Half life

The Loosened Hunger

The sweet scented smell emanating from the kitchen filled up our nose and stirred up the hunger that has been lying low in my tummy as I swallowed hard and bit my lips in an attempt to tame my hunger, immediately we got into the sitting room.

"Amanda!" Dad called as we both headed for the couch

"Yes sir" I replied

"Please get me some water to quench my thirst" Dad said lowering himself onto the sofa

" Ok Dad" I replied then walked to the kitchen stealthily

" Oh you're back" Aunt Mena asked, turning towards my direction the moment I ambled into the kitchen

"Yeah" I replied inching towards the fridge

"Good day Aunt Mena" I added humbly

"How are you dear?" She asked stirring the steamy pot on the cooker.

"I'm fine" I replied, bringing out a bottle of water from the fridge

"Trust school was fine?" She asked.

"Yeah and hectic as usual ma'am" I replied with a shrug

"Oops sorry about that darling. At least you're back now so you can rest" she said in a tone full of concern

" Yes thank you Aunt Mena" I replied

" You're welcome. Dad asked you to get him some water right?" Aunt Mena asked peering at me

" Yes he is in the sitting room" I said stealthily

"Here, he will be needing this as well." Aunt Mena said giving me a glass from the counter

"Oh yeah thank you Aunt Mena" I said with a smile

"You're welcome dear. Now go and give him the water then go upstairs and freshen up. Lunch will soon be served in no distant time" Aunt Mena said solemnly

" Ok Aunt.. I'll do just that" I replied then walked out of the kitchen for the sitting room.

I placed the bottle water and glass cup on the table when I got back to the sitting room then quietly headed for the stairs

"Amanda won't you help me pour some water into the cup before going upstairs?" Dad asked in tired voice

" Oh sure Dad. Sorry I forgot" I replied as I stopped abruptly half way up the stairs then turned back and started walking back to the sitting room.

"Here Dad" I said stretching the glass of water towards him after I was done emptying some content.

"Yeah thanks darling" Dad replied and sat up before collecting the glass of water from me then gulped it down his throat slowly.

"I'll be going upstairs now I'll be back shortly Dad" I said seconds later, after waiting patiently for him place his cup on the table.

"Alright dear" Dad replied, running his hands on the arm of the sofa while I trudged upstairs and headed for my room.

I have never felt this tired in a long while I just need to cool my nerves with a cold shower and enough rest then start thinking about my school group project.

Damn! I can't believe I was paired with Tamara and then James the new boy! I think today was awesome

But I'll have to inform Dad about their proposed visit to our house during the weekend for the project and also tell Aunt Mena about it too. Probably she will be of great help.

I kept soliloquizing till I got to my room then changed my clothes to go take a cool shower.

I came back minutes later and dried up my body with a towel before selecting a pair of grey shorts and a blue top.

"Let's just keep it simple today no much stress Amanda" I muttered as I ran the comb through my damp silky hair passionately and kept admiring my reflection in the mirror.

It was a thing to look like Dad but yet another to have taken after mother's body.

When I was done combing my hair I neatly tied it into a bun then walked over to my bed to lay down.

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"So how was school today?" Aunt Mena asked as we sat in the sitting room after lunch while Dad was watching TV.

"It was good Aunt Mena" I said, fondling with my hair

"I see..." Aunt Mena replied, looking at nothing in particular

"Yeah, guess what?" I replied

"Me?" Aunt Mena asked, turning towards my direction

" Yeah" I replied

" Hey! you two are disturbing me. I can't even focus on the TV because of you both" Dad sneered looking at me

" We are sorry sir" Aunt Mena said apologetically

" Daddy I'm sorry" I cooed pleadingly pouting my lips

"It's ok. You guys should just lower your voice so that I can at least hear what is being said on the program" Dad added and took his gaze back to the TV.

"Amanda let's just go over to the dinning area so that we don't disturb Dad again" Aunt Mena said lightly

"Ok" I replied then stood up while Aunt Mena also got up and we both began to walk towards the dinning area

"Yeah. Now we can talk as much as you want" Aunt Mena said as she sank into a chair on the dinning table as we got to the dinning area

"Yes I guess" I replied stealthily and sat down just beside her

"So what did you wanted to tell me back there in the sitting room?" Aunt Mena inquired with peering eyes

"I wanted to tell you about my school project" I replied with a shrug

"Your school project?" She asked

"Yeah" I replied solemnly, looking at the table cloth on the table.

"So what is the school project all about?" Aunt Mena asked with keen interest

" It's about flowering plants" I said coldly

"You mean flowers Isn't?" Aunt Mena asked

"Yeah flowers! Mrs Edin our Biology teacher asked us to choose a flowering plant and work on it" I said

"But for my group we still haven't selected any flowering plant yet" I added

"And why is that? " She asked with a grimaced face

" Well that's because we were divided into groups today and we haven't thought about which flowering plant to work on yet" I said stealthily

" Oh I get it now… So which flowering plant do you guys want to work with" she asked

" I don't know. Maybe you can help us out with that. Won't you? " I said

"Do you want me to help you guys out?" Aunt Mena asked with a smirk

"Sure. We do be very happy to have you help us out" I stuttered.

"Sure. I'll because of my darling princess here" Aunt Mena said with a charming smile

"Really? Thank you so much Aunt Mena. I love you" I replied all jolly as I bubbled with excitement

"I love you more. Anything for my baby girl" Aunt Mena said

" umm...so how many of you are in your group?" Aunt Mena asked while I sat calmly

"We were initially two but currently three now" I said stealthily,raising three of my fingers up in the air

"How? I mean explain" Aunt Mena said softly while stroking the table

" Ok...We were just two from the onset before a new student in the class decided to join us, making us a total of three in my group but every other group has just two members" I said

" Huh I'm not sure I understand what you just said but why is it so?" She asked further

"Well he wasn't in any of the group Mrs. Edin called out because he is a new student" I explained softly

"So she asked him to join any group of his choice" I added

" So what are the names of your group members? " Aunt Mena asked

"They are Tamara Whitson, my best friend and seatmate, Tim James, the new boy and I, Amanda Edwards. We altogether make up the group G" I said with a smile

" Wow that's lovely I bet you all can Perform very well in your presentation" Aunt Mena teased

"Sure. We will outsmart every other group to become the group with the best project presentation ever" I boasted

" Are you sure? Aunt Mena asked peering at me"