The Boy Next Door – Episode 35

THE BOY NEXT DOOR

©️Authoress Adesewa

✨EPISODE THIRTY FIVE✨

Few weeks later.

🐯RUBY🐯

I pressed the snooze button on my alarm clock as I got out of bed.
I set the alarm because I didn’t want to sleep off on the day I’m supposed to resume back to school.

I removed my pyjamas and wore my bathrobe.
I went to the bathroom to do the needful.

I’m glad I’d be going back to school today.
The past one month at home has been nothing but hell.

I’m not sure of the reception I’d get in school today, but I know it cannot be as worse as what I had been going through for the past one month.

I selected a beautiful dress and I fixed my makeup.
I made my face glamorous, but not too flashy.
I just want to look good and not attract unnecessary attention to myself.

I finished dressing up and I went downstairs to have my breakfast.
I got to the dining room and I met my parents arguing about something, but they stopped immediately they saw me.
I sat down and I focused entirely on my food.

“I’m starting school today and I’d be needing my credit card” I said to my dad in an emotionless tone.
He had seized my credit card and my car keys a month ago. I was also grounded from leaving the house.

“You would get it when I’m convinced you have truly learn your lessons” he said.

“You cannot do this to me. How am I supposed to survive without having access to my money?” I whinged.

“I told you that your daughter cannot change” he said angrily to mom.

“I think she has been punished enough. What will it take you to give her back her credit card and car keys?” Mom asked.

“I’m so disappointed with you. You are the reason she turned out to be as bad as she is” dad said as he strode out of the dining room in anger.

“And suddenly you’re being nice to me after neglecting me for a month. It would be good if you continue to ignore me. Your darling husband is always right anyway” I shouted at my mom.
I was very angry and frustrated at the same time.
How dare her try to pretend to care about me!

“I’m not your enemy, Ruby. I’m doing everything I can to make you happy. I just had to correct your excesses because what you did was totally wrong” mom said.

“Are we seriously having this conversation now?” I asked rhetorically as I stared at the wall clock.

“You are getting late for school. Let me drop you off at school. I’d help you talk to your dad but you have to promise me that I won’t regret this decision” mom said and I smiled.

“You won’t regret it, I promise” I said and I jumped up excitedly.
By the time I got to school, it was already 8:20am.
So much for waking up early.

“Bye, mom” I waved at her and she waved back before driving out of the school compound.
I took a deep breath and I stepped into the school which was looking somehow different today.
My eyes were definitely playing tricks on me.

I have to see the principal before any other thing today, so I head off to his office.
I knocked when I got to the principal’s office and I heard his gruff voice asking me to come in.

“Good morning, sir” I said as I stepped into the office.

“Good morning, Ms. Csnuto. You may have your seat” he said pointing at a visitor’s chair in front of him.
I sat down and I suddenly began to feel nervous.
I don’t know what the principal is going to say.

“I believe you must have realised your mistakes and you must have repented of your sin. We want to train students morally and academically”

“I need your signature on this document. Take your time to go through it. Welcome back to school, Ms. Canuto” he said, giving me an official typewritten document.
I’d go through what is in it later.
Right now, I’m already late for my first class.

I left the principal’s office and I went to the locker room to drop my bag.
I didn’t meet anyone in the lockee room as everyone was in their various classes already.

I took some notes I’d be needing with me and I went off to chemistry class.

“Good morning, sir” I said timidly to the chemistry teacher.

“Good morning. Why are you just coming?” he asked and I could feel all eyes on me which made me more nervous and embarrassed.

“I had a meeting with the principal” I said simply, silently praying that he won’t interrogate me further. Fortunately for me, he didn’t ask any more questions and I was free to go and sit down.

I searched for empty seats and I was finally able to get one at the back of the class.
How am I going to understand this man’s teaching with me sitting at the back?
On a normal good day when I sit at the front, I still find it difficult to understand chemistry, not to talk of today that I’m sitting at the back.

I guess I’d be failing chemistry woefully this term.
I’ve also missed a lot of notes in the past one month and I wonder who would be kind enough to let me take pictures of all the notes I missed.

❤️OLIVER❤️

“See you all next week” the geography teacher said as he left the class.

“Hey, dude. Have you heard that Ruby is back?” Jason asked as we walked out of the geography class.

My jaw dropped open against my will.
I guess I was shocked by the news.
I’d totally forgotten about her existence until Jason mentioned her name.

“I didn’t hear. How are you sure that the rumour is true?” I asked him.

“Her one month suspension is over” Jason said nonchalantly.

I was relieved when I got to my physics class.
I didn’t want to talk about Ruby anymore.

I tried as much as possible to concentrate and listen to what the physics teacher was saying, but it seems my brain did not want to cooperate with me today.

Written by Authoress Adesewa.

I have a lot of things already going wrong in my life and I don’t need my ex girlfriend to add more sorrow to my life.

The past few weeks have been tough for me though I try to pretend as if everything is fine.

My father’s health is gradually deteriorating and I might lose him any day from now.
It’s just a matter of time before he give up the ghost.

God knows how much my dad tried to fight off cancer, but it’s obvious he’s fighting a lost battle.

Alexa and Hunter’s case is also part of my misery.
It’s no secret that I have great feelings for Alexa, and now it’s almost impossible for her to be mine.
I had plans to ask her out and make her my girlfriend, but that plan may never work out.
She is now Dana to Hunter and it’s only through a miracle that he’d regain his lost memory.
The only good thing that happened in the past few weeks is the live show I attended with the guys.
I was able to see The Undercover Guy even though I couldn’t get close to him.
No one could get close to him as the security around him was very tight.

I was jolted out of my thoughts by the ringing of the belt which signifies lunch time.
I was so lost in thought that I didn’t hear a single thing their physics teacher had said since he came to class today.
Thanks for spoiling my mood, Jason.
(Sarcasm intended)

🐯RUBY🐯

I know what it feels to be an outcast.
I just experienced it today.
Nobody wants to have anything to do with me anymore, not even those I used to call my friends.

I can still hear their taunts as I head to maths class.

👥 What a shameless b***h”

👥Coward”

👥 I can’t believe she still had the nerve to come to school”

👥ugly b***h. I can’t believe I used to like her”

I couldn’t stand to receive the insults anymore so I quickened my pace and I hurried to maths class.

I would have cut school if not for the fact that I have no cash on me to call a taxi for myself and my credit card and car keys are still with my dad.

I blinked back tears as I tried to comprehend the arithmetical problems on the board.
I wonder for how long I’d have to suffer.

I was not really happy when I heard the bell ringing because it means I still have to face the students in the hallway again.

I stood up reluctantly to go and have my lunch.
I met people in the hallway and I had to walk very fast so as not to really hear the horrible things they have to say about me.

I got to the cafeteria and I know without a doubt that I can’t sit at the cheerleaders table because they are all mad at me for what I did.
The popular table is a no go area as well since Oliver and I are no longer dating.

I glanced briefly at the popular table and I felt my stomach tie into a knot when I realise how much I have screwed up.

I saw Alexa and I feel really bad about what I did to her.
I don’t know what came over me back then.
It’s only now that I’m getting cold treatments from everyone that I truly realise how much hurt Alexa must have felt when she was in my situation.
Now, I just believe that Karma is real.

I couldn’t find an empty table or chair so I had to leave the cafeteria.
I went to sit on a bench outside the cafeteria.

I ate my lunch as quickly as possible.
By the time I was through with my lunch, some students were already coming out of the cafeteria.

I head to the locker room and I returned my lunch bag to my locker.
I intentionally stayed behind even after I was through with what I came to do.

I was happy when I saw Alexa entering the locker room.
Some girls were with her but I summoned courage to go and meet her.

“Hi, girls” I said trying to make my voice sound cheerful, but my voice came out a bit strained.
The girls all looked at me with scorn and it’s obvious that they despise me.

“Alexa, please I want to talk to you” I said to her.
She spoke with the girls and they made themselves scarce.

“I just want to apologise for everything I had done to you since you came to Arkansas. I was being insecure and jealous of you. I know that doesn’t justify my actions, but I’m truly sorry about all that happened in the past. I hope you would be able to forgive me” I said, baring my mind to her.
I’ve never begged anyone or apologised to anyone in the past but I’m now a changed person.

I watch Alexa gasp in shock as I finished my apology.
I guess she was surprised that I could be seeking her forgiveness.

I’m also surprised at myself because the Ruby I once was would never had done this.
Not in a million years!

TBC.

Do you think Ruby is truly sorry or she is just putting up a front?
Should Alexa forgive Ruby?

I can’t wait to read your wonderful comments.

Peace out✌️💕💞✌️
©️Authoress Adesewa✍️✍️