I will Love You Forever - Chapter 93

Although Gerard had asked me not to go to school, I paid no attention to him and decided to go. This was because I didn’t want to lag in my studies as that would delay my dream of reaching his standards.

He was worried that I would get sick and allowed me to go to school only if I would allow him to take me there and bring me back home once I was done for the day which I agreed to.

“Ayla…” Kel ran up to me with a warm smile on her face. “I didn’t know you would be able to come today.”

I smiled already guessing why she said so.

“How are you feeling now? Derick told me he saw you leaving the school after complaining about constipation.”

I was shocked when I hear the last word. ‘Constipation?’ how dare he lie about something like that? He didn’t even see me leave the school so why would he use constipation as an excuse.

“Ayla… Are you fine?” Kel asked when she noticed that I was lost in my thoughts.

“Huh? Um… Yes… I’m fine.” I replied but in the next minute, my fist clenched and I felt like giving Derick a sweet punch across the face at that very moment.

‘Only God knows how many people he has told that like to.’ I sighed to relieve my anger and walked to my class with Kel.

Today, we were having a combined lecture with students of other levels and Derick was seated amongst the crowd.

I and Kel took our seats and the lecture soon began. It was so boring that almost half the pupils were asleep.

My eyes were also threatening to close but I had to keep my grades up. Also, the meeting I had with the head of the department was important. I had to keep my grades up if I really want to participate in the competition with the advanced level.

The letter given to me by the head of departments was a parent permission letter to enter into a competition with students at higher levels.

The advantage of this competition is that I would be given a part-time job that pays well and more allowances. Not only that, I can share my business ideas and have a high chance of getting a grant. This was a big step to achieving my dreams but I wasn’t certain how to go about it just yet.

I sighed and wondered if I could sign it myself and just like that my parents are not in the country… ‘Wait a minute… Why do I have to lie? I can just tell them the truth.’ I thought to myself.

“Yes!” I accidentally got overwhelmed and forgot I was in the class. Everyone turned their eyes at me and I felt like burying myself at that moment.

“I’m sorry…” I sat down and continued to draft out my plan finally happy about what this could lead to.

“I hope he’d be proud of me,” I whispered to myself with a smile on my face.

“Who would be proud?” Kel asked. Apparently, she heard what I said.

“Huh? It’s nothing. I was just remembering a movie I watched yesterday.” I quickly lied my way out feeling embarrassed about what was actually running through my brain.

“Oh… Okay… You should pay attention though.” I nodded and focused on the lecture.

Unknown to me, someone had his eyes glued to my back all this time.

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Derick was seated at the end of the hall and his eyes were fixed on a particular person’s head.

Usually, Derick was very attentive in class but today was different. He couldn’t focus because of Ayla.

#Flashback#

Derick went to the top of the school building less than an hour after accidentally throwing Ayla’s phone to the ground.

He didn’t mean to be that rude to her and for some reason, he wanted to meet up again and if possible, apologize for her phone and his attitude.

While on the roof, he sighed and went to the edge but almost immediately after that, he heard a thump on the floor and turned around.

A girl had fainted on the floor and he didn’t think twice before rushing over to her side.

He raised the girl and noticed that there was blood everywhere. He tried to revive her and it was only then that he realized this was the same girl he was hoping to meet again.

Seeing that Ayla was not responding, he hurried to carry her and ran downstairs even though it was tough for him.

Ignoring everyone, he rushed out through the gate and took the first taxi he saw.

“Taxi, hospital.” it was only after they had gone far that he remembered that he could have just easily taken her to the school clinic.

On the other hand, taking her to the hospital wasn’t a bad idea either considering that she was bleeding through her nose and it looked quite bad.

He took her into the hospital and soon, the doctor attended to her. They asked him for any identification of hers but he didn’t know anything about Ayla.

“We need to speak to her guardian or anyone related to her.” the doctor explained to him and Derick recalled seeing Ayla’s bag on the rooftop.

Immediately, he rushed back to school and it was then that he saw Kel who was worried sick, looking at Ayla.

“Have you seen Ayla? She was supposed to meet me at the cafeteria after she met with the head of the department but she never came. I hope she’s fine.” Kel was worried and asked her mates but Derick helped explain so that she wouldn’t be filed as a missing person and cause more harm than expected.

He walked up to Kel who was surrounded by a few people. “She went home. She complained about a stomach ache,” he spoke with a straight face.

Kel didn’t believe him and decided to ask him more. “How do you know? It’s not like you’re even close to her. Besides, what happened to her stomach and why would she tell you?”

“Constipation!”

Derick got frustrated by Kel’s nagging and didn’t even know when he yelled constipation.

The hall went silent and in the next minute, everyone when to look for a seat. He had to go to the rooftop to get her belongings and also took his as well then hurried and left the school premises again.

“Here.” he passed her bag to the doctor and the doctor soon found her phone in it but the phone was low on battery and even after charging it, it didn’t come on.

There was no way to reach her parents now so they tried to reach the school but the response was not good.

After a few more hours of waiting, Derick had to leave because of his curfew but promised to visit the

The next day the doctor let him go.

#Back to the present.#

He sighed as he looked at Ayla who was seated in front of him and was thankful that she was better today.

The class was soon over and everyone left the hall for their next class which was to last for the next two hours.

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“Did you even listen to a word that the teacher said in class today?” Kel asked after noticing that I wasn’t paying attention in class.

“What is the matter! Is anything bothering you?” Kel asked as she placed her hand on my shoulder.

I had a lot on my mind. First is how I was going to get this letter signed, the second was how to return the card I had taken from Gerard’s pocket and lastly, I didn’t know how to get rid of that constipation rumour.

I stole the card from Gerard’s pocket when he was asleep yesterday and put it in my school back so that he never finds it in the house.

Speaking of the card, I should check to confirm that it’s still there. I began to check my bag without answering Kel’s question leaving her confused.

“What is going on? Did you misplace something?” she asked worriedly as she saw me looking through my bag.

I took out the book that I had placed the card in and checked it. “Phew… It’s still here.” I sighed in relief and smiled at Kel.

“I’m absolutely fine.”

We walked into another hall for the next lecture but the first person I saw was none other than Derick.

I sighed and pretended not to see him. After all, he was the reason for my problem yesterday. If he had not broken my phone, I might have been able to call Gerard.

I took a seat beside Kel waiting for the lecturer to arrive and pretended as though he was invincible.

“Hi.” a voice came from behind me and Kel turned.

“Oh Derick, what are you doing here?” she asked politely.

“Can I borrow your friend for a minute?