Gusty folded the paper and threw it on the floor.
"Tasha" he said in anger. The students shouted surprised.
Tasha felt like she was stabbed a hundred times. Some of the girls nudged her but deep down they were green with envy.
Tears welled up in her eyes, she bent her head as the tears dropped from her eyes. She cleaned her eyes as she looked up and her eyes met his. There was pure hatred in them, he looked at her like she was the devil. She wondered why he hated her. He smirked and turned away.
Mrs Favour looked into the box. Two papers were remaining. She brought it out and opened it.
"Imelda and Vivian will have to go on there own, unless a guy will be linient enough to take the both of them." Mrs Favour said as the other teacher took the box away. Everywhere was quiet. Just then a guy named Max stepped forward puffing his chest. His friends laughed shaking their heads.
"I'll take them" he said and everyone clapped. Max Adams was huge,with sparkling bright black eyes that complemented his black hair. He wasn't bad to look at,he was known to be a money spender and was popular with the girls. He was a womanizer.
Mrs Favour dismissed them and the students went away chattering about what they'll wear and do.
Tasha and Lily walked dejectedly to their rooms, who would comfort each other. They were both unlucky. As they rounded a corner, Sharon and her friends stopped them.
"I know how happy you are Tasha, Gusty picked you. I'm sure you'll be so elated" Sharon said sarcastically.
"Please Ron, I'm not in the mood for all this" Tasha said as she tried to walk away but Mandy stepped in her front.
"Don't call me that" Sharon shouted looking at Tasha. An unspeakable experience flashed between their eyes.
"See, I don't have your time, you bunch of useless jobless bitches, make way, I wanna pass" Lily said staring at Sharon in the eyes. They gasped surprised. Just then Sandy started laughing.
"So you're feeling yourself just cause miles picked your name . The audacity" she smirked "do you know who our parents are?" Sandy asked as she stepped forward and stared at Lily in the eyes. Lily stretched and towered over her.
"Don't also forget I'm the daughter of the SAN. Hope you don't want your pretty faces smeared with prison dirt" Lily said, pushing sandy as she walked away. Tasha hurriedly followed her.
The girls were speechless, damn, they hated lawyer kids.
As they walked away, they heard noises behind them and turned. They were speechless, it looked like Sharon and her crew stop another set of girls but they were so unlucky. The girls they stopped were really crazy.
"And who are you idiots to stop us" Nora said fuming pointing fingers at them.
"I don't know why you girls are just having this pride just cause the guys picked you. It's a one night stuff bitch don't get your hopes high" Sharon said and her friends laughed.
" The next time you'll try to stop us, you won't like the outcome" Success said
"Ohhh, what's she gonna do" Sharon mimicked her and her friends laughed loudly.
Nora stared at Sharon and out of anger spat in her face.
"Fuck" Lily said as she laughed watching the scene, students gathered, they were surprised.
Sharon was dumbfounded, she didn't know what to do.
"Bitches" Success said as she and Nora walked away.
"What are you all looking at" Sharon screamed at the students as she ran away.
"Sharon" her friends called as they ran after her.
"That was lit" Lily said as Nora and Success came to where they were.
"They deserved it. Oh how I hate them. Bunch of spoilt brats" Success spat.
"They leave a dirty taste in my mouth" Nora said as they started walking to their rooms. Tasha laughed. How she wished she had their confidence or her father was as rich as theirs.
Tasha and Lily got to their door and stopped.
"I really love what you did back there" Tasha said.
"No worries, we're ready to do anything to our neighbors enemies" Nora said as they entered the room next to theirs.
Lily sighed smiling as she opened the door.
"Thank God we have them close to us" Tasha said laughing.
"I can't believe we were so unfortunate " Zuba said. They were all in Gusty's room.
"Well I wasn't " Bose whispered. They all looked at him with hot piercing eyes.
"What I hate more is that the poor wretched bitch of a girl will ruin my valentine day with her rags" Gusty spat. Fuck, who has he offended. This was a dilemma.
"You can buy her clothes, just for the night" Miles said as he sat down on the bed. He didn't even want to think about how he was paired with that blabber mouth daughter of a lawyer. But at least she's rich.
"Great idea, at least you'll be doing her a favour" Zuba said
"And she can't reject it" Gusty said as he smiled, at least the cloth problem has been solved.
Lily searched her purse furiously. It has to be here, it has to be. She emptied the content, and then she saw it. She sighed relieved and made the sign of the cross. She put the ATM back into her purse as she waited for Tasha who went to withdraw money from the bank.
She paced back and forth wondering what she was going to wear. She wouldn't look less and miserable in the eyes of that damn fucking Miles Zion. He doesn't know what he's up against, once he sees her, he'll fall for her, she smirked. She walked to the fridge and took a bottle of water. As she opened it, Tasha came in.
"Hope you withdrew enough" she said as she drank the water.
"Yep" Tasha said as she sat on the bed yawning.
"So, what are we going to buy?" Lily asked
"Dinner gown" Tasha said and Lily burst into laughter.
Lily looked at Tasha and laughed harder. Tasha wondered what was funny, when on earth has she been practicing for a circus.
"What's funny?" Tasha asked, it was becoming unbearable.
"Nothing. Just that I'm surprised you want to look hot and sexy too. I thought I was the only one" Lily said as she held her stomach.
"Hot, yes, sexy, no" Tasha said hissing "besides, do you expect me to look haggard?. He'll just see another opportunity to make fun of me" she added.
"This is going to be a disaster " she said again as she stood up.
"How?"
"It's going to be so awkward. I won't even know what to say or do. Oh God, I didn't bargain for all this when I planned on coming here" she said as she held her head in her hands.
"It'll be fine. Just go there and be yourself. In fact ignore him through out the dinner. Besides you mustn't talk to him" Lily said.
As they spoke, they heard a light knock on the door. They kept quiet. The heard the knock again and Tasha moved to the door.
On opening it, she saw Zana, gusty's chief bodyguard with a shopping bag.
"Good afternoon miss. My boss sent me to give you this" he said handing over the bag to Tasha. She collected it surprised. As she moved to close the door, he stopped her.
"He also said I should give you this " he said producing a letter from his breast pocket. She collected it and closed the door.
Lily came close to her as she sat in the bed. She opened the bag and brought out a red gown. It was beautiful, it shone bright as the diamonds flickered about as she turned them around.
"This is beautiful " Lily whispered. Tasha was lost already. It was more than beautiful, it was magnificent. Then she remembered the letter. She opened and read it. As she read it, her mood changed. She threw the gown on the floor and stood up.
"What?" Lily asked and Tasha handed the letter to her. Tears shone in her eyes but she was trying so hard not to cry.
"Bitch, you and I know you can't afford what I just gave you. So see it as a token from me to you. Wear it for the night. And you can sell it afterwards to save your poor father " Lily read out loud. She was speechless, it was really hurtful.
Tasha folded the dress back and put it in the bag. She fumed with rage as she tore the paper into shreads.
"What are you doing?"
"I won't wear this." Tasha said as she opened the door. Surprisingly, Zana was still outside.
"Give it back to your boss" she said as she threw it at him "tell him I can take care of myself and he should give it to charity" she added as she slammed the door.
"Calm down, let's go for shopping" Lily said as she hugged her "don't let him ruin your mood"
Lily said going outside. She rapped lightly on Nora's door and she opened.
"Sup mate" Success said protruding her head below Nora's arm.
"Just wanted to ask, if we could all go for shopping" Lily asked smiling.
"Of course, give us a minute" Nora said excitedly.
Gusty was alone in his room when Zana knocked.
"Come in" he said gruffly.
"She refused boss. She said she could take care of herself " Zana said as he dropped the bag on the bed.
"What !" Gusty said surprised.
"Yes boss"
"Fuck" Gusty said angrily "take it out of here, do with it whatever pleases you" he added as Zana took the cloth and left.
"Wow, little Tasha is now brave."he whispered angrily. How dare she refused what he gave her, what can help her family for decades. That poor wretched thing don't know what she's up against.