One Call Away {awesome romantic story}

?One Call Away? ? way to your heart ? ? written by Horluwa~p1 ? ?Episode 13? & ?Episode 14? & ?Episode 15? The school was really a sight to behold, the structure was magnificent. Dad drove to the car park and parked the car. " we're here kids " he said smiling as he unbuckled the seatbelt which held him to the car seat. We all alighted from the car and I could see two eighty leaves higher education writing note in Happy's hand while Chris got his phone with him. I was left to wonder why Chris had his phone with him because back in my former school, bringing of phone to school was against the law. The school's car park was filled with different exotic cars while some were just parking during the time we're still there. " you two go to your class " dad said to Chris and Happy as we got to the front of a building which had a large inscription " Staff room " on it. I imagined how the building could be for the staff alone " okay dad " they said in unison smiling as they took another route leading to other buildings inside the school. " let's go in son " dad said smiling as we enter the building with dad pulling the glass which had the inscription "pulled to open" on it. The atmosphere changed at once as we entered. Everywhere was chill as the air-condition machines inside it were hell bent on working towards the money used in purchasing them. " good morning sir " a security personnel greeted dad as he moved closer to us. I was mesmerized at the arrangement of the floor. There was a receptionist stand which had four people, two ladies and two guys, all dressed corporately in white shirts and black bow tie. I couldn't see the color of what they had beneath but I was certain it was black too. They all had a computer each in front of them and a land phones was beside the computers . Their was some steel chairs arranged in a corner and I presumed it was meant for parents or guardians who's there to see the principal. " morning " dad reciprocated his greeting and head to the receptionist stand and I followed behind him. " hello lovely " he greeted the female receptionist he made a stop in front of her. " good morning sir, how can I help you " she asked professionally. " I'm here to see the proprietor " dad replied her. " do you have an appointment with him " she asked. " yeah, I do " dad replied her. " you're Mr Tokunbo right " she asked as she suddenly got her fingers running on the keyboard attached to the computer in front of her. " yes, I'm Mr Bello Tokunbo " dad replied proudly. " yes you are " the lady said smiling and I knew she had checked his picture on the computer. " I'll take you to him, give me a second sir " the lady said as she made attempt to got down from the chair she's sitting on. " your one second is up " dad said smiling. " sir " the lady said looking confused. " you asked for a second and it's already up " dad replied her. " I'm sorry Sir " she pleaded. " I'm just joking with you, sit down back, I know my way around here " dad said as he started heading to one of the two staircases inside the room. I swiftly peeped at the color of her skirt and it was a jackpot for me. It was a black skirt. " his office is on the third floor " dad said as we started walking on the staircase. " it's like he's your close friend " I said smiling. " you're kinda right but we aren't close to how you're evaluating it in your mind, he was more closer to your dad than he's to me even tho we're all childhood friends but my time outside of the country did it portion in making me the second seater " he replied smiling. I knew that dad was closer to the owner of Hibiscus valley, I even heard mom saying that dad was the contractor who commissioned the building of the school. " he's not always available in school but he decided to br here this morning so that he can see you " dad said as we got off from the staircase connecting the first floor and second floor On getting to the second floor, I saw something that mesmerized me. It was like seeing houses inside a house. Every teachers each had their offices, it was looking like a big cubicle facing themselves. The structure it was all built looked complicated and I might make a hole in my brain if I try to explain it. But it was all built with tampered transparent glass which made it easy to see what every teacher is up to in his or her office. Most of the offices were empty depicating that their owner are yet to get to the school. " Ben " dad called my name when I had got carried away with what I was looking. " sir " I replied snatching back to earth. " this way " he said smiling and I followed behind him. We finally got to the third floor and everything in view was screaming that only the owner of the school own the third floor. Instead of a visible view like the other floor, there's a door with two security men standing in front of it. " good morning sir " they greeted as they saw dad and one of them opened the door. " good morning " dad greeted them as we entered. The office looked like a living room, if not for the absence of some furnitures it would have easily qualify for a living room. Three chairs and desks without anyone was their. A big lcd TV displaying nat geo wild clung on the wall in an angle which allow for the three people who's got their position behind the chairs and desk an easy access to watch it. I saw three shut doors inside the room and of them had the inscription " the owner " boldly written on it. Dad head towards the door and I followed behind him. Dad subtly knock on the door and " come in " says a voice from inside. Dad opened the door and we got introduced to another large office and a young man who was clearly dad's agemate or a little above or below him sat comfortably on one of the two sofas inside the office. The two sofas faced each other with a beautiful glass table creating boundary between the two. A cup which I presumed contained coffee or tea was on the table emitting steam. A bouquet of flower also sat comfortably on the table. Behind the table and sofa was a medium size desk which had only a laptop, few files, a name tag and a land phone on it . And a vacant executive chair sat valiantly behind the desk and sitting comfortably in an angle was a mini shelf which was beautifully designed by whoever made it. The young man was dressed casually in a white tunic. He had a hearty smile on his lip as he stood up when he saw dad. He looked familiar and I was sure I had seen his face somewhere but I couldn't remember where. " Tokunbo " he said smiling as he came to meet dad midway to where he was sitting and they hugged. " Ben " he called out stretching his hand at me requesting an handshake and I shook hand with him. " you're now a big boy " he said smiling, staring at me. " you're barely ten years old the last time I saw you " he added as he ushered us to sit on the empty sofa which was opposite the one he's sitting on with a glass table in their middle. " when I came over to your place to fight with your dad when I learnt that he enrolled in a government school for the continuation of your education after you're through with primary, tho I asked him to enroll in my school for free because he's done a lot of things for me, he's really a nice nan " the man which I presumed his name to be Popoola Olamilekan from the name tag on his desk said as he took His handkerchief and clean his face. I could see that he was getting emotional as he started talking about dad. " but he said he wanted you to learn things about life in different perspective and told me he's gonna enroll you here when you get to ss1 but death only made that a mere talk and I didn't know anything about the bank taking over all his properties and by the time I find out, you and your mom were gone without a trace " he said and he finally stopped talking. " I would have come to see you and your mom since you both return but I was in Singapore and I had to cancel my plans and return back to the country yesterday so that I can personally register you into the school instead of any of my principals. " he said and I felt like an important personality at once. " thank you sir " I muttered. " stop embarrassing me " he said smiling. " don't thank me for anything, I've not done anything for you compare to all what your dad did for me so if you ever need anything, don't feel shy or pullback to ask me " he added still smiling. " why are all the desk outside empty " dad asked speaking for the first time since we entered. " na so I see am oo " Mr Popoola said in pidgin English smiling. " those fools because I rarely come to the school and since they know I'm out of the country , always come to the school anytime they want but I'll show them pepper when they get here " Mr Popoola added still smiling. " just warn them for now, and keep your pepper in your pocket " dad said smiling. " have you eaten " Mr Popoola asked me probably to get dad off the topic of saving his employees. " no sir " I replied politely. " the breakfast period always end at nine where the kids that didn't take breakfast from home get to eat in the school cafeteria but you're my guest for today so I'll be ordering your food for you up here to eat " he said as he stood up and head to his desk, took the phone on the land phone, click some digit on its keyboard then placed the phone on his ear. He ordered for his special delicacy on the phone and asked that it should be brought into his office before the lapse of five minute. " o ga oo " dad said in Yoruba as Mr returned to the position where he was sitting before he went to place the order. " ki lo ga " Mr Popoola asked smiling as he took a sip from his tea. " you can't even ask me if I'm going eat or if I've eaten from home " dad said trying hard to look serious. " the food in my school is for my students not for their parents and you've got a wife and I'm sure she's already package your breakfast for you " Mr Popoola said smiling. " you can never change " dad retorted also smiling. " I've got somewhere to be right now, so it's all you and your guest now " dad said as he stood up. " bye bye " Mr Popoola said nonchalantly. " be a good boy son, you're gonna love it here " dad said to me patting my shoulder before he finally exited the office. " so how have you been fairing " Mr Popoola asked me. " very fine Sir " I replied him feeling kinda timid. I suddenly felt like an unwanted person in a no man's land and felt insecure. " I'm talking about the coming together of your mom and Tokunbo, are you cool with it " he asked me and I felt more uncomfortable. Even tho I was cool with everything but I wasn't ready to start discussing it especially with someone who seemed like a stranger but I don't think I got any choice than to reply except if dad return to save me from metaphorical hotseat I suddenly find myself. " I'm cool with it Sir " I replied briefly. " I know you can't be cool with it just like that " he said with a short pause,left out a crooked smile before he got his tea off the table, took a sip before he return it to the table. " I know how you must be feeling but it's great to accept it soon because it's fate playing a tricky game " he continued as he gaze was fixed on me. A soft knock suddenly sounded on the door. I heaved a sigh of relief. I was sure it was my savior. " that should be your order " he said smiling. " come in " he said aloud. The one who had knocked the door came in. She was wearing a corporate black skirt and white shirt, a pink apron and pink head wear. On her hand was a covered fancy tray which I knew was harboring my meal. " good morning sir " she greeted Mr Popoola as she dropped the tray on the table and uncover it, revealing two covered plates, spoon, fork and knife and to grace it all was a chivita juice. She placed everything on the table and head to the shelf at one angle inside the office, opened it and brought out a glass cup, she opened a door I didn't took note of inside the office, revealing a dark room which got lit as she entered. She came out few seconds and the cup was wet. She placed the cup on the table before she exited the office. He didn't ask me any question about how I felt again as I ate the delicious meal I was served. We only talked about some of his histories with dad and when I was through with my meal, he made a call again and the plates was accounted for by the lady that brought them. " I don't want you to go now because the students are still observing their breakfast period right now, hope you won't mind keeping me company " he asked after the lady took the plates out. " I don't mind sir " I replied him. Hearing how he was talking about my biological dad made me feel free with him as we both discussed like we've been closed before. " time tend to fly fast when you got a great company " he said as he checked the time on the wristwatch which was clinging to his wrist. " it's nine already " I asked him. I was already comfortable talking with him and forgotten about my main purpose in the school. It was like I had come to visit a friend and return home. " yes kiddo " he replied smiling as he stood up. He went over to his desk to make use of the land phone again. He called three recipients and ask them to meet him in front of the staff room. After he's through making all the calls, " it's time to start your journey here " he said smiling. " let's go " he motioned to me as we exited his office When we got to the second office, the three empty chairs and desks were already occupied by their owner. They all rapidly stood up as they saw him and greeted him. He didn't say anything nor reply their greeting as we exited the office. Till we got to the last floor, it was like a guard of honor for us as every teachers who saw us even from their offices all stood up to greet us. " good morning sir " the three people he called which consisted of two male and a female greeted in unison . One of the two males looked like he's in his late sixties and the other male looked younger, maybe in his late thirties and the female was the youngest. Depicting from my point of view I could say she's yet to clock twenty five. " good morning " Mr Popoola reciprocated their greeting. " Ben " he said staring at me. " meet my principals " he said introducing me to the principals which I found kinda weird considering their age which I had already deduced in my mind. Only the older male looked like a principal. " Mr Samad, Mr Adeniran and Miss Tife " he said mentioning their names. Mr Popoola calling the lady 'miss' mean that I was right about her. " this is my kid I told y'all about on the phone, his name is Salako Benjamin and he's going to be in ss2 c and I want you to take care of him for me " he said to them and it sounded like an order. " okay Sir " they all replied in unison. " Ben " he said placing his hand on my shoulder. " we've got a complaint box in the school where students can drop any complain they've got against any teacher or anyone in the school but I don't want you to make use of it, just call me directly anytime anyone discomfort you in the school and I'll make sure to do justice to the person " he said to me and I was sure it was a threat to the principals standing there . " okay Sir " I replied him. " welcome to Hibiscus valley " he said smiling " they'll show you to your class and you might not see me around again because I'll be returning to Singapore tomorrow, I've got unfinished business there but I'll keep in touch with you " he said handing me over to the principals. " I'll see you before I leave the school today " he said before he returned back into the staff room. " good morning Sir, Ma " I greeted them. " good morning " they reciprocated my greeting. " please don't listen to my uncle " I couldn't believe I called him uncle but it didn't seemed bad as it sounded. " treat me like you treat other students, no special treatment please, I don't want to look like an alien among my colleagues " I said pleading to them. " good boy " Mr Adeniran, the oldest among the principals said smiling. " this one has home training " Mr Samad the second male principal said. " such a cute and humble boy " Miss Tife said placing her hand on my cheek. " leave him to me, I'll take care of him "miss Tife said to the two principals and they looked pleased with it as they left me with her. " I'm Tife, the sauce of this school " she said smiling. " let's take you to your class and if you'll allow me, I wish to be your school mom but it's gonna be a secret between the two of us " she said smiling. Miss Tife was very pretty and young to be a secondary school teacher not to talk of been a principal. I deduced in my mind that she must have gotten to that position by the usage of connection or her beauty. " I don't mind " I replied smiling as we started heading to the classroom. " I've got a question " I said remembering I didn't bring any book to school. " I'm all ear " she replied me. " I noticed that none of the students had their school bag with them, do the school help them to keep their books " I asked her and she suddenly bursted into laughter. " we don't keep book for any students because they all have their locker and one will be assigned to you too before I take you to your class " she replied still laughing tho I didn't see anything funny about the question I asked. " just like in foreign school " I said. " yeah, you're right, this school is trying to imitate the foreign schools and we're almost there, what's remaining is for us to stop the usage of school uniform and I think that will be enforce soon in few weeks " she said to me as we climb the stair case leading to the second floor which my classroom is situated. " and that's a secret, you mustn't tell anyone " she said smiling. " about what " I asked feigning ignorance. " smart boy " she commended smiling. " oops" she exclaimed as she suddenly halted her movement on the staircase. " what's it " I asked as I also stopped moving. " I'm sorry, the ss2 c locker room is on the first floor and we've passed it " she said looking sorry. " it's okay, we can go back " I said changing my direction. " good boy " she said as she also started descending the staircase. Their was many shut doors with inscriptions on all of it. She stopped in front of the one that had the inscription ' SS2 C LOCKER ROOM " " here " she said as she opened the door. Their was only twelve lockers inside the room which gat me wondering if their was just only twelve students inside the class. " a boy from ss2 c just left the school last week because his parents relocated him to America to further his education there and you'll be replacing him because the class is already lacking a boy to complete the equation " she said smiling. " here's his locker " she said pointing at the locker which had number 10 boldly inscripted on it. A small monitor with keypad consisting of numbers labelled from one to zero on it. " the code for your locker is 1234 but that's the default code and you can change it any time you want " she said to me. " okay " I said as I inserted the one two three four on the password monitor and a click sound was heard. I pulled the small door and it opened. Books were neatly arranged inside the locker with calculator, mathematical set and textbooks " here's your timetable " she said pointing at it. It was pasted on the inner side of the door. " you'll be having only three subjects everyday, two in morning before your breaktime and one in the afternoon so when you get to school in the morning, you come here first, check your timetable and get the books and textbooks for the two subjects you'll be having " she gently explicated to me. " okay ma " I replied her. " alright check the subject you're having this morning " she said to me and I checked the timetable. " it's Literature In English and Government " I replied her. " Okay, check those books, we've already have the books readied for you, search for the two among them " she said to me. " bingo " I said smiling as I took the two books out of the arranged books there. " now select the textbooks for the subjects and also remember that you've got to pick the story books which you're gonna need for literature " she said to me. " okay ma " I said as I picked it all. I also took the mathset before I shut the locker. " change your password " she said to me and I did. By the time we got to the classroom, teaching was already on. Miss Tife grunted to get the teacher's attention. " good morning ma'am " the teacher greeted her tho he looked more older than her. " good morning Mr Dandy " she reciprocated his greeting. None of the students stood up to greet her and that kinda got me perplexed. All of them were staring at me like I was an alien but Happy was smiling at me. She was sitted at the front row. The sitting arrangement was three by four. Three for breadth while four stood for length. " hello students " miss Tife greeted them and only few responded and Happy was among the few. " you've got new boy to make sure the boys ain't at the receiving end again, now it's complete " she said smiling. " his name is Benjamin Salako, I hope you all get along well " she said introducing me to the class. The sitting arrangement was made up of a guy and a girl on a chair and desk and everyone seem to have their sitting partners. " Ben, join Gina at the second row, third line " she said to me and I swiftly located the point with my eye and I saw the only single person inside the class. " you can continue with your teaching " she said to the teacher and she exited the class. " good morning " I greeted the girl as I sat beside her. " morning " she said smiling. " you " I exclaimed on seeing her face. " how is your head " she asked smiling. To be continue... It will be 2 episodes per day now to make up for the time I was gone

Nice one, kontiune.

Hope dis gina wnt be an obstruction to u nd happy iove life?

Keep the episodes rolling

Oh that the girl at the house u where hit by d gate man

?One Call Away? ? way to your heart ? ? written by Horluwa~p1 ? ?Episode 16? Continued from last scene " good morning " I greeted the girl as I sat beside her. " morning " she said smiling. " you " I exclaimed on seeing her face. " how is your head " she asked smiling. " well, I can't even remember that I was hit " I replied her as I dropped the stuffs in my hand on the desk. " that's good " she said smiling. " it's nice to finally meet you, wanted to apologize to you for the gateman's act " she said and it looked like she mean it. " it's okay and you ain't the one who hit me with a club on my head and I was also kinda wrong so everything's all settled " I said to her. " I'm David Gina " she said introducing hereslf. " and I'm Benjamin Salako but you can call me Ben " I said to her smiling. " I'll have a hell of note to copy " I said as I picked the literature in English notebook and opened it. " wow " I exclaimed as I flipped the pages. Someone had helped me updated the note and according to the date on the last topic, the person updated to last week Thursday and I was sure that's gonna be the last class they had for literature before the one that's currently going on. " it's the duty of the school to update the notes of new students to the last topic, it will be frigging hard and impossible to start writing the notes by yourself " she said when she noticed how surprised I was on seeing the updated note. " looking at it from another point of view, one can say Othello is more of an action man than intellectual man " I heard Mr Dandy say and I knew they're treating Othello. I smiled as I checked through the literature texts I got from the locker and took out Othello written by William Shakespeare from it. Tho I was already through with all the literature texts from my previous school but revision ain't a bad thing. And he's right, Othello is only capable of using his strength and not his brain. " and we've come to the end of today teaching " Mr Dandy said exactly at the dot of ten. Two wall clocks was present inside the classroom and I noticed Mr Dandy gazing at one of the two wall clocks every seconds before he stopped the class. It looked like there's a policy that curb going beyond the stipulated time for one's period. Unlike my school in Badagry where some teachers can go to the extreme of using some of the time stipulated for breaktime and we students have nothing to do about this than curse inwardly for the teacher then curse him or her aloud when he or she leave. I don't normally go out for breaktime but I love been free inside the class during the time for break instead of one teacher using his or her veto power to steal out of the time meant for my own rest. " how was the class " Gina asked me smiling.. " it wasn't boring and it's cool " I replied her. " if you don't find it wierd and not boring then you're wierd " Gina said smiling. " I'm the weirdest creature you've come across on the planet " I said to her smiling " I know, because a normal person won't run away from house because of a trivial matter and run into my apartment to get his head hit by a club " she said laughing. " you're not serious " I said smiling. " hello guys " a guy's voice suddenly interrupted us. I raised my head up to see who it was. " hello " I said on seeing the guy. " I'm Philip, the emir of this class " he said smiling. " and I'm Ben, one of your subject " I retorted humorously. " you two seem to know yourselves before " Philip said referring to Gina and me. " yeah " Gina was swift to reply him " he's one of the guys crushing on me " she added smiling " really " Philip asked smiling. " yes na, he even had the gut to run into my house to confess his feeling for me " Gina replied. I was short of words as I stared at the two of them like they're speaking in a different language which I don't understand. " is that true " Philip asked me. " she's just joking " I replied him. " awn, and you're even denying it " Gina said smiling. " ask him if he didn't ran into my compound " she said to Philip. " did you run into her house truly " Philip asked me smiling. " yes I did but it was for another purpose not the one she's claiming " I protested. " hello guys " Philip said raising his voice and all eye turned towards our direction. I was surprised to how he was able to get their attentions, something Mr Dandy and miss Tife wasn't able to do. He's really the class emir, I concluded in my mind . " let us welcome another Gina's crush to our midst " he said aloud smiling and everyone except Happy and Gina started laughing . Gina was smiling while Happy was looking at me with a wierd expression. I couldn't be less embarrassed as I brought my head down. Tho Gina was beautiful but I wasn't crushing on her and having such influence on my first day ain't good for my personality. Some of the guys stood up and started making loud whistling sound with their mouth. " please " I said aloud standing up and magically, everyone kept quiet as they all stared at me. " firstly I'm Ben, and I'm also fun to be with " I said smiling. " and lastly, Gina is my friend in a complicated manner but I'm sure not crushing on her, her level is below the level of girls I date " I had said it before my brain informed me that I had just savaged her. " whooooooo " the class all chorus in unison, some placing their hands on their head. I could see Happy smiling. Gina suddenly pulled me down and stood up. " a self defense from him when I didn't give him my number after several trials from him " she said smiling. " dry " one of the guys said aloud and everyone bursted into laughter. " and the winner of the savagery is Ben the crusher " Philip said in a humorous manner and everyone bursted into laughter. " you're dead " Gina said wrapping her arm around my neck. My notion about private school with rich pampered kids was proved wrong by my classmates. I always thought them to be innocent and stupid unlike we the students of public school that got madness running through our vein, don't know about other private schools or classes in the school, but my classmates seemed to be rich young thugs. " I didn't mean to do that " I said smiling.. " If you want me to release you, tell the class that I'm your crush " she said applying force to her arm. " alright, I'll do that " I said feigning to be in severe pain from her act. " good boy " she said smiling as she released her arm. " I was lying earlier " I said standing up again. " she seemed a bit qualified for the girls I date but please help me to beg her to stop threatening me to date her, I'm a priest for Christ sake " I added smiling and the class was filled with another torrents of laughter. " knockout " Philip said in a humorous manner. " you're hereby evicted from my seat with immediate effect " Gina said placing her legs on the chair so that I won't be able to sit down. " and as the emir of this class " I revoke the order with immediate effect " Philip said with a serious countenance. " I'm not under your jurisdiction " Gina said smiling. " take your legs or we use you as our next barbecue discussion " Philip said smiling and I could see the boys of the class grinning too. " you can't do that to me, I've gotten an alliance with the chef na " Gina said frustratingly. " that one doesn't concern me oo " Philip said stressing the 'o' " barbecue is delicious " one of the boys in the class said licking his tongue. With Gina's reaction towards the barbecue discussion, I concluded in my mind that the barbecue is nit something cool. " we'll soon impeach you " Gina said as she took her legs away from the seat " I'm here to stay love " Philip said smiling. " fool " Gina said blinking her eyelash. " who's willing to switch position with me " Gina asked standing up. " me " Happy said as she also stood up. " me " another pretty girl said standing up. Every girls in the class was pretty and same goes to boys too, they all looked handsome and I would have asked for a change of class even if I was a bit ugly. " forget it " she said sitting down back. " you're yet to be admitted into this class, you still have the initiation process left " Philip moved closer and whispered into my ear. " initiation " I muttered looking confused. " don't look like that big boy, it's not a big matter, if you ain't endorsed to be in this class, we'll just send you out and you'll be admitted into ss2 D or E which is also for Art students but trust me, none of those classes can be half fun as here " he replied confusing me more. " but why is no teacher coming in " I asked myself inwardly looking confused. To be continue.... Episode 17 coming soon.