NIGHT

The girl had been waiting for Blessing to be back home from school since the afternoon was the time Blessing was supposed to close at school and come back home but he hadn't shown up at the house and the girl was worried about him. The girl went to ask Blessing's grandparents why Blessing hadn't returned till night and they noticed that she was worried about Blessing so they told her not to be because Blessing would come home at his own convenient time which is what he always does. The girl wondered why Blessing's grandparents weren't worried that Blessing wasn't back yet at that time and what they meant by at his own convenient time.

The girl still sat down in front of the house's front door (outside) waiting for Blessing after checking the time which said 10 p.m. and after Blessing's grandparents had told her multiple times to come in and not wait for Blessing but she refused to go into the house insisting that she wants to see him.

The girl was already dozing off where she sat down waiting for Blessing when Blessing arrived home on his bicycle and saw her dozing off. Blessing parked his bicycle at its usual spot and walked to the girl. Blessing stopped in front of the watching her doze off thinking why she was there and wasn’t inside. Blessing bent down in front of the girl and stared at her for some seconds and that made her realize how beautiful the girl was but he failed to notice that because he saw her to be insignificant. Blessing was still staring at her beautiful face when the girl suddenly woke up opening her eyes to see Blessing in front of her and close to her and that startled her.

Seeing she had woken up, Blessing stood up and the girl was relieved to see Blessing back and then Blessing asked her “are you scared to sleep alone in your room?”.

The girl didn’t answer Blessing's question but instead, she said to Blessing “don’t you know your mask makes you look scary at times?”.

“Who cares?” said Blessing, and wanted to make his way into the house but the girl quickly stood up and stood in front of him preventing him from entering.

Blessing wondered why the girl was preventing him from entering the house as he was looking at her and then the girl asked Blessing “what gut do you have to be returning home at this time of the night?”.

Blessing smirked hearing the girl say that and didn’t answer her. Blessing wanted to make his way into the house but the girl didn’t let him refusing to move out of his way and Blessing said to her “get out of my way”.

“I will if you tell me where you are coming from since you left school hours ago” said the girl.

“And who are you to question me of my whereabouts? How does it also concern you?” asked Blessing.

“It concerns me because am your step-sister and you made grandma and grandpa worried” said the girl.

Blessing scoffed and said “don’t get your hopes high, you are not really my step-sis. And it is a blatant lie that my grandparents will be worried if they don’t see me. They know not to worry about me when they don’t see me because I always come home”.

“And you think coming home at this time of the night after you left school hours ago is right?” asked the girl.

“You don’t get to question me and don’t make me repeat myself. And just because I brought you……..” said Blessing.

Blessing was cut short of words as the girl cut in saying to Blessing “And so? You brought me home and so what? You already make me understand you and why you do stupid things like that. FYI, I won't be minding any words that come out of your mouth so if you think a word that comes out of your mouth can make me feel sad or bad then you have lost. And just so you know, you are not getting inside this house unless you tell me where you are coming from”.

“First, don't ever say I do stupid things it angers me and you don't want to see my anger. Second, If this is a joke you should stop it. I don’t have time for you tonight so just get out of my way” said Blessing, now getting annoyed.

“Does it look like am joking? Answer me and you get to go into the house” said the girl, insisting Blessing must tell her where he is coming from.

“Bringing you into my house doesn’t mean you get to be close to me. You can do anything you like in the house but remember to always stay away from me. This is not your house where you have the authority to command so get out of my way” said Blessing.

“I know all there is to know about you. This house is also not yours ‘cause it belongs to grandpa and grandma. I don’t care if you get angry or whatever you are gonna do but you are not getting into this house without telling me where you are coming from” said the girl.

Blessing looked at the girl wondering what she meant by she knew all she needed to know about him and that she had the guts to stop him from entering the house and requesting to know where he was coming from.

Blessing slightly pushed the girl away out his way and the girl fell, then Blessing made his way to the house while the girl looked at Blessing in an unbelievable way at what he had just done. Blessing was about to open the front door when the girl suddenly jumped on his back, the girl's arm crossed around Blessing's neck and legs crossed around his waist.

Blessing had to let go of the door as the girl jumped on his back, crossed her arm around his neck, and legs crossed around Blessing's waist so she wouldn’t fall or Blessing would be able to throw her off his back. Blessing told the girl to get off his back threatening him but instead of the girl to listen to Blessing, she began strangling Blessing slowly with her arm crossed around his neck telling him to tell her where he was coming from or else she would kill him.

Blessing also refused to submit to the girl and told her to let him go threatening her and trying to get her arm off his neck because he was finding it hard to breathe, and at the same time, trying to get her off his back but couldn’t cause the girl hold on to him tight.

Blessing's grandparents had been watching the whole thing between them but said nothing and they laughed as Blessing and the girl roam around the compound; Blessing trying to get the girl off his back and her arm off his neck while the girl continued to strangle Blessing slowly saying he must tell her where he was coming from.

Blessing later gives in to the girl because the girl is never going to let him go if he doesn’t tell her where he is coming and he might die if she continues to strangle her. Blessing tells the girl where he is coming from but only he knows he lied about it then the girl lets her go.

Blessing was boiling in anger as the girl let her go and wanted to hit her and the girl covered her face with her hands in fear as Blessing wanted to hit her but Blessing didn’t know what stopped him from hitting the girl and he suddenly smiled. The girl got her hands off her face after realizing that nothing happened then he saw Blessing leaving the house compound and asked him “where are you going?”.

“You can come if you want to” said Blessing to the girl.

Blessing's grandparents were shocked and worried at first when they saw Blessing wanted to hit the girl but relived and smiled when they saw Blessing didn’t hit instead, he smiled.

The girl and Blessing sat down next to each other on the building rooftop looking at the city and there was silence between them. The girl broke the silence by asking Blessing “how come you never ask me my name or anything about me?”.

“Because I am still trying to figure out who you are and why the weird feeling I always feel when it comes to you” said Blessing.

“What does that suppose to mean? And what kind of weird feeling are you talking about?” asked the girl.

“I told you am still trying to figure it out which means I don’t anything about it” said the Blessing.

“I guess that is why I find you weird” said the girl.

“And what does that supposed to mean?” asked Blessing.

“You helped me the first day we met without asking why I was crying or what was wrong with me except fulfilling the promise you made. You also brought me to your grandparents to adopt me without knowing my full story or wanting to know. You don’t even know my name and I don’t think you want to. Doesn’t that make you weird?” said the girl.

“Since you want me to know your story. Tell me then” said Blessing.

“Let's start with my name. My name is Victoria” said the girl with a smile.