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Do You Remember ?- Part 8 By Cynthia Okorom
APRIL
“I’ve been waiting so long to say this but I think now is the right time” Danny stopped walking
“What?”
“Do you remember a boy that was at kindergarten? He was kind of crazy. But you were friends with him” he avoided meeting my eye which meant this was serious.
“Yeah. Danny. He’s in a coma”
“Well. I promised your mom I wouldn’t tell you, but I’m Danny”
“I don’t like liars” I said through gritted teeth
“Every time I look at you it always brings back memories. So I put it all together and realized that you are April Paradise. I got out of coma last year”
“I-I got to go” I ran off.
I can’t believe it. All this time I was too busy paying attention to Mitchell and I hadn’t even noticed that ‘the one’ might’ve been in front of me the whole time.
“Mom! You liar!” I didn’t even wait for her greetings; I just got straight to it.
“What did I do darling?”
“Don’t you darling me! You told me that Danny was still in coma! You told me that he might never wake up!”
“He is in a coma”
“He’s not! You knew and you made him lie to me! I cry every night thinking that I killed my best friend, all to find out that he goes to MY school!”
“Ape, I didn’t want to hurt you” I could see the pain in her eyes.
‘Don’t call me that” It made me think about Mitchell again. Tears starting rolling down my cheeks again.
MITCHELL
I held back the tears. I didn’t want to cry over a girl that I met after 1 week. It wasn’t right. As I pushed through the people at my house, I finally made it to my room where Misty still lay on my bed.
“How’d she take it?” Misty smirked. I reached out to slap her, but stopped myself midway.
“She hates me” I cried. I broke down and cried. For the first time in 3 years I cried for a girl and I cried in front of Misty. She held me as I cried.
After an hour of crying I finally lift myself from her shoulders.
“What do you see in her?” Misty asked.
“She’s beautiful, she’s nice, she’s sweet, she has a killer sense of humour, and she’s fun to be around. Though she’s mad at me, I know she doesn’t hate me” Her image came into my head and I couldn’t help but smile at the thought of the first day of school.
“Why don’t you love me?”
“I love you as a friend, but it’s never going to work. I’m sorry”. She patted my head and walked out of my room.
“Yo! Mitchell, what’s with this party? We haven’t seen you around much?” a guy named Seth called out when I stepped into the living room.
“Sorry guys. Party over. I’m feeling a bit sick”
“Man, this sucks” lots of people murmured.
When the house was finally empty I crashed out on the couch and fell asleep.
I woke up the next morning feeling horrible, and the house looked like crap. It was 10am and my parents weren’t home yet. What happened to them coming back at 12am? .
Wow, 3 hours to clean the whole house. Mom and dad would be so proud. Speaking of mom and dad, I should probably call them and check out what’s wrong. I walked lazily up to my room and grabbed my phone.
“Hello? Mom? Where are you guys?”
“Sorry babe. We have to delay our trip back. We’ll be home in 3 days. I sent you a babysitter. Or you could go to Misty’s house”
“Okay, bye mom” I hung up and started texting April.
TO: APRIL
FROM: MITCHELL
Ape. I’m really sori. Plz forgive me. I honestly didn't mean 2 hurt your feelings. I didn't mean for anything 2 happen. She came on to me. Plzzzz, I’m sori. I think I like u.
Mitch
Do You Remember ?- Part 7 By Cynthia Okorom
MITCHELL
My house was being filled by the presence of the students; but it didn’t feel right without April.
I saw someone enter through the front door. Thinking it was April, I ran up to the person and when I saw their face disappointment ran through my face.
“Nice to see that you’re excited to see me” Misty grinned at me. Honestly, looking at her now makes me think why we ever dated. Maybe it’s just because I was going through a hard time and she was just there, with me and it just kind of happened. I never really had strong feelings for her like she did for me.
“Hi Misty” I smiled back at her half-heartedly.
“So, where’s emo chick?” . I glared at her
“She has a name you know. It’s April”
“Sorry”
I tried getting away from her, but she kept following me. It was really annoying. I wish she could just let go of me and move on to someone that actually wanted her for who she is and not just because of the moment.
“Misty! Stop following me” I yelled, before running into my room.
“Mitchell, why can’t you see that I love you?” Oh no, are those tears I see? I can’t handle girls that cry; especially since I cried in front of this girl, which makes it even harder to leave her alone. She was there for me, so why can’t I do the same for her?
I don’t know how I got myself into this mess, but next thing I know she was all over me. Was she always this strong and desperate? No matter how hard I pushed, she wouldn’t let go.
“Misty… Stop… April might... Walk... In...” It was hard to talk, seeing that her lips were covering mine as I struggled for breath.
“Don’t worry, she won’t mind” she said as she pulled away from me for air.
“I don’t…” the door swung open and I saw her; Standing there.
APRIL
Seeing him on the bed with ‘her’ made me feel empty. Though we weren’t together, I could feel something that I haven’t felt since Danny left. All those compliments Mitchell gave me were a way of trying to break my heart. Well it worked. Just when I was beginning to open up and realize my feelings for him.
“I can explain” he said, pushing Misty (who is smiling) out of the way.
“What? How can you explain something when I already know what it is? I don’t need the details”
“April. Let’s go. Leave them to continue” Daniel was pulling my hand from behind
“I thought I liked you” fighting back the tears. I squeeze Daniel’s hand and walk out of the room.
MITCHELL
It’s only been a week and I’m already chasing after a girl. But then again, this isn’t just ‘a girl’ it’s ‘the girl’. I don’t usually believe in all that love at first sight crap, but with April; she’s the only exception. She fell and I was willing to catch her (literally) but now I dropped her (figuratively). What have I done? I looked everywhere for her, only to find her crying onto Daniel’s arms on the bench a few blocks down.
“April, look, I’m really sorry. I honestly didn't mean for that to happen” when she looked up, her make up was smudged and her hair was untidy but she was still as beautiful as ever.
“For what to happen? Making out with Misty or for making me fall for you”
“I swear she came onto me. I would never hurt you”
“If you had told me that an hour ago I would’ve believed you, but now all I can hear is the voice of a jerk”
“How do I show you that I’m sorry?”
“Jump off a cliff and then I’ll consider forgiving you”
“Done” Maybe if I acted like I was actually going to do it, she might consider changing her mind.
“Okay. Bye” And with that she stood up and left with Daniel, hand in hand.
I was obviously wrong.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Do You Remember ?- Part 6 By Cynthia Okorom
Later that night, I got a call on my cell phone.
“Hello?” I asked as I answered the call
“Hey, this is Mitchell”
“Oh, hey”
“Oh, hey”
“Do you think you’ll be free on Saturday? There is going to be a party at my house and you’re invited” Me? Invited to a party with a lot of people?
“Yeah, I’m free” Although I’m not good with people, I still wanted to try step out of my comfort zone.
“Cool, I’ll tell you the rest of the details on Friday”
“Okay, thanks”
“Bye Ape” I heard a little laugh before the phone disconnected.
My hair was a mess, it wasn’t cut evenly and that meant I had to cut it even shorter. I walked to my mirror, grabbed my scissors and started cutting my hair. I didn’t want it long anyway, even though I promised him to keep it long.
“Apriiiil!” He would always call me when I was playing with my Barbie
“What?” the expression on my face made him laugh which I found really irritating.
“I like your hair” he smiled “Long is cool” Back then my hair was long and reached my butt. My mum made me cut it a few years later. I was around the age 6 when I had to promise him that I wouldn’t cut it again till we were 16. I guess that promise was meant to be broken anyway. Oh well, he’ll understand when he wakes up.
Remembering that he was in a coma always brought tears to my eyes, but this time instead of tears, I just felt slightly angry. Mostly towards my self, seeing that it was my fault.
My hair was on the floor, just lying there. I laughed at the thought of it being on my head. The person I saw in the mirror looked different and a bit more attractive.
By 11:00 I was in bed, looking at my ceiling. Slowly after hours of thinking, I doze off.
I wake up and look at my clock and it reads ‘06:30’. I must’ve fell asleep thinking.
Once I’m at school I go and look for Mitchell, trying really hard to avoid Misty and her gang. When I finally spot him I run up to him, which surprises me.
“Hi, Mitch” trying to hide the happiness in my voice. Wait, did I just call him Mitch? Woops
“Hey, Ape” his smile can make me melt any day. Suddenly he looked at me differently; I wonder if he notices my hair. “Did you get a hair cut?”
“Um, yes. I cut it myself yesterday” I couldn’t help but blush
“Oh, I love it”. As he leaned forward I thought he was going to kiss me, but just whispered in my ear. “See you in class” He chuckled and walked away. I don’t know why I’m suddenly feeling this way for him, is it because I am grateful for him saving me yesterday and making me smile when no one else could.
When Friday came by I couldn’t help but walk up to Mitchell myself and ask him for the details.
“Okay, it’s starts at 7:30pm. Sound’s good?”
“Yeah, it does” I smiled at him.
The next day I woke up really early to get my hair curled. I wanted to wear something flattering so I looked inside my closet and the only clothes I owned that was in colour was my dress I wore on the day of Danny’s accident; I don’t think I can wear that to a party even if I wanted to.
Finally I picked out the best outfit I could. Black boots with my short black dress which I wear with black stockings. I know, it’s still all black, but what can I do?
“April, you seem happier than before. What’s exciting about this party?” mom had a cheeky grin on her face.
“I don’t know.” I lied.
“Okay then”.
I walked over to the bus stop at 6:30pm. Daniel was there before me.
“Hi Ape” he smiled. It wasn’t the same as Mitchell’s smile.
“Hi. Please don’t call me Ape” Mitchell is the one that usually calls me Ape. Though it sounds kind of insulting, I still like it.
“Why not?” he frowned.
“Because ... It’s like an indirect way of you calling me an ape.”
“Oh, sorry”. It got silent after that. No one talked till we reached the party.
Do You Remember ?- Part 5 By Cynthia Okorom .. Okay, I'm revealing myself :D
“My name’s Mitchell” he smiled
“I’m April, also known as emo chick”
“I think I’ll just call you April. Who pushed you off the stairs?”
“It was that dark haired girl”
“Does she have short straight hair?”
“Yeah”
“Oh, that’s Misty” he chuckled. I couldn’t help thinking about how good looking he was. “I think we should probably get going”
“Yeah” as usual, I was only giving one word answers. I limped up the stairs because of my injury. His arms were around me and I noticed that I wasn’t on the ground anymore until we reached the top of the stairs. “Thanks” I smiled at him and this time it was actually a sincere smile.
We were the last two to enter the class and all eyes were on us.
“Please take your seats” the maths teacher didn't seem very pleased with us coming late to class. Mitchell took a seat next to me.
“So how did you get that bruise?” Mitchell asked, looking concerned
“Misty and her friends just beat me up and I fell and got this bruise”
“Oh, well, I’ll protect you from now on. Misty is just a really hard person to communicate with, but once you get in, she treats you like an actual person”. That kind of reminded me of myself but I don’t beat people up. “I’ll be your very own bodyguard”
“You are now dubbed April’s Bodyguard” I laughed
“Mitchell Bodyguard at your service me lady” the way he said it actually made me laugh really hard that I completely forgot that we were in Maths class.
“Mitchell, April, principal’s office. NOW!” Mr Pee, the maths teacher yelled at us.
Walking to the principals office was fun, I had basically laughed all the way to the office. I never thought that my mouth still had laughter that actually came out.
During interval I hung out with Mitchell. I had completely forgotten about the whole Danny thing until I saw him coming up the stairs.
“April, there you are” he waved at me.
“Hello Daniel, this is Mitchell, he’s in my maths class”
“Hi Mitchell” they exchanged handshakes and looking at Daniel just made me feel very uncomfortable.
“Sorry guys, I need to go to the bathroom” I ran down the stairs and tried to look for the bathroom.
“Hey guys, look, its April” It was Misty and her gang. I wanted to run away, but there wasn’t anywhere to run to. Misty pulled my long black hair and pulled out scissors from her bag and was about to cut my hair. I tried really hard to pull away, but she was stronger than me. The scissors was on my hair and I saw long bits fall to the ground. Something that also fell to the ground was my tears.
“Misty, what do you think you are doing?” Mitchell pushed her away from me
“Sorry. Come on girls, let’s leave” Misty and the other girls left. As soon as I saw Mitchell I put my arms around him without even knowing because I was so scared.
“Your hair will grow back” he said, wiping away my tears
“Its not supposed to be short, I haven’t cut it in 7 years”
“Why?”
“You won’t understand. Thanks, for coming”
“Its okay, I’m your bodyguard after all” he smiled
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Do You Remember ?- Questions
How do you think the story might end ? Will it be a good happy ending or a sad ending ? When will April realize if Daniel is THE Danny or just a look-a-like ? Do you think that April and Mitchell will get together or would you rather Daniel and April get together. Tell me what you think
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