“ This party is the bomb!!”
“Nice one,Daniel. You tried."
These were random chants made at Daniel’s way as he relaxed by a table at the beach The cake had been cut and shared and everyone made sure they had their share. The whole place was lively and there was enough food and drinks for everybody. A DJ stood nearby and mixed some songs which the students danced to. Majority had opted to take off their casual wear to reveal swim suits themselves. Daniel and the gang were no exception to this situation.
Daniel was dressed in dark blue shorts and nothing else, leaving his upper body bare much to some admiration from the females nearby which he ignored. A small frown appeared on his face as he noticed that Annabelle had run off to God knows where. She was the only one who was dressed in casual wear. She mumbled some words that he couldn’t understand and sped off to the direction of one of the huts, much to his confusion and Sharon’s glee.
“Wow, Ann.” Daniel gaped as he scanned her from head to toe. “You look….”“Yes?” she smiled, a teasing glint in her eye.“You look…” he still stuttered.“Hmm?” she pressed on, tilting her head to the side.“Beautiful.” He concluded, looking at her straight in the eye. He wasn’t one to complement girls on their appearance. To him, it never mattered anyway. All he cared about was the personality hidden behind the appearance. If you have a good personality and a beautiful appearance, that’s good. If you are beautiful but your personality is repulsive, then get lost.Then again, having intimate conversations with the opposite sex wasn’t much of his thing. It’s surprising to see how much this beautiful badass standing in front of him had changed a lot in him.She smiled at his reply and wrapped her arms around his
“Ann, that wasn’t fair.” Daniel pouted as he wrapped his arms around her waist with her back leaning against him. He sighed comfortingly as his hands felt the texture and temperature of her cold skin.“I don’t know what you’re talking about” She said innocently as she leaned her head backwards into his chest.“You know what I am talking about.” He insisted.“Nope.” She giggled and placed her hand around his and moved along with him to the rhythm of the song. It was currently a slow one.“Who denies a celebrant of his birthday present on his birthday? Who does that?” He frowned.“I already gave you your present” She tilted her head towards him and smiled innocently again.“I meant the other one!!!” He cried out in frustration. Was she having fun teasing him like this?“Oh that one.” She said in mock realization.“Yes” He rolled his eyes. “ That one.”“Tell you what” She said with a sly smile and ran her lips up his jaw until she r
Esther moaned in pain as she came to consciousness. “What happened?”One moment she was driving towards home after visiting her son to give him his birthday present, The next, she was well… here.Here in question was a spacious room with lots of boxes around her, the only other object occupying the room was a dim bulb which glowed above her head producing the sole source of illumination in the otherwise dark room. She tried to move and discovered to her horror that she was confined to a chair and bound with ropes which restricted her movements. She drew her head back and let out a huge sigh of frustration.‘ How did this happen?!’ She screamed internally.She racked her brain as she started to remember slowly: She was on her way home from her son’s school when her car suddenly broke down. It was beginning to be a thing of nature now for the annoying vehicle.It was already dark and she didn
“ Tomiwa” Daniel began. “It’s not safe around here at this time of the night. Please I think it’s time you..”“Don’t give me that bull, Dan.” Tomiwa retorted shocking the duo. Tomiwa wasn’t known to cuss that much. She was definitely pissed and by her rushed breaths, it was enough evidence.“I don’t know what the both of you do every night. Frankly, that’s your concern but Dan, I need to know what’s happening here. Why are you two here and where is Jake?” she continued.Daniel sighed and glanced at Annabelle. He could see a worried look scarring her facial features and he wasn’t feeling better. Why now of all times did tomiwa have to show up and what excuse were they going to give now. To make matters worse, it looked like she wasn’t leaving anytime soon.“Tomiwa” Annabelle said, staring at the other girl in the eye. “I think
Tomiwa stood rooted to the spot, stunned. She couldn’t believe what she just heard. Were this guys serious or were they messing with her?“I told you that you won’t believe this.” Daniel sighed and then turned to Annabelle. “See?!”“Wait.” Tomiwa said as she shook her head vigorously to come back to reality. “ Let me get something straight. I may get the whole part of Jake and Daniel’s mum being kidnapped or some kinda stuff like that. But you?!!”She concluded staring at Annabelle. “You can’t be a vampire. For Christ sake, they are nothing but a myth!!”“I know it’s hard to take in.” Annabelle sighed sadly. “ But it’s true”“Prove it.” Tomiwa said disapprovingly. This sounded like fairytale to her. What next? Zombies exist too?Annabelle sighed and disappeared in a whoosh making Tomiwa jump in fright. She was left alone with Daniel who had an amused look on his face.“Where.. where did she..” Tomiwa stammered as she gazed around frant
“ You ever considered a career in acting because your skills are off the chain” Daniel laughed as he tugged tomiwa’s hair playfully.“Hey, ease off” she pouted, swatting his hand away. “Thanks for the complement anyway but you guys took too long. Any moment longer and I would have been dinner” she frowned.“But the plan was a success anyway.” Annabelle retorted. She pulled Chris up by the collar and held his hands behind him. Not that he could put up a fight anyway, the wooden stakes still embedded in his body had neutralized him.“Count yourself lucky that we need you right now” She turned to chris. “ Otherwise I would have driven a stake through your heart right now”“Tell me something” Chris chuckled weakly as he looked at her straight in the eye. “ Since when did you descend so low to mingle with these feeble humans. If I remember correctly, since our last encounter you couldn’t control the urge. My father gave me the details”“Typical of him”
“Doctor, how is his condition?” Daniel asked a woman who had just come out from the ward. She was wearing light spectacles and a lab coat. And she looked like she was in her mid 40s. The crew had arrived at the hospital just in time and Jake was rushed in for treatment. His parents were notified by Esther and they quickly arrived like the speed of lightening. So far, there was no ounce of happiness or excitement in the room. Mrs Adewale was seated on a chair, sobbing gently. Esther sat beside her and put an arm around her in a comforting fashion. Mr Adewale sat at the other end of the chair and supported his chin with his clasped hands, a thoughtful look on his face. Tomiwa stood beside them with a solemn look on her face fighting to hold the tears from flowing freely. The memories of his unconscious face were still fresh in her mind.“Please, Jake.” She whispered to herself. “Hang on….Please.”Daniel however had followed the doctor into her office to g
Daniel leaned forward and rested his hands on the cool tiles of the wall as the water cascaded down his body. He sighed in relief and satisfaction at the moderate temperature of the water. Neither hot or cold. He was currently at home taking his bath as he didn’t think going back to school was necessary. A lot had happened from his time in the hospital to now. Explanation of every details to all that has been happening to his mum wasn’t an easy feat as he received some scolding on why he never told her earlier. Of course he omitted the part of Annabelle’s status to her. And there was Sharon who was kept in the dark about all of these. He sighed again as he soaped his hair and began to hand-scrub it. Sharon was so delicate emotionally and he wondered how she would receive this. Then there was his discussion with the three men…….. &nbs