Inaya's issue became the hot topic of the new week as she'd been severely dealt with last Friday, a day after her secret was leaked. Christy had ensured the whole school turned against her and Malik to the extent that they couldn't walk without people throwing insults at them, Inaya couldn't even enter the class at all as Christy had banned her from entering.

Christian didn't say anything about the issue and Christy went on plotting her evil against Inaya.

"Where is my money?" Christy queried and Inaya squeezed her face, The angels had dragged Inaya to the school shrubbery where no one could see them, students preferred going to the love garden.

"I...I don't have," Inaya replied and Christy scoffed.

"See the way she's stuttering, the Inaya I know isn't scared of us oo," Rissa jested and the rest burst into laughter.

"Of course you can't have but I don't care, you broke my phone without thinking of the consequence so, you have to pay," Christy deadpanned.

Inaya sighed, "Can you just forgive me this one time, there's no way I can fund the money in just four days."

The angels chuckled.

"I don't care about that, all I know is that you have to pay before Friday."

Inaya heaved, "But you already have a new phone, why do you need the money?"

Christy shrugged, "Because I enjoy you suffering," she punctuated it with a wicked smile.

"What did I ever do to you?"

Christy lifted her shoulders in a half shrug, "I don't know, my own is that you must pay the money."

"But there's no way I can get such money in few days."

"You can always sell your body at least you're a pro at that," Mirabel who had been quiet all along said and Inaya glared at her, she wanted to talk but the appearance of Christian and his friends stopped her.

"What are you guys doing?" Christian inquired as he looked from Christy to the downcast Inaya.

Christy turned to him with a sly smile, "I'm trying to collect my money from her."

"Which money?" Christian asked with confusion written all over his face.

"She broke my phone remember?"

"But you got another one that same day."

Christy shrugged, "I don't care, she has to pay that money before the end of the term..."

"Which is in four days," Mirabel completed and Christian nodded.

"You know she can't afford that in only four days."

Christy turned to him in slight annoyance, "And so? Are you trying to side her again after all she did to you?"

Christian shook his head, "Nope, I'm trying to give you a better option here."

Everyone turned to him with lifted brows.

"What do you mean?" Christy queried in a cursory manner. He glanced at Inaya who gave him a pleading look.

"This is my proposition, it's either she pays the full amount in four days or next term but with interest," he ended it with a smirk.

"What!" Inaya shouted.

"You're my twin brother," Christy teased before rubbing his shoulders.

"Christian, you know..."

"What does he know? That you cheated on him?" Laiq questioned and Inaya glowered at him.

"You still have the guts to give him a bad look," Michael said and she eyed him before turning to Christian.

"All I know is that Malik is rich, he can easily fund for the money," he concluded before walking away while Michael and Laiq followed suit, Inaya stared at his retreating figure with mouth wide agape.

"Close that pit latrine," Rissa slapped her and Inaya glared at her.

"So, it's agreed, it's either you pay the $2000 in four days or you add an extra $500 to it, mind you, there's no way I won't collect it even if it's till the end of secondary school, if you keep postponing it, your interest increase."

"Wait, are you trying to tell me that phone is $2000?" Inaya asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, in case you didn't know, I use the most expensive Samsung phone, you can do your research," she concluded before walking away while Rissa and Mirabel followed her.

Inaya stared at their retreating figure before bending down, she tried calculating the money in naira while and how she would fund such ridiculous amount.

***********

Christian walked into the field with Laiq by his side, they headed towards the bleachers hoping to find an empty seats so far it seemed like everywhere had been occupied, on a normal day, the bleachers weren't always this occupied but the fact that their school was playing against Craddock school, Maple students wanted to watch the show.

Christian heard Tife's voice from the other end and he turned swiftly to the direction of the voice.

"Christian, over here," she pointed at the empty seats beside her.

"Let's go," Laiq said as he walked away quickly without waiting for Christian's response.

"Thanks for helping us," Laiq started with a smile and Tife rolled her eyes, he waved at Dera who was beside Tife and she waved in return.

"You're here to watch the football match right?" Tife queried as Christian plopped into the seat beside her.

"Obviously, you came here because of that too, we are all here because of the match," he replied and Tife nodded before turning back to the field where she saw the footballers trooping in.

"You know Mimi is amongst the school team, she's a good footballer," Tife said and Christian glanced at her before talking.

"Yeah, I know, Michael told me about it," he replied and Tife nodded.

He stared directly at the field, it wasn't hard to spot Mimi so far she was the only girl on the field, Tife turned directly to me, she stared at him for some seconds before he turned to her.

"What is it?" He queried.

"That Inaya is ..."

"I don't want to hear anything about her," he cut her short and she rolled her eyes before turning to Dera.

"He's still pained," Dera whispered into her ears and Tife chuckled, Christian scowled at Dera who quickly turned to the field, it was apparent he heard her.

The match started few minutes later and Maple students kept on cheering and shouting, their noise reduced when Craddock scored a goal.

"Oh shit!" Tife exclaimed and Christian glanced at her.

The match continued and in few minutes, Craddock scored another goal.

"Hmm, I hope this people won't end up disgracing our school sha," Dera voiced out and Tife shook her head.

"It's not possible, we are going to win," she answered firmly and Christian glanced at her.

Till the end of the first half, Maple didn't score any goal while Craddock still stayed on two.

"Michael, Craddock must not win oo," Tife warned immediately Michael appeared before them.

He smiled at her, "Don't worry."

"It's not about don't worry oo," She said and he laughed, just then Mimi walked up to them.

"Mimi, Craddock must not win oo," Tife warned and the others erupted into laughter at the way she kept on repeating the same sentence.

Mimi nodded.

"Mimi, you've got to show them your skills, you'll go back there and score a goal," Dera said and Mimi chuckled, she glanced at Christian who gave a small smile.

The second half started some minutes later, this time Maple was fully prepared, Mimi was the first to score a goal.

"Yayy!" Tife jumped up in ecstasy and Christian shook his head at her display before he noticed almost every one were jubilating like her.

The jubilation died down for some minutes before it resumed again after Michael scored a goal. Now that both schools were on the same goals, the match became hot.

"God, don't let Craddock win, they must not win," Christian heard Tife pray beside him and he laughed, his laughter was cut short but Tife and Dera's piercing scream, he turned back to the field only to realize someone else from Maple had scored another goal.

Minutes later, the competition ended with Maple being declared as the winner, Mimi had scored one more goal making the count 4-2.

"That's my girl," Tife grinned as she patted Mimi's shoulders.

"You know what? Go and shower and I'll buy something delicious for you," Dera offered and Mimi smiled before nodded to the offer, Dera and Tife led her to the bathroom and they waited till she was done before Dera fulfilled her promise.