Little Lucy - S01 E26

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Little Lucy - S01 E26

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It was 12.34.am when Temi decided it was about time she took her sleep. Shutting off her battery Torchlight, she left the reading table and made to climb her bed when a sound knock sounded on her door.

Temi frowned, wondering who could be bothering her at this unholy hour. Her roommate was sound asleep but that didn’t mean she wouldn’t wake up if the knocking continues.

And the knocking came again a little harder this time.

Switching on her Torchlight, Temi marched towards her door. Taking a peep through the door keyhole, she saw who it was.

” Collette?” She gasped. ” What is she doing here?”

And she quickly unlocked the door and threw it opened.

Collette stood apologgic before Temi. ” Sorry for disturbing you, Temi. Did I wake you up?”

Temi shooked her head. ” Not at all. Was about hitting the sack when you knocked.”

Collette glanced over at Temi’s roommate. ” Is she awake?”

” She’s sound asleep.”

” Good,” Collette held Temi’s shoulder. ” Could you spare me a few minutes of your time?”

Temi raised an eyebrow. ” A few minutes of my time? What’s this about?”

Collette moistured her dry lips. ” It’s about Lucy.”

Temi stared at her for a long time. She didn’t say a thing.

Minutes later, the two girls were leaning over the barrister rails on the flat roof of the hostel.

It was a beautiful night with the full moon shining brightly in accordance with the cool breeze that blew towards the two girls.

” So she’s a virgin,” Temi smirked after listening to Collette’s story. ” Didn’t you tell her how you lost yours?”

Collette shooked her head. ” No I didn’t.”

” Why?”

Collette touched her nose and made a grimace. ” I have my reasons, Temi. There’s no need reminding me of that painful day. You’re the only one who knows no one else should.”

Temi looked away, a stiff smile hitting her cheeks. ” I still don’t believe a girl like Lucy’s a virgin. She doesn’t look like one. She’s too outspoken and wild you’d think she’s experienced in the things of sin.”

Collette shooked her head. ” She’s as naive as a child on her first day at kindergarten.”

Temi closed her eyes and drummed softly on the barrister rails. ” Tell me the truth, Collette. Are you and Lucy dating? You two have been awfully friendly lately.”

Collette shifted uneasily but her expression didn’t change a bit. ” I wouldn’t say we’re dating. I’m tutoring her. We’re close but I wouldn’t call it dating.”

Temi opened her eyes and turned to look Collette over. ” But she’s deeply in love with you, isn’t she?”

” Pretty much.”

” Have you told MÔM about this new development?”

” I did.”

” And?”

Colette let out a deep breath. ” I told MÔM I found Someone that I like but she’s deeply against it.”

” But I thought you loved MÔM,” Temi said, unwrapping a roll of gum. ” Want some gum?”

Collette took a piece and threw it into her mouth. ” I once loved her but not anymore. She’s getting married very soon. She deserves to be happy.”

Temi chewed slowly on the gum, her eyes on Collette. ” And what about you? Are you happy?”

” With Lucy I’m happy,” Collette frowned a little. ” She’s my new source of happiness but her hormones are getting the better of her.”

Temi laughed. ” Hormones eh? I wouldn’t call it that, Collette. It’s not every time you see a girl offering her virginity to someone she’s crazily in love with— especially when the person is a fellow girl not a guy.”

Collette clenched her hands into fists. ” I know where you’re heading, Temi but that’s not going to be me. I don’t want to hurt Lucy. She’s special to me…you can never imagine how special.”

Temi made a round bubble gum. It popped, slapping her lips loudly. ” But it’s what she wants isn’t it?”

” That was the mistake I made when I offered MÔM my virginity.”

Temi sighed. ” Collette look, you’re making this stuff sound really complicated and it’s not just me but for also Lucy.”

Collette shooked her head, shaking her legs. ” I just don’t know what to do, Temi. I’m confused.”

” The best thing you can do is pretty simple.”

” And what could that be?”

Temi met her eyes. ” Tell Lucy the truth. You might not think it this way before but Lucy’s a strong girl. The trouble is she’s also feeble. You can’t always protect her. Remember graduation’s by next year.If you really want to protect her, you have to stop keeping all these things from her. I’m not worried about you, it’s Lucy I’m worried about.”

Collette chewed slowly on her gum. ” You think I should tell her?”

” Definitely,” Temi stepped away from the barrister rails. ” Else when you’re gone after graduation, someone else would do what you’ve been avoiding to do.”

Collette wrinkled her nose. ” So long as it’s not me, I’m fine with that.”

There was a moment silence then Temi spoke. ” I heard what happened between you and Adaobi. Did you really wiped those girls because of Lucy?”

” Yes I did?”

” You ever considered the consequences of your actions. Lucy’s going to suffer after we’ve handover to the SS.2 girls. Left to me, you shouldn’t have wiped Adaobi and her friends in such a drastic manner.”

Collette removed the gum from her mouth and threw it away into the darkness. ” I’ll make sure nothing happens to Lucy, you don’t have to worry about Adaobi. I’ll figure out a way out of that later, let’s focus on what I asked earlier.”

” Collette,” Temi spoke. ” I’ve said enough. Tell her the truth and make her understand why you’re not going to take her virginity. I’m sure the moment she listens to you, she’d have a rethink. Just try it.”

Collette was thoughtful. ” You think so?”

Temi nodded.

Collette studied her hands and sighed. ” I’m such a rotten person, Temi. I’m tired of this life. I want out but it seemed very difficult.”

She paused then added. ” I told MÔM I’m renouncing the LILIES.”

Temi went pale. She’d lost her smile for good. ” Hold on a second…did you say renounce?”

Collette nodded. ” I’m quitting.”

Temi gaped at her with a wide mouth. ” Are you crazy? You can’t leave the sisterhood until after graduation.”

” I can’t wait till graduation,” Collette narrowed her eyes at a bat that Dashed out of the darkness. ” I want out now.”

” And you’re doing this because of Lucy, right?”

” I’m doing this because it’s the right thing to do,” Collette replied her. She paused and turned to look her. ” Why are you glaring at me?”

Temi was frowning hard at her. ” Why on Earth would you give up your membership?”

” Temi, don’t you think we made a mistake joining the LILIES?”

” We joined the LILIES Because of our grades…. whatever makes you think there is going to be regrets?”

Collette met her eyes. ” There are lots of regrets, Temi. I know you understand what I mean. You’re just avoiding the issue.”

Temi became calm and unusually quiet.

Collette looked away. ” We all have our regrets. I’m just not sure if it’s too late for us to leave now.”

Temi’s voice came quietly and slowly. ” Collette, it’s already too late. We can’t turn back now until after graduation.

Remember the oat we took?”

” To remain a LILY until after graduation,” Collette answered. ” That’s why MÔM refused my quitting the sisterhood.”

Temi nodded in agreement. ” That’s the sad truth, Collette. We can’t leave the LILIES until after graduation. Yes I do have regrets but I’ve learnt to lock them up inside of me. I smile and act nice at everyone but deep within me, I’m hurting with guilt. I really wished I could leave soon enough but because of the oat I swore that night, I decided to be patient until after graduation when I’ll be finally free to live the fulfilled life I’ve always wanted.”

Collette walked up to her and held her shoulders. ” Temi, we can still leave now. There’s no need to wait for graduation.”

” What about your oat?” Temi frowned at her. ” You’d die if you break it, remember what happened to Megan last year.”

Megan was a senior student and a member of the LILIES. She had died mysteriously after breaking out of the LILIES before graduation. Collette remembered Megan kept a boyfriend at home while still at school when one of the LILIES top codes were not to date the male folks.

Collette shivered at the memory and pulled back. ” I guess you’re right, Temi.”

She knew that was the reason why Vee doesn’t want her out of the sisterhood just yet.

If she breaks out before graduation….

She’d die.

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Sunday morning.

I woke up sick and hot with a temperature Soo high it frightened me.

Collette was awake. She was studying when she noticed my restless movement on the bed.

It didn’t take long before she approached me and felt my temperature. Nothing would’ve given me more joy than to slap her hands away but I let her do whatever she wants.

” You’re catching a fever,” she sat on my bed.

I turned my face away from her. ” What do you want?”

” Don’t be like that, Lucy,” she held my hand. ” I’m here to help you?”

Snatching my hand away from her, I cautioned her. ” Don’t touch me and just so you know, I don’t need your help.”

She watched me struggling to seat up. I was terribly weak and my head weight a ton. This was one hell of a fever. I’ve never experienced anything like this in my life.

” You’d better go to the school clinic for medication,” she said standing up to her feet. ” I’ll run your bath.”

I nearly yelled at her. ” Don’t run anything I can do this on my own.”

But the moment my legs touched the floor, I nearly have way to the floor.

Collette watched me and went away to her wardrobe where she took two tablets of aspirin and returned back to me with a cup of water.

” Here, have this,” she offered. ” It’d make you stronger a bit.”

I stared at the tablets then at her. I didn’t want to have anything to do with this girl anymore but I knew if I declined her help, I’d suffer deeply in the state that I am in right now.

And so I collected the tablets and flushed down my throat with the cup of water.

Collette began unbuttoning my pyjamas shirt.

” What are you doing?!” I tried pushing her away from me. ” I thought I told you not to touch me.”

She didn’t stop what she was doing. ” Lucy, allow me to help you. You’re too weak to take your bath in your condition.”

” Yes I can.”

Her face was blank. ” No you can’t. Now turn around. I want to unhook your brassier.”

I had no idea what made me but I ended up turning around and having my brassier off my body. My pyjamas trousers went down as well as my panties.

I was completely naked before Collette. She stood to her feet and gazed down at me, her eyes running over me from head to toe.

” Can you walk?”

I suppose I can walk, can’t I?

I tried getting to my feet but the pains on my head was getting too much.

Suddenly from nowhere, I felt strong hands lifting me from the floor.

I turned around sharply to see myself in Collette’s strong arms. Wrapping my arms around her, I leaned heavily on her for support.

This was the first time I’ve ever been carried on anyone’s arms and Collette of all people in the world.

It made me think I was a little baby.

Collette laid me inside the bathtub filled with warm water and left me. She materialized with the chair used in the room for reading and sat down before me.

I waited for her as she took my soap and began rubbing my skin. My sponge came next and before long, she was scrubbing me on all parts of my body.

We said nothing to each other during the bath. I could only think of one person.

Efua. I had done almost the same thing to her. Now Collette’s repeating the hospitality back to me again.

Moments later, I was Carried all the way back to my bed. Collette didn’t consult me, she went into my wardrobe and got a new set of panties and brassier for me. She helped me put them on and also brought out my white Sunday wear.

In no time, I was fully dressed for Sunday service.

Collette took her time to prepare another bath. She spent nearly half an hour in the bathroom scrubbing her body until I heard the splashes of warm water on foamy skin.

All these while, I was seated on my bed, humble and quiet, thinking of her in a way I’ve never thought before.

I was starting to understand why Efua immediately fell in love with me. This was too romantic and nice of Collette to go out of her way to take care of me even after we’ve had a fight.

Collette took her bath, dried her body and dressed up inside the bathroom. The moment she stepped out, she was the white angel she was last Sunday.

I was dazzled by her beauty. The white dress really did accelerate her prettiness. My heart kept growing warmer and warmer.

I can’t believe I fell in love with a Mamiwota (mermaid). She’s Soo d--n fine….Soo d--n dangerous.

Collette approached me and sat on the bed with me.

I glanced up to meet her searching eyes.

” It’s 5:43.am,” she said, consulting her wrist watch. ” I want both of us to be at church before others. I’ll get you a better seat so you feel comfortable to rest. On Sundays, yhe school clinic doesn’t open until 10.00.am so it’s going to be a long while before you get some drugs prescribed. In the meantime, stick with me till then. Once service is over, I’ll take care of you until the clinic opens.”

I simply nodded cause at that moment, there was nothing I could’ve said to her.

She leaned forward, held my head and kissed my forehead. ” I’m sorry about last night, Lucy. I know you have lots of stuff against me but it’s alright. I promise to give you an explanation tonight if you’d give me the change to.”

I nodded again, still saying nothing.

I don fall in love with Mamiwota. Gosh…why can’t I hate this girl? I just keep loving her by the second more and more.

Sunday service begins by exactly 6:30.am and goes all the way to 8:30.am.

I had breakfast with Sharon cause Collette had to be in church to put a lot of things in order.

Sharon was talking, asking me about my health but u wasn’t in the mood to talk to her. I kept thinking about Collette and how best to apologise to her for my rash attitude last night.

Everyone was excited about today and that was because we were welcoming a new priest to preach in church.

Collette had reserved a seat at a nice spot for Sharon and I. We had a perfect view of the entire church but beside that, it was a spot where I could doze off without being disturbed by anyone.

Everything went in accordance with last Sunday program. The only people missing was the priest and Collette.

Soon it was time for the word of God. Collette stepped out from nowhere and mounted the pulpit.

I was catching my breath with her graceful move. She was indeed an angel in that white gown of hers.

Wait a minute….not Angel—Mamiwota

Collette held the mic and began talking. I wasn’t listening to what she was saying as I was distracted by her face and her voice.

She was introducing the priest and everyone sat up in anticipation to welcome the long awaited priest.

” And now, I’d like us all to give a clapping welcome to Fr. Peter Ramsey,” she announced.

The entire church was deafening with loud clapping of hands as the priest stepped out from behind the curtains.

I stiffened when I saw him even Sharon was shocked.

This wasn’t a priest…this was a hottie.

The most handsome man I’ve ever seen in my life.