^^Rolo

"Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you." ~ Roger Ebert

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Rolo drives us to my house but instead of going straight home, he walks in with me.

"Hey mama Callayo!" He Shouts.

"Roland? Is that you?" My mother responds.

"Yes!"

My mum walks in with her arms open wide. I prepare myself for a hug only for her to walk straight pass me to Rolo. Um, okay then I see how it is.

"Last time I checked, I was your child mother not Rolo."

"Oh hush child, I haven't seen Rolando for a while."

"You saw him two weeks ago." I say blankly.

Obviously I get ignored so I enter the kitchen and grab a fruit before heading up to my room. Rolo will follow eventually.

Five minutes later, Rolo finally enters my room.

"Oh look, it's the mum stealer."

Rolo ignores my comment and jumps onto my bed. "So what happened today? You left lunch so suddenly. You should have seen Abel, he was sulking from the moment you left the room. Poor guy, he's smitten."

Internally, I mull over the fact that Abel didn't want me to go before responding back to Rolo.

"Yeah about that...when I went to find Eliza, she basically told me she was interested in Abel." I say softly.

"I called it!" He Shouts.

"What do you mean?"

"It was pretty obvious Kez, the way she gets upset when you and Abel are touching or whispering to one another. Do you not notice anything? You're in your own world all of the time geez."

"Well clearly I didn't know, it was a bit of a shock to me."

Roland flips over into his stomach before staring up at me. "How do you feel about that?"

I lean my head against my wall behind my bed and sigh. "That's the thing, Rolo I don't really know."

"Okay, when you think about Abel with Eliza are you upset? Angry?"

My blood boils simply at the thought of that causing me to frown angrily.

"Obviously, that makes you upset." States Rolo.

"Congrats Captain Obvious, I don't know how you came to that conclusion." I state dryly.

Rolo huffs at me. "The point is you like him."

"I actually told Eliza that I like Abel. But the thing is, I don't really think I do yet."

"Why'd you tell her you did then?"

"Because I wanted her to leave Abel alone." I mumble.

"Because you like him Keziah. I really don't know how many times I have to say this."

I continue talking. "I don't even have a right to do that or feel this way, it's not like Abel and I are even together."

Rolo groans loudly. "I give up Keziah, you're just gonna have to figure this out on your own."

At that moment, my phone rings.

Rolo and I look at each other before diving for my phone in the middle of my bed.

Rolo reaches it first. "It's Abel!"

I pull at his hair just before he answers.
"Abel, it's Rolo. Yeah mmhmm. She's right here. Cool bye."

He finally turns to face me. "It's for you."

I snatch my phone from his hand while Rolo walks out of my room. "I'll see you tomorrow Kez!"

I bring the phone to my ear without saying anything.

"Brown eyes?" He whispers smoothly.

"Abel." I say breathlessly.

"Are you mad at me? Did I do something wrong?" He asks a softly.

"No Abel, it has nothing to do with you. Well it kind of does but I'm not mad at you."

"Oh phew, I thought I'd have to grovel."

"Well I wouldn't object to you grovelling."

Abel just chuckles. "So what made you leave so suddenly?"

"You know Eliza? She admitted to me that she likes you." I grumble out.

"Oh. Well you know that doesn't matter to me right? All I see is you Brown Eyes."

I almost squeal in delight. However, I kept my composure. "That is fantastic Abel." I reply awkwardly.

"You were jealous weren't you?" I can practically feel his smirk from here.

"N-no, What gave you that idea?"

"I can just tell. And the next time you're upset about something, let me know instead of walking away from me."

"I'm sorry."

"It's alright Brown Eyes. If I had to be honest with you, it upset me."

"I didn't mean it like that Abel I-"

I'm interrupted halfway through my sentence by my mum.

"Keziah! Who are you talking to?" She Shouts.

"I have to go Abel, just text me."

I hang up the phone.

"Just a friend from school mum!" I respond.

At that moment, Marcel bursts into my room.

"A friend from school huh? I'm sure 'Abel' is just a friend." He says mockingly.

"Shut up Marcel!"

"I'm telling mum!" He runs downstairs while I chase after him.

"Mum, Kez is talking to a boy called Abel."

My mum stops cleaning to stare at me.
"Abel?"

"Yes mum. It's actually a funny a story. So when you forced me to move seats on the plane I met him and then It turns out he transferred to my new school ha-ha."

"Wait." Marcel says. "The boy who sat next to you now goes to our school?"

"Yes."

"Huh. Interesting." He says before walking away.

"Keziah, you know what I think about you having a boyfriend."

At that moment, my dad decides to walk in.

"Who's having a boyfriend?" He asks.

"Keziah apparently."

My dad pats me on the back. "About time Kez, I was beginning to think you were boy repellent." He laughs happily.

"No Jamal, it's not a good thing. She needs to be focusing on her education not frolicking around with some boy."

"Well if he's taken an interest in my princess then I want to meet him."

"That's great dad but he's not my boyfriend."

"Keziah, we'll talk about this later." My mum says signalling the end of the conversation.

I trudge back to my room mumbling about my mums' stupid rules to find a text from Abel.

Sexiest man alive: You remember that it's you I like right? Not Eliza or anyone else.

Keziah: How much do you like me?

Sexiest man alive: Erm a lot? I don't know how to answer that.

Keziah: Out of ten?

Sexiest man alive: Currently, a strong 8. But everyday, I find more things to like about you Brown eyes.

Keziah: You have such a way with words.

Sexiest man alive: Only for you. Oh, by the way, I'm taking you to school tomorrow.

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