KIISHA

I didn't apologize. No, I couldn't apologize because I tried to. After Kiiti told me to apologise, I tried seeing him before I left for home but my driver arrived early and I had no other choice than to go home.

A day after I got home, I decided to go to his place but I only met his mum who told me he had left for Spain, he had gone to Lyra's place so soon. I returned home and chatted with my friends who were also spending their holiday outside the country, Kiishi was going to New York while Kiiti went to Miami.

"Daddy," my siblings squealed immediately my dad got into the house. He hugged them and smiled at them before noticing me.

"Welcome dad," I greeted with a smile which he returned.

He later went upstairs to meet mum and I went back to my room when my siblings had almost killed me with their natter.

"Kiisha," I heard my siblings call as they opened my door. Oh, goodness, why didn't I lock the door when I came up.

I looked up from my laptop and turned to them.

"What do you want?"

"Mom said to call you, it's time for dinner," Ikeoluwa said.

" Okay, I'm coming," I closed my laptop and turned to them as we all walked out of my room.

Mum and Dad were already at the dinning. Sumayah served our dinner of Spaghetti Surprise with chunks of meat and fish.

"So I'll be going for a business trip to Spain," Dad started as he took a sip of his Fanta.

"That's nice," mum commented as she chewed on her meat.

"So I decided we should all go on a family vacation so far the kids are on holiday"

Excitement sparkled in my eyes as he said this, I was hoping inwardly that we'll go to Barcelona so far that was were Jared was.

My siblings squealed in amusement and I wondered if they were as happy as I was.

"That's good then, so when are we leaving?" Mom asked and I just hoped we'll leave tomorrow.

" Tomorrow evening"

Prayer answered, I didn't know when my face creased into an amused smile.

"Kiisha, this one that you're happy yiii, hope there's nothing wrong?" Mom asked and I shook my head before turning to dad.

"Dad, where are we going in Spain?"

"Barcelona," a huge grin appeared on my face. The smile didn't reduce till we left the dining, I went straight to my room after our dessert and picked up my phone.

I opened my WhatsApp and slid into Jared's DM, I greeted him, he read the message but didn't reply. Is this guy really angry with me?

I tried again and he did the same, I decided to call him but later remembered I didn't have his Spain number.

I chatted with my friends and informed them I was going to Barcelona for the holidays, Kiiti told me to keep on trying to apologize to Jared and to ensure he accepts my apology before we resumed.

We arrived at El Prat Airport and a white convertible car drove us to an hotel that I didn't know it's name, it was when we got there that I realized it was Jared's Uncle's hotel, one of the hotels we'd stayed during our sports excursion to Valencia and Barcelona. I smiled at this and made a mental note to know it's name.

We were checked in to our rooms and I loved it, the only annoying part was me sharing a room with my siblings, though they were staying on another bed but those stubborn beasts would surely disturb my peace. Dad and mom were staying at the room beside us.

After unpacking, I brought out my phone and chatted with my friends while my siblings gisted each other, I just don't understand what they were always talking about, they were of opposite sex and yet they were really close with each other.

Morning came quickly, I ordered my breakfast and my siblings own immediately I got out of the bathroom, those stubborn children had already gone to my parents room so I had to go there to call them.

After breakfast, I decided to call Jared through WhatsApp voice call but he didn't pick, I dropped my phone after several attempts, Dad left for his business meetings while Mom took my siblings to the parks after I told her I preferred to stay in.

I was left alone in the room so I decided to play my favorite game before Lyra's call came in. I grinned at this, took a deep breath before picking the call.

"Hey, baby," Lyra greeted with a wave. She was looking as radiant as ever with her sparkling eyes, one thing I liked about her was her eyes and her carefree attitude.

"Hi, Lyra," I greeted with a smile.

"So, how have you been?"

"Fine oo"

"How's your holiday going?"

"Great and you won't believe I'm in Barcelona now"

Her face widened before she squealed, "Really?"

I nodded with a smile.

"And I'm at your dad's hotel"

"Wow," she shouted with a grin before I saw Jared pass by, Lyra called him but he didn't answer her as he walked away. Is he really mad at me?

"Kiisha, what's going on?" Lyra asked with a confused expression when she finally looked away from Jared who was no longer in sight.

"We had a misunderstanding," I confessed.

"What..? What happened?" she asked with a scrunched eyebrow.

I narrated everything that happened to her and Lyra laughed uncontrollably.

"Lyra talk nau," I whined and she stopped laughing at last.

"Okay, because of that you guys are fighting now"

"No, we aren't"

She chuckled at this.

"Don't worry, I'll talk sense to him, he dare not disobey me," she joked and we both laughed.

"Thanks jare"

"Anyway, what of your sisters?"

"They're good"

"Did they come with you?" she asked as she waved at someone who I guess was Jared.

"No, Kiishi is at New York and Kiiti, Miami," I explained.

"Okay, extend my greetings to them"

"I will"

We talked for some more minutes before the call ended.

I decided to watch film on my phone, after parabulating for minutes, I settled on a Philippine film titled 'Just You' on my phone which would last for an hour or so.

I was so much into the film and was really enjoying it until I heard a knock on the door, I stood up reluctantly and paused the film.

My eyes widened when I saw the people at the door. Lyra jumped on me and I hugged her. But how did she know my room? Well, this was her dad's hotel so she could find my room easily.

When she finally got down, she nudged Jared who spoke up, "Hi," he greeted and I smiled inwardly, Gosh, I'd really missed that voice.

"Kiisha, he greeted you," Lyra shouted and I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Hi," I replied with a smile which he didn't return.

"Please, I have to go see dad, I'll be back in a jiffy," Lyra said, winked at me as she walked away before any of us could respond.

We both gawped at each other, and I burned under his gaze for some minutes before I realized we were both at the door.

"Come in," he walked into the room and I shut the door behind me.

He sat on a couch while I sat on a sofa opposite him as we both kept quiet for a few uncomfortable seconds while he pressed his phone and all I did was gawk at him.

"Jared," I called when I finally summoned the courage to talk.

He raised his head slowly from his phone.

"What?" he asked coldly.

"I'm sorry," I blurted out.

"What did you say?" he asked with a tugging smile on his lips. Why is he making it hard for me?

"I said I'm sorry for the way I treated you, I shouldn't have done that, I was just ...," he cut me off mid sentence.

"Riff, it's okay," he said with a smile and I couldn't help but smile too.

"Thanks, jaguar," and we both laughed.

We talked some more before Lyra came back.

"You guys didn't notice me now and you're talking without me your saviour," Lyra complained and we laughed.

"You didn't tell us you've become Jesus Christ now oo," I joked and she smiled.

"So, guys, let's make the most of this afternoon and go out," Lyra suggested.

"That's the only thing you know," Jared mocked and she eyed him before facing me.

"Kiisha, don't mind this stupid idiot jare, let's go out," she jumped to her feet and dragged me up without waiting for my response.

"Okay, let me change into something better," I informed her before going to my luggage, I picked up a long black gown and a blue jean jacket as I went into the bathroom to change.

"So where are we going?" I asked immediately I got back with them; and Jared raised his eyebrow but I ignored him and turned to Lyra.

"We'll go to Antoni Gaud Architectural sights," she said with a smile.

"Why do you love going to that place? Are you a kid?" Jared questioned and Lyra eyed him before turning to me.

"The sight is beautiful, you'll be able to take nice pictures," Lyra said in a convincing tone and I agreed.

I picked up my phone and texted mum before we walked out of the hotel. Lyra's driver drove us to the place and I must say it's a beautiful and nice place. The buildings are wowed, the best set of Georgian architectural piece, I have seen in a long while, colourful and fantastic that I made a mental note to take numerous pictures before leaving.

"Hola," I heard Lyra say beside me, I turned to her and noticed she was talking to one blonde, seems they knew each other.

"El es mi Primo," she turned to Jared before turning to me, "Amigo," and I pondered on what she was saying but it was clear she was introducing us.

Lyra kept on talking with the blonde and I couldn't make out what she was saying, I never knew she was this fluent in Spanish.

The girl left after some minutes and Lyra turned to us with a smile.

"She's my friend," she explained as if she knew what I wanted to ask.

"Okay, so you're good in Spanish?"

"Yeah, let's go," she said as she grabbed my hand before grabbing Jared's hand, she stayed in the middle, smiled at us before dragging us to a building.

"Say, cheese," Lyra said as she brought out her camera.

Jared and I both laughed before I talked, "Do you walk around with your camera?"

She shook her head before stationing the camera, she ran to us, stayed in the middle and hugged the both of us before the camera clicked.

"Wow," Lyra cooed as she stared at the picture.

"Now, Jared and Kiisha," she ordered as she moved away from us and went to the camera.

"Move closer to each other and please smile, we're not in the prison," she said with a slight frown while gesticulating with her hand.

Jared moved closer to me and placed his hand on my shoulder, I can't deny the tingling sensations I felt that moment.

"You guys can't just hug or kiss?"

"Take the picture joor," Jared said.

"Okay," she took the picture and gave it to us, it was a nice and beautiful pics.

"Another one," she said while running to her camera.

" Is that picture not enough?" Jared complained and Lyra wagged her fingers while shaking her head.

We ended up taking several pictures and they were all nice, being at that architectural museum was fun and interesting. We later went to Lyra's place and I must confess the mansion was magnificent and beautiful.

We had lunch and engaged in several games before mom called that they were back in the hotel, but had to leave though I was still enjoying myself.

Lyra's driver drove me back to the hotel with Lyra and Jared. I waved them bye with a grin till the car was out of sight. Today was an interesting and memorable day.

The one week and two days we spent in Spain was entirely fun, Lyra and Jared made me enjoy my stay and I felt like staying there till the end of the holiday but dad didn't agree so we had to leave. Jared had informed me he would be back a week later and I looked forward to it. I went back to Lagos with happiness as the memory of the holiday filled my brain, we'd taken several pictures and I was thankful to Lyra for making my stay a memorable one.