I and my friends were at the lounge of a five star hotel, sipping on a red wine while waiting for Shelly to arrive. I constantly checked my watch feeling so uneasy.
"What the heck is keeping this weirdo?!" I asked, not expecting any reply.
Just then She walked inside beaming with smile.
" Hey ladies! sorry for keeping you three waiting" she apologized.
I raised an eyebrow. "limit the way you talk to us, you are yet to join our group; until then, you're still beneath us."
"What's the time?" Lisa asked with a stern face.
"I'm sorry, it was hard convincing my mum to let me go out by this time of the night," she said innocently.
"Are you indirectly telling us that we don't have mothers?" Diva asked, glaring at her.
"I'm sorry," she apologized.
"Here!" I said, handing her a pill.
"What for?" she asked, examining the pill.
"Take it and enter room 204" I said.
"But--"
"No but! that's your task number one," Diva said, cutting her short.
Lisa chuckled.
"Just a little task and you're acting all childish; is that how you want to join the PQ squad?"
I brought out my phone and dialed a number.
"Hello, she will be with you shortly," I said and ended the call.
"Shelly darling, you don't have much time, this little task determines if you will join us or not; depending on your performance tonight." I said and she turned around and left for room 204.
"But babes, what pill is that?" Lisa asked.
"Aphrodisiac," I replied with a sly smile.
"Damn! bad girl" Diva and Lisa exclaimed in unison.
"Should we wait for her?" Lisa asked.
"Wait for who? let's leave this place please, she will find her way home." I said, standing up.
"Desperado!" Diva exclaimed.
"Seriously, never knew Shelly is this desperate," Lisa said.
I chuckled, "I'm so gonna enjoy this." I said as we left the hotel.
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I woke up the next morning and dialed Lisa's number, asking her if we are going to school together and she said no, that she will be coming to school late. I ended the call and entered the bathroom, after freshening up and dressing for school, I went downstairs and took two sachet of potato chips and dashed out of the house.
I walked through the school's hallway, hearing rumors of a new kid in school, I overlooked it and entered the class. I saw Diva sitting at the back row scrolling through her phone, I went to her and sat on her desk.
"Babe, have you heard the rumor?" I asked, bringing out my chips.
"The new kid in school, heard that he's in 12th grade," she said without looking up from her phone.
"No way! that's so unlike Hiddenveil," I said.
"Surprised as you my love, Hiddenveil high school never accepts a new student in 12th grade, maybe this one is special," she said, collecting my extra chips from me.
Just then Lisa ran into the class like one who's being chased by a hideous monster.
"Zen! guess what?" she asked, breathing heavily.
"What?" I asked, handing her a bottle of water.
"Thank you," she said, drinking the water. "let me catch my breath first." she said and we started laughing.
"Their is a new kid in principal Maurice's offi--"
"Yeah yeah we already know that" I said cutting her short and she rolled her eyes.
"But what you don't know is that the new kid is that your mysterious crush at the water park." she said.
"No way!" Diva and I exclaimed.
"Special indeed." I thought.
Just then our form mistress entered the class with him and asked him to introduce himself to the class.
"Hey everyone! I'm Ethan by name," he introduced.
"His voice alone is magical" I thought, looking at him lustfully.
"Is that all you have to share with us?" the teacher asked.
"Yes, that's all for now" he said.
"Mysterious indeed," Diva whispered to us and we laughed.
"Zen, Diva and Lisa, meet me in my office now!" the teacher ordered, "Ethan, make yourself comfortable." she said, turning to Ethan.
I noticed the female students ogling at him and the thought of him sitting next to a female student made my heart twitch a bit.
I waited for him to settle down before leaving for the teacher's office to make sure that he isn't sitting next to a girl which he didn't, I heaved a sigh of relief and left the class.
***
We entered the teacher's office and she asked us to settle down, she offered us a lollipop and we heaved a sigh of relief, cause in Hiddenveil; if you enter any office and the teacher offers you a lollipop it means that you are free from any trouble.
The teacher cleared her throat, "I called you three here, cause you three are my best students in 12th grade," she said and I exchanged glances with my friends.
"So ma'am, what do you want us to do for you?" Diva asked.
"I want you three to tutor Ethan," she replied, flipping through the files on her desk.
"Yes!" I exclaimed, and she looked at me suspiciously.
"Nothing serious ma'am, just a little excited," I said smiling.
"So unlike you to be excited about tutoring," she said suspiciously.
"um, ma'am I don't think I and Diva will be free to tutor anyone," Lisa said and I smiled, knowing what she did there.
"Okay then, Zen it's up to you; so when are you starting?" she asked.
"I don't mind starting now," I said grinning.
"Ahhh! Zen!" Lisa called out and we burst into laughter.
"Oh please, you girls are really funny, but Zen; take a chill pill, I advise you start tomorrow after school." the teacher said laughing.
"Okay ma'am, just that the earlier the better" I said with a sly smile.
"Alright, you three can return to your class." she said and we left for class.
***
I and my friends entered the class and they went straight to their chairs while I approached Ethan.
"Hey!" I greeted but he snubbed me.
I turned around to know if anyone saw that and of course all eyes were on us, at that moment I coursed popularity.
"Well, Hiddenveil is a school with a long history of producing high-achieving, influential alumni," I said observing him. "you must be a crème de la crème in your previous school for Hiddenveil to accept you in 12th grade."
He looked at me and went back to his phone without saying a word to me, I got pissed off and jammed my hands on his desk startling him a bit.
"Hey! who the hell do you think you are?! point of correction, I'm the one who is supposed to be a snub here and not you! and if care is not taken I won't hesitate to put you in your place!" I flared up.
He stared at me for a while and made to speak but I cut him short.
"Zip it! your opinion doesn't matter to me, and just so you know, I'm your after school tutor from tomorrow henceforth; so try your possible best not to get on my black book even though you just pissed me off!" I yelled.
He chuckled, " ain't you the drama queen from the water park?" he asked and I rolled my eyes and left.