Chapter 2 Caught

Desmond yawned and stretched as he gradually woke up and just then he felt a terrible pain in his head.

“Arggg, my head.” he groaned. “What the hell! Jeez..... ” he cursed as his head hurt really badly.

“Haha.. ” Edward laughed. “The sleeping princess has finally woken up,” he mocked.

“Mehnnn what happened? Why does my head hurt so bad.....ahhhh!” Desmond kept wailing in pain with both hands on his head.

“Really? You want me to explain that to you? Are you telling me you didn't remember what happened last night?” Edward said, jumping down from the bunk bed he was seated on.

There were two other guys in the room with them. They are Desmond and Edward roommates.

“Man Edward brought you home last night, wasted. You were dead drunk,” Charles, one of their roommates, explained, laughing.

“Guy, why do you tell him? He is sitting there asking stupid questions after he embarrassed himself last night,” Edward said, giving out a slight mocking laughter.

“What?" Desmond had a shock look. “I was drunk last night?... Well I guess that explains the headache I am feeling” he rubbed his forehead with his palm.

“No, I don't think the pain you are feeling is as a result of the hangover. I strongly believe it's from the punch you received on the head from your ex girlfriend boo,” Edward taunted him.

“Huh? I got into a fight last night?” Desmond asked, looking more shocked than before.

“No! What fight? You simply got beaten,” Edward teased with a chuckle.

“So where was my so-called best friend when I was being beaten by that jerk?” Desmond said with a frown.

“Me?” Edward pointed at himself.

“No your twin brother, of course you!” Desmond replied and Edward giggled.

“Well I was rocking my life, I mean after that speech I gave to you in the toilet I didn't expect you to do anything stupid so I wasn't focused on you. But you had to prove me wrong, you drank until you got drunk and had to pick a fight with Janet's boyfriend.”

“I thought you said we didn't fight,” Desmond said.

“Yeah, I can't call that fighting man. He gave you a punch and you became unconscious. Thinking about it just makes me laugh but I was the one that suffered the most cause I had to drag your sorry ass from the club to the hostel,” Edward said with a slight frown forming on his face.

“Oh God!" Desmond exclaimed, “I am starting to remember. Gosh! This is so embarrassing. I made a total mess of himself, right? And in front of Janet....I am so foolish,” Desmond said, cursing himself.

“Sadly it's true." Edward said and Desmond frowned angrily at him.

“I am talking about the fact that you embarrassed yourself, not the foolish part. You are not foolish, only naive to have fallen in love,” Edward said, almost sounding sorry for Desmond.

“But seriously Desmond what did you see in that girl Janet that has made you fall madly in love with her? I agree she is pretty but there are a lot of other pretty girls around and I dare say I have seen girls prettier than her,” Charles said.

Desmond didn't say anything, he is still feeling the effects of the hangover from last night over drinking to start explaining himself.

“You guys should leave him alone, haven't you ever been in love before,” Wale, the fourth guy, joined in the discussion.

Edward and Charles laughed at his words.

“What's funny?” Wale asked, puzzled.

“Really? Because we helped you with Chichi you think you have become an expert in love matters, right?” Charles said, still laughing.

“You are not serious and you didn't help me with Chichi,” Wale argued.

“Oh! Is like that, right? You want to deny me, right?” Charles said.

“Okay... maybe you helped but only a little,” Wale admitted.

Just then Edward phone started ringing. He picked it up from where it was laying on top of the bed and when he saw who was calling he hissed irritatedly and threw the phone to the bed.

“Who was that?” Desmond asked.

“Nobody,” Edward replied, nonchalantly.

They continued their conservation but Edward's phone kept on ringing and it was starting to irritate them.

“Would you pick your call for Christ sake!!” Desmond exclaimed,“Who is even calling and don't you dare say nobody.”

“Nobod_ ” the words nobody was already about coming out from Edward's mouth before Desmond warned, “It's Clara.” He said passively.

“Clara? What Clara are you talking about here?.....don't tell me it's the same Clara you couldn't get your hands off her body last night.... ” Desmond kept on speaking in disbelief.

“Jeez, man! Okay I will pick the call. So please stop with all the lecturing,” Edward said before answering the call.

“What do you want,” he said rudely when he answered the call.

“Baby I am sorry about yesterday,” Clara said with a sad tone.

“Don't you get it? It's over between us. We are done, the chapter is closed, the road is blocked... Do you want me to continue?” Edward said harshly.

Edward's friends were all shocked at how he was talking to her, they knew he was fond of breaking up with girls but not this soon and certainly in that kind of manner...

“Baby, it's me Clara.. ” she said.

“So what?! Now listen to me, don't you ever call my number ever again!!” Edward yelled on the phone then ended the call.

All their eyes were fixed on him and their stare tells a story.

“What?. Why are you guys staring at me like that,” Edward said defensively.

“Are you seriously asking that question, Goshhh..... What did that poor girl ever did to you apart from agreeing to be your girlfriend,” Desmond said

“Trust me you don't want to know.... It's over between us that's the main thing,” Edward said sitting down on the lower bunk bed.

“Congrats man you have just broken your record of 1 months and 2 days and the new record is a week,” Wale said, applauding him.

“That's just so ridiculous. You guys dated only for a week??! ” Charles said in astonishment.

“Wow! I didn't know you guys keep count. Well if you are to keep count you might as well have the correct figure. I broke up with her yesterday night so technically we only dated for 6 days,” Edward said smiling.

“You think this is funny?” Desmond stepped in shaking his head, “By the way where is my phone can't find it?”

Edward laughed hard.

“What's funny?“ Desmond said, looking confused.

“Guy, don't bother asking for your phone, okay? Because they stole your phone and your wallet yesterday.” Edward said.

“What!!? My IPhone!” Desmond exclaimed.

“Why are you shouting? Someone will think whether it's IPhone 12 not knowing it's only IPhone8. Guy I think it's a blessing in disguise, so go buy a new and better phone and by the way you are owing me 70 dollars for the drinks you took yesterday,” Edward said keeping a straight face.

Desmond just kept wailing throughout “Oh God my phone!! Do you know how much I had to save to buy that phone... When will I get another phone now?..” Desmond kept lamenting.

“Guy, it's okay. Will you stop nagging? Okay don't pay me the 70 dollars again.” Edward said and Desmond hissed.

“Who is paying you, before? Are you not the one that forced me to that stupid party in the first place?? Now they have stolen my phone and my 20 dollars in my wallet.”

“Alright I agree it's my fault. Sorry, okay? I will get you a new phone but for now you have to be phoneless, okay?” Edward said, trying to stop Desmond from complaining.

“You don't have to mock me man, get me a new phone indeed,” Desmond rolled his eyes and continued wailing.

“Do you doubt me?” Edward said, sounding surprised.“ When did I ever promise you something and failed?? Tell me."

“Really? Are you asking me that question?? I have lost count of how many times you have failed to keep to your word.”

“Like when?”

“Really? Okay, remember Biola from highschool? Queen, Linda and_ ” Desmond was cut short by Edward.

“It's okay, I am not talking about girls here you know I don't share my girls,” Edward said.

“Really? I really liked those girls I mentioned in high school. I begged you to leave them for me but noooo you have to date every single one of them and break their heart, thereby ruining my chances of being with them because they hated you for breaking their hearts and me for being your best friend.” Desmond said, frowning.

Edward laughed,“I am sorry man but let's forget about girls. Have I ever broken my promise apart from those girls you mentioned and the ones not yet mentioned?"

Desmond thought hard,“ ..... I guess No.”

“Yeah exactly,” Edward said smiling...

“But wait," Charles interrupted them. ”Your phone is an iPhone, right Desmond?"

“Yes it is. Why?" Desmond said.

“We can track and find out where it is,” Charles said.

“Can we really do that?” Desmond asked, almost overexcited.

“Yeah I think we can,” Wale backed up Charles thought.

“Then what are you waiting for?” Edward said....

Moments later they had tracked the phone to the female hostel.

“We are very close according to the GPRS tracker,” Charles said leading the way.

As they took a couple of steps forward they saw a beautiful girl seated on a bench trying to figure out something on a phone.

As Desmond sighted the phone in her hand he quickly recognized it as his phone. He had used the phone to an extent that they could communicate telepathically...

“That belongs to me,” Desmond said, frowning down on the girl seated on the bench.

They had made a circle around her. “I said that phone belongs to me if you try denying I will alert everyone that you are a thief and you know what they do to thieves inside campus,” Desmond threatened.

“I am sorry.... I didn't mean to take it." she said, making an innocent face.

“You mean steal it!!” Desmond said in a low but angry tone.

He was really angry but he was also amazed at how pretty the girl was and unknowingly to him he was already checking the girl out.

“I am really sorry don't alert anyone to take the phone,” she said, handing it over to Desmond.

She had been trying to unlock it but to no avail.

“And my wallet containing my money?” Desmond barked pretending to be angry.

“I am not with your wallet or money sir, please you have to believe me.” she said, almost crying.

“Shut up! You thief,” Edward said scornfully.

“I am not a thief,” she said in a low teary tone.

“Yes you are!!! We should alarm others and they should give her the beating of her life.” Wale suggested and her eyes widened out in fear.