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.Content © NôvelDrama.Org.

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? ”

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.