Chapter 2 NEVER KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT

CHAPTER TWO

That day was just mixed feelings for me because in the mist of all the celebrations, I kept thinking of what I dreamt of. I became restless because Daniel promised to come for the celebration but the time is past 2pm already and he has not reached my house. I tried calling him but all his numbers were switched off.

I became so worried that I could hardly even notice people who kept saying “happy birthday to me” then suddenly I heard the sound of a car entering our large compound I became happy but only to see another friend of my father. My dad really kept to his promise he had invited all the top colleagues he had in his office but all I want to see is Daniel.

Just as I was about to sit down, lo and behold I saw Daniel coming down majestically from the car he borrowed from his elder brother. He was there smiling like someone that had won a lottery ticket.

I don’t know why but I ran and gave him a big hug “thank God you are alive” I said he pulled away from me and gave me a quizzical look. I became shy “sorry about that I was not just myself” I said, just to not make me look desperate “it’s ok and happy birthday to the most beautiful girl in the whole wide world” he said “awwn how sweet? Thanks a lot Daniel” he smiled and held my hands. I looked at him while we were walking and I was thinking deep within me “look at how we are holding hands like one couple, I haven’t even said yes to his proposal” but deep within me I have said yes to him a thousand times already.

I stopped and held his hands “See, Daniel I had a terrible dream last night into this morning about the both of us. I was afraid previously because I thought something bad had happened to you but seeing you alive have given me great joy and it is with this joy that I say yes to your proposal. Yes Daniel I am ready to be your girlfriend”

I really don’t know what to expect from him but I hope I wasn’t too late. “Bright, I am really taken aback by what you said I have been waiting for this day for a while now” he stopped talking and was looking straight into my eyes and I can sense that there was so much love in his eyes, before I knew it he drew me closer and hugged me so tight that I felt like my bones will break.

We were to resume school the next day after a long holiday. I went to school that day feeling anxious about the whole situation between me and Daniel but I met Daniel in school already; he was actually standing outside the gate, when he saw me he flashed that his usual handsome smile at me, I felt a cold kind of sensation running through my veins. I really don’t know if I should return the courtesy back to him but I just found myself smiling like an idiot to him.

He came close to me, planted a kiss on my forehead and said “Good morning my Bright Star” with that statement I could not look at him again. I felt so shy that I was turning, looking around whether people were watching us. Then he smiled and held my hands and we both walked into the school.

I began to hear some talks coming from left, right, up and down. “Are they now dating?” one side of the voices asked “she doesn’t even have shame” another side said “who does she think she is to be holding his hands like that even inside the school?” I became so frustrated by the talks coming towards us or should I say talks coming to me, so I tried to remove my hands from his but he held it tight, I looked at him he was just smiling and going straight not really bordered about the gossips all around us.

The thing is, Daniel is, should I say, the most handsome guy in our school though we were in the same class and even though I am not inferior to him, you will naturally feel inferior as a lady if you are close to him or if you see him because of his beauty. Most times in school girls wrote him letters attached with recharge cards, money, sometimes they send food to him and different kind of stuffs but I never did that after all I can’t be intimidated by a mere human being.

The school I attended was divided into departments. I was in the Humanity department while Daniel was in Science department. That day he came into my department and went straight to me, he met me standing and conversing with one of my female friends. So he tapped me at the back, I turned and he hugged me suddenly I started hearing “wow” “hmmm” “this is serious” “awwwn” “hahahahahahahah” different kinds of serious sounds were coming out as if we’ve turned them to become animals.

While I was still in his warm embrace, a girl came in behind him and shouted “Daniel” he released me and turned facing the girl “what do you think you are doing?” she asked him. He turned facing me and said “Bright I am about to reveal something to the people around now so that they can take it to the others in the whole school but please forgive me for doing this” I looked into his eyes even though I had no idea of what he was about to reveal but fear came straight into my heart.

Since I am not really used to this kind of situation, I didn’t know what to expect from him. Would he say something bad against me? I was left with only myself to answer.