.

"So bullying is a talent?" I asked.

"Yes. Girls loves guys like me. Take me. I am a living example." He praised himself.

"I don't know what special about you. Some girls are blind." I said sticking out my tongue.

"You are the blind one. You have bad taste in men. Let's just start with the lesson. I am serious I want to pass this term." He pleaded.

"So you failed last term?" I asked laughing out loud.

"Stop. I am serious." He said.

"Okay. Let's start.

I started explaining how to solve the equation to him.

"Do you understand?" I asked after solving two examples.

"No. It looks like magic I swear." He said tugging his hair.

"What's so hard about this?" I asked.

"it's simple. You just collect like terms then crossmultiply. Simple." I explained again.

"That's my problem. When you cross multiply why does it change to a minus?" He asked.

"Is this another plan to frustrate me?" I screamed.

"This is the third time I am explaining Alex." I said playing with my pen.

"I am sorry. I just need to understand this. Please I am begging." He pleaded.

"Fine I'll explain again."

I explained twice and gave him an equation to solve.

"it's correct." I jumped up.

"Really?" He asked.

"Yes. You did it." I said

"Yes!"He jumped and hugged me.

I saw Daniella walk into the room with Teresa.

"Get off." I pushed him.

"You should be happy I hugged you." He said.

"Keep making yourself happy by praising your self." I said

"Alex! What are you doing with this thing?" Daniella asked.

"She is helping me with maths." He answered and sits.

"You should have asked me to help you. Why did you hug her? Is that part of maths?" She yells.

"Why are you shouting?And what's your business if I hug someone?" Alex asks.

"Alex why are you doing this to me?" Daniella asks with teary eyes.

"I should leave now. Wherever Alex is drama follows." I said leaving the room

"Thanks a lot." I heard Alex voice from a distance.

Daniella's pov

After talking to Teresa in the school garden. I decided to go to Alex secret room. We used to hang out there until Michelle came to this school. He never came there again. He is always with her and to my greatest surprise I saw him hugging Michelle. It broke my heart.

"Alex! What are you doing with this thing?" I asked angrily.

"She is helping me with maths." He answered and sits down.

"You should have let me help you. Why did you hug her? Is it part of maths?" I asked again, this time I yelled.

"Why are you shouting? And how is it your business if I hug someone?" He asked.

Those words broke my heart.

"Alex why are you doing this to me?" I asked again trying to hold the tears that are threatening to fall from my eyes.

"I should leave now." Michelle left the room.

I waved at Teresa and she left.

"Alex. It's not fair. I love you. Why are you doing this to me? " I asked sitting on the chair beside him.

"You love me. That's your problem not mine."He replied harshly still staring at the textbook.

"Alex our parent said we are going to get married after college. You can't do this to me. Everyone in school thinks we are still dating. Don't let Michelle break us. I know I made some mistakes in the past, let's just continue our relationship." I pleaded as the tears begins to flow.

"That's my parents decision not mine. You made the students think that way. I don't love you. I never did. I don't even feel anything for you. We dated just to chase clout and that was your idea. You wanted to be popular and I helped you so it's over now. I can't even keep you as a friend." He replied harshly.

"No Alex. You can't do this to me. I'm sure Michelle is the one doing this to us." I said crying.

"Michelle didn't do anything okay. Stop involving the girl into your nonsense. I never asked you out so why jump into conclusion that I'll date you?" He asks.

"Our parent?"

"Aren't you ashamed. You parents are arranging a marriage for you and you didn't reject it in this 21st century. Don't you have plans for your future?" He asked taking the exercise book Michelle wrote in smiling and leaving me in the room.

"Ahhh." I screamed scattering all the books on the table.

Teresa runs in

"Are you okay?" She asks.

" I am going to destroy Michelle." I yelled crying bitterly.

"I'll destroy her. I'll make her regret her existence."