Falling For The Playboy

EVA

“Can you blame me, though? ” Laura asked as she finally sat. “Did you see him? ”

I frowned, confused. Was she forgetting? “That’s Henri. He goes to our school. ”

She rolled her eyes. “Duh. Did you see him?! ”

“We did. ” Abi answered. “Just like we see him every other day at school. ”

“Bloody hell, he’s divine. ” Her accent grew thicker. “Such a shame we go to the same school. ”

I frowned when I got the implication of her statement. “You don’t….. talk to guys from school? ”

She leveled her gaze on me. “Talk isn’t the word. ” I was pretty sure I blushed. “But no I don’t. I try to avoid it. There’s just too much drama. ”

I nodded, letting the topic go.

When it was time for take off, I said a silent prayer for safe journey and before I knew it, we were in the air. Laura plugged her headphones in her ear while Abi read a book. I was too excited to do anything. I wanted to take everything in.

The flight took a total of thirteen hours and thirty minutes and when we finally landed, it wasn’t even dark. I checked the time on my phone. 6pm. Was that still the Nigerian time or had it switched to Washington time zone? After a quick calculation in my head, I realized that my phone had automatically switched to the Washington time zone. How cool.

“We’re in the US of A baby! ” Laura yelled as she skipped with her luggage, her stick straight wig, swinging glossily with her movements. I was surprised to see a small smile on Mrs Philomena’s lips as she watched her.

And why wouldn’t she smile? She had to be very proud of her school right now.

Washington DC was beautiful. It was clean and cold with a crisp breeze that made me want to take a huge, fat breath. I did just that.

We checked into a hotel, and the sleeping arrangements were two persons to a room. I almost panicked and Laura must have seen the look on my face.

“I’ll ask if the three of us can room together. ”

I almost collapsed with relief. “Thank you. ”

She was just about to speak up when a slender hand snaked around my arm. “We can share a room. ”

Laura, Abi and I simultaneously turned to the intruder. She had a face that wouldn’t really be described as pretty -striking was the word, with cat-like eyes, a pointed nose and wide lips. She was slightly taller than I was with sleek chocolate skin and a slim figure clad in jean cutoffs and a long sleeved T-shirt.

For some reason, she seemed familiar.

“Where did you come from? ” Laura frowned, looking behind the girl.

“I appeared out of thin air. ” She said and I almost believe her. Almost.

“Haha. ” But there wasn’t a hint of smile on Laura’s face. “Why would you want to room with her? ”

“She needs someone to room with. ” She turned to me, giving me the full force of her cat-like eyes. That was when I realized her hand was still linked with mine. “Don’t you? ”Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

Why are you so familiar?

“I actually do. ” I muttered.

“Doesn’t mean she wants to room with you. ” Laura sassed.

“Let’s leave it up to Eva, shall we? ” Abi suggested gently before turning to me. “Eva, would you be okay sharing a room with Phoebe? ”

Phoebe. So that was her name.

Phoebe stared at me hopefully and I found I didn’t want to hurt her feelings by saying no. But that wasn’t why I said, “Yes. ”

“Are you just saying that? Cause you can totally room with us. ” Laura pressed and I loved her so much in that moment.

“No, I mean it. I’ll share a room with Phoebe. ” I reassured her, the name sounding foreign on my tongue.

As we rode the elevator up, I watched Phoebe as discreetly as I could, wondering if I’d ever seen her back at school. Ivacy High was huge so it was understandable that I hadn’t seen her before today, but she felt familiar in some way and I couldn’t place my finger on why.

Phoebe swiped our keycard -a keycard!- on the lock and the light showed green before the door opened.

“Stay safe, Eva! ” Laura yelled just before I entered the room and I smiled, letting the door shut behind me.