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I nodded.
“Then how can you drink?”
“What about when we drink water in the middle of the night?” I pointed out smugly.
“This is morning. Whole night has passed with that dirty mouth of yours.” Mom scolded me with hand on her hip.
Now I was seriously intrigued. No joke!
“I was sleeping with my mouth closed! How did it get dirty?” I asked taking a seat obediently, to hear her out.
She was about to give me a life changing fact.
“Forget about it dear.” Mom ruffled my hair and went to do her chores.
How could she deny the truth to her only child?!
Thoroughly miffed, I grabbed a banana and started gobbling on it.
“Sani you still haven’t brushed your teeth and you are eating.” Dad gave me a look of disapproval.
I stared down at my half-eaten banana.
Was I supposed to abandon the poor fruit? Be a spoiled brat?!
I reasoned with Dad, brightening myself with a smile,
“It’s almost noon and I already ate some. So what’s the point of brushing now?”
Seeing him glare at me along with Grandpa in tow, I pushed the banana away and stood with my hands up in surrender,
“All right chill! I'm going.”
“Why did you get up so late then?” this came from Mom.
Because I'm not a morning person?
Honestly, it was an unfair thing to ask. Were they really enunciating me as a lazy bum?!
I did not try to hide my disappointment at such an allegation,
“Haww! Every day I'm up at five for attending the freaking lectures. One day I slept in a...”
“What about college today?” Grandpa pointed out curiously.
I couldn’t of course tell them my new young hot Prof, teases the life out of me, and was confusing my heart to the edge off terror.
Therefore, I made it up.
“Today early morning lectures were boring. That Professor glares at me just because I don't butter her like everyone else. As if we should worship the ground, her fat legs thump on. So I bunked.” I shrugged, grinning wide.
Their raised eyebrows told me, they did not consider my fake excuse as serious enough.
Hmph! I tried imagining the husky hunky that is Aariz, as a fatty. But of course, when I could not quite manage it myself, how could I make them believe it!
Rolling my eyes, I plastered a consoling smile,
“I'm going now.”
