/CHAPTER NINETEEN/

NO MATTER THE SITUATION
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO
WEAR A
SMILE
~CHASE🌺

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(Song; any old school song. recommendation; thriller by Micheal Jackson 😁🌺🌞)

~CHASE~

Knock! Knock!!

The sounds landing on my door woke me up. I was angry because the day I finally get to sleep was the day Nanny Theresa choose to disturb me. I wanted to ignore and pretend as if I didn't hear the knocks, when I heard it once again. I stood up begrudgingly and walked at a slow pace towards the door. My body was aching, all my joints just seemed stiff but I didn't know why they were like that.

I opened the door and was greeted with a face I wasn't even expecting to see. Honestly, I wasn't shocked at all, I just wasn't in the mood to see anyone. She smiled at me but I didn't even have the morale to return a smile, even the fake ones I used to throw at people, I couldn't force it.

"Can I come in?" She asked and I nodded moving away from the doorway so she could enter into the room. "You don't look ready for the party."

I was confused.

Which party?

"Which party?" I asked because I was lost.

"The party that I was ringing in your ear yesterday, Nola's birthday party," I nodded remembering how she had threatened to drag me to the party but in all honesty I wasn't in the mood to go anywhere, I just wanted to stay alone and sulk. "Oya go and bath, I'll pick out a cloth for you," she said advancing towards my closet without even hearing my opinion.

I stood on a spot rooted as I watched her go through my closet. She looked normal, happy, unconcerned while I was the opposite. Still funny how we both were twins, because we weren't alike in any aspect, not only physically but even our behaviors.

"Go and bath chase!" Pink yelled snapping me out of my thoughts, I nodded and went into the bathroom to have my bath.

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I strolled into an empty room, pinky had left but I could see a white top, a black jacket and a black ripped jeans laying on the bed.

I wore the clothes, picked out a sneakers, and as I was about to walk out of my room, I remembered that i didn't take my phone, so I quickly went to grab it on my reading desk then I noticed something, my cigarettes was there.

I couldn't help but wonder if pink had seen them, and if she had; how did she feel when she saw it? I overlooked it and went downstairs to meet pink and surprisingly she wasn't alone, I met Rayo and jona seated down.

"Ah finally, I thought you would take forever," Rayo complained immediately she sighted me.

I didn't answer because my mood was still foul thanks to pink who disturbed my sleep, though i was still able to respond to Jonas greeting with a nod.

"Oya let's go," pinky said and we all headed outside. "Chase are you with your car keys?"

I looked at her before I shook my head.

"You're driving, so go and take your keys," I just nodded and rushed upstairs to take my keys.

*. *. *.

The drive to Nola's house was really smooth, and funny enough his house wasn't that far from mine.

We all came down from the car with Rayo and Pink taking lot's of pictures like they had been doing In the car, they even tried including me in their photo but I politely declined same as Jona.

I checked the time on my phone and it was 07:06pm, so there was still a lot of time to waste at the party. I wasn't sure of what I was expecting to see as we all made our way into the main house.

Thriller by Micheal Jackson, was blaring from the speakers as we all made our way through the crowded teenagers who were dancing without keeping their hands to themselves. Pink held my hand as she led me to another part of the house entirely, where the vibe was different, also it was less crowded. I was able to make out some of the faces I saw, among them was, Ade, k and Nola the birthday boy who held hands with the class Captain, fare, Faye, faree. . . Faree! Her name is Faree.

"Hey Nola," Pink called out from beside me as she disentangled her hand from mine and went over to hug him, he was all smiles as he hugged her back. "Happy birthday!" she yelled as they broke the hug while Nola couldn't stop smiling. "I know you don't accept birthday gifts unless I would have brought for you," she told him and the baba just kept smiling then he whispered something into her ear, which made her bursted into a fits of laughter.

"My man!" Nola jammed hands with me grinning from ear to ear, while I just kept wondering when I became his man.

"Happy birthday," i told him and he still kept smiling.

"Thanks man."

He replied before moving away with the class Captain.

Pink held my hand again and we went over to sit down on a couch while Rayo and jona were no where to be found. Lots of people came by where me and pink were seated to greet us, Pink replied cheerfully even joking with most of them while I just returned their greetings casually, because I didn't know any of them although their faces looked really familiar, maybe they were my school mates, nevertheless I didn't know them, though they acted like they knew me. A waiter passed by and gave us both drinks but I didn't collect the drink, because I don't take it.

"Are you not taking your drink?" pink asked as she sipped on her bottle of Pepsi.

I shook my head. "I don't take this kind of drinks." she nodded and stood up from my side which got me wondering where she went to, then she came back not long with four cans of beers.

I smiled as she gave me three and took one to herself, and i just kept looking at her with amusement.

"What?" she asked and I shook my head, then she gave me a red cup and even opened the drinks for me before pouring the contents out into the cup.

I drank my drink, moving my head a little to Smooth criminal by Micheal Jackson, when I sighted a face I knew. She was moving over to where me and pink where both seated with a smile on her face, and she looked really beautiful. I also smiled a little as she moved towards me.

"Boo!" She yelled amidst the loud music as she engulfed me in a hug though I was seated. "I honestly wasn't expecting to see you here."

I just smiled to what she said and she crashed down near me without even sparing pink a glance, anyways I don't think pink was bothered either. Three other girls who I recognized as Feyi friends also sat with us later, while Rayo and jona were still nowhere to be found, it wasn't that I was bothered I just found it weird how they left without me noticing.

Soon after Rayo and jona came and sat beside Pink, some other people also settled down. The music had stopped playing, so most people started to talk, I didn't chip into any of their conversation, I just sat on the sofa sipping my beer and listening to whatever they were saying, even though about eighty percent of their conversation was trashy.

The dj upbeat music finally filled the whole house, he played back to back old school jams, playing songs from musical legends like Micheal Jackson, Boney M, Lionel Richie, the Beatles, fela kuti and all sort of old musical legends that reigned back then, almost everyone in the house were dancing, even pink wasn't left out and I was amazed at her dancing skills, how carefree she looked as she danced. Feyi didn't dance, she was glued to me but she kept singing all the lyrics to most of the songs the dj played and I was also impressed by how her lyrics were correct and in sync. Also, her voice was out of this world.

"Do you want to go out of here?"

Feyi yelled into my ears amidst the loud music. I only nodded in response, then she took my hand, dragged me up and I allowed her, nevertheless I was able to grab my drink with my free hand. She kept dragging me until we were outside, coming in contact with a huge swimming pool. The balcony was quiet, lesser people were there, everywhere was illuminated making the whole place really beautiful and the light from the moon added more beauty.

She dragged me until we were by the edge of the pool then she sat down by the edge of the pool, removed her shoes then dipped her legs into the water. I still stood, watching her every move then she tapped the side next to her.

"Sit," she said.

I nodded and sat by the edge of the pool also, dropping my drink by my side but I didn't remove my shoes, I just dragged my legs closer to my self and hugged it. She didn't say a thing neither did I, everywhere was serene, the music playing from the inside couldn't be heard, so we were only listening to the sounds of the fireflies and cricket around.

"Have you ever thought of ending your life?" she asked. I looked at her wondering why she would ask such question. She wasn't looking at me, she was facing up. I followed her gaze and met with the clustered stars hung in thousands, in the sky, the stars. . . they were beautiful. . . the sky was beautiful. "Have you?" she asked again and I kept wondering why she kept asking me such a question, also I was curious as to what was going on in her mind because the Feyi I knew didn't look like someone who had problems, talkless of talking about death.

I thought about her question and smiled because I had not only thought about ending my life. . .I had attempted to take my own life tons of times, but they weren't always successful all thanks to my dad, that's why I always say he's the world best dad who was unlucky to have a bipolar son like me.

"Yes," I told her and she turned her face to me with surprise written all over it.

"Really? I thought I was the only one." she said with a smile on her face. "You know, growing up I wanted to be a singer. . ." she trailed off looking back at the sky with a faint smile on her face.

"Growing up I listened to the songs of Dolly Parton, Celine Deon, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Sade Adu, king sunny Ade, and the rest," she chuckled as she spoke while I just listened. "I listened to their songs and wished I could be just like them, sing my mind for the whole world to hear but. . ." she trailed off again.

She sighed, "But i can never be a singer," She said bowing her head down while she made splashes with the water using her legs. "Mama and Papa would never allow it, you know they forced me into science class, they said they want me to be a doctor, a surgeon but I don't have interest in any of that. . . I don't want to be a doctor, I want to be a singer but they would never understand," She shook her head and faced me, I was a little bit worried when I saw her eyes, they looked sad, teary and it carried lots of emotions that I couldn't even explain.

"Sorry," I told her, although I didn't even know why I did.

She laughed and shook her head continuously, "No Chase, sorry won't solve anything, do you know what I face at home? How I'm being threatened due to my upcoming WAEC? I can't even breath in my own house Chase, I try to act like everything is okay, but it isn't," She said and I saw a drop of tear run down her face but she was quick to clean it off. I didn't know what to say to her, I didn't know how to console her, I didn't know if I should tell her that all would be well when my own life was still a pile of mess; complicated and disorganized.

I kept looking at her as she cleaned the tears that were beginning to stream down her face. I was curious as to why she was telling me all this, curious as to why she choose to spill her life to me.

"Do you know how it feels? To want to do something but you aren't able to, do you know how it feels?" she asked and I shook my head in response, "It's killing. My grades aren't also helping matters, I fail in almost all my subjects and do you know my father and mother threatened to disown me if I should flop my WAEC and JAMB, funny right?" she asked, letting out a soft chuckle while I tried to wrap my head around what she told me; Her parents wanting to disown her if she failed, but why? Even my own father didn't disown me for the magnitude of crime that I committed.

"The subjects are ridiculous, I mean what is Thallophyta, bryophyta, and those phyta shits?" she complained, "I'm sure you're wondering how I'm at this party right?" I looked at her and wanted to say 'no' but I just decided to say nothing. "I lied to my mum that I had to study with Chioma and I would be sleeping over, so that's how I'm here." She said and I nodded.

"I'm thinking of running away before they can disown me," I heard her say, and that got my attention. I looked at her wondering if I could read any emotion from her face but I couldn't. She was smiling. "Would you runaway with me, Chase?"

I didn't remove my gaze from hers as I kept looking at her, her face wet a little from the tears she shed, her eyes glistening under the full moon, then she started laughing, like she was really laughing, a full blown laughter.

"God! Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked still laughing while I looked at her, how easy it was for her to quickly switch from a sad Feyi to a full blown laughter Feyi, but I knew beneath those laughter's were pains and broken hopes of unfulfilled dreams and aspirations. "Seriously Chase I was just joking, why would I even think of running away from home?"

She removed her legs from the water and stood up holding her shoes in her hand. She kept stretching her body but she didn't stop laughing, then she held out her hand to me, I looked at her hand but I didn't take it, I stood up from where I was seated and stood opposite her. She redrew her hand and kept looking at me while I looked at her wondering if there was more to her life that I didn't know, if truly, everyone had their own baggages in life like my dad would say. If truly, everyone had a broken piece missing in their life's, If truly, we all were misplaced in a way.

If truly everyone had something in there that they battled with.

She didn't break the eye contact as we kept looking at each other, then she brought her hand to my shoulder patting it gently with a smile on her face.

"Chase. . . I. . ."she trailed off still looking at me then she was about to say something when I heard somebody call-out my name. She instantly removed her hand from my shoulder and faced the floor while I looked at the person who called my name and it was Rayo.

She ran towards me, "Chase, someone slapped Pink."

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Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee uhmmmm ahhhhhhhh Jesus.

Someone slapped pink! Someone slapped Pinky pink ooo!

What would chase do? How many of you really want to see Chase in action? Do you think the person that slapped pink is going to receive a death sentence by Chase?

Or

Would chase just beg the person? Would he not do anything? Would he just laugh it off? Would he just cower in fear?🤐

But wait I have a question, who do you think slapped pink?

A) Jona

B) Nola

C) TAYO

D) Faree

E) Chioma

F) A stranger.

Pick the right answer and I'll be dedicating the next chapter to you😁😁

So this chapter I decided to open up a bit about Feyi, I want everyone to know that everyone has a problem or a baggage in life that they carry, it might be small or seasonal, truth is. . . it's still a problem.

Also who can guess what Feyi wanted to say?

So Feyi, she has a dream to become a singer, but her parents are totally against it. Seven out of ten teenagers have dreams that their parents aren't in support of. But what I wish all parents would know is;

"TRULY WE CAME THROUGH THEM, BUT THEY AREN'T TO CHOOSE FOR US, INSTEAD, THEY SHOULD GUIDE US THROUGH."
TOLA AISH 🌺

So who's shipping;

CHASE AND FEYI?🌺

CHASE AND LILY?💗

PINK AND TAYO?💜

PINK AND JOSH?♥️

NB; please I know I said I would be updating regularly but now ehnnnnnnnnnnnn, I have something very important next week and I have to prepare for it so please bare with me, but I might update on Saturday and Sunday, so once I'm done with what I have to do NEXT week, update would be back to regular.

Tankyu so much Wattpadis 🌺

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