A Fall From The Galaxy (On Hold)

•°Lola- Four°•

Adanna☄️

My foster parents Afoma and Wale both died in a fire, I was Seven at that time
They had gone to visit a pastor for prayers over their childlessness

You see Afoma never had a chance to have a child of her own
As she told me, she was raped when she was only 15 and as a result she got pregnant
She didn't want the child and was too young to be a mother
She had to go for an abortion and sadly she lost her womb entirely
That was why when she found me she didn't care what people said about how I looked or where I came from
She loved me and promised to take care of me

They had gone for prayers and consultations at the church, on their way back, A gas tanker on their lane fell and bursted into flames killing more than 50 people including Afoma and Wale
I felt so devastated, I cried for weeks
I've never cried in my life before then
On that day I discovered something strange about myself
Some one handed me a tissue to wipe my tears, when the tears touched the tissue it withered
I felt I was halucinating like I always do
I tried it again and the same thing happened
That was one of the many things I have discovered about myself untill now

My grandmother didn't like me much, she only managed me because she didn't have another grandchild
Before they died they visited me every week to know how I was faring
Afoma loved me like I was her own, too bad she had to die
After her death, Grandmother started to take my existence more seriously, she started caring for me like her own and I started to grow affection for her as well, we did everything together
We had no one else but each other , Afoma was grandmothers  only child and her husband died during the Biafran war in the late 1960's
She would tell me how they loved each other so much and how they took care of each other.

I hoped to find some one like that some day, someone I can feel a different type of love for

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I've only felt two types of love, the love I felt for my grandmother and the love I felt for my closest friends
I met Lola in highschool I was 10 at that time, due to my very abnormal rapid growth and intelligence I didn't even need to go to Elementary school even during highschool I already knew what they were teaching, grandmother asked me to go so I would socialize and meet people but it only made everything worse

I was tall, too tall for my age, way too tall for my age
I measured 5 foot 8 at the age of ten, my looks baffled them, my eyes changed colour without me realising and it scared them
I could be blue eyed on Monday
Brown eyed in Tuesday
And grey on Friday

I was also very intelligent I could solve very hard questions in a glance
I was also extremely beautiful
Some times I mutter languages that I myself don't understand, most times I won't even realize that I'm talking until I see people staring at me in a very weird way
I had  tattoos of strange writings on my wrists and ankles

All these scared them, parents warned their children not to associate with me, even some teachers didn't like me because I correct them when they teach wrong
Moreover I was only 12 years old
Who would wanna associate with a child?

My life changed when I met Lola
Lola was different, she has vitiligo, the day I saw her I was drawn to her she reminded me of someone I know but can't remember
Lola was 17 at the time, we looked like age mates
When she walked through the door of our class our eyes met and she gave me a very warm smile I smiled back at her
She walked straight to me admist laughs and giggles from the kids in class and sat down next to me and offered me a hand shake and said
" I'm Lola, nice to meet you pretty eyes"

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