48 'FORTY EIGHT '
Jemimah sucked in her breadth as she walked out of the hall. She stared at her exam paper in her hands and unlike before she could still remember a few things she had written. It was her final exam as a first year student and officially, she was now in her second year. She smiled slowly as a pair of hands wrapped themselves around her neck and she turned to see Paul grinning.
"Second year students huh?" he asked and Jemimah laughed, "Get your hands off my shoulders" she laughed and Paul chuckled.
"Are we still hanging out today?" he asked and Jemimah lowered her head while folding her exam paper. Doyin had been clamoring that they hang out after their final exams to relax and to make her feel better. Especially after their last fight, Doyin had to repeatedly apologise for that before Jemimah had let go. There was no way she was going to allow Doyin to just talk about Annabelle like that.
Not a lot of people like Annabelle, and that was for reasons best known to them, she didn't care but Annabelle was her friend and there was no way she was going to stay and watch at one side as anyone, especially her friend insult Annabelle. She wasn't going to stand for it. She knew that deep down, Doyin wasn't happy with her reaction but Jemimah barely had time to cater to her feelings.
"I'm not sure" Jemimah replied honestly, "I still haven't seen my brother"
"Yeah. I get that" Paul said softly and Jemimah nodded, "Well I know how badly you guys have been looking forward to this so you guys can go ahead and have fun without me" she said and Paul furrowed his brow.
"That's not happening, we can't hang out without you knowing," he said and Jemimah smiled wryly.
"Guess who is now a second year studentttttt" Doyin screeched as she approached them and Jemimah couldn't help but laugh. Peter who was coming up behind her burst into laughter.
"That's how she has been shouting on our way here" he said and Jemimah laughed as Doyin started dancing funnily in front of her in excitement.
"Doyin, are you that excited?" Jemimah asked and Doyin paused and nodded her head.
"Yes girl. I am so excited that I am no longer a first year student, one year down, four to go but for you it's like six right?" she asked and Jemimah scowled.
"I don't even have any idea" she replied and Doyin laughed.
"So I have already decided where we can hang out together" she started and Jemimah swallowed.
"About that, I won't be able to join you guys" Jemimah said softly and Doyin's excited face crumbled down the next instant.
"Why? You agreed? Did something happen?" Her numerous questions made Jemimah smile awkward.
"I still haven't seen my brother Doyin. I need to see him before anything. We are going home but I need to see him before we go home" she replied and Doyin's mouth formed an O before she nodded.
"I'm sorry that I didn't think of that" she muttered and Jemimah nodded.
"It's fine. I already told Paul that you guys have to go to the hangout without me" she said and Doyin immediately frowned.
"No way, how can we hang out without you?" she questioned and Paul shrugged.
"I already told her that" he replied, "Whenever you are ready, maybe next session, we can have our hangout right?" he asked and Peter nodded.
"Totally" he agreed and Jemimah smiled.
It was such a cause for gratitude that she had friends like Paul, Peter and Doyin. They always supported her and they were always on her side. She knew that Doyin had planned that hangout to make her relax and to take her mind off things but Jemimah knew better, there was no way that her mind was going to be off it.
The phone in her back pocket started ringing out and Jemimah brought out her phone and she froze seeing their caller ID. Doyin stretched and stared at the caller ID.
"Ha" she muttered before turning to Jemimah. The call ended and then the phone started ringing again.
"I think that you two should talk" Doyin said softly and Jemimah pursed her lips before swiping the call to the left and pressed the phone to her ears.
"Hi Jemimah" Bimbo's voice rang in Jemimah's ears and she swallowed hard.
"Please can we talk? Please" Bimbo's voice was strained, hard and tired and Jemimah closed her eyes, maintaining her silence for a while.
"Jemimah?" Bimbo called again.
"Where are you?" Jemimah finally spoke. By the time she dropped the call, she licked her lower lips and turned to face her friends.
"I don't think whatever explanation she has for me will change anything or make me feel better" she spoke out loud and Paul squeezed her shoulder.
"I know but hear her out first" He muttered and Jemimah nodded, "I'll see you guys later" Jemimah muttered as she started walking towards where she and Bimbo had agreed to meet. Bimbo was already seated before Jemimah reached there. Bimbo was wearing one of her usual outfits, her jeans trousers and a flannel shirt, she immediately stood up as soon as she saw Jemimah approaching her. Her face had lost its usual colour and bright smile and replaced it with a melancholic look that did nothing to Jemimah. They both sat down and Bimbo swallowed hard.
"What did you want to say?" Jemimah asked. She had gone straight to the point because she still didn't know what to say to Bimbo. She didn't know how she felt for the other person. Bimbo was her brother's girlfriend but she was also her friend so for her Bimbo had betrayed in two different ways.
"I....I....I..." Bimbo stammered, unable to form the right words.
"I...." she paused, closing her eyes, "I... didn't mean for any of this to happen" she finally spoke, "I didn't plan to cheat on Jeremiah. I would never do that" she tried to explain herself and Jemimah turned to her.
"But you did, you cheated on him Bimbo. You kissed someone else while you guys were still dating" Jemimah exclaimed and Bimbo immediately shook her head.
"That's not true Jemimah, I only kissed him after we broke up. That night after we broke up" her voice got smaller as she spoke and Jemimah laughed.
"So you are actually admitting to cheating? You had a boyfriend and yet you were entertaining someone else!" she yelled at her and Bimbo swallowed, shifting uncomfortably in her seat.
"Bimbo, can you hear yourself?" Jemimah asked, anger rushing into her veins. See I sit down and I think about why what happened might have happened and I have nothing to say because nothing comes to my head" Jemimah spoke and Bimbo closed her eyes, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"I fell out of love Jemimah, what was I supposed to do? Jeremiah chose the Titans over us every single time" Bimbo spoke as she tried to wipe her tears but more tears rolled down her cheeks and Jemimah stared at her.
"You fell out of love? Bimbo, that's your excuse?" Jemimah asked, unbelievably.
"You fell out of love with someone you spoke to once a month for almost a year because you were writing exams? You didn't fall out of love then and now that you two are like two peas in a pod, always seeing each other, you fall out of love?" she asked again bursting into laughter.
"You really don't deserve Jeremiah. He's too good for you Bimbo. He's too good for you" Jemimah said, shaking her head.
"Jemimah, I.. I..." Bimbo didn't get to finish her words when Doyin appeared with an irritated look on her face.
"Doyin? What are you doing here?" Jemimah asked in surprise and DOyin eyed Bimbo before turning to Bimbo.
"I'm not supposed to show you this but I'm just mad, I'm angry" she replied as she turned the phone to Jemimah. Jemimah furrowed her brows as she collected the phone and stared at the picture in front of her. ButterFly fairy made a post again.
There were two pictures, one was a picture of Silas and Bimbo kissing, it was dark and the picture wasn't exactly clear but anyone who knew the both of them well would be able to know that it was the two of them at one glance, the other was a much clearer picture. It was a picture of Silas kissing someone else; Niyi.
Jemimah burst into laughter, tears streaming down her cheeks as she turned to Bimbo, "See for yourself Bimmy" she said her voice strained as she turned the phone to Bimbo. Bimbo remained frozen in her seat as her eyes widened.
"See for yourself, this is the person you chose over Jeremiah"
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Hello everyone, I'm so sorry there was a pause in updating. Got busy but triple update and hopefully this makes up for it.
I don't even know what to say in this chapter because things dey happen. I hope Bimbo is happy like this. I hope she's happy. So many thanks to everyone who comments on the new chapters. I'm going to try my best and reply to them very soon. I love you guys so much and thank you for your constant support.
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