All Chapters of The Troubles of Friendship: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

ChisomThe door opened slowly but it wasn't Jessie who walked in, it was Greg. I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep, I didn’t want to talk to anyone, not even him. He could go back to wherever he was coming from, probably from the arms of a certain skinny girl.

ChisomGreg was the first one to start laughing after the nurse left the window, I joined in but I didn’t laugh as hard as he did, I had to be careful with my stitches. It was refreshing and when he stopped laughing to stare dreamily at me like I was his favourite person in the world, I had to use my hair to cover my pink cheeks. They were my biggest give away.

Jessie"Remember our first time, Nancy? I was only ten and you said not to tell anybody."

JessieOur two weeks

Chisom "Jessie o, stand up," I said as I tried to shake Jessie who was on her bed and pretending to be asleep. I chuckled, she couldn’t fool me by placing the back of her hand over her eyes and like my darling Greg once said, she was too stiff for someone who was asleep."Let’s go na," I tried again.