Bad habits

Chapter One: I Didn't Like Him

I come from a family of six.
Mom, Dad, my eldest brother and two sisters, with me being the last child.
My home is one people would describe as one filled with love. Only if my love life would have gotten the memo, then maybe, just maybe, it wouldn't have been so chaotic.

I was fresh out of a "relationship" and in desperate need of a good time out. So I called my best girls and planned on meeting at the mall, with party plans later in the evening.
So that's what I did.
I ordered a ride and met up with my friends, Sharon and Ayo, at the mall.

"Finally! You've left that funny looking guy," Sharon said as we strolled into the parking lot of Leisure Mall.

"Sharon!" Ayo exclaimed at her bluntness.

"It's fine," I said while holding in a laugh. She didn't lie, Kola was rather odd-looking and I wonder what I ever saw in him.

We walked into the mall cackling and talking rather loudly, then Sharon went quiet.

"That guy has been staring at you since we walked in," she said.

I turned to look at who she was referring to.
Our eyes locked instantly. Tall, slim, chocolate goodness of a man. My type to a T and my friends knew it.
I could feel them staring at me teasingly.
As I walked by him, an evil thought forming in my mind and a smirk growing on my lips, I gave him a flirty wink as we passed by.
"Kate!!" Ayo exclaimed once again as we all broke into an obnoxious laugh.

As we approached the corner that leads to Miniso, we started bickering about who gets what room when school resumes and all of a sudden, I hear this agitating, grating voice that only grew louder as we came closer to the corner, and next thing I know, he bumped into me. Did I mention he's very loud?

"Watch where you're going," I hissed out.

He turned around with an annoying smile on his face and an air of arrogance around him as he took me in.

"You saw me, you could have moved out of my way, cupcake."

He said with the stupid smile still on his face.
Cupcake?? Who's he calling cupcake?? I thought to myself.

"No, I couldn't and you should apologize."
I said as I got even more irritated at his arrogance.

"Okay then, I'm sorry you couldn't move out of my way."

He said as his friends covered their laugh with a cough when I gave them a very irritated glare.

"You fuckin-"

"Egbon, just apologize na," Ayo cut me off before I could curse him out.

He gave a very tired sigh like we were the ones holding him up, licked his lips and said in a very sultry, annoying voice.

"I'm sorry, cupcake."

I scoffed and walked off.
I wasn't going to let this loud, arrogant man ruin the rest of my evening. With my second year just around the corner, I intend on making the most out of this rather short break before I go back to being a slave of the system.

After hours of window shopping and a movie, Ayo's boyfriend, David, finally came to pick us up. They've been together since our first year and have been inseparable since then. We put on our party tags and karaoke-d the rest of the trip to the party.

We finally arrived at the party and made it inside.
Ayo drifted off with David to God knows where and Sharon? Sharon got dragged off by one of her many, many "sweet boys."
And then there was only one.
I headed to the drink booth and minutes later I'm now on my 5th? 8th drink? I'm not so sure.
Then I drifted to the dance floor and who did I see? My ex.
My ex with another girl in his arms. Funny, 'cause it's only been a week since we broke up. Pathetic.

He hadn't seen me.
I was in the middle of my very angry thoughts when my favorite song came on (Oh No by Rema) and I threw myself into dancing until I felt a man behind me.
I don't know what it was about his presence behind me, maybe it was the alcohol? The music? My ex being here? Or maybe all.
Whatever it was, I let the music take me as I melted into him. My back towards him and his fingers brush against my thighs, I opened my eyes and saw my ex had seen me and was now watching, intensely.
Perfect, I thought as I moved the stranger's hand from my thighs to my neck and I let my head fall back with my eyes closed as we kept moving like our bodies were made to move together.
I took it even further and pressed my ass into him and I felt him draw a sharp breath as his lips hovered around my ear.

"If you wanted me touching you this bad, you could have just asked, cupcake."

I stiffened.
That voice...
That obnoxiously annoying voice.
I jolted from him like he burned me and saw it was the annoying twink from the mall!