THE ILLITERATE BABYSITTER - CHAPTER 5&6
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June and Finch walked to their next class.
“I’ll see you when I’m out”Finch said and walked in. She saw Xavier at the back seat and walked away to seat on the floor as usual.
The class didn’t take long as the other. It only took an hour.
“June”Finch said as he got out.
“Una finish fast”she said and he nodded.
“Let’s go eat”he said and the app on his phone translated.
“I no fit go if Zavier never ready”she said and he laughed at the pronounce of Xavier.
“Translate let’s go eat in your language”he said.
“Make we go chop”she said and he blinked slowly.
“Make..we..go… chop”he said in his america accent and she laughed.
“You go need overtraining ooo”she laughed and Noah and Xavier walked out at that time.
“Let’s go June”Noah said.
“Oya byebye”she walked at Finch who kept smiling and she followed them.
“Do you know him before?”Noah asked as they walked to the cafeteria.
“I no hear ooo”she said and he sighed before bringing out his phone.
“Do you know Finch?”he asked again.
“Fish, I know am na”she said and he smiled.
“Fish and not Finch”he muttered.
Finally they got to the cafeteria and they walked to a table of four. It took less than five minutes when a chef served their food.
You don’t expect Xavier going to get his food himself.
“Won’t you eat?”Noah asked since June kept staring at the sandwich.
“Hey Xavier, hey Noah and hey newbie!”a girl approached them, sitting on the last seat.
“Mimi”Noah smiled.
“I was gonna introduce myself before you called my name playboy”she frowned and he scoffed and she faced June.
“Hey, I’m Mimi and you are?”she asked but June didn’t talk.
“You have an app translator right?”she faced Noah who brought out his phone.
“I’m Mimi and you?”Mimi said again.
“My name na June”June said.
“Okay, I’m a contest creator, can I have a video of you?”Mimi said.
“How old you be?”June asked.
“Why do you ask?”
“You too small, your face and voice be like small pikin own. For my country, you go dey SS one now na”she said and Mimi blinked.
“I’m not that little, I just have a small body”Mimi said. By now Noah was laughing but Xavier kept a straight face. He wasn’t even looking at her.
“Me I be twenty four years, I senior you with five years”June said.
“Wh@??ver, age doesn’t matter to me. You can be twenty five and get married to a twenty years old guy”Mimi said and June screamed.
“Ah! Abomination! You no fit do am for my place ooo you no fit!”she shouted.
“Oh God! Let’s change topic”Mimi groaned.
“Can you just leave Mimi”Xavier said.
“I didn’t come for you”she scoffed and faced June back.
Xavier stood up which made June to stand up.
“You’re just so harsh!”Mimi scoffed. But Xavier walked away.
“Being friends with that idiot makes you one”Mimi said to Noah.
“You like him?”Noah smirked.
“Hell no! He might be handsome and all that but he isn’t my type!”she said and walked away.
Noah made sure he finished his sandwich before walking out of the cafeteria.
**
Xavier walked to the basketball base.
“You shouldn’t follow me always!”he said as they walked in but June said nothing and he groaned.
He picked the ball and began bouncing it but he didn’t throw it into the net.
“You no Sabi play?”June asked.
“Can you speak a good english for once!”he snapped.
“Use that thing way fish and Noah dey use na, cause me I Know no why you dey vex!”she said but he didn’t say a thing nor face her.
“One day I go surely beat you, you think say we be agemate”she muffled and sat on the ground.
Gold and Diamond walked in next.
“Hi Xavier!”they chorused and Xavier turned.
“Hi”Xavier said.
“Thought you were gonna ditch us or something”Gold chuckled.
“Wasn’t in the mood yesterday”he said.
“I wanted to ask yesterday…”Diamond trailed.
“What?”he said.
“Can we have dinner together or maybe have a stroll tonight or still maybe come to your island”Diamond said and June hissed even though she didn’t understand what she said but the way Diamond was behaving was annoying.
“Wetin dey do this one”she said to herself.
“Which do you want? Dinner, stroll or visit my island?”he asked.
“Visit your island”she smiled.
“Fine then, we can do the remaining two, you can come with me when it’s time”he said and was expecting her to leave but she didn’t.
“Let’s go Diamond”Gold said.
“Can I hug you?”Diamond asked and Xavier only stared at her. She was being babyish.
“Abeg wetin dey do you. Which one be shake way you dey shake just say you see fine boy or wetin!”June stood up and they stared at her.
“What in the world did you just spit out!”Gold asked.
“Just shut it!”Xavier faced June.
“You say make I shut up abi wetin?”she faced Xavier who’s d@mn angry already.
He slowly brought out his phone. The translator app is already in his phone.
“Shut up”he said.
“Rich pikin na so una dey do na, cause you get money no mean say me I no go get one day, I go warn you for the last time, talk to me anyhow and you go collect anyhow”she said and walked out. Eyeing as she left.
“Who’s she to you?”Gold asked.
“My personal life has nothing with you”he said and she scoffed.
“Don’t get too high Xavier, Diamond is the one interested in you not me, just helping my twin by being here”she scoffed and also walked away.
“I’m sorry about that”Diamond said and ran after Gold.
Xavier turned back to bouncing the ball when a voice talked behind him.
“I also want to know what she is to you”Finch said.
“Why, interested in her?”Xavier smirked.
“I should get an answer first”Finch said.
“You should know better than asking cause I won’t even give an answer”Xavier scoffed.
“Treat her nice, she seem to get my attention already”Finch said and turned to leave.
“I didn’t know you do older ladies”Xavier said and he stopped walking.
“Twenty four isn’t that bad, you aren’t my dad”Finch said and walked out completely.
Xavier angrily throw the ball away. One thing Finch is ever better than him his fighting. Being a sickler makes him not shout nor talk about fighting.
He eventually walked out and met June out.
He walked past her and she followed. He has only one class left so he head to the class. No one was in so June followed him in.
“Why are you here?”he asked and she replied surprisingly.
“Nobody dey class na”she said and he looked at her to see a phone with her already. It has the translator app on.
“Who got you a phone?”he asked.
“How he take concern you?”she asked.
“Did you steal?”he asked and that was it, she walked out, ignoring him.
A call came through and like Finch who got the phone taught her, she’s to press the green if she wants to answer the call and red if she doesn’t.
She tap on the green.
“Fish, na you?”she said immediately she picked.
“Yes, but Finch not fish”he said.
“You go tell me another name or I go dey call you fish”she said since the app was still on, she could understand what he said.
“Where are you?”he asked.
“I know no but na class, I follow that mumu Zavier”she said and he laughed.
“Byebye”he said in her accent and she smiled.
“You don dey learn fast fast, byebye”she said and he hanged up. She put the phone inside her cross bag.
An hour later, the class was over and they began walking out.
“Today is finally over”Finch approached her.
“You say?”she asked and he smiled, he understands this one.
“I’m very tired”he said and she smiled since she put on the app already.
“Sorry ehn”she said and he smiled.
“Ready to go home or what?”Xavier approached them.
“Hey Finch”Gold said.
“Hey”he said and faced June.
“Byebye”he waved and she waved back before following Xavier and Gold.
“You know her?”Gold asked.
“Yes”he smiled.
“Seems you get along well”she said and he nodded.
“Need something?”he asked.
“Just wanted to say Hi”she said and he smiled, walking away. Gold stared at him till he was out of sight before walking away.
**
Immediately they came down from the car, Xavier and Diamond got on a scooter individually.
“Ma Angel said I should give this to you”the driver dropped a box on her hand and walked away. She began walking and opening the box.
It’s a new phone, same with the one Finch got for her. Samsung.
“Ah! Two phone, I go sell this one”she said and dropped the phone back in the box. She brought out a headphone next but dropped it back since she doesn’t know how to operate it.
Few minutes later, she finally got to the living room, meeting only Diamond.
“Why na only you dey here?”she asked and the translator machine on the glass table translated.
“Do you live here?”Diamond asked instead.
“Eh na”she said.
“Why?”
“Wetin? Why you dey ask me plenty question?”June said.
“I’m sorry, I’m Diamond”she stretched her hand and June placed hers on it.
“Wetin you call your name again?”
“Diamond…..Dia……mond”she said.
“Die…young?”
“What?!”Diamond shouted.
“How una papa and mama go dey name una rubbish name. If dey want make you die young why dey con born you. Na stupid name I just dey hear since. First na Zavier, fish and now die young”she said and Diamond blinked repeatedly. Where in the world is she from.
Xavier who’s on the stairs couldn’t help but laugh on hearing it.
“Una dey try for here ooo”she said and sat down.
TBC