THE GATE KEEPER by JULES GABRIEL Read Free Book Online

backward, ‘I’ll see you later in
class.’
    ‘Sure,
perhaps we can go out together.’ I diplomatically send my message across in a
more confident manner. I was no longer afraid as my fears had already been
consumed by her kindness and her envy to know me.
    ‘Sure,
why not? I would like that.’ 
    ‘Me,
too,’ she expressed herself with fervent desire. Her body language spat it out.
    ‘Later
then,’ Samantha said as she turn around and head off the turf excitedly.
    ‘Cool.’
    I
watch her as she walk off the green field. There was something about her.
Irresistible beauty was what she was rich of.  A slim figure in a tight
blue jean, with engrave fashionable shredded marks at the left knee and right
thigh.  Her feet were protected by an old neat and light brown leather
boots. Her top was a white see through which gives out the colour of her bra.
In front of her was her school file which she lays on her stomach. Samantha
holds it dearly with both hands as she heads for the school.
    I
turn around to see what was happening to Michael and Tony. Coach had taken both
of them for a little walk afar from everyone. They were in the middle of the
fields. Coach appears to be giving both of them a good telling off. Hailey, who
was nearby, waiting and watching for the outcome of her boyfriend’s trial,
decides to move closer to me.
    ‘Are
you going out with the new girl?’ I remain mute while I pretend not to hear her.
‘D....Dear me, I never thought that you had it in you.’
    ‘What
do you mean?’ I asked.
    ‘Some
predators are territorial when it comes to hunting their prey. Especially if
it’s a new one they head for it before the other predators get a grip of it.
Just never thought you had it in you.’
    I
did not response. I pretend to not hear her as I turn the opposite way and
watch Samantha walking away.
    ‘I
bet you’re dying to have a piece of that.’
    ‘Does
it have anything to do with you?’ I sarcastically asked.
    ‘Perhaps
we should go out together.’
    ‘A
few minutes ago you were fighting for your boyfriend. Isn’t he still yours?’ I
sarcastically responded as I point at Tony’s direction and asked.
    ‘Not
officially. My status is open. There’s a vacancy and I was wondering if you
want it? ….well, you know exceptions can be made and I can be available just
for you.’
    ‘No
thanks. You’re disgusting at times.’
    I
walk away and she said, ’You’ll come back for it.’
    I
carry on towards the school for the male’s changing room. I needed to change
from my physical education running kit to my normal private clothes for the
next class. She started to agitates and become angry.
    ‘I
know you had fancied me in the past and that you still do! I know that you will
accept me! Remember nobody rejects me!’ She arrogantly said.
    ‘.....all the best then!’ I
said as I walk away.
     
     
       

 
    5
     
    The
old man was in distressed. He had foreseen the past and the future. The present
was yet to be written. He had felt an urgent need to help out but the
uncertainty was one thing he was afraid of. He walked the same road he once had
taken a few years back.
    The
frail man made a final march to the secondary tarmac road. He walked the single
carriage way on the side he felt comfortable with. Safety was what his mother
had thought him to be aware of while walking those compact two lanes road as a
child. Facing the oncoming traffic had always been the right way.
    The
country road felt deserted with not even a single traffic passing by. Each side
of the ghostly road were surrounded by thick vegetation and massive trees. The
walk became a lonely one. It brought up bad memories.
    He
could see himself on a bicycle riding that same road. Only to realise that the
last time he rode it he was young and energetic. His mind went back at that
time he undertook the challenge of the sharp turns of the road. He looks at his
hands and realised that it was the same hands guiding it. Except that the