Chapter 4 Meets Spanish guy

" Seriously I prefer Tuesdays, " I said to my two best friends Tess and Chapa, as I took a bite from my burger .

One thing you should know about me is that I'm a foodie. I so love food,my mom often say that one day I'll get lured into kidnap because of food but I don't care. My love for food is unmeasurable .

" That's because you have no shift on Tuesday right ?" Tess asked, knowingly.

"Thats right babe . All I do on Tuesday is go to class,read, eat, eat, eat, sleep, what could possibly go wrong?" I said, Chapa was about to say something when someone's voice stopped her .

" Hola, me ilamo Frednerdo, como te ilamas? Someone said .

I looked up from my burger to see a guy, mere looking at him you would know that he is a foreign exchange student .

"Sorry none of us speak Spanish , " Chapa said .

" I think I can speak a little , I've been taking online classes," I said.

" Hola, llamo Danielle Collins, "

"Yo no puedo hablar bien espanol, pero es toy aprendiendo (I'm still learning Spanish, so I can't speak it fluently), " I said and he smiled.

"Me too. I'm learning how to speak English. Me shy i don't speak much," he said struggling to speak English and he tried though his English is really poor .

" Bueno ya me voy, in placer conocerte Danielle, (well I'm leaving now, nice to meet you Danielle) , " he said and walked away .

" Adios Frednerdo(good bye Frednerdo) " I said loudly .

" Muchas gracias ( thank you very much ) " he said and left .

" Wow Dani, so you speak Spanish and you didn't tell us! " Chapa exclaimed in awe.

" It's no big deal, I just started learning recently . I'm also learning French, Tagalog and Igbo ( a language in Nigeria) "

"Really? Omg! Speak something in French," Chapa said with undisguised enthusiasm.

"Okay. Je m'appelle Danielle, that means my name is Danielle. Je suis ne (e) j'habite à united States ( I live in the united States). Je suis étudente de concave high school(I'm a student at concave high school), j'aime parle le français et j'aime jover le football, " I said while chapa and Tess started applauding.

" Sheesh ! The cafeteria is becoming crowded , " I said, smiling though .

"Let me say something about my two best friends, "

" Ma ...." I was rudely interrupted by someone foolish.

And you guessed right. Jeffrey Campbell.

This guy is like my shadow, he is everywhere I go.

"Look at small cupcake, trying to speak languages, I hope it's not to impress me because if it is you have failed miserably 'cause I'm not impressed one bit , " he said cockily.

"Snitch! " I grumbled loud enough for him to hear.

"I wasn't snitching, just making sure that I hear every bit of your conversation, so Incase you girls starts talking about how handsome I am I would know I would know , " he said smirking.

I so hate this guy .

"Have you ever wondered about the meaning of Jeffrey's middle name?" I asked as his expression changed to a puzzled one, wondering where I was going with this.

"No, do you know? " Miles asked , I didn't even notice him until now.

"Well since I'm a very kind person I'll tell you guys. Montana means mountain and because of this Jeffrey doesn't reason properly; I don't blame him, who would? When there is always a mountain blocking his senses, " I said and everyone roared in laughter.

"Don't worry mascota (pet), I'll help you, " I said pretending to care, causing everyone to laugh more.

Jeff wasn't amused, he didn't say anything, he just frowned and turned away. I took a bar of chocolate out of my bag and opened it,as I was about to eat it, Jeffrey snatched it from my hand and took a huge bite out of it. I left my mouth opened.

Once he was through chewing the one in his mouth, he said.

" That's for talking nonsense about my name,"

Then he took another bite and chewed.

"Mmmm " he moaned.

"This is definitely the best chocolate i have tasted" he said.

He took the last bite that finished the whole chocolate.

"That's for talking to any random guy that speaks Spanish, I don't like that," he said and threw the empty sachet to my face.

"Miles let's move," he said and winked at me while I glared in anger.

"Fool!" I yelled as he and Miles walked away.

"Can you imagine that? And you guys said nothing, " I said furiously.

"What do you expect us to say? Did you say anything?" Tess asked in amusement.

"And besides do you want us to disturb a boyfriend who is telling his girlfriend how he feels?" Chapa asked teasingly, as she and Tess high fived.

"You're sick. You people are sick, Jeffrey and I are sworn enemies and the sooner you expect that, the better," I said not finding this whole Jeffrey boyfriend thing funny at all.

"That's what they always say when they are in love, we ain't lovers we are just friends or we ain't lovers we are enemies but deep down they are dating," Chapa said mockingly and earned a glare from me which shut her up.

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I tapped my pen impatiently on the desk as I waited for my teacher to stop rambling.

I was in chemistry class and instead of learning anything of benefit, we were listening to her whine about how men are cruel and deceitful and how they cheat on women. She had recently broken up with her boyfriend of three years and was not taking too well to the change.

As soon as the clock struck 2:30pm, I didn't hesitate to put my books into my bag so I can get out of the classroom as quickly as possible.

That class was awful but I'm glad it was over now and I'm finally free. I searched through my bag for my phone, opening it I saw a text message from Chapa saying,

Chapa xx: I am so sorry Dani but you have to find another way home because I have to pick up my little sister.

What was I supposed to do now? I didn't have a car nor a driver's license and bad enough I don't have a single cash on me, I had spent all my money on snacks.

With a sigh, I just sucked it up and began to leisurely stroll, I was less in rush now and it won't take 30 minutes to get home. I swiped my phone screen and it opened, typed in my password and began to type a reply to Chapa.

Looking up, my heart skipped a beat as i saw a black corolla heading straight to me, infact if not that I looked up when I did the car would have knocked me down.

I narrowed my eyes, recognizing the car's as Jeffrey's.

The window rolled down and revealed Jeff, who was looking at me with a smug expression on his face.

"Is your final plan to kill me once and for all? I knew you were an idiot but I didn't know you are a murder," I hissed.

Jeff sighed " you are just being childish, I wasn't even close to hitting you , " he said.

I scoffed. "Are you sick or what? I was this close to being hit by your stupid car," I said gesturing with my fingers.

"It's not my fault that you couldn't wait to get home before texting," he snapped back as he eyed the phone which was still in my hand.

Miles who I hadn't noticed at all until now was in the passengers seat and decided to pitch in.

"Stop bickering you too, can't you see that it's time for my after school nap."

We both turned to look at him and sigh in unison.

"Hey, are you walking home cupcake?, I could give you a lift if you want ? " He said smiling.

I looked at him apprehensively, this could be a trap.

"No, thanks, " I said and walked on, he drove his car forward.

"Please I feel bad for what I did earlier, please let me make it up to you," he said looking at me with a warm smile.

" Okay, fine, " I said, seriously my legs are really killing me.

I entered into the car and relaxed, closed my eyes. After for about 5 minutes I opened my eyes and found out that he was taking a different turn .

"Where are we going? " I asked almost panicking .

"You'll see, " he said and smiled evily.

He took me to a very far distance, near a coffee shop and asked me to get down.

I thought he wanted to maybe buy me some coffee and apologize for being a dickhead.

Immediately i came down, he shut the door and locked it.

"Find your way back home cupcake," he said as the car sped off.

I watched the car leave,my mouth hanging open in shock.

I was such a fool, I should have known that he can never be kind.

I felt a hard lump form in my throat, as I desperately fought the urge to cry.

I took a deep breath in and out, ready to take a long walk home with a painfully heavy backpack .