"Coach Damian, please can I use the Restroom"
"Sure"Nala made her way out of the class and Austin hurriedly picked up his bags running after her."Austin!""I'm sorry coach"Austin ran after her, but her steps only increased in pace."Nala please wait"He held her bag, which made her stop to look at him. Nala turned, staring at him without saying anything. Austin couldn't mutter a word either as he was busy panting with one hand on his knee and one hand up, gesturing for her to give him a minute."Are you going to say something or not?"Taking her arms into his hands, he just couldn't find the word to say to her. He was terrible with women and hasn't had to apologize or even ask a lady out in his life. In summary, Austin had never experienced anything intense with the opposite gender.Looking up to her face " I miss you Nala""You miss me?" Nala looked confused, " that's what you thought to say, that you missed me Austin?""Okay wait…, urgh, maybe I messed up"She shrugged her arms off his hands forcefully, "You have nothing to say Austin, I'm not even sure you feel sorry." Nala readjusted her bags, attempting to walk away again.He grabbed her and turned her to face him, he could feel his leg shaking already but managed to force out the words he should have said a long time ago."I'm sorry, I miss you. I miss us. I shouldn't have shouted at you the way I did." Moving a step closer to her, Nala moved a step back. He smiled " I know you might still be mad at me""Might, I felt insulted by what you did, you made me feel Rejected Austin, I thought we were friends"Placing his hands on her lips, " shhh, we are friends Nala, there's no excuse for what I did but I'll make it up to you I promise"Nala smiled but quickly put up a straight look, "How would you do that then?""Well…"The school bell rang, interrupting Austin. The school hall would be crowded with students and he knew. Letting go of her hands, he walked back slowly, smiling."Come watch me play football"Her mouth flew wide open, "Football, you are terrible at it" she screamed, the students were already in the all and she found it hard to have a clear view of Austin. What was he thinking she thought. She smiled, she had to go up to the library for her reading.Suddenly she felt a hand go round her waist, drew her back, and before she could struggle."I did miss you Nala""Austin, people are watching""I seriously don't care anymore"Nala broke away from his grasp, " well I do Austin" she turned and left him standing there.What was I thinking, Austin asked himself. He made everything worse. He made his way through the crowd to go attend the next class and Hoped he Concentrates and not think about what just happened*********************3 pm and It was time for his detention, Austin hated the principal's office with everything he could think of, it reeked of old books, and for some reason, he hated that smell. Nala on the other hand happened to love it because she was quite the reader herself."Good afternoon sir"He made his way into the office as the principal raised his eyes to look at him and gestured for him to sit down."I can't keep on having the same Conversation with you Austin"Principal Jacob removed his glasses and leaned forward. "Your mother wouldn't want this for you, you know that right?"Austin kept quiet staring straight at him in the eyes, Principal Jacob couldn't read the emotion coming from him but Austin was trying to prevent any breakdown so he tried as much as possible not to talk about his mum with anyone."Sir, with all due respect but I don't think I want to have this conversation with you"" I could recommend a therapist""Sir please, I don't need any of those things, I came here for my detention and I'll be happy if we focused on that instead"Principal Jacob smirked, stood up, and gathered some documents on his desk"Go to The Coach's office, he's expecting you"Austin left his office and walked down to coach Damian's office. Jade was surprised to see Austin walk-in"And what are you doing here boy?" Jade asked Austin who was still standing by the door."Come in" Coach Damian waved to Austin to walk towards them."So how can I help you?"Jade hit Austin on his arms " Hey, he's talking to you""Umm, Principal Jacob asked me to Join the Football team""What?" Jade ended up covering his mouth, trying to stop him from laughing loudCoach Damian with a subtle smile, " Can you even play football Austin?""yes coach, I use to do so growing up""Come on man, you can't even…""Shut the F**k up, I wasn't talking to you" Austin howled at Jade. Jade was surprised to even see Austin reply to him that way. Coach Damian immediately stepped in holding Jade from approaching Austin"Language, Austin, language""Jade, go to the field, we'll catch up and rally the boys"Jade left the office fixing his gaze on Austin as he shut the door."I don't want you getting hurt or getting into trouble out there""I'll try not to do that""You'll try?""I won't get into trouble""Good"Coach Damian walked over to the field with Austin. Other boys were there practicing different training drills. Austin checked his phone to see if Nala had left him a message because he couldn't see her anywhere. He felt bad after what happened earlier that day."EVERYONE!" the coach called the attention of other students on the field. He urged them to make sure Austin was made to fit in the training drills and taught the pattern of the team. Austin could feel Jade's gaze on him while Coach Damian Addressed them."Now everyone get into position"Jade ran across everyone there and immediately took his position besides Austin."Do you even know what we are about to do"Austin focused his eyes forward trying not to give Jade the satisfaction of teasing him"Come on, I know you can see me Austin " Jade poked him"Even a dummy would know it's a 100m race Jade""Oh well let's see what you got son"Jade looked forward, fixing his grip and Feet on the ground.Coach Making his instructions known to the students lined up that once they hear the whistle, they should take off.Austin wanted to make an impression as a recruit and he sure did want to make sure Jade swallowed his big fat pride by finishing above him in this race.As soon as the whistle was blown. Jade, ready to take off, scooped a little quantity of sand with his fists and threw it at Austin's face without anyone seeing."Arghh" He cried out, he lost his footing as he tried to take off."Are you okay?" Coach hurriedly ran towards him."Yes, I'm okay"He takes the hand of Coach Damian to get on his feet. He tried to get off the sand particles left on his face."Ohh, mummy's boy, what happened?" Jade ran back, mocking Austin."What did you say?" Austin asked, moving fast towards Jade." I said mummy's….."His fist hit Jade's chin before he could complete his words. Jade, retaliated immediately. He grabbed Austin's feet making sure he lost balance and pounced on him. Before he could start raining punches on him. Coach Damian lifted Jade off Austin. He hurriedly made it up to his feet, wanted to still go face to face with Jade but was stopped by Coach's hands."What's wrong with both of you? What exactly"He looked at Austin immediately " and you, you are suspended""But sir you can't do that""Oh I just did, now take your things and leave."Austin picked up his things showing no signs of remorse or trying to plead his case. He felt so angry at the world, he wanted to just end everything and everyone. He just needed peace and the only place he had in mind was his mother's grave.Trying to open her eyes, but she felt the Sunray perfectly directed at her eyes. She adjusted her body and tried to stand up. Everything seemed blurred to her and she almost lost her balance. "Where am I?" She questioned herself. She could see a perfectly dug grave in front of her with no coffin inside or name on it like it was been prepared for someone. Still confused, she looked around and saw no one except different graves with names on them. She still couldn't understand what she was doing there or how she got there. She could remember last night, she and Justin, her boyfriend, were out having fun then."Oh, that bastard" she just remembered they had an issue last night but still couldn't fathom how she got to the cemetery. "You know you shouldn't be speaking to him after everything I told you" Justin grabbed her arm making her squirm in pain"Why are you so insecure?""Why would I be insecure about someone like you?"She stopped abruptly, "what do you mean by that?""Uhh?" Pret
Austin couldn't hold the pain in anymore, why did his mum have to leave him in this cruel world? Everything just seemed difficult for him. He never forgot waking up in the hospital after the news. She was everything to him, he never forgot the first toy she got him for passing his exams, regardless of him not being at the top of the class. All he wanted was to make her happy when he was of age but she left.On that fateful day, he could hear his mum telling his dad to come to pick her up from her place of work because she would be running a late shift. She was a Nurse at the only standard hospital they had in the city there."Could you come to pick me up from the hospital at 8 pm" his mum requested while packing up her bags."I'm sorry, I have something to do this evening" his dad shouted back from his room because he was far away from her."Richard, just do this for me. Please" He barely heard her call his dad Richard except when they had one of their regular fights and she was awar
Austin rang the bell on Nala's door hoping to see her get the door so he'd apologize. "Oh, Good day Mr. Ben" The look on his face showed he was surprised to see Nala's dad home. He thought he wasn't going to be home until Christmas. Her father was a contractor and he was never home. He was always moving to different countries trying to close deals for his firm so he barely had time to come home." Austin!" Mr. Ben ushered out his arms to squeeze him for a hug. "Come in, Nala's upstairs."He came in and made sure to greet Mrs. Ben, who was busy in the kitchen. Their house was everything perfect to him, the decorations, the lights, and most importantly the fact they were still together. That was everything he dreamt of. He got to her bedroom and knocked twice."Who's there?" "It's me, Austin"She opened the door halfway, hiding her body and just showing her face, " what are you doing here?""Can you let me in so we'll talk?""No, I'm busy""Come on Nala" He tried to push the door a b
Austin Started off the morning with his dad waking him up from his sleep which he found disturbing. He left him with instructions on things he needed to do before leaving for school. His dad had no idea he was suspended and He planned to leave it that way. Right after his dad left, he flew back on the bed.After almost 2hours, he woke up to his phone beeping. NalaRemember the training by 5 pmHe smiled after reading Nala's text and went back right into trying to do what his dad told him to do. He started by trying to fix himself a meal. On opening the Refrigerator, "ugh, not again" he was disappointed at finding just cheese in it again. His dad made sure to leave him with enough pocket money, so he couldn't complain about the meal at home. He reminisced about the wonderful night he had at Ben's, he missed being around happy faces and eating good food. He couldn't stay home till 5 pm, the school was going to dismiss by 4, so he needed to keep himself busy till then. But he had no fri
It's been over 15 minutes and Tasha hasn't moved or let alone breathe like she was alive. Austin was scared and sweating profusely. He looked around but no one came to his aid. Whenever he screams "help" his voice comes running back to him.Confused and not knowing what to do, Tasha was just in his arms, as he sat on the ground, downcast.He suddenly felt her moving with her eyes opening gradually "Tasha!" He shook her aggressively as if he wanted her to be up quickly"What happened," Tasha asked, as she held her head and gradually sat up,then squinted her eyes. She could feel her head banging like a music concert was being held there. She couldn't see clearly, the tree and even Austin's perfectly dark skinned toned face and fairly shaped brows were all blurred. She felt like she was stunned by an aggressive hit from a fist or something harder."You passed out as we came out of the cemetery"She looked back and saw the average iron gate of the cemetery, it was silver in color and the
"You can't be serious!" Austin's Father fumed as he barged into his room. "Get up from there now"Austin used the pillow to cover his head to prevent himself from hearing his father's voice. He felt his father aggressively grab the pillow from him"What is it this time?" Austin reluctantly asked his father with his eyes still shut."I said, get up!"He slowly stood up and sat at the edge of the bed."I know your mother's death has been tough on you""Oh please dad" He interrupted his father immediately, standing up to leave, but his father grabbed him by the arm and pulled him back to the bed."Listen to me! I have condoned your disrespect and every other thing, but so help me God this continues. I'll…""You would what?" He stood up immediately facing his dad with no space left between them. His father was dark as night, his beard rough and hair scattered like he had no time for himself."What would you do that you haven't done before Dad?" His father held his fist and sighed slowly
The school hallways in it's usual moment of silence, Austin made his way Inside and was glad the Principal didn't see him This time. He couldn't go to the class because he was sure there would a teacher and not too many of them liked him. He made his way into the school cafeteria, it was in modern form with different benches and wide tables in different rolls where students come with their cliques to eat. Different cliques and different kinds of people, the popular rich kids, the footballers and cheerleaders. He always ate alone and surprisingly for him, no one had noticed him enough for them to disturb his lunch break.He went into the cafeteria and met it empty with no one there at the time. He looked outside the window and saw the school field, he immediately remembered the incident where he punched jade and chuckled. He couldn't believe he actually did that, well there was a good side to him getting angry. Now he has to live with the consequences and dealing with Jade throughout h
Tasha found the streets of Boston to be quiet or was It Austin who stayed in the Rural area of Boston? She thought to question him when he got back. Back in Brooklyn, she was used to fast-moving trains, Cars always honking and Roadside singers blazing with their instruments trying to make money. What a place of fun, she thought. She couldn't wait for Austin to get back so she could go home, she anticipated it like it was Christmas. She wasn't used to staying away from school, her friends, and Justin. She walked around, waving to people around but no one acted as if they saw her."Are they this rude" she muttered in silence and concluded she wasn't going to try to greet anyone again. She walked until she got to Austin's house and sat across the road, waiting for him patiently. A car pulled up in front of her and a dark-looking, tall boy with braids made with his natural hair and with a side cut came out carrying some luggage. She wondered who that was. He came down, carried his luggag