"what about her?," Casper asked while trying to sound nonchalant.
" Come on casper, I'm your mother and I know you well!," she said with a smile on her lips.
"Mom, I don't get what you are trying to say." He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.
"Ooh come on, don't tell me that you didn't notice" Mrs Margaret said with a folder hands .
"Notice what?" confusion was apparent on his faces.
Mrs Margaret Atah raised and eyebrows when she saw that her son didn't understand what she was talking about.she sighed , before answering him.
"You got all excited when you were talking about her, and your voice went high pitched." Mrs Margaret said.
"My voice was perfectly normal when I was talking about her," he protested.
" it was," a large smirk was pasted on her face.
"Would you stop smiling?" He said with a frown.
"What?, I'm just happy that my son found someone he loves," she said.
"I'm not inlove with her , I just met her for crying out loud," he said.
"It doesn't matter it you just met her, you can still go after her," she said with a reassuring tone.
"Even if I were inlove with her, she wouldn't choose me," he said with a sad tone.
"Don't say that," Mrs Margaret said.
"She's like a goddess, a fairy , while I'm a nobody, why will she want me?, I bet they are lots of guys that are far better than I'm after her," Casper said while deflating.
" I'm just a skinny guy who has nothing to offer," he said while sighing.
"Casper Emmanuel Atah," she called him with his full name.
"No child of mine is a nobody, plus you're a nice guy, stop belittling your self," she said with a soft tone.
She Pulled Casper in for a hug and said softly.
"It doesn't matter if you're skinny or not, I believe any girl will fall for you with just your personality alone," she added.
Casper wanted to refute, he wanted to say personality was enough to bag a girl, but he kept quiet and just enjoyed the hug .
"Now , go back to bed, I can't allow you to go to school with your condition," she said with a heart warming smile.
"Ok, mom," Casper turned around and headed to the room.
Casper headed to his room, immediately he reached his room, he collapsed on his bed and slept off .
His last thought before he slept off was about what his mother said.
......
Casper woke up later in the day, he felt refreshed and alive.
Looking at the time, he saw that it was already past three in the evening. He stretched and got up from the bed.
"Anny, would soon be back from school," he said while making his way to the kitchen to cook.
"What should I make?," he contemplated before making a decision to cook pasta.
After he was done cooking, he went to shower and brush his teeth, before coming back to the sitting room.
Taking out his phone, he went to his social media, immediately he was assaulted by an avalanche of messages from their private group chat.
"Yo, Casper where are you?, we can't find you at the mana train station.' Cassie texted.
"The mana train is about to leave, hurry up," Henry said.
"Damn it, Casper answer your chats," joe said.
"Why aren't you answering your calls?" Joe asked.
Casper took deep breaths before answering the texts.
"Sorry guys for the late reply, my body was filling sore from yesterday's event and my mom said I should rest for today," he replied.
Immediately response came in from the others.
"Damnit Casper , I thought you were dead," joe said.
"Joe can you zip your mouth?," Cassie texted with an angry emoji at the end of her sentence.
"How's your body man?," Henry asked.
"It's still sore, but much better than yesterday," Casper replied.
"Don't worry we're on our way to your house," Henry said.
"I should be able to massage your body," Cassie said.
"Hey!, I'm also feeling sore , can you massage my body too?," joe asked shamelessly.
"Keep dreaming joe," Cassie responded.
"Why's Cassie always mean to me?" Joe said with a crying emoji.
......
After about thirty minutes Casper heard a knock on the door.
"Yo , Casper bro come open the door!," he heard Henry's voice say from outside.
Casper stood up from the couch and made his way to the door to open it.
Opening the door, he saw the faces of his friends starring at him, anny was also with them.
"Man , are you going to let us in or what?" Joe asked.
"We saw anny on the Way with Mrs Sandra, so she followed us home," Cassie said while pointing at anny.
"Good afternoon, big brother Casper," she ran to him while jumping on his body.
Casper caught her, and then gave her a hug .
"How are you doing, champ." He asked while rubbing her head.
Anny giggled in happiness, she was clearly enjoying the head rub from Casper.
"Am doing good, big brother Casper," she said while putting her little hands around his neck.
They'll went Inside while discussing and laughing.
"Alright, lay on the couch," Cassie said.
"Why?" Casper asked with a raised eyebrows.
"So I can massage you, dumbass," she responded.
Casper layed on the couch face down, as Cassie massaged his body.
"I'm next , I'm next!." Anny said while jumping around.
"Ok, anny went I'm done with Casper you're next," Cassie responded with a smile.
"Yay!," she cheered in joy.
"I'm next after anny ," joe said with hope in his eyes.
"Do I look like a masseuse to you? , if you want to be massaged go get a masseuse," Cassie said with a snort.
"But, but , you're being unfair, you just offered to massage anny," joe said .
"Bite me " Cassie said while eyeing joe.
"So unfair, I can't believe she refused," joe mumbled to himself.
"If you want me to massage you , then you have to pay," she said.
"But Casper and anny aren't paying for your services," joe complained.
"You're not them, you have to pay," she said.
"But I don't have any money," joe said.
"Then beat it ," she said with a stern voice.
"Alright, anny darling come over so I can massage you," Cassie said after she was done with Casper.
"Yay!" She shouted in joy.
Casper felt alot better after the massage, he stretched, as his body felt better.
"Thanks, Cassie, my body feels much more better," Casper said.
"No need to thank me, that's what friends do," she said with a smile.
"Then how manage you're refusing to massage me?, I thought we where friends?" Joe said with a fake heart broken tone.
The group laughed as they saw joe complaining.
After Cassie was done massaging anny, they'll went to eat.
"Damn, Casper you're the best," Cassie said while wolfing down the pasta.
"Yah, you could be a chef, I'm sure people would patronize you," joe added
"Big brother Casper is the best," anny said.
"Awwn, thanks guys!," Casper responded to their remark with a smile.
After they were done eating, they gisted and watched movies until seven o'clock , before Casper escorted them to the mana train station.
"Thanks guys for coming to check up on me," Casper said.
"There is no need to thank us; besides we feel guilty for what happened yesterday," Cassie said.
"Yeah!" The rest agreed.
After parting with them at the mana train station Casper went home.