Christian - Episode 8

 

Episode 8
I wondered again what I was doing here as I looked around, but then I remembered I was with my boyfriend as he pulled me along through the crowd of bodies and smoke. 
Guys stared at me as we passed and girls sneered at me, as a guy suddenly stopped in front of us, he looked really badass with ear piercings and tattoos all over
"Shegge, ma nigga"he greeted, they shook and hit shoulders as he looked behind at me "you got some hot banana behind ya"he said
"This is Jasmine, Jas, Nathaniel" Christian introduced acidly
"Its Nathan, my friends call me Nate, but you can call me Natey" he said removing his cigarette and taking my hand, eyes boring into mine, Christian separated our hands 
"Quit flirting with my girl"he said, taking back possession of me
Nate laughed "how can I dare" he said "enjoy the party" he walked away, and Christian pulled me along greeting others as I looked around at the wildest party I had ever been to, it wasn't just the party environment, it was the danger it spoke of..
"That's the guy hosting the party"he suddenly said
"Uh..." I looked at him as I realised he was talking about Nathan "oh yeah, he's kinda cute"I said
"He's a bad guy, he's not cute at all" he said as if to warn me off
"I guess that's the attraction" I said in a teasing mood as he turned to look at me, I rubbed on his arm"you sound so jealous, I like it"I said biting my lip as he pulled me to point and stopped, I realised we were now on the dance floor, he took my face in his palms
" you look dazed, you sure you're okay?" he asked with concern, I wasn't, but I put my hands around his neck
"I'm fine" I didn't want him to think I wasn't cut out for his world which was a lot more than I expected..

"Okay, want a drink?"
I nodded vigorously recalling that Tunde would never let me drink as he got one from a passing tray and gave me, I downed it in one gulp and he stared at me amused...Well I needed to loosen up
"I'm not about to get you drunk" he said "besides you have to be careful, you don't know what they put in it"
"You mean it could be spiked" I smirked" wouldn't it be fun if I get to be high" I drawled but he wasn't amused as I kept back the glass 
 "I was thirsty" I said as he put his hands around my waist and pulled me to him
"Glad you make it"
"Me too" I replied thinking about how I had to escape from the house...
"Tonight... " he whispered into my hair "I just want to forget" he said slowly and I was silent
"You should Christian, she's in a better place, far away from everything...." I bit my lip" besides you don't have to think about anything but me tonight" I said trailing down his chest as I let the music take over  me and began to move on him, soon we were dancing away without a care in the world and were making out when some guys walked up to us
"Who's the b*tch?"
I turned  and saw two older looking guys staring at me, Christian didn't look happy to see them at all 
"She sure can dance"
"This b*tch....is my girlfriend" he said"so why don't you go find someone's  d*** to suck on"
One of them chuckled
"This kid, you got a tongue on ya" I quirked my eyebrow as I wondered what was up with them and him as they strolled away, I turned to look at Christian waiting for explanation but he didn't give me one, he just took my hand
"You should meet my friends" he said as he pulled me outside, this smelled worse than the inside, I saw two scary looking guys, though our age ,sitting on a well, there was a girl on a blue mini jean skirt and black halter top sizing me up...
"Hey guys, wasup" he greeted them and shook them all"This is Jasmine "he pulled me forward
"You mean the prisy rich kid from the Island..." the girl said
"Come on Trish you should be more welcoming" one of the guys stood up"pleased to meet you Jasmine, you pretty, just like me, wonder why he gets all the good ones"
"You kidding me right"Christian said
The other guy slapped the back of his head
" Nitwit, don't mind him Jasmine, Christian is the best guy there is but I'm sure you already know that, I'm Olu, that idiot there is Sean and that's Tricia, we've heard a lot about you"Olu said
" nice to meet you all"I said shyly " wish I could say same"I glanced at Christian
"They..my childhood friends"he said
"Yea, before he got the scholarship and dissed us to hangout with you" Tricia said blowing out smoke, did she have a problem with rich kids or she was drunk, was she even 18?
"How you enjoying the party?" Sean asked
"I had fun dancing"I said
"She likes to dance"
"Really, I have a gig coming up, you should come dance for me"Sean said
"Uh, I don't know"I said
"Sean thinks he's the new Olamide "Christian said with a laugh
"But you know I'm good".
" your music sucks"Tricia said
"And so do you" he said back to her and she scoffed
"So how long y'all been dating?"Olu asked looking at us
"Not long" I said, not wanting to go into more details, Sean shifted and parted beside him"want a smoke?"he asked me
"No um...we gotta go, she got curfew"Christian said and Tricia guffawed then cut the laughter when the others looked at her
"See you guys O

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. ." Christian said and knuckled the guys before he walked away with me...
"Does she have a problem or something?" I asked
"You don't have to bother yourself about her, she's like that with everyone" he said in dismissal, but I still wondered what her deal was as he took me home.
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I sat in class thinking about the party and all that it had revealed about Christian, was I really in for this, was I ready to be in that life with him, was  what Rose said true that he was going to  spoil me...?!
Rose leaned towards me in class and peeped into what I was scrawling on my note..
"You crossing out your name and Christian's.." She gasped as I closed it"you guys are lovers, are you sleeping with him?"
"What!" I looked around then sat up as I looked at her
"You yelled that out..."
"Is there something going on between you two that I don't know"
"No..nothing's going on"why was she always on my case..
She stared at me" you been keeping a lot from me, I feel left out, if I get to find out from somebody else it wouldn't be funny"she blackmailed me, was she serious?!... I sighed
"Fine...we dating"sooner or later it would come out anyway..I thought
She shrieked excitedly and shifted her chair closer
"Serious, when, how, does Tunde know, you know he still thinks you ll come back to him begging"
I looked at her, when did my bestfriend begin to gossip...
"Well there's nothing else to tell and Tunde and I are over"I said
" He doesn't know that"
"Can we not talk about Tunde" I had too much to think about already.
"Omg, I knew you would fall for Christian" she said
" yeah, how I dreamt of it"I said with sarcasm and leaned on my desk
"You don't look happy"she said
I was silent then "I don't know, Christian is really bad for me"
"What do you mean?"
"He hangs out with really bad and dangerous guys"
"But you knew that before, he has a tattoo".
" yeah, I know "I sighed" I don't know, kinda just petrified, there was this really scary girl I met amongst his friends, I think she likes him but he doesn't know"
"So you think she might be a competition"
"I don't know, she looked like she can scratch"
She stared at me"I think you and Christian are perfect and whatever you don't like about him you should tell him about it..and you shouldn't be scared of your fellow girl"
"I know rii..." I wasn't one to talk about my relationship but this was bothering me, The teacher came in and she shifted back to position but then leaned back to whisper"I hope you still got your v-card?"
I gaped....
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Christian stared at me as I wrote on my note in the library...
"You've been acting different"he said
"How so?".
" I don't know, guess it was day after the party, you went kinda distant"
I sighed and looked at him"I just feel there's a lot I don't know about you "I paused" your friends...Trish"
"There's nothing to worry about Trish Jas,  we grew up together, there's nothing else"he paused"many did think we would date but my mother did not like her..." Oh ". .and then the other guys are totally harmless, they may look rough but that's how life has made them, we grew up in the streets Jas, there's a lot of things in the streets"he said,
I thought about it then"what about the other guys?"
"What guys"
"The ones who called me a bitch".
He sighed"That's Sly, they always just pick up fights with me, I used to indulge them..."
I was silent then"I just don't want someone to stab me in my sleep "
He chuckled "no ones going to stab you in your sleep"
"I'm scared Christian, I'm not part of your world, and like Tricia said I'm prisy, I wouldn't even know what to do if she picks up a fight with me"
He stared at me then chuckled
"Fine, I ll stop hanging out with them".
" That's not what I meant.."
"No its fine, you right ..they not good for me, If I  want to be better I shouldn't hangout with those that would pull me back in" he paused" my mom didn't like them either" he was silent, I stared at him
"I don't want you to loose your friends because of my lame fears"
He leaned  and took my face in his hands
"You're more important to me than anyone else, not that I won't talk to them, we just wont hang out with them anymore" he said, I felt relaxed as
I smiled then kissed him
"Thank you"
"I don't know what your doing but you're gradually making a better person out of me, I value that, I want to be better...for you" he said, I smiled as I stared at him wondering how I got to be so lucky.
"Come on, let's get out of here" we packed our books and left the library together...we saw Tunde walk up to us as he saw Christian holding my hand
"Well well well, like I guessed, so this is why you've not been picking my calls Jasmine, you cheating on me"he said
"What, we broke up, get that into your skull"
"I thought you were out of your senses so I gave you time to get it back, what the hell are you doing with this low life"
"Uh, you should watch your tongue"Christian said
"What are you going to do about it uh" Tunde had dropped his bag and came to push Christian, I held Christian back as people gathered
"Don't do that again, she broke up with you, why don't you let it go"
"Oh, that's what this is about uh, a hunger for my remains"Tunde said,
Christian punched him and a fight broke out...
They landed in the principal's office.

" omg I can't believe that happened "Rose said
"And its because of me" I said biting my lip nervously as I looked through the glass at both of them facing the principal who was livid at them breaking the peace of the school environment...
"If you have issues with each other, take it outside not in my school and you Christian I thought I gave you a last warning the last time.." he barked, There was no response from either of them, they filled a form and came outside, Tunde looked at me with a cut lip and eyebrow, then he looked at Christian
"This isn't over" he told him and walked away , I went and hugged Christian who kissed my hair and watched Tunde walk away...

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***I'm sorry all, I'm busy with work and then I
 typed this before and it deleted, had to retype again when I was free which is not often....
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