chapter 7

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One second.

Two seconds.

They didn't pull away, Derek's eyes widened as if the realization had hit him; Janet just stared, backing away from the scene slowly, wondering if he'd kiss Dotun back. Her heart felt like it was being squeezed in her chest, her lips quivered at the thought of him actually giving in to the kiss - so she ran.

She didn't even care if they heard the school bag on the table she had accidentally knock down fall to the ground, Janet just ran, making her way back to the class. Her eyes felt heavy, she felt sick to the stomach; all she could do was put on a fake smile and walk back into the noisy classroom.

She should have said no when Dotun asked her if she could talk to Derek.

"She's back." Yinka declared, looking over at Janet, from just a look alone, anyone could see that Janet wasn't in the mood for jokes - even if she had a smile on her face, her eyes told a different story.

"Haha yeah." Janet said, her words sounding rather monotone, she couldn't let Dotun get to her, she just couldn't. 

"This one Damilayo just came in, where you guys giving?" Shalom wondered out loud, staring over at the figure of the door then over to her best friend. Janet froze at her words, her head snapping over to the door.

"Ewe, like she'd ever stoop that low." She heard Yinka fake gag. Janet just rolled her eyes, finally making eye contact with Derek; he had his hands wiping against his lips and his brows scrunched up in disgust. This made her wonder if he actually kissed back or not, Janet still stared at Derek, as if expecting him to walk over to her and tell her what happened.

He rose his eyebrows at her, questioning her gaze, or asking if she still wanted to talk - but Janet just looked away. Or rather, her gaze was forcefully pulled away from him when Gary yelled for everyone's attention in class.

"Yo guys! So..."

Gary teased the crowd by drawing on his words, people just looked at him expectantly, annoyed at him because he had pulled them away from their conversation; he even stood on top of a chair for extra emphasis.

"Wetin happen nah!" One of the boys asked, voicing out a lot of people's thought, Gary just grinned at their eagerness.

"My dad's out for the weekend so I'm having a party!"

His words were like music to people's ears, they wooed and clapped their hands, the once silent class pooling with excited conversations from different directions. If there was anything Gary did better than storing girls nudes on his iPhone X, it would be throwing the biggest parties in their school.

Sometimes he'd invite some SS2 girls only for the fun of it, Janet had attended one of his parties and that day, she caught him and Ebere - a quiet girl in SS2B, doing the dirty. If she got into specifics, she'd say that Gary was having loads of fun with her double d sized breasts...but that wasn't any of her business.

"Mad oh!" One of the boys echoed in the class, laughter following right after. Gary lived in a mansion, several bedrooms, a pool indoor and out, so many unnecessary things that made his home extremely luxurious. AKA, the best place to throw a party.

"Everyone is invited ba?" Samantha asked with a smirk as Gary got down from the chair, adjusting his fitted trousers. 

"From SS2 and up, let's be guided." 

He joked as the class laughed, this party was going to be huge, Janet was sure of it. Even if she was never a fan of parties, she thought that it'd be fun to attend. 

"I'm so going." Ada grinned, turning over to Janet who still had her back to them, she was deep in thoughts; many things seemed to come to her mind at once.

"Are you?" She knew Ada was asking her, so she turned around, almost forgetting about the kiss between Derek and Dotun. Almost.

"Seems like it'll be fun." Was all Janet said, she wasn't so sure her mom would agree. His parties usually started around 5pm and went on sometimes over night. People lost their virginities more than their wallets during his parties, it was that wild.

"Fun ke? Alcohol, sex, what's so fun in that?" Yinka asked with a stank face, this earned a scoff from Shalom and an eye roll from Ada. "Well I don't know about you sha, but I dey go that party." Shalom emphasizes the sha, shrugging her shoulder as Janet laughed.

"Same." Janet grinned, making up her mind about it; after a while of resisting, she turned back over to look at Derek, only to see Gary speaking with him.

She couldn't quite understand what he was saying but she guessed that it was about the party. Derek shrugged his shoulders before saying sure I'll come. Janet was impressed by how well she had gotten at reading lips.

Janet folded her arms, still in thought. So he was going to make an appearance as well, perhaps it'd be with his boys; she'd expect nothing less. It took all the courage for Janet to walk up to him again, when she reached his seat, she crossed her arms ever so sassily against her chest.

"You're back." She said, earning a small smile from him. So cute, no, focus. You're meant to be angry, or maybe not...she honestly didn't know anymore.

"Oh yeah..." He trailed off as if he wasn't sure what to say. "How was the kis- I mean the talk." Janet mentally face palmed herself, she almost admit to following him!

Derek's eyes widened a bit, before it squinted in realization. "You saw?" He questioned, his lips turning to a frown. "Ehn? Saw what? I mean...I should even go back to Ada now...later!" Janet blabbed, quickly scurrying out of his sight.

Ugh, way to go Einstein. Janet groaned to her self, embarrassment flushing to her cheeks. For the rest of the day, she made sure to avoid looking in his direction.

The weekend was fast approaching, Friday had come and gone, Derek and her were back to normal. She was thankful that he didn't bring up what she had said, they'd text sometimes and other times he'd call her for one thing or the other. He always found a way to put a mile on her face, even if he didn't know it yet.

Derek also seemed more touchy around her than before, it wasn't like he touched her at any chance he got, but sometimes when they spoke, he'd drop his hands against hers, or he'd use his legs to brush against hers. She knew that saying it made the whole thing seem like an unconscious act, but she knew better.

He also had on a smile whenever she came to him or vice versa. It wasn't like weeks had past or anything, it had only been two days.

Janet and Juliet had spoke about the party that was going to happen, Juliet gave her some ideas on how she could ask her mom. Sure her mother was not as strict with her hanging out with Ada, but not when it came to attending parties.

"Party ke?" 

Her mom looked shocked at the words Janet had blandly asked, she switched off her phone and looked over at the young girl. "Which party is happening by 5pm? When you're meant to be getting ready for bed." Her mother scoffed in exaggeration. Haba! Getting ready for bed ke! Janet thought in annoyance.

"Mommy na, we are in SS3." Janet complained, making sure to stay respectful because if not, she'd be watching the party from an Instagram live. "And so? Okay...! Because you're in SS3 you people don dey raise shoulder abi?" Her mom asked as she demonstrated it, puffing her chest in the air. Janet giggled at this.

"No mommy it's not like that. We just want to hang out as friends, besides Ada's driver can bring me back..." Janet trailed off, trying to convince her mom; she was half glad that her dad had gone oversees for a month, or she wouldn't have bothered asking.

"You have to be careful oh, remember; boys..." 

"Don't always have good intentions, I understand." Janet completed her mother's statement, twirling the hem of her baggy shirt in between her fingers. That phrase had got her through junior school, but now, she wondered if Derek had good intentions when talking with her.

"Okay, you're free to go, but text me when you get there and when you're coming back. Please oh!" Her mother said in a warning tone, Janet's lips widened into a smile as she squealed. "I will! Thank you mommy!" With that, she was running up the stairs.

After giving it some thought, she decided to wear a thigh length black gown which was loose at the tip but clung unto her sides, accompanied with her nude colored jacket and chunky cream colored shoes. When she was done, she began to loose her hair, falling asleep once she was done.

Saturday came crawling in and 5pm was right at the corner. Ada has messaged her to - in her words - move her ass because she was already waiting outside. Janet put on her outfit, applying her favorite cherry lipgloss and bubblegum perfume, styling her hair into a curly bun.

She looked really good - well, that was her opinion when she looked into the mirror. Janet grabbed her sling bag, stuffing her phone into it and hugging Juliet goodbye. She even promised to tell her all the juicy details that would go down at the party.

"I thought you wanted to give birth inside that house, but you look hot, so that's okay." Ada grinned, eyeing her best friend's attire, she had been referring to how long Janet took to get ready. Ada had one an extremely short shorts, it was blue and barely covered her ass, she matched it with a lace off shoulder top. Ada completed the outfit with her big black canvas.

She obviously had things planned for the night.

"Who're you targeting this time?" Janet asked with a smirk as they entered the car, the driver greeting them, Janet gave the old man a smile as well.

"Ope." She grinned.

Ope? So they did have something going on.

"No we don't have anything going on, but I want to prove a point. So, if he falls for it, I win."

Ada grinned, arranging her puffy hair. What did she have to prove? Janet tried to connect the dots but gave up.

When the car pulled up to a white mansion, Janet knew they had arrived; the house was as huge as she remembered. She could spot her classmates from the outside, some hung around the pool area, while some were already sucking lips on the balcony.

"Children of nowadays." 

She heard the driver murmur to himself as they got out, walking through the wide open gate. Janet spotted Gary at the front, he had one of the SS2 girls by his side, he whispered sweet nothings into her ear and she just giggled.

Chai, what a pity.

Janet and Ada strolled in, greeting some of their friends that passed by. Some people were shocked to see Janet, she had only attended one of his parties; so for them, it was rather strange.

"See you later." Ada whispered into her ear before dancing away.

The party was impressive, the floor glowed different colors, led lights attached to the wall of the giant parlor. There were large kegs at the side of the room which were probably filled with different types of alcohol. People danced like they had ran mad, the speaker emitting obnoxiously loud music; even if it was loud, Janet found herself bobbing her head to the catchy beat.

"Janet!" Gbenga called out, making his way over to her, without her permission, he cupped her body into his with a bear hug. She could smell the alcohol off him. With a squeal, she pulled away.

"You look so damn hot." He grinned as his eyes trailed down her body, taking in her figure. Janet just rolled her eyes, "This old thing?" She joked. 

"You want a drink?" He asked but before she even replied, he was pulling her towards the blue keg of drinks. "You're too tensed babe." He drew out with a laugh, dipping his hands in and bringing out a bottle. 

"I'd rather not!" Janet tried to shout over the music but he just shushed her with a smirk, pouring out the drink into a plastic red cup. "Don't worry, you won't get drunk!" He whispered yelled, laughing right after. It was funny to see Gbenga like this, so...free.

Janet just nodded, taking the drink out of his hands and began to sip on it; the sour taste spoiling her taste buds. Gbenga drew her closer, hugging her completely.

"Gbenga youre drunk oh, now now." Janet laughed, pulling herself away from him and slipping away before he could say another weird thing. 

One of Janets favorite songs came on; a song by Olamide, she grinned, her body instantly moving to the beats. Unconsciously, she was keeping an eye out for Derek.

"Head girl..."

A slur drew her back from her search, she knew it was Obinna; she quickly turned around, hoping that Derek would be with him - but all he had with him was a bottle of vodka in one hand and coke in the other.

"Wow, you're really dolled up huh?" Obinna grinned at her, he had on all black, so his fair complexion really glistened in the led lights. "Have you seen Derek?" She asked him, knowing he'd be too drunk to tease her.

"My guy? Well dang he just asked me the same thing...uh...over there I think...?"

His words weren't really coherent, they were in slurs so Janet just nodded, walking in the direction he had pointed to. Pushing through the horny crowd, Janet finally got to the other side of the room. Before she could celebrate her victory, someone pushed her out of the way, dancing away to the other side.

Janet squealed at how much force was used, immediately tripping over her two feet; her body about to contact with the hard wall.

Janet sighed in relief when she felt arms aid her fall, she quickly got to her feet with a hasty laugh, looking up to see the person she was searching for.

"Derek."

"Janet."

They both let out in unison. She quickly backed away with a smile, taking in how yummy he looked, he had on a plain white shirt and a silver chain with a single pendant. His jeans were black and a bit fitted, a pair of white adidas to accompany the outfit.

Yummy indeed.

"Wow." She heard him breathe out, that was how close they were; her cheeks heated up when she realized that he was blankly checking her out. "You look good." The tone he used was enough compliment, he sounded dazed, his eyes still roaming around her.

"Thanks..." She whispered with her flaming cheeks.

"I never thought you went to parties." Derek said honestly, his lips tilting up into a smirk. Janet shrugged her shoulders with a smile, "Sometimes." She just said, the led lights changing into a dark shade of pink, as if setting the mood for everyone.

The song changed again, her eyes lit up, she loved the song! Her body immediately began to move on its own, Derek just watched her with a smile. "Dance!" She grinned at him, it seemed like the drink she had took gave her a lot more courage.

She pulled his hands and kept them on her waist, moving his hands in the air and swaying her hips. He seemed amused by this but just shrugged it off, moving her body - with his arms  - to the rhythm.

Before she knew what she was doing, she turned her back to him, grinding her waist against his groin. "Okay..." Janet heard him chuckle but the music had entirely consumed her; she kept swaying her hips, singing along to the song. It was a good thing people were to drunk to notice them.

And oh, did she mention that he smelt so dang good?

The song finally ended and she turned back around with a grin, laughing at how silly she was being; it wasn't like she was intoxicated, she was just feeling a bit wild.

"Janet with the moves!" He hailed with a silly grin, raising his hands in emphasis while she just played along, curtsying.

While he was still laughing, her eyes went straight to his lips, biting hers unconsciously. She really wanted to kiss him. Janet pondered on that thought for the slowest seconds of her entire life.

What's there to lose? 

Janet thought to herself. She used her small hands to gently push him against the wall, Derek immediately stopped laughing, his eyebrows shooting up at her.

Without giving it a second thought, she rose herself up and placed her lips on his.

Oh.

My.

Gosh!!!

It was like Janet came to her senses when her lips touched his soft ones. She had just kissed him! Just like Dotun had done some days ago. Her heart was thudding so much that it began to hurt, was she having a freaking heart attack?! 

Her lips molded so well against his, she almost gasped at how soft they were, the realization hit her hard; she had just kissed Derek Damilayo.

After what seemed like minutes, she pulled away, her cheeks felt like they would burst into eternal flames, Derek's eyes were still wide, his lips parted open in shock; but then, his yes went back to the normal size, the way he gazed at her was...

Something.

"Oh my goodness..." 

She whispered to herself, she wanted to take the situation with her chest - to take it bravely, but she felt her legs clearing back as her hands went up to her lips.

"I should-" Janet began to say.

"Eek!" She squealed instead when Derek turned over their position in almost an instant, her back was now on the wall, his head lowered dangerously close hers, all she could hear was her heart.

Which felt like it was beating out of her damn chest!

"No consent?" He whispered into her ear, Janet shivered at the feeling, her face now in fire. Consent? Oh...right. 

"I..."

She tried to say but couldn't come up with anything. Derek then chuckled, the sound reverberating between them.

"Janet..."

He trailed off.

"Can I kiss you?" Oh my...I think my ovaries just exploded, Janet thought, her eyes staring straight at him.

"Yeah..." 

When he heard this, he pulled her into a heated kiss, claiming her soft, glossy lips. Their lips together felt even better than it did the first time, her knees instantly weakened. She would have fallen if his hands weren't secured around her waist, pulling them closer to him, the way he kissed her...she couldn't even put it in words.

Janet moaned out into the kiss, her lips parting slightly, when she did that; his tongue slipped in, brushing against hers, her back arching while her hands looped against his neck.

And can she just say that she felt on cloud damn nine.

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