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TEACHER MIRABEL'S POV.
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So I am at home eagerly anticipating for Castor's arrival.
I have already made some dinner and set it ready on the dining table waiting for him.
And the time is already 9:40 pm I don't actually think that he will come again.
Maybe he wants to come by tomorrow, of course tomorrow is holiday and I think that will be better though.
So then I currently in my parlor watching a movie and after some minutes passed by a knock came up on my door.
And the first place my eyes goes to was the wall clock and it says that the time is 10pm.
Which I am very sure that Castor will not come by this time of the night, of course his dad will not allow him to show up.
But who is the one on my door then? So I get up from my seat and stares at the door silently waiting to see if I can hear the knock again.
And it didn't come up again then I thought it was my mind that deceived me.
I believe that I it was my imagination of expecting Castor.
So I lie back on the couch but the knock came up immediately I was setting my back on the couch.
"Yeah, who's there, I'm coming" I said and I went to open the door and to my surprise it was Castor standing right in front of me.
"Castor...?" I called his name out of surprise as he smiles at me.
"Come on I didn't expect you to be this late, come in" I said as he enters inside while I locked the door.
"Sorry that I came late but I just have to sneak out of the house, and for that to happen I have to wait until my dad is asleep" Castor replied while I kept looking at him.
"What? why are you looking at me in that manner?" he asked.
"Come on Castor, you shouldn't have come by this time, it is too late, imagine you being here by this time what time will you be going back?" I asked as he approaches me.
"Did I say am going back, I just have to sleep here tonight only if you would allow me" he said as smiles of happiness run through my face.
I was never expecting him to have such a mind, I even thought of telling him that.
But I was scared that he might be upset with me hearing such statement but however am glad he said it himself.
"What do you have to say? I should stay or go back home?" Castor asked as I grabs him closer to my self.
"If I say you should go back home then that means that I am out of my senses" I responded as I smooches his cheeks.
"Would you mind testing my meal?" I asked as I drag him along to my dining room.
"I made something delicious for you and if you don't mind you can still eat" I said as I continues taking him along.
"No no, it's already too late and I have already eaten at home, you could have informed me that you are making something for me so I don't have to eat before coming" Castor replied but I acted like I did not even hear him.
"Do..." He wanted to say but couldn't complete his statement as we have already arrived at the dining room and he was amazed of what he saw.
"Wow!" Castor said out of excitement when he saw the amazing meal I have prepared for him.
My dining table was filled as if am hosting a party which am very sure that the both of us cannot finish the meals.
I know that of course but I just have to make it look attractive but surely we are not even going to finish one plate.
"Oh my gosh! you made this whole meal?" Castor asked out of happiness and I nodded.
"Yeah, I foolishly made them with the hope that you are going to eat but just like you said you are not hungry! so let's go back to the parlor" I said as he stares at me with a non smiling face.
I know he will be dying to have the meal now but I have to make him beg for it for turning it down in the first place.
"Umm, I don't understand what you are talking about, you mean we are leaving all this food behind, come on that's a waste of food" Castor replied as I stared at the table of the food again.
I looked at his eyes and I can see how he was staring at the chicken which I made with a lot of spices and vegetable and it really looks yummy.
"Yeah, I have once made something even more bigger than this expecting my family to come and they didn't show up" I said.
"And then what happened?" He asked as I shrugs my shoulders.
"It all become a waste so I of course won't feel it if this one too becomes a waste so come on let's leave here" I said as I grabbed his hand attempting to take him out of the dining but he refused.
"I am not going to allow you to waste this food! I mean it's not good" Castor responded but I understand what he was trying to do there.
He doesn't want to tell me direct that he wants to eat.
"Castor, I know you wants to taste the food and not because you don't want it to waste" I said as he blinks his eyes in a funny way while he folds his hand.
"Then I think you will have to beg for it before I can allow you" I said to him and without hesitating he begged.
"Please I would love to eat" He said as I smiled and blinks at him.
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CASTOR'S POV•
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"Mirabel I would like to tell you something, I mean I would like to discuss something important" I said to her as I had something bothering me in mind to find out about her.
There is something I discovered about her during that lovable moment in her car while we were coming back from school.
"Oh yes, of course that's the reason why we are here so go on" Mirabel replied.
And I'm very sure that she must be talking about the incident why am being maltreated by Eliz and Mira but actually that's not what am talking about.
"Mirabel, I'm not talking about my case with Mira, what I want to talk to about is different and it is about you" I said and she looks at me cleverly wondering what it might be.
"Go on and tell me what bothers you? I am always here to listen to you, so if this is about me then what about me?" She asked and I gently keep down my spoon and give her a full concentration.
"I saw your blood during that precious moment inside your car, does that mean that you are a...?" I asked and I am certain that she understands what I mean.
And so she nods "Yes, I am" She responded.
"And why didn't you talk to me about it? I mean how is that possible? you have had no special boy as a friend?"
"How were you able to keep yourself after passing through classes like college, universities? before becoming a teacher?" I asked her as she takes a deep breath and held my both hands.
"Well, I will tell you that it is not an easy thing but that's one thing we must complete as someone's angel, we are here to protect you doesn't mean that we are that kind of Angel you think we are"
"No, we are just humans like you with special abilities and we will all die one day and the judgement awaits us all after death" She said while I kept staring at her.
"Being your angel, doesn't mean that we are a kind of king of holy people, it only means that we are destined to live and build a happy home together" she said as tears ran out of her eyes.
I don't know why she's crying and I cannot point out but whatever it is that is making her to cry I know that it must be something difficult.
"Most guardian angels you see at school have done more abominable things a normal human cannot do, and I was almost a victim but it was all my strength and courage that I was able to overcome some things till date" she said as she rubs my hands softly.
"I almost defied myself before meeting you, because I never thought that I would ever find you again, I don't know why mine has to take so much time but I believe it's fate that did it"
"The blood you saw is the covenant biding us together, never to leave each other's side and I don't know if you can promise me that" She said as I kissed her immediately.
Before looking up to her face and wipe away her tears "I swear never to leave you, I will always be by your side I promise" I said as she smiled and so we give each other another deep kiss.
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JENNIFER'S POV
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Wow it was all a long ride I must say, come on look at the time am getting home, 10:40pm.
That's to prove to you that my school is very far from home and it has been long I came back home.
Oh come on, I miss my father, the only guardian I have on earth ever since my mother died I will give him a hundred percent best father.
He cooks, bath us and takes good care of us when I was a kid.
At least that's when I was a kids, I have grown enough now so it's time to help take care of my other sisters.
I know I have to blame myself for not coming home for the past 3yrs, I could have known that I have sisters which I equally needed to help my dad raise.
I blame myself, why should I bother coming home when I don't have to work for anything, if I need money for my school fees I only have to place a call on my phone and just be like 'Hey dad I need 10k for my school fees and for other things and I will just receive the alert from him.
And he usually sends me money without request for it but I wonder why he has stopped since the past one moth, well that's the reason why I have to make this a surprise visit.
"Oh thank you, for the long drive!" I said to the cab driver as he has stopped in front of my compound.
So I picked up my hand bag which is the only thing I'm returning home with, it consists just my phone and about two pairs of clothes.
"Alright good bye!" I said to the driver as he drives away and then I turned to face my house just to see a grave at the front of our compound and I wonder who it is.
But I don't have to ignore the fact that the grave is inside my compound? so I stood still looking at it as the door of our house opens and one of my sister stepped out the house.
Not long another one stepped out and so the remaining one stepped out and they are complete, they are 3, soo my dad?
I was kindly waiting for my dad to step out of the house too as my eyes was filled with tears.