ETCHED VI

Chapter VI people ... Happy Reading! 😘🙌

Chapter Six

I stared at Kwesi as he slept. We had played a game of FIFA and had basically had a brothers' hangout with drinks and lots of pizza. I loved him so much and I was going to miss the times we spent together. Our parents had died when he was very young and the responsibility of taking care of him had fallen on my shoulders.

None of our relatives were willing to take that responsibility up until they realized our parents had a trust fund for us that covered our entire education and practically our lives but then again they just wanted the money. I was in what we now call SHS by then and I vowed to make sure I took care of Kwesi the best way I knew how. As a result my brother and I had this unshakeable bond .

However i knew after marriage things will change. I wasn't going to have as much time for him and i was going to move out of the plush apartment we shared and...
Well...
He was going to start life without me sooner or later.  maybe it was good for him. I had been there for him all his life...maybe my settling down would make him learn how to be independent.

My thoughts drifted away to Lois and once again a smile inevitably lit up my face. I couldn't wait to see her. She had informed me of her arrival and I was giddy as a school child would be on his first date. She still had that effect on me.

Then the multi million dollar question popped up. Why was I marrying Abigail if I still loved Lois?
I didn't have an answer. Well it wasn't like I could back out now. It was too late. I just really wish Lois had given me a chance and I would have proven myself to her. I was suddenly surprised to find tears well up in my eyes and I thought,
'What Lois could do to me.'

I thought back to our first and only kiss back in college . The part of the story Kwesi wanted to hear so badly and yet I wouldn't tell him. The reason I didn't want to share that aspect wasn't so much that I hadn't savoured every moment but rather what had happened during the kiss.
My mind drifted back to that afternoon.

Lois responded immediately, surprising herself. Her mouth was so warm, the caress of her lips softer than she could have imagined. She tasted tentatively with her tongue, and Lois drew closer into me.
I didn't want to kiss her deeply but just be gentle with her as I didn't want her thinking I was just in for what I could get from her.

However she seemed to want me to. As i was contemplating on what to do, Lois suddenly jerked and began to shake uncontrollably.
I was momentarily thrown back and was surprised as I  thought she felt what I was feeling but upon taking another look at her I realized this was way deeper that whatever I was thinking.

 She began to sob and tear at my clothes begging me to stop. I had long since stopped kissing her so I was surprised at that request. Words can't even describe the way she looked so distressed and I begun to feel guilty. What had I done?

We were still lying under the trees so I held on to her as she still struggled and sobbed. She kept hitting me and scratching at my chest when I noticed my shirt was stained with blood. That's how come I had got the scar I had on my chest.

 In her struggle she had hurt me with her nails. At the moment all that mattered was her and getting her to calm down. Nothing else mattered. I held on to her and comforted her.
'Hey, Lois its me, Phyll, don't be scared. I'm here. Shhhhh...hey....shhhhh....come here....Lois....its me...hey...calm down...'

We stayed like that for a whole twenty minutes when she finally calmed down. Well I think she dozed of for a while. When those beautiful eyes finally fluttered open, I saw pain, fear, surprise and finally ,recognition.

'What happened?' She asked.
'The last thing I remember is kissing you.'
I looked at her in disbelief.
'Lois, seriously you don't remember anything that happened?'
'I don't.... I just...'
Then she saw the blood stain and looked at me.

'Wait did I do that? OMG, Phyll I'm sorry....I....'
She really didn't remember.
'Lois it's okay. Come here.'
With that she fell into my arms sobbing and we stayed like that for a while before it began to dawn on me that maybe her fear of getting together with me had a root. Something really bad and ominous.

Suddenly, Lois pushed away as if she'd been burned. She jumped up and started pacing back and forth with her hands on his hips.
"I'm sorry, Phyll," she said in a strangled voice. "That wasn't supposed to happen."
'The kiss or what happened after?' I asked looking up at her from where i sat on the ground with a concerned look.

 She was afraid of seeming too eager or disappointed or too heartless. In fact, she wasn't quite sure how to react, to the kiss or to my sudden show of hurt.
'That wasn't right...that shouldn't have happened' she said again very slowly and sadly too. 'Come on, let's go.'

She took my hand gently and helped me up, avoiding looking into my eyes. As we made our way back to our hostel and walking up the hill, I couldn't help but wonder if Lois heart was beating as fast as mine, or if she was feeling anything akin to the hot fire of desire that had settled in my belly.

My phone rang and I was jolted back to reality. The caller ID read Silk. It was Lois. Silk was a name I had given to her when we were still in school and It had a special meaning to it. I could not help but smile. She always managed to do that to me. I picked up and my hand unconsciously slid up to touch the scar on my chest.

'Hello, Phyll...you have no idea how much I've missed you!' Lois said ecstatically the moment I picked up.
And in that moment I savoured the sound of her voice as I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath.

'I missed you too Silk.' I whispered back.
I guess she felt the emotion build because suddenly words were no longer needed.
 We both knew what was happening. It was what only two hearts could understand without the need to speak....(to be continued)

*Lois is the shortened form of Eloise 

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