GRUMPY AND THE PRIEST : EPISODE 1 – 10
Episode 2
By Faith Lucky.
“I’m… I’m sorry. I didn’t really mean to spy or something. I was…was just passing by. Sorry” she stuttered nervously and quickly turned around to leave, but accidentally, she bumped into a chair and fell on the floor.
“Hey, are you alright?” Her prince charming asked as he hurried to help her from the floor.
She took his hand and stood up and that was when she had a close view of his face. Seriously, he was breath taking. Nina couldn’t even stare at him for long.
“I’m sorry. Thanks” she said as she let go of his hand.
“I’m not the owner of this building, okay? And no one’s chasing you away. So, you’re free to stay if you want to.” He told her.
His voice was as cute as his looks. His all white appearance fitted his fair complexion and blended with his curly hair.
“Uhm… okay. Thanks.” Nina replied and sighed.
At least, she had began to feel at ease.
“Could you…go back to playing the keyboard?” She asked and he smiled and returned to his seat close to the keyboard.
Geez! That smile was killing.
He struck the keys again, but this time around, he was playing a different tone. Although, it also sounded good but she kind of preferred the first one.
She listened with keen interest and finally drew a chair, sitting close him.
His hands were moving so freely on the keys as though, they were all screaming for him to touch them.
“Where did you learn how to play the keyboard?” Nina asked after a while and he stopped playing.
“From my dad” he replied. “When I was a kid”.
“A kid?”
“Yes. I continued practicing and fell in love with it.”
“Wow! That sounds great. But…”
“Nina!”
She heard a familiar voice from behind and quickly turned to confirm whom it was.
“Dad!” She called in excitement and ran to embrace him by the door.
“How did you know I was here?” She asked.
“Well, I called the driver and he told me you guys were here.”
“Okay. Where’re you taking me? Home?”
“Maybe. Or, maybe to the latest cinema in town.”
“Oh my God! That’d be great dad. There’s a trending movie on point and I saw it on Ad that it might be shown tonight.”
“Goodness, Nina. You talk too much”.
And they busted into laughter.
“Hold on dad. Let me bid my friend bye”.
“Huh? Friend?” She thought and giggled.
She hurried to him and tried getting his attention, but he seemed to be lost in the tone he was playing. He had resumed playing the first tone and his eyes were closed.
“I’m leaving” she told him but he didn’t reply.
It seemed he didn’t even hear her as his eyes were still closed.
She starred at him and left with her dad.
GRUMPY AND THE PRIEST : EPISODE 1 – 10
“Goodnight dad”.
“Goodnight, angel”.
“Love you , dad”.
“Love you too , angel”.
And they both laughed.
“Sleep tight, okay?” Declan said as he brought the bedsheet to her waist level.
“Sure dad. I will. Te queiro”.
He smiled and placed a kiss on her forehead and left.
Nina sighed and closed her eyes to sleep and as she did, she thought of the boy at the church. He looked like someone who had something on his mind and she kind of felt concerned about it.
“Maybe, he was just having a bad day” she thought and slept off.
GRUMPY AND THE PRIEST : EPISODE 1 – 10
The next day, Nina spent her free time paying visits to some relatives.
First, she had gone to grandma molly’s house .
Grandma molly was an ex voting woman and had kept telling her interesting stories of her love life and the rest.
At first , she had started with advices which Nina felt were boring. She had told her about life, adventures and decisions. Nina had felt so bored about them and had excused herself to the toilet for about three times hoping she’d change the topic on her return, but she didn’t.
It was after a long while that she had asked Nina to assist her in making some solyanka soup in the kitchen and that was when she had brought up interesting stories.
First, she had told Nina of her youthful life, how it felt to be admired by so many guys and what it felt like to had been married to the man she loved. She had narrated to her how her husband – Nina’s grand dad -would make pizzas and send to her every morning, trying to impress her and she’d always compliment him for it.
He had continued in the habit for months, but she never told him they were always over baked.
Well, she had been factful and that was because she had also liked him.
But on a cool evening, she had baked some pizzas herself and had taken them to him and when he tasted them he admitted they were delicious. And then, she said:
“Thank you, Peter. But, I wish yours could taste similar to mine. Mine is moderately baked, right?”
And that had been her opportunity of telling him about it sarcastically.
She went ahead to tell Nina what to do when a guy she didn’t like was stalking her and what to do when she liked a guy.
She said:
“If you like a guy and you want him to notice it, make him feel jealous”.
Nina had really enjoyed grandma molly’s company and wished she had started up such interesting stories from the beginning.
Then secondly, she had gone to aunt Helen’s – her dad’s younger sister. Aunt Helen was newly wedded and had just put to bed and because of that , Nina regretted going there.
At first, when she had arrived, the two months old baby had been asleep, but after a short while, he awakened with an annoying whine.
He cried so loud and persistently and aunt Helen couldn’t pay enough attention to her.
She bathed him, fed him and played with him but he kept grizzling.
GRUMPY AND THE PRIEST : EPISODE 1 – 10
Nina felt he had been waiting for her to arrive so he could frustrate her life.
He even enders up peeing on her clothes when she had attempted carrying him for a while and Nina had felt like giving him a knock but was only restricted by the presence of his mother.
“Why was he even crying?” She thought angrily. It wasn’t like he was having any problems or anything troublesome. He was on comfortable clothes and had the best milk. So, what was his problem?
She finally concluded she wouldn’t have kids in future so as to prevent such nuisance.
Finally, she had gone to aunt Gloria’s.
Aunt Gloria was welcoming and she had kind of enjoyed her company, but close to 4pm , aunt Gloria told her she had to leave cause she was having dinner with the Sidney family.
“Oh! The Sidney royal family,” Nina thought.
According to the stories she had heard, the Sidney royal family were very close family friends and they were more like relatives to the family.
They were said to share a common bond with them. Although, she’s never met any of them in particular, she was made to know they were very close.
The Sidney royal family were wealthy and influential people who were known across the country; just like Nina’s family – the Wesley royal family. And that was why Nina thought the reason for their mutual relationship was because they were both royal families.
Since aunt Gloria was going out, Nina decided to go elsewhere. She called one of her uncle’s line, telling him of her coming, but he told her to make it next time because he was about going out.
She called someone else and got the same reply – leaving for dinner with the Sidney family.
“Why was everyone having dinner with the Sidney family?”
She called her dad and he gave her the same response. She was muddled.
But he promised to take her out for shopping the moment he got back.
So, she decided to go home and await him.
After a long time, he returned and took her out for shopping. She thought of asking him what the dinner was all about but changed her mind.
Although he tried behaving normal, Nina could notice he was kind of looking sad…
GRUMPY AND THE PRIEST : EPISODE 1 – 10
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