FANCY BALLERINA : CHAPTER 21 – 30

FANCY BALLERINA : CHAPTER 21 – 30

Nnenna’s campus series

Owned by Nnenna

TWENTY-TWO

RILEY

“How have you been? ” I asked her after a long hug and she nodded regarding my face for a long time and then;

“You don’t look good”she said.

I frowned.

“I’m fine aunt”

She patted my shoulder,

“You’re not! You’ve never been for the past eight months now!

Just say it to me that you’re not fine! ”

I gulped.

I flapped my eyelashes and looked up to her face.

“I’m really fine!

At least I go to library,

Read at home and do most things on my own… ”

Except cooking and washing!…. Myself whispered to me and I nodded.

“…. On my own and I’m fine! “I concluded hating myself for reminding me of my bad manners at cooking.

“Really? Why do I feel like there’s a huge hole in your heart that makes you feel so empty all the time? ”

Those words were touching!

Of course!

There’s a huge hole in my heart!

There’s a huge hole which makes me feel so empty all the time!

I sobered.

“Aunt”I pouted and hugged her once again,

“Its okay, just say I’m not fine,

Its better than saying that you’re fine,

Saying that you’re not fine makes you freer buh… Saying that you’re fine makes you feel so burdened”

“I don’t want any one to pity me! “I voiced out and she smiled at me cupping my face with her palms.

“No one is pitying you! “She sighed looking into my eyes,

She cleaned a tear that dropped out of my tear duct and smiled harder at me.

“Look, when your mom died,

I felt so bad that I couldn’t protect her!

I felt so bad!

That I vowed to protect you just like my own child,

Riley,

You’re the only one left of my sister and I will always be there for you,

Okay? ”

She assured me and I nodded,

“Tell me whenever you’re not okay,

Just say it to me anytime”

I nodded the more and then ;

“Now, I made some Apple pie and cooked fish for you”

Whoa!

Time for real food!

I haven’t eaten any good thing in almost a month now!

“Really? ”

“Trust your aunty! I knew you were coming anyway so… To the kitchen!! ”

I beamed.

“Awwwwn, thanks aunt”

She held my hand and we disappeared to the kitchen.

Evening,

I came back home from my aunt’s house two hours ago,

Had a nice bath and then had a nap before waking up just thirty minutes ago to prepare for the library.

I wore my tight blue jean pants with a loose blue wovy sweater and then my blue coat,

Its cold… I won’t take risks at all with my health.

I wore my blue sneakers and my blue bag was the next thing I carried with my books in my hands.

I took my car keys and then went to my parking lot,

My blue baby… Ferrari will serve my blue job for the night!

I smirked and went into my car.

I ignited the engine and soon I was on my way to the library.

I reached the library in less than thirty minutes and parked my car inside the parking lot before killing the engine.

I came out with my bag and walked into the library.

I didn’t care to look at anyone.

I know eyes were on me but I didn’t care.

Murmurs were all over me but who cared?

Eyes were on my legs,

My face and then hands!

I didn’t care still!

At least this is me and I must be brave enough to avoid their gaze.

Walking from one end of the long and large library to another,

I realized that every seats was occupied.

Oh sht!

I searched for sits with empty partners but none!

This is bad!

I walked two paces forward from where I stood and I saw an empty seat.

Elated as I was,

I scurried to the seat and then sat down.

Whoa!

I kept my science textbook on the desk and began to flip through it paying no attention to the partner beside me.

I flipped to a page where I had left my pen there and stopped.

I grabbed my pen and opened the lid reaching for a note pad so I would jot if necessary.

I began to read.

Five minutes…. I jotted down,

Ten minutes…. I found a formula and solved jotting down on my notepad still.

Fifteen minutes more…. Twenty minutes more…. I kept jotting and solving some formulas.

Thirty minutes… Forty minutes… An hour… One hour thirty minutes… Two hours…. I kept reading and solving.

“Aren’t you done yet? ”
I heard a familiar voice beside me.

My eyes widened as I looked up to look at that person.

Carson!

I had been sitting with him all these time?

Well, I won’t have known cuz we were sitting three feet away from each other on the long seat.

But…

When did he leave the hospital?

“So? “I asked rolling my eyes and that’s when I realized that 70% of people inside the library were gone!

Almost every seat was empty!

“Got to see you again”he said smirking and I scoffed.

“I’m reading please “I kinda reminded him rudely and he didn’t bug me again.

He didn’t even speak and it bothered me cuz I couldn’t concentrate in reading again,

I turned to look at him and found out that he was reading.

Funny!!

So funny!

Carson reading?

That’s so funny!

Blockhead like him?

Yikes!

“What’s amusing? “He asked and I looked away frowning,

“Did you see me laugh? “I asked in a growl voice,

“No, you were looking at me and smiling! ”

Was I?

“I wasn’t ”

“Tch!, here help me with this formula “he placed his book infront of me with a formular on physics,

I looked at it and scoffed.

“I knew your blockhead will never know it”

“Tch! You didn’t change at all!

Your foul mouth identifies you everywhere you go Riley”

I beamed all of a sudden.

Am I really foul mouthed?

I didn’t know that.

“Solve this for me”he pointed to the formula again and my shoulders stood taller than it used to be.

He looked at me and scoffed.

“Stop being egoistic ”

Was his words,

“Egoistic??

Solve it yourself “I passed his book to his front and he frowned,

He didn’t talk to me again and when I peeped,

He was solving it himself.

I heaved,

“A please will do and I will get it solved for you”

“Never mind Mrs. Riley”he snapped in an angry voice.

Why angry?

He should start worshipping my feet for saving him from trouble.

Tch!!

FANCY BALLERINA : CHAPTER 21 – 30

CARSON

I tried hard to solve the formula but I can’t,

Twenty minutes passed and I still couldn’t solve it.

Maybe a please will do and she will solve it for me.

No,

She’s being too… I’m used to it anyway.

She never change at all.

I turned my head to her side and saw that she was already asleep with her head on top the book she was reading earlier.

I smirked.

When she sleeps,

You will think she’s an angel when her second name is *Bag of trouble*.

Tch!

Her hair fell to her face covering almost every part of her face,

She looked beautiful tho.

I touched her hair to see how soft it could be.

I tapped her twice,

“Riley”I called afterwards but she didn’t stir.

“Riley, are you sleeping? “I whispered and she changed position deserting her beautiful face away from me.

I shook my head and dropped my text book taking up another since I couldn’t solve that formula I wanted so badly.

My English textbook isn’t gonna be that bad!

Yeah! It won’t!

I started reading,

Ten minutes… Everything was just so interesting!

Affixes….. Prefixes… Intonation…. Like the hell!

I circled every word that I think I found strange to me.

Thirty minutes,

I began to loose my vision.

My eyes are just becoming blurry.

I’m feeling sleepy.

I struggled with my eyes to read more but it feels like my mind wanted rest too cuz I couldn’t catch anything anymore into my head.

I placed my head on the desk on top of my textbook and that’s when Riley turned her face back to my side.

She was sleeping with no sound coming out of her.

Such a baby she is when she’s sleeping but likely a little demon when her two eyes are open.

I smiled closing up my eyes and then I went off….

FANCY BALLERINA : CHAPTER 21 – 30

RILEY

Buzz… Buzz…. Buzz… Buzz…

The noise continued disrupting my sleep.

Buzz…. Buzz…. Buzz… Buzz… Buzz…

I opened my eyes weakly and the buzzing continued.

I sat up wondering where I was.

I rubbed my eyes looking around and my eyes fell on Carson who had his face facing my side.

Huh!

I’m in the library!!

What!

Buzz….. Buzz…

I checked what it was and it was my phone making that noise,

Gosh!

It was my alarm app buzzing like that.

I checked the time and it was **05:30 am** in the morning!

Oh My God!

I slept here!

Oh dmn!

How did I sleep off like that?

I looked at Carson and he was sleeping peacefully.

How handsome a guy could be but its a pity that he became a blockhead.

I smirked all of a sudden touching his face and following the line of his face and….

Come off it!

What’s wrong with you?

I shook my head removing my hand,

His eyes opened up and I looked away,

“Where am I? “He asked wearily,

“Heaven”I snapped into the cold library,

Probably it was only the both of us inside this huge library.

This is so bad!

“Oh My God!

We’re still in the library!! ”

He exclaimed and his voice echoed everywhere around the room.

“Shhhhhhhh”I hushed.

“Can’t you that this is a library no matter the time ”

I warned.

We both fell silent afterwards and then ;

“What next? “He asked shifting a bit closer to me and my eyes met his,

“What? “I asked as my heart skipped a bit,

He passed his textbook to me once again,

“Solve the formula for me”

I eyed him.

“Please “he added…..

FANCY BALLERINA : CHAPTER 21 – 30

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