Chapter 3 Dining with the pranksters

Third person's POV

As Alex got out of the elevator, he remembered he had left his trainers in the car. He would have let it slide but today was his first sports day at Coral Coast and he wouldn't want to be tagged a Couch potato. He called the driver and luckily he hadn't left the premises.

He retrieved the sneakers and headed for his classroom. In the classroom he was shocked to see the elevator girl chatting with Ella. He made a mental note to just ignore her

"Hi girls. The guys aren't here yet?" Alex greeted

ELLA:Hello

KIRA: Good morning

ELEVATOR GIRL: isn't it nice that the prey came to its predator on its own accord.

ALEX :Ohh. I see the Elevator miss Lavender is here.

Ella's POV.

I was still wondering what Tina meant again by the prey meeting the predator when Alex (Who I was about to introduce to Tina) replied.

"Ohh. I see the Elevator miss Lavender is here."

Now this is not good.

How and when did they meet?

TINA :Good thing I don't have to remind you.

ALEX :How would I forget the masculine girl smelling like lavender.

TINA:I have a name Mr (pointing to her student's ID).

ALEX :And what name do you go by Miss.

I see he's doing this on purpose.

Guess Tina found a match.

TINA:(Speaking through her teeth) Christina Bent is my name.

ALEX : No too cheesy for a Tomboy.

Smart guy, he figured out already.

TINA : (Balling her fists) Don't mess with me. I'm a brown belt

ALEX :(Feigning fear) OMG I'm so scared. (suddenly laughs) guess we'll be attending karate classes together.

Someone needs to call these two to order

"Tina!" I cautioned "Is this a proper way to treat a new friend. A person you just met for that matter? Come on you can do better."

"But we were just having a nice dialogue and he seems to be having fun." Tina was still defending herself

"Can you just cut the crap and..."

"Fine.! Once again I'm the black sheep" Tina hissed.

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Tina's POV

Yesterday

"Daddy I don't really want to resume yet. " I pleaded with my father.

"No dear, I've indulged you enough over the years but this is the final fit" Father yelled.

"Daddy pleaseee. I promise not to play pranks again." I promised trying to make a cute face. "When you played the snake prank, you were sorry, the food coloring trick,you wouldn't do it again, remember the sponge cake prank, you said you were a changed person. I could go on with tales of your deadly pranks and you kept saying sorry in different shades yet you never changed but smearing glue on your cousin's seat that was the height of it " Father lectured.

" That girl lack manners and needed to be taught a lesson." I facepalmed

" I just wanted to welcome her. "I lied

" That was a terrible gift baby,Rosa could have been naked in the presence of our domestic workers. You know what? My decision is final! You're resuming tomorrow. Period! "

" Fine Mr Bent. I'll go to school tomorrow but tell Rosa to sit tight. I smirked

"Young lady begone from my sight." Father echoed

Someone please tell this man high blood pressure is real.

When I got to my room I wanted to call Ella to inform her of my scheduled resumption but I decided against it.

Let's give everybody a shock

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Earlier this morning

I took a final look at the mirror. I was in my complete School uniform but it still seems like something was missing

"What's left? " I thought

Yes! My spray

I picked up the bottle of Byredp's Gypsy Water sitting prettily on my vanity table. I thought it looked a bit out of place but I shrugged off the thought. I sprayed they content on my body and shut my eyes to take in the sensation.

I could swear my nostrils were offended.

Lavender!! How?

That was when I noticed a note on my table saying "Karma is a bitch yunno."

I know that handwriting

Kimberly Bent - My dearest elder sister

"Well. Not that fast Kim! "I yelled and went to the washroom to take another shower but I found another note on the doorknob.

" Don't try to wash it off baby sis. It lasts for 48 hours"

Frédéric Bent - My virtuous eldest brother.

I gave up and went to pick up my shoes but was greeted by another note.

"XOXO KIddo. Have a nice first day of resumption."

My second brother - Edward Bent

So this is a three against one right! Nice one!

Well not just yet oldies

I picked up the spray container and the notes and joined my beautiful family on the dining table for breakfast.

Time for comeback

"Morning fam!" I greeted

"Good morning" everyone chorused

I occupied a vacant seat after inspecting it carefully

I took out my anger on the poor bread slices.

"Sorry about yesterday Rosa I didn't mean to harm you. It was just a friendly prank. It's normal here." I apologized without even sparing my cousin a glance

I'm heading somewhere

She smiled and said it was fine and I voided. I stood to leave when my father called my name

" Christina Oluwatomisin Bent "

"That's my government name "I grunted

"Be a good girl at school "

Perfect opportunity

"Definitely Pops! Especially when my elder siblings thought it wise to give me a resumption gift as sweet as lavender"

My three lovely elder siblings entered into a coughing fit at the same time

"What do you........." I didn't let my father complete the sentence. I just slammed the spray bottle and the notes on the dining table and stormed out of the house

Have a nice day siblings

Now in the elevator this idiot want to take me to the 5th floor. I simply showed him my superiority as an Esteemed scholar with a spice of 'don't mess with me' glare and that was it

On getting to class with the hope of having a breathing space I was still made to explain without evidence. The icing on the cake is the elevator guy showing.

There's nothing more to add to a bad day. Right?

No wrong! Ella is here scolding me for having a dialogue with a new friend

Just wow!

ELLA'S POV

"Fine! Once again I've done something wrong. Should I kneel and apologize this time." Tina scoffed every bit of her speech screaming sarcasm.

"What do you mean. I was just trying to....." I was explaining when Tina cut in

"Nevermind! Who wouldn't scol a weirdo. I'm the odd one here anyways. I don't belong here."

There she goes again playing the pity card

"Don't say that baby. You know we all love you irrespective of your uniqueness. Right?" I looked toward Kira who nodded in the affirmative.

"Really. I love you all more than you can imagine but I just can't change my person." Tina pouted.

Such a drama queen

"We know okay! And we're never tired of accepting the weirdo in you. We love our baby Tina just like that." Kia said.

We locked her in a warm embrace and her tantrum ended there.

School activities went well but too bad sport was cancelled today so school ended with the chanting of the regular" now the day is over " hymn