One Call Away - S01 E36

Story 3 years ago

One Call Away - S01 E36

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 36

Happy's P.o.v

Who said I didn’t like what happened at the party, I wasn’t pushed to do it because I couldn’t take anymore drink but because I saw it as an opportunity which might not come knocking on my door again to finally have my wish granted .

I knew Gina’s plan was just to get me high because she thought she know me so much and thought I wouldn’t make out with Ben because I told her when we’re still friends that I had a boyfriend who’s out of the country and who I wouldn’t dare cheat on even at gunpoint because I love him more than I love my life. And with the fact that every time I’m dared in any of our party to do anything intimate with any guy, I always head for the drink, so she thought it was going to be the same and I would head for the third drink and get myself high, unknown to her she helped me and I made it looked like I didn’t have any other choice by first heading for the cup before going to meet Ben.

I always have it in my mind that I would keep my virginity till the night of my marriage but I realised that it would just be a mere wish if I date Ben.

The feeling I got from the few minutes of romance was toxical and if it had been behind closed door, I was sure my hymen would have been perforated by his manhood.
It was hell fighting the urge not to have my hand running through his body and I made sure to keep my lip locked with his because I would be moaning if I don’t have my lip distracted by the kiss.

The feeling was intense and I was sure I would be able derive that kinda feeling from any other guy apart from Ben.
The kiss with him was even an hangover because I was less tipsy when we’re through.

But he took everything overhead either by guilt that he still referred me as his sister or the departure of Azeezah which we all know was because of what happened between us.

He didn’t utter a word to me as we returned home.

Tho I got my heart desire but his silent was kinda freaking me out and that made me develop the motive to make him see that nothing is wrong with what we did and probably hint him that I liked it.

Ben's P.O.V

Even after trying everything to make sure I avoid her, she made sure that she cornered me to a spot where I couldn’t avoid her and she wanted us to discuss about the issue.

” then let’s talk about what happened yesterday ” she said and I paused what I was doing and stood up.

” what do we have to talk about it ” I asked her.

” everything ” she said staring deep into my eye.

” you mean we should talk about the fact that we makeout when we’re practically brother and sister ” I said also staring at her .

” what do you think will happen if anyone find out about that ” I asked still staring at her.

” firstly, I already told you that I don’t regard you as my brother but a very close friend of mine,so such happening between us is nothing to me, to me it was even fun and secondly, we’re cornered and left with no choice and you seemed to enjoy it so why trying to prove yourself now as a saint ” she said it casually as if nothing was really wrong with it.

” you’re sick ” I muttered as I was short of words.
How can she regard it fun when I’m freaking out about it and tho as insane as it was, she was right that I enjoyed it and I hate that I enjoyed it because I was not supposed to enjoy it.

Tho she regarded me as her friend not brother but I couldn’t just wade off the thought that my mom is in a relationship with her dad, so it was wrong for us to be kissing when our parents are already doing that.

” and you’ll also be if you keep putting that to heart and keep on avoiding me because I’ll keep on pestering you till you stop avoiding me ” she said as she feebly hit me on my chest.

” hello Ben ” Gina said smiling as she walked towards our direction.

Happy tilted her head to look at her with a funny facial expression that wasn’t omitting anything positive.

” babe ” I said when she got closer as I smiled for the first time.

The competition between Happy and Gina was really an intensed one, even in the aspect of beauty.

They had almost the same shape, height and skin colour. Both of them have moderate butt and boobs to complement their beauty. They would have easily passed for a twin if not for their faces, which still looked pretty. They both had the kinda face used in beauty cream advertisement, smooth, milky and cute.

But I regarded Happy as the prettiest maybe because she was my sister.

” heard you and Philip would be representing us in swimming for the upcoming competition ” she said as she made Happy looked invisible as she held my hand and started walking me away from Happy.

” yeah ” I replied her as I tilted my head backward to see Happy’s expression, she just stood there glaring at us.

” that’s cool, didn’t know you had it in you ” she said smiling.

” I just got lucky ” I said also smiling.

” and I also heard you and Happy will also be representing the school for table tennis ” I added.

” yeah, we’ve been representing the school since we’re in Js3, so it’s not a big deal ” she replied and I could tell she was discontented about something regarding the table tennis through her expression and I was sure it’s about Happy in the competition.

” do you also know how to run” I asked her.

” not really, running isn’t for sophisticated ladies ” she said smiling and I knew who she’s stylishly hitting on.

” what about guys , is it also not for sophisticated guys ” I asked her

” hell no ” she said raising her voice.

” I like it when a guy run, they look cute doing it and that’s for a handsome guy not some ugly chipmunks ” she added.

” that means you can’t like me ” I said teasingly.

” why ” she asked with a surprised countenance.

” because I can’t run “I replied her feigning a sad emotion.

” there’s many things to like about you that’s already filled the place of speed which you lack, so I still like you ” she said staring at me as we stopped walking and stood in the heart of the pitch.

” but why did you really dared Happy to get me into a romance session ” I asked her.

” do you really want to know ” she asked me grinning.

” yeah ” I replied nodding my head.

” because I wanted to get Happy drunk, I didn’t believe she was going to do that because she had an anonymous boyfriend which she claimed that she love so much and wouldn’t cheat on him no matter the situation ” she explicated

” and she always head for the cup not minding the amount she had before when dared to do anything naughty with any guy, so I was surprised like everyone when she did it with you” she added and I could tell that she was honest.

” what’s your relationship with her ” she asked me, didn’t even give me chance to drop my quota on all she uttered.

The blaring sound of a whistle saved me from the question.

I saw all students walking towards the direction where the sound of the whistle was coming from.

” looks like it’s time to see some interesting actions ” she said smiling.

” the coach is here ” I asked her.

” yeah ” she replied.

” then we should go meet him ” I said to her.

” point of correction, it ain’t a he but a she and why will we go and meet her, all our classmates will be here soon to watch the runners ,so why go meet her ” she asked me.

” so as to run ” I replied her.

” I don’t run, I’m only here to watch the runners only and you should stay with me since you can’t and let us watch them together ” she said to me.

” who told you I can’t run ” I said smiling as I left her and started jogging towards the students that had already gathered round the coach.

The spectators stand was already filled with some students.

The coach was smoking hot with perfect shape. She looked like she had spent more time in gym than in bedroom. I later heard from a student that she’s an athlete who had represent Nigeria in many competitions bagging some medals along the way.

She gave the prep talk like other coaches and from her talk I discovered that some students had already been disqualified from two weeks ago to now.

She admonished the remaining students to give their all as the competition is a big stage and some officials in charge of sports in Nigeria will be there to fish out outstanding talents and since it isn’t schools from Lagos only that will be participating because it’s a sport where every schools in Nigeria who qualified for the competition will be participating, she said it will be extraordinarily hard and won’t be like other competitions they’ve been attending.

I got to know from her speech that the first and second will be the main glory of the competition while the third and fourth will only be going because of the four times one hundred meter race (relay).

She had three young teachers or should I call them her assistant because they looked younger, standing behind her, a lady and two men, she asked one of them to call the qualifiers for junior boys hundred meter.

Eight names was called and everyone who had the bearing of the name fell out of the crowd and all looked excited, nervous and hopeful as they’re marched to the starting lane of the hundred meter track.

Everyone of us was sidelined as we watched the junior boys as they took to their positions with their boots firmed to their foot unlike me that’s barefooted, but I wasn’t without a partner.

The coach stood behind the students while two of her assistant were stationed at the finishing point in order to pick out the winners.

It was a moment of intensed action as the whistle was blown and the boys raced to victory.

The students at the spectators stand and the ones on the pitch were doing great job in cheering the students up.

After the students got to the finishing line, the coach left the remaining job to her two assistants as she came to meet us with the single assistant with her.

She asked him to call out the senior boys and he called out twelve names.

As they marched out I followed them and head directly to the coach.

I introduced myself to her and my motive was also revealed to her.

She seemed to be thinking about it for a while as she accessed me.

” alright, I’ll give you a chance, hope you deserve it ” she said after arriving at a conclusion.

She marched us to the starting lane before she gave out the instructions.

Mohammed was giving me a weird stare as we marched down to the lane but I didn’t bothered myself about him as I had a hearty smile on my lip.

” we’re supposed to have it as six by six and the two champions from the two groups will compete for their places but because of the last minute participation of Benjamin who’s just a new student, one of the groups will be seven and three people will be selected for the final challenge, which means five of you will be going for the final spots and we’ll get our four from the five” the coach explicated to us patiently before she grouped us into two groups.

I and Mohammed found ourselves in the same group which was the group comprising of six while Philip was in seven.

Philip’s group was asked to take the spot first.

” on your mark ” the coach ordered and the seven of them bent down, with their hands on the lane.

” set ” she ordered and they raised their body up a bit and after few seconds, the whistle went off and the race started.

The clamoring of cheer from the spectators this time was higher than the first.

Philip took the first position.

We’re asked to take our positions after the first group got to the finishing line.

Mohammed made an Undertaker signature to me by drawing his thumb on his neck like a knife slicing through it as we took to our position.

I decided to surprise everyone by trying to look like I was lucky.
When the whistle went off, I started at a slow pace and fifty meters to the finishing line, I increased my speed and took the second position which looked like luck.

Mohammed took the first position and he looked very satisfied about it.

” thought you said you can run ” Philip snickered as we head back to the finishing line.

” I thought I can ” I replied him smiling.

We all took to our position again and this time, I didn’t know why but I was kinda feeling tensed as my heart was beating faster.

The whistle went off and with all the speed I could muster from my body, I started running.

By the time I got to the finishing line, I was slightly surprised not to see anyone beside me. I looked behind me and I saw them still running. All the spectators bursted into an uproar

Philip and Mohammed got to the finishing line at the same time but Philip used his head to his advantage as he propelled it forward first.

” that was extraordinarily great ” the lady among the two assistants taking record accoladed me as we approached her to get our names down.

” thank you ” I said smiling.

” your name ” she asked.

” Benjamin Salako ” I replied her.

Mohammed didn’t hide his dissatisfaction on taking the third position as he stormed out of sight angrily when his name was recorded.

” what else are you not good at ” Philip asked me as we started heading towards the pitch.

” being emir ” I replied smiling.

” you’re right, because no one can be more of an emir than me ” he said smiling.

” do you see the look in Mohammed’s eye, he looked like a clown who lost his equipments for performing cheap tricks ” Philip said smiling as he tried to mimic Mohammed’s facial expression .

” Benjamin ” I suddenly heard my name called.
I turned and it was the coach.

” see you later ” I said to Philip as he head to the pitch to meet our classmates who had gathered there with Gina while I returned to the coach.

Her assistant was the one marching the junior girls to the starting lane.

” that was a great performance you pulled there and I must commend, you’re very fast ” she complemented me.

” thank you ma ” I appreciated her.

” have you been running before maybe in your former school ” she asked me

” no ” I replied her.

” ever been to any competition before ” she asked.

” no ” I replied her.

” wow,then your former school must be filled with many Usain Bolt not to have taken you to any competition ” she said with a surprised countenance.

” no ma, I’m supposed to be the fastest student there but I didn’t feel like running or participating in any competition for the school even when they tried to force me to ” I said to her.

” that’s bad but it’s good you decided to do it for us because with the speed you displayed, it’s sure that we’re winning at least a gold medal from track ” she said with a smile with I haven’t seen on her face since I saw her as she is been in action mode from the moment I saw her.

” and I’m pleased to tell you that you’ve not displayed all the speed you’ve got because you’re yet to be groomed into an athlete and when I’m done with you, you’ll have a name behind running ” she added losing the smile.

” what’s with every coach in the school with grooming ” I said in my mind.

What they don’t know is that my talent is a raw one, right from the street and doesn’t need any grooming, all I need to do is to continue doing it and I’ll be best in it.

“And if you’re lucky, you might represent Nigeria in Olympic ” she said as she recovered her smile.

” I hope so ” I said also smiling.

” I’ll draft out a time when I’ll be training all of you that’s representing the school for the competition, I hope to see more of you ” she said before she finally let me go and coincidentally, it was time for the senior girls to run.
I stood there to watch the race before joining Philip and the others.

The coach withdrew her mantle from the assistant as she made the call.

Like Philip told me, Happy won the race with spacious margin.

” flash ” they all started hailing me as I got to where they were all standing.

” you’re tricky you know ” Gina said smiling.

” I told ya’ll that the time for ss2c to dominate the school in every aspect will soon arrive and now we’ve arrived at that moment with the arrival of Ben ” Philip said laughing.

” I’m pained that we could have lose him to another class because of that test, I would have gone to beg him to rejoin our class if he had failed it ” Philip still laughing.

” what about football ” Oscar asked.

” since Azeez had left us, we don’t even have a representative from our class in the team” Oscar added.

” fear no more my subjects, the gods of our class had seen all this and that’s why they brought Ben to us because he said he also know how to play football too ” Philip replied like a priest addressing the folks of a village.

” this f-----g calls for celebration, maybe we should organize another party ” James said, the speed at which my neck tilted towards his direction was more than the pace of a rocket.

” no party ” I said aloud and everyone bursted into laughter as they might have known the reason for my objection.

” since he said there’s not going to be a party, then will ya’ll permit me to do this ” Gina said grinning weirdly as she stood in front of me and before I knew what she was up to, she goes on her toes and kissed me, tho not for long and there wasn’t a mouth to mouth exposure, just a lip on lip kiss.

” what’s that for ” I asked looking confused.

” to tell you that she’s crushing on you now because you did something that she love ” Philip replied me.

” ya’ll sick ” I said humorously, smiling as I turned to take my leave and saw Happy standing behind me as she stared at me with a blank expression.

But why do I feel like a lover that was caught cheating all of a sudden as I stared at her