CHAPTER FIVE

Amanda could literally felt her heart at the edge of her mouth as soon as the counting started. That morning, the girls had swarmed around her asking her where she had seen and gotten tickets to Chris Brown’s concert and that wasn’t all. The tickets were first seats tickets! If they stretched their hands long enough, when Chris Brown slapped handshakes with fans, they could be lucky and slap a handshake with him.

After careful deliberation, the night before, Amanda had found a perfect lie to tell them she could see Lolita glaring at her, sending her glares enough to send her six feet under but Amanda wasn’t that bothered.

Unlike the day before that only a few of the girls swarmed around her, all of them were swarming around her and treating her like Cleopatra. Amanda wasn’t sure the goddess received that much attention even when she was alive.

Maybe because she too carried away and didn’t hear them counting the votes nor did she hear them announcing the winner. Her closest friend tapped her with a smile as she winked at her.

“Congratulations Amanda. congratulations on becoming the new cheer leading captain” she said and started clapping while everyone followed suit while Amanda gave a happy yell as she turned to Lolita and stuck out her tongue at her.

Who’s laughing now bitch?

“Amanda, I’ll give you a moment as the new cheerleading captain, is there anything you want to say to your teammates?” the coach asked as he scratched his lower stubble.

“Okay. I just want to say a big thank you to every one of you that voted for me. I’m so grateful to you guys, I mean, this means a whole of things to me and I hope we have a peaceful collaboration in the future. Thanks for choosing me” Amanda said as one of the girls started clapping and the rest followed suit.

The girls started dispersing to the cafeteria after the announcements and some few other things. They chatted away happily while Lolita and her minion stormed away.

“You didn’t look that happy earlier when the girls were asking about how you got the tickets and even a visit to Wilson Hotels” Laura, Amanda’s closest friend said as Amanda pursed her lips.

“Did you have to do any bad thing to get those tickets?” Laura said as Amanda stopped and turned t her.

“What’s your definition of a bad thing?” Amanda asked as Laura shrugged.

“I don’t know, I’m not sure” Laura replied and Amanda shrugged.

“Whether I am sad or not, it doesn’t really matter. What matters is that I am very much happy now” Amanda said as she flashed Laura a smile.

“I need to call someone. Tell him the good news” Amanda said as Laura folded her arms laughing and smiling.

“A guy?” Laura asked as Amanda scoffed.

“My brother bitch” Amanda replied as she walked off the corridor leaving Laura to herself.

Amanda ran all the way to the rooftop and leaned on the railings as she dialled her brother’s number and pressed the phone to her ear. Zane picked up the phone on the second ring.

“Hey what’s up?” Zane asked as Amanda gave a loud screech.

“Guess what?! I’m the new Cheerleading captain!” Amanda screeched again as she heard Zane laugh from the other end.

“That was expected but do you really have to ruin my ear drums?” Zane asked as Amanda burst into laughter.

“Thanks a lot” Amanda said as she smiled while Zane chuckled from the other end.

“You are my younger sister Amanda and you keep forgetting one thing. That you are Amanda Wilson” Zane said as Amanda heard rustling behind her and jumped in fright.

“What is it?” Zane asked as Amanda watched someone emerge from a place she didn’t see before and turned to her frowning. The frown marring his handsome face.

“You are the new cheerleading captain; congratulations. Did you have to scream that loud? My ears almost busted” he said his voice coming out more like a sexy drawl.

“Amanda?” Zane called again as Amanda chuckled.

“I’ll call you back in a bit Zane” Amanda said as she hung up the call and turned to the guy who had just spoken.

A paired of ripped jeans covered his long lean legs but didn’t hide the fact that the legs were long and sexy. Whether he wore something underneath or not, Amanda had no idea with the large grey hoodie he was putting on. A face cap covered his hair and since he didn’t have his back to her, Amanda had no idea how his hair looked like or the colour.

On the bridge of his high nose laid a pair of eyes that seemed to hide his eyes but upon furrowing her brows, Amanda came to face with grey eyes with tingles of gold in them. Amanda’s eyes widened at the combination of the eye colours. She had never seen anything like that.

The boy chuckled seeing the way Amanda was staring at him as he rose to his feet as Amanda noticed that he was at least three to four inches taller than her. She snorted within her as she raised her head to meet his gaze.

“You woke me up from my sleep, shouldn’t you at least apologize for that?” the boy asked as Amanda chuckled.

“Is the apology going to send you back to dreamland?” Amanda asked as the boy stared at her with slight wide eyes.

“Do you know me?” he suddenly asked as Amanda ran her eyes over him. Except for the fact that he was deadly handsome and hot, there was nothing familiar about him. She folded her arms and raised her head to meet his eyes again.

“Is there anything special about you that is should know? Well I know the fact that you are an unserious student who sleeps while classes are going on” Amanda replied as the guy froze and stared at Amanda before chuckling lightly.

“Unserious?” He asked with an incredulous look in his eyes.

“What? No one ever told you that?” Amanda asked with a faked shocked expression before she shook her head.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk. What a pity. I think you should change your friends; they are not being helpful” Amanda added as she shook her head.

“Not at all” Amanda said again as she patted him on the shoulder and walked away leaving the boy staring into space.

“What the fuck just happened?” the guy asked as soon as Amanda was out of sight. He suddenly burst into laughter remembering Amanda’s words.

“Unserious? Me? Bad friends?” he asked again as he chuckled and slid his hands into his pockets.

“She really didn’t recognise me or she was faking it?” he asked again as he started climbing down the stairs of the rooftop. Amanda’s face appeared in his mind again and he tilted his head before shaking it.

“She doesn’t know who I am” he concluded as she opened the door.

“So when are we going to Wilson hotels?” one of the girls asked as Amanda rolled her eyes for the ten thousandth time that day as she quickly faked a smile.

“Anytime you guys are ready, maybe the weekend?” Amanda asked as the girls nodded while Amanda chuckled before chuckled before turning back to her food.

“They are eating the cafeteria today?” one of the girls screeched and soon Amanda could hear screeches and shouts from all corners of the cafeteria and she turned to Laura wearing a confused and surprised look.

“What’s going on?” Amanda asked as Laura flashed her a smile.

“It’s C. R. E. K, they are probably eating in the cafeteria today” Laura replied as Amanda’s eyes widened.

“What do you mean by it’s the C. R. E. K? Since when did they start attending our school?” Amanda asked out of shock and Laura stared at her as if she had seen a ghost.

“About five months ago Amanda. I think it was during the time you were so obsessed with the cheer leading competition so maybe you didn’t take notice but then, you are such a big fan, how come you didn’t know or realize?” Laura asked as Amanda also shot to her feet trying to catch a glimpse of the guys like other girls.

“I haven’t checked the news about them for a while now. I haven’t even listened to their recent albums. I’m such a lousy fan” Amanda replied as she turned to Laura, her eyes wide.

“That means that Ryan is here right?” Amanda asked with sparkling eyes and Laura nodded and laughed.

“Sure. They all go scholarships for the rest of their academic year” Laura said as she also climbed the table and stood beside Amanda.

“Wow. I know it. Those guys are so brainy. I mean Ryan had an IQ of 145, the scholarship exam was probably not a big deal for him. I haven’t even seen him in a while. Where’s he?” Amanda asked as soon as she got a glimpse of the four guys.

She furrowed her brows upon seeing the face caped boy with glasses seating with them and she turned to face Laura.

“And what’s that boy doing with them? is he friends with them?” Amanda asked as Laura laughed.

“Girlie, that’s Kayden. The lead rapper” Laura replied as Amanda immediately fell off the table.