THE ILLITERATE BABYSITTER - CHAPTER 15&16
[ I don’t know what this is ]
June and Finch finally got outside and she let go of him.
“You’re angry?”he asked and brought out his phone.
“I call you but you no pick”she said.
“Something happened”he said.
“What?”
“Nothing to worry about”he smiled.
“Why you and Zavier no like yourself?”she asked and he stopped smiling.
“You can’t like everyone”he said.
“If you no like person, you go get reason na”she said.
“We don’t talk to each other and since we’re competitors, we do things separately”he said.
“That one no mean, make una dey talk, e no good to dey keep malice”she said and he smiled.
“Told Xavier about going out with me tomorrow?”he changed the topic.
“I don tell am, make we go inside”she dragged him along.
They got back in but Xavier wasn’t there so June went to his room.
He’s on the bed, rolling continuously.
“What has gotten over me!”he groaned and stopped rolling.
“Am I liking…..no no no”he started rolling again.
“Stomach dey pain you?”June said and he jumped, sitting on the bed.
“Thought you went with him”Xavier said but she said nothing so he brought out his phone.
“Why are you here?”he asked.
“I no see you for parlour”she said.
“Did Finch leave?”he asked.
“He dey for parlour”she said and he came down but she stood in front of him, not letting him go.
“Where you dey go?”
“This is my house and he has no right in staying so I’m throwing him out!”he said.
“Why you no like Finch?”she asked.
“Seriously, I’m the one that doesn’t like him?”
“Why two of you no dey….”
“You should ask him not me, you’re even making me angry as you keep choosing him over me”she said and walked away.
“Go ask am, you dey vex me as na him you dey side”his app translator translated what he just said as he walked out with his phone.
“I no side any person na”she muttered and walked out.
“Since we all are here, why don’t we go out”Mimi said.
“We still have a class”Gold said.
“I’ll skip”Noah said.
“Where should we go?”Diamond asked.
“Park, the amusement park”Mimi said.
“Yeah”
They all got out. June and Xavier got in his car while the driver drove away. Noah and Mimi rode on Noah’s car since they came together. Diamond and Gold and finally Finch. He rode alone.
**
They got to the amusement park.
“Let’s ride the rollercoaster!”Mimi said and they started walking to it but June notice Xavier wasn’t with them.
“Where Xavier?”she asked herself as she searched, so she turned back. Going to the car and there he was. He had a earpiece on.
“Why you come back?”she pulled the earpiece off as she entered.
“Maybe I forgot the amusement would be noisy”he said while her phone app translator translated.
“Na true, you for don talk am na”she said and he smiled.
“You were excited on coming”he said and she frowned.
“Na the same thing way you do yesterday way we rush you go hospital”she frowned.
“You can go, I’ll wait here”he said.
“You no fit die for my matter, driver abeg drive go house”she said.
“What about the others?”
“Call Noah, tell am say we don go”she said and he nodded before doing it, smiling secretly.
Finch who has been waiting for her as she got in the car sighed as he watched the car drove off.
**
“I’m seriously tired of that lady, can’t believe two guys would be on her”Diamond said. She’s in the dinning with Gold.
“Most annoying thing is her having innocent face”Gold scoffed.
“We need to act fast”Diamond said.
“You’re right, I think meeting his parents this Sunday will be okay”Gold said.
“Why don’t we talk this with mom, you know…. she can talk to their mothers and we get to be close”Diamond said.
“You’re always thinking fast, can’t wait for mom’s arrival”Gold smiled.
“Here’s someone who was happy about mom leaving needs her now”Diamond laughed.
“Can’t help it”she giggled.
**
Xavier is in the living room, dealing with his phone. He just finished having breakfast but June decline saying she’s gonna eat with Finch when he comes to pick her.
Minutes later, June came down.
“Small pikin!”she called and Xavier sat up to see her. His eyes widen.
‘ has she been this pretty or I’m just noticing ‘ he said inwardly.
“The cloth fine?”she asked and he got out of his imagination.
“Why would you ask me that”he scoffed and look away.
“Na only you dey here na, who you wan make I ask, abi make I ask the maids?”she walked to him.
“Don’t ask me when you’re all dressed for another guy”he said but she didn’t hear.
“Tell me na, abi make I go change?”she asked.
“Yes, change it”he said.
“But wetin do am?”she turned around and he blinked his eyes repeatedly on seeing her @zz.
‘ Xavier! What’s wrong!! ‘ he screamed inwardly.
“You have to change it”he stood up and dragged her upstairs. They got to her room and he dragged her to the dressing room.
His mom really has nice taste cause all the dress are just amazing.
She’s on a green tight gown, but not too short.
“Oya choose”she said.
“Just put on a free gown”he said after seeing the skirt is quite short.
“No oo, I must dress fine na”she said and he frowned.
“Listen, if I’m Finch and you are dressed this way, I won’t like it”he said.
“Oya, I go wear another thing”she said and he brought out a free not too short white gown.
“This one”he said and she took it but he still kept standing.
“Go outside na”she said.
“Oh…..yes…..I should….”he shuttered as he walked out and she changed into it.
She came out of the dressing room and he clapped.
“Perfect!”he said and she smiled.
“Make I call am”she picked her phone.
“Where are you both going to?”he asked.
“Where them dey sell my own country food”she said and he frowned.
“You should have said you wanted to eat that, I would have ordered”he said.
“You dey shout for me?”she asked.
“So? If I’m…..”
“You don forget say we no be agemate, I go beat you ooo”she said and he moved back.
“You still should have told me!”he said.
“Okay, you go buy me vegetable soup way get plenty plenty and fufu”she said.
“What’s plenty plenty?”he asked.
“Na fish meat Pomo catfish everything”she said.
“I can buy them”he said.
“Ehn, if we go church tomorrow, you go buy am when we come back house”she said and her phone rang.
“You don come?”she asked immediately she picked, smiling.
“Yes, I’m in the living room”he said and she hanged up before rushing out while Xavier followed as he made disgusting face.
“You look beautiful”Finch said as she got down and her smile grew more.
‘ look at her, smiling just on his presence ‘ Xavier scoffed.
“Hi”Finch said to Xavier.
“It’s 4pm, she should be back by five”Xavier said.
“I’ll try”Finch said and walked away with June.
Xavier waited for some minutes before rushing to the window to see them.
“I’ll try, as if I ask you to try”he scoffed and walked away from the window, sitting on the couch.
“Wait, she was gonna wear that first dress just to please him, is she liking her junior or what”he scoffed.
“Wait, am I also liking her?? Five years older than me!!!”he hit his leg repeatedly on the couch as he kept thinking about it.
**
“Good evening, welcome to our restaurant”a Nigerian waiter said.
“I want egusi soup and eba. Make the eba warm make e no too hot, make the soup hot well well and make plenty fish, plenty meat, stockfish, pomo way no strong and way no soft come put juice on top”she said and the guy started laughing.
“Wetin happen?”she asked, even Finch couldn’t help his own laughter.
“Okay…..na because I no on this phone”she brought out her phone.
“I understand what you said, I’ll be back”the waiter said and walked away.
“He hear wetin I talk?”she said, referring to the waiter.
“Yes, he’s from your country”he said.
“No wonder, as I see am way he black na so I come dey think but I say abi na black American”she said and he smiled.
The waiter brought her order and her smile grew wide.
She inhaled the aroma first before washing her hand to start her journey.
Finch was just looking at her. She didn’t even mind where she was. She had only taken five handed swallow when she took one Pomo, two fish and one meat before continuing with the eba.
“Ah, na food be this!”she Mõ@?ed.
**
An hour later, they walked out of the restaurant.
“Ah! I enjoy myself today”she said.
“I can see that”Finch smiled.
“Ah, you no chop”she said.
“You’re just noticing”he smiled.
“No vex”she said.
“I didn’t come to eat, I only brought you to eat”he said and she began rubbing her tummy.
“My stomach full wellwell today”she smiled.
“You look like a pregnant woman right now, couldn’t believe you would finish that plate of eba”he said and she laughed.
“Na wetin dey go talk for my place”she smiled and they finally got in his car.
“Thank you ooo”she said and he smiled.
“You don’t have to thank me”he smiled.
“Why I no go thank you, for my place, we get Yoruba people, if you do something for them, them go say thank you that day and they go still say am tomorrow again so e don master me ooo, if I no say thank you, I no be better person”she said.
“Okay, you’re welcome”he said and she rest her head on the seat.
“Na God bring you come my life, if not, I no know how I for dey”she said and closed her eyes. He looked at her but looked away as he drove.
**
Xavier has been pacing in the living room. He has been thinking about Finch and June together all through.
He checked the time and it’s almost seven. Rain began falling and he couldn’t help but worry more.
He picked his phone to call her but he remembered he doesn’t have her contact.
“$h|t”
“Where’s her room?”someone said behind him and he turned to see Finch carrying sleeping June.
“What happened to her?”he asked quickly.
“She fell asleep obviously”Finch said and he walked to them.
“Hand her over”he said.
“I’ll drop her on her bed and leave”Finch said.
“She’s asleep now, I will call the security to see you off roughly”he said and Finch sighed before handing June to him.
“I was just in a good mood yesterday and today, don’t you come in my island without being invited”he said.
“Why? I will only come for her not you”Finch said.
“I don’t want you coming for her”he said.
“Why? You started having feelings for older women? I told you earlier, she seems to get my attention and she has gotten it to the highest point”Finch smirked
“Make sure she’s alright”Finch said and walked away.
Xavier waited until he was out of sight before climbing the stairs up.
He stared at June and began thinking about what Finch said.
He got to her room and place her on the bed, taking off her shoes and cross bag, he covered her with the duvet and sat beside her, still staring at her.
“I don’t know what this is but I h@?? it when you’re with another guy especially Finch”he muttered as he kept staring.
TBC