Chapter 5:
Christine’s Pov:
Great. I’ve got a detention and Derek doesn’t, bloody cheek. I have to help out in art until 6pm, yawn.
I walk up to Mr Watts’ room and knock on the door. No answer. I knock again. Same thing. The lights are on, so I open the door and walk in. There’s a boy sitting at the centre table, painting a portrait of someone; his head shoots up when I shut the door behind me.
“Sorry am I disturbing you?” I ask
“No it’s i-ight” he smiles.
He has dark brown skin with big brown eyes to match. He has extremely dark hair which is pulled into two braids which hang over his shoulders and he’s wearing a navy blue beanie.
“Do you know where Mr Watts is?” I wonder
“He left for a meeting, he said he’ll be back later to check on a girl named Christine Banjoko” he smirks “I’m guessing you’re her”
“The one and only” I smile and he laughs
“You’re funny” he compliments “I’m Raquan, but you can call me RayRay”
“Hey Ray. And thanks” I reply “I’ll let you get on with your work” I head over to the art sink and begin washing the sink, paint brushes and palettes “Gees, how much paint can a couple of students get on a God-D*mn sink?!” I mutter angrily to myself
“You alright there?” he asks
“Yeah I’m good” I lied “Err…do you know what I’m supposed to do next?” I say when everything is spotless
“I think you’re supposed to mix some paints for next lesson”
“Oh okay…one more question”
“Fire away” he assures
“This is gonna sound really stupid, but how to you mix paint? I’m used to it just coming out of a bottle” I explain
“C’mon, lemme show you” he walks over to the sink, so I follow. He hands me a paint pot, squirts a little bit of blue and red paint then gives me a paint brush.
“So…” I ask, looking down at the paint and then to him
“You stir it well baby” he says sexily.
I burst into a fit of giggles “You got that from Justin Bieber didn’t you?”
“Maybe” he laughs with me.
I take hold of a paintbrush and begin to stir the paint; I speed up a little bit.
“Err…Christine…you might want to slow down”
“No I’m fine” I continue to stir hurriedly
“No I seriously think you should slow down now, just in case it-”
A massive blob of paint flew off of my bowl and hit him in the face; a streak of multi-coloured paint dripping diagonally down his face “-spills” he squints his eyes shut as he wipes the paint away from them
“Oh my gosh, are you okay?” I say in between laughs, grabbing a tissue and help him wipe the paint off
“I’m fine” he assures with a grin
“You sure?” I ask, watching him pick up a bottle of red paint and opening the lid
“I’m good, honestly” he smiles evilly
“Okay good because for a second there, I thought you was mad at m-” he squeezes the bottle hard and points it in my direction, red paint splattering all over my outfit. I gasp silently and then glare at him.
“Ha! Payback” he smirks
“That’s not fair, me splashing you was an accident” I defend, picking up two paint bottles; one pink, one yellow.
“Now Christine, think about what you’re doing” he suggests, backing up a little. I don’t think twice before squeezing down on both bottles, the paint smothering his whole outfit in pink and yellow “Pink and yellow are so not my colour” he says camply; both of us bursting into laughter before running to get more paint bottles and continuing to smother each other in multicolours.
When all the paint has gone, both of sit down in a chair and continue to laugh.
“Well that was fun” I smile
“Yeah” he agrees “But err…” his smile drops as he gestures to the room
“Oh my God” I gasp; the entire room is covered from top to bottom in paint.
That’s when the door opens and Principal Walker steps forward shaking his head and tutting.
“Sir I can expl-” I say as he takes out his suspension slip notebook
“There is nothing to explain” Sir insists
“But Sir” I say, almost on the verge of crying
“Shh Miss Banjoko” he orders
“But Sir” tears begin to fall out of my eyes
“That’s enough Christine” he scowls.
RayRay’s Pov:
I feel so bad seeing her cry, this is obviously her first time being in serious trouble, so I step in.
“Sir it’s all my fault” I confess. Christine stops crying for a second to look over at me wide-eyed; I bring my finger up to my lip and shush quietly.
“Is this true Christine?” Principal Walker asks, as he continues to write in the notebook. She looks at me questioningly, I nod.
“Yes sir” she mumbles
“Very well, Christine you may leave” he says. She slowly grabs her bag then leaves the room.
“Now this isn’t the first time you’re in trouble, is it?” Principal Walker questions me
“No sir”
“Shame” he pulls out the slip from the notebook and was about to hand it to me, but he throws it in the bin instead. I raise an eyebrow. He smiles slightly “This is the last time I’ll let you off. You’re a bright student Raquan, try to stay out of trouble because I won’t always be this nice”
“Thanks Sir” I grin
“Off you go” he gestures to the door.
I pick up my bag and walk out of the door; I turn round the corner and instantly bump into Christine who was leaning her back against the wall and looking down.
“Sorry” we both apologise, then she realises it’s me and not some random stranger
“Oh my gosh RayRay” she gasps, dropping her bag and flinging her arms around me “Thank you so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so much” she hugs me tightly before taking a step back.
I chuckle softly “Its i-ight”
“Did you get suspended?” she asks, looking as if she was about to start crying again
“Nah, he let me off” I explain
“Thank God, I wouldn’t have been able to live with myself if I knew you’d got suspended because of me” she panics.
Christine’s Pov:
“RayRay there you are” I hear a girl say, followed by footsteps towards us.
I turn and see her, she is wearing this:
“Oh hey Raven” RayRay grins, kissing her on the lips when she reaches us “Raven this is Christine, Christine this is my girlfriend Raven”
“Hey” we say to each other
“Err…what happened to you two?” Raven giggles
“We really get into our artwork” I explain, and she laughs harder. Well at least she finds me amusing
“You want a hug?” RayRay holds out his arms to her
“No I’m good” she backs up with a smile “Come on, I’ve gotta go and meet Keona, Drelexia and Brandee at the mall” she hurries
“Okay” he agrees “Bye Christine”
“Nice meeting you Christine” Raven smiles
“You too” I reply, watching the two of them leave.
I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket. I take it out, it reads:
To: Chrissy_Crisp and others
Get over to Birgitta’s house now, its urgent!
From: Bonny_boo
I pick up my bag and make a run for my car, when I reach my car, Lauren runs over to me looking a little sweaty and her hair in a mess, she sounds out of breath.
“I’m guessing you got the text” I predict, and she nods
“Can I…have a lift?” she pants
“Sure hop in” I say, both of us getting into the car, and I drive off.