Melina - Episode 3

 

I and Henry went to shop masks and get ready for the bonfire night , I have set the clothes I will wear , a black top and a black trousers , I am to fetch a black mask and lock it up with a black shoe , I want to appear Halloween to celebrate bonfire .
I ended up getting a bat man face while Henry got the joker's mask , things are costly here though , how would they sell a mask of 100 naira at the rate of 500 naira ?.
From there we went down to the closest pastry shop to have lunch .
"So tell me Henry , have you had a girl friend before ?"
I asked as I took a bite from my donut .
"Ermmm...I have never had any"
He said , taking bites after bites .
Surprised, I started recalling , that he had never mentioned about any girl , and I can vividly remember what happened between him and Susan .
Susan had wanted to greet him as a course mate, but he left her hand hanging , rudely snubbing her for the next handshake that was coming from Hilary .
I was surprised, but I had decided not to talk about it till this day .
"So you have never had a girl , even a girl that dashed you crayons ?"
I asked , trying to sound funny .
He let out a chuckle before he cleared his throat .
" I wasn't born like this naturally, because of my sister , I don't like girls , they disgust me , they are low humans, they don't think straight , they are just drama queens whose brains can be compared to rhezus monkeys , get near them and your IQ points are dropping "
He stated with all atom of seriousness.
"What about your mom?"
I smiled and asked , awaiting the best answer of the century .
"My mom is not a woman , she is different from what I see outside , sometimes I wonder if she was of this earth "
He stated .
"Please don't make me laugh....
I said , laughing already , before throwing another question.
"so what's up with your sister?"
"Yes , Lillian, she is among the reasons I loath on girls, she slept with a man on my parents matrimonial bed, my dad had no option but to disown her , I am the only son though and currently the only child "..he said as he took the last bite .
" Ohh! No wonder you did that to Susan without any rethink . And the girls drama too, Now I get why you don't talk to girls, shaa one day a girl will break those boundaries"
I said, with hope avoiding to ask more about Lillian .
"Till then, If it will ever happen "
He said, with a sigh , I thought he was going to return the question but he didn't , maybe girls talk don't interest him , or maybe it reminds him of his sister, so I let it be .
We cleared our table and arranged to meet at school gate by 7pm to go for the bonfire night , then we parted to our separate ways.
At some minutes to 7, I was dressed, I went close to the mirror , looked at it and put on my mask to see how it goes , and yes perfect !, Bat man in the making , I put out my phone to call Henry to be sure he is done .
I walked down the school gate, holding my mask on my hand while waiting for Henry, students were passing in different costumes and different masks style, till Henry pulled up.
"dude you ain't time conscious "
I said with a smile, slapping his back head.
"sorry bro, traffic got me this time "
He apologized.
We started walking down to the school square, on reaching, we could here music and a heap of firewoods set ablaze in the middle of dancing overjoyed freshers.
We weren't settled when Hilary handed us red cups with the statement "the nerds are here "
"Hills what's up? "
I threw up at him
"am cool bro.
"never thought you and Henry honour school parties, I am really surprised and happy to see you guys here "
He said, making us feel fly.
"well we are here, to catch fun "
Henry cut with a big smile.
"let the fun begin! "
Hillary finalized and loosed the bottle of champagne that he was holding.
We walked around the arena, gisting and laughing at people, some attires were really funny, it was obvious that some students were dumb, when it comes to dressing, some were even making out in public, the new lovers, it was fun till I had set my eyes on them again.
I became uncomfortable.
I didn't still mind as my mask got me covered, everyboy was trying to talk to them and they had been declining with insults, and making fun of any boy that comes near them, I decided to let my mind off them and catch fun.
We played games, the three of us, Hillary had become our friend, he is our stupid friend, he acts like a clown, and we enjoyed every bit of him, he started being smarter when he started moving with us.
But hills is a player, a very big flirt, changing girls has never being a thing with him, but when he is with us, he acknowledges Henry's presence, no girl comes around.
We played the monopoly, and the words game, we were still on the game when a tiny soothing voice cut us short.
"can I join the game? "
We all paused and watched towards the direction, to notice a masked well shaped goddess standing right in front us , by the voice, we recognized her to be Susan.
"well you can't "
Henry stated harsh and blunt.
I felt for the girl , I could feel her pain, what if it turns out to be that she likes Henry, she doesn't know what she was falling for.
"okay...
She said out faintly, sounding embarrassed and rejected.
I couldn't call her back as it was going to bring up issues I don't want between me and Henry so I decided to allow it slide, but I was tempted to.
We continued with our games, we played till we got exhausted with laughter, and we all headed to our various house to get prepared for classes the next day.

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