Chapter 5 Will he like me

IVY POV🎤🎧

"Phew" I breathed out immediately when I reached the class. "Miss Spencer, you are late " Miss Debby the English teacher said, I wonder why she's called 'Miss' instead of 'Mrs', she looks forty. "Sorry Miss Debby" I said and without waiting for her permission, I walked to my seat.

"Girl you look exhausted " Jocelyn said immediately I sat down. "And good morning to you too" I said with an eye roll.

"Yh good morning, but why have you been coming late? You missed the first period, again... Same with yesterday and the day before it" she said, looking worried.

"Ahh, those juniors held me up, they wanted to sign their clothes, books, shoes, arrrgh... And some took pictures with me" I said and sighed. "What happened to you the other day you came late, did they hold you up too? Are u having a problem Ivy? U can tell me, what are friends for? " she said, worried evident in her tone.

"No, not at all... You know what? Let's focus on the topic being taught now and talk about me later" I said, averting my eyes to the board.

It's true that those juniors took my time but I was already late before that. When I got home on Tuesday evening after dropping Jocelyn home. Aunt was at home already ... waiting for me....

FLASH BACK

I came out of the car immediately my driver entered the compound, the maids all bowed to me as I walked past them into the house. I saw my aunt sitting on a double couch in the living room. "Good evening aunt" I greeted and went over to peck her cheek but she suddenly grabbed my two ears as I bent. "Aww" I yelped in pain because she was pulling it hard.

"Ivory Clarissa Spencer " she(my aunt) called, *oh boy, am in trouble* she and my mum only call me 'Ivory' only when they're angry. Now the question is 'what did I do?'.

"Yes, yes that's my name, oh aunt my ears are hurting please let go" I pleaded almost at the verge of tears, am sure my ears will be red now. "I just found out that you haven't been rehearsing for the competition, you think it's a joke, huh?, you think it's a child's play? ANSWER ME!!! " She yelled at me and released my ears which are currently hurting.

"Am sorry aunt, I've been busy with school work and I slightly forgot " I said pleading, still rubbing my ears. "That's not an excuse, you always have time for rehearsal when you attend the online classes, isn't it the same thing or are you tired of your music career or you want out of the competition? '' she yelled again and I slightly flinched. "No, no, no aunt, it's not.... ".

"Or you want to go back to your online class? She asked, interrupting me.

"No aunt, pls don't, I promise to rehearse and I don't want out of anything plsss" I said going on my knees as tears clouded my eyes. "Now listen carefully young lady, you're gonna rehearse every morning before going to school, and I'll be watching you. And if you don't, I'll tell your mum and you'll go back to your online class, am I understood? "She asked glaring at me.

"Yes aunt I will" I replied immediately and hugged her before running upstairs to my room. Remind me never to enter my aunt black book again, thank God she didn't tell my mum. Because I prefer my aunt's scolding to mum's, her scolding always ends with 'you are grounded' which I hate.

FLASH BACK END

So since then I've been rehearsing every morning and that's the reason for my lateness.

"Ouch" I yelped as someone pinched my skin, though not too painful but enough to bring you out of your dreamland. "Is there a problem, Miss Spencer? " the teacher asked and all heads turned towards me, how embarrassing.

"No, not at all Miss Debby " I said, smiling sweetly. She nodded and focused on the board.

👥Why did she shout?

👥Is she on her period?

What???? I frowned when I heard that.

"What was that for? " I whispered to Jocelyn. "To bring you back to earth, you were spacing out" she said and I scoffed.

"What were you thinking anyway? " she asked.

"How to murder you in a way that pleases God " I said and she chuckled. The bell rang signifying it's lunch time, and the students immediately rushed out. Jocelyn and I head towards our lockers, though our lockers are far from each other, hers is 178, while mine is 203.

After dropping our books and backpacks, we head to the cafeteria.

"Are you busy tomorrow? " Jocelyn asked. "No, why? " I replied.

"I planned on going shopping tomorrow since it's the weekend, I have my brother's credit cards, so bills on me , " she said excitedly. "Why will you have your brother's credit cards,don't you have yours, wait... don't tell me you stole them"I gasped dramatically and she rolled her eyes. "No silly, it's a payment for keeping their secrets, so are you in for a massive shopping tomorrow?" She said, wiggling her eyebrows.

"Who would say no to that tempting offer, of course I am in" I said and we did high five while laughing.

"Hey popstar "I heard someone calling and I turned, three girls walked towards us, they were pretty, especially the middle one. I heard Jocelyn scoff and mutter 'Bitches' before they reached us. We stood staring at each other before the one in the middle one gave a small laugh.

"What do you want? " I asked, already tired of standing, I kept my gaze on the blonde hair one who looks familiar like I've met her somewhere. She has blue eyes like mine nd the same height as mine too, though am a little fuller than her in shape nd our hairs are the different colors but something feels weird or is it just me?.

"I just want to warn you, so you won't get hurt at the end, stay away from Ryan, he's mine" the middle one(blonde hair) said giving me a mocking look.

"And why should I?? Who re you to tell me that? " I asked confused nd annoyed. "You don't wanna know, it's gonna break you, so for your own good, stay away from him, c'mon girls" she said nd walked away with her minions towards the cafeteria's direction.

I stood there till she nd her minions were out of sight. "Who's she? " I asked Jocelyn, still looking at that direction. "The three bitches, as I named them, but they re called the CRYSTALS, the blonde hair is their leader, Stacey nd she's obsessed with Ryan, the two following her are her best friends or I rather called them puppets., the one with short black hair is Juliana, she's a slut, fucks anything with d!ck, while the one with long pink hair is Catherine, Cat for short, she's the talkative type" she concluded.

"Who's she to Ryan, his girlfriend? " I asked, slightly jealous. "Not sure, but rumors had it that she's Ryan's fiancee but it wasn't confirmed, maybe she spread it herself so no girls will flirt with him, she's just a desperate bitch" she said with a scoff.

We reached the cafeteria nd took an empty table, the school waitress came to take our orders nd I ordered for macaroni nd meatballs with salad nd milk, while Jocelyn ordered for sushi, chicken nd pasta. "I haven't pick an outfit yet, Jocelyn can you come over to my house nd help me?, I'll email u my house address " I asked as the waitress start placing our food in order.

"Really?... But you always go to parties, Miss celebrity, besides it's a home party, so no need to impress" she said chewing a mouthful of chicken. "Those parties re concerts, shows nd birthday parties of celebrities like me, not this regular one... You re coming over, that's final, I wanna see you by 5pm or I'll murder you in coldblood nd God will be pleased"I said eating a fork of salad.

The REALs came in nd there were shouting nd screaming from the girls while the boys were scoffing nd hissing. My eyes met with Ryan's and he smiled at me before looking ahead, I smiled back shyly.

"So, it's official, you re definitely crushing on Ryan" she said smirking at me nd my cheeks flamed up in embarrassment. "Yeah, maybe I am, what about you? Who's your crush among the four? " I asked nd she started blushing.

"Oh my, you re blushing, now am eager to know" I said smiling excitedly. "It's Liam" she said covering her face with her palms.

"Really? He's cute nd handsome too, and you said he's nice, so he's worth it" I said giggling at her flushed face.

"Yeah, but I don't think he'll like me.... I mean, am black skinned with big brown eyes and always with big recommended glasses, oh Ivy, I don't stand a chance " she said sadly.

"You are beautiful to me, if he doesn't see that then he's blind" I said in encouragement. "Thanks Ivy... I love you" she said smiling

"I love you too but u are not welcome" I said and we burst into laughter.

"Do you think I and Stacey kinder look alike? aside from our hair color difference nd her bitchy attitude? " I asked still thinking about it.

"I don't think so, you guys re totally different " she said. Maybe she's right, we're different and it might just be a coincidence. "Yeah" I said pushing the thoughts away.

The bell rang and we all left the cafeteria to our next class.