Prank gone wrong and guess who had the last laugh?

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As teenagers, we all had groups at school. We had those groups of friends who would own the title of being the dumbest, ugliest, untidy, snobs, meanest, or nerds. My group had six members with a mix of all these traits. We used to call ourselves "Ice babes" which was inspired by the female Wrestler "Ice Cold".

Yes, I am that old. I had my teen days during BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) era. Those days when you could see your crush's real-time playlist and suddenly have something in common when you get the chance to talk to him/her.

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As a group, we all had a say on who should be given a chance if the other gender was to approach one of our friends.

One of our friends Elle had a crush on Sed who was in the same class. This Sed guy had a close friend whom we secretly called "vinegar face" because he had a scrunch-up face especially when he is being mean to ladies. He was also like a Tsetse fly to Sed and his existence was just there to contrast Sed's looks.

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One weekend I called Elle pretending to be Sed's sister. I told Elle that my brother Sed checks her BBM status every night to listen to the same playlist that Elle likes playing on BBM. That's how naïve I was BACK THEN, I thought asking a girl out was that simple for a guy.

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Silly me! I called Elle with my Dad's phone and forgot to hide the numbers. Elle couldn't recognize my voice or the number and she was not suspicious since she has never heard Sed's sister's voice. I kept the conversation short and suggested to Elle that she should greet Sed on Monday and he will gain the confidence to talk to her.


In my mind, I thought I did well in helping Elle finally find out if Sed likes her back. I had it all figured out that I will correct her when I get to school and by then she would have had a chance to talk to Sed.

On Monday, I delayed myself to get to school later than both of them hoping my plan would have worked by the time I get there.


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I remember walking through the school gate smiling thinking Elle will thank me after finding out if Sed has feelings for her.

Geez! I got to our class before school started and I found Elle standing with Sed and vinegar face. Vinegar face was standing in front of them as if he was leading an anti-Humbe movement and the two were his followers. I could sense from the distance that my plan didn't go well and the scrunch-up face was probably the reason for my failed plan.

I dragged my feet towards them and silly vinegar face shouted: "we know that you called Elle last night and pretend to be Sed's sister. So we called back that number and your dad answered. We didn't tell him what you did. But instead, we warned him that you're dating Douwe- a guy who always gets in trouble at school." And these days you bunk classes to roam around with him." These were vinegar face's words and this tsetse fly didn't even give me the chance to greet them.

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If you have a strict dad, multiply that by 100 and you will get my dad!

On that day, I didn't even absorb anything in class I was just there for the school register. All I could think of was running away from home to grandma's place. But then I decided to face my reality after school and devise a plan because it was obvious that vinegar face was not joking, he did call back the number and that's how he got to know that it was my dad's number.


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I got home earlier than my dad as usual and waited for my fate. When my dad came in, I was pacing around in the kitchen like a restless puppy that needs a walk. My dad noticed as soon as he approached the door and suspect I was up to something.

He asked: "what is it now Mbembe?, we agreed will only borrow my phone on weekends, so it's a big No".

I went on to ask him: "Aa! Papa, didn't someone call you today? We have a life orientation homework on social behaviour and I'm supposed to report back on your reaction that was triggered by the call".

He seemed so confused and then to answer my first question he confirmed that "someone called but they wanted to speak to Mr Makhado, he told them he is Mr T so it was a wrong number. I just brushed off my fake homework realizing that I am not in trouble with him.


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Vinegar face lied! I think asking to talk to Mr Makhado was a plan so my dad can say who he was.

I went back to school the following day and vinegar face laughed hard the moment he set his eyes on me walking through the school gate. "Hey, Sed's cloned sister, I lied we didn't even talk much with your dad we just wanted you to taste your own medicine." He screamed rolling on the ground.

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What puts me off is nobody cares about his existence but he still wants to steal the spotlight every time he gets the chance.

Anyway, in the end, we found out that Sed also liked Elle and vinegar face was secretly crushing on Elle too. So he made it his goal to distract Sed so he could have Sed all to himself. That's a pity for him because I also had a say on who is a better match to date anyone from the group and I made sure vinegar face was not even in the top 10 of our list.

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Thank you!

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Now this is hilarious 😅. All these highschool drama and emotions😅. But this shows that you all were really smart kids because, they won't have figured it out unless you told them--- if they weren't smart in the first place.

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Yeah, definitely @wongi! 👌
We were all smart and a cool group to hang with. One can't just be among six unique minds of teen girls and still, be a moron.

I just didn't want to brag about it. So I intentionally underestimate our relative traits and abilities!😅😅

Thanks for stopping by Wongi!🌼

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I just didn't want to brag about it.

Sometimes it's good to brag about yourself. I hope y'all are still in touch..

Thanks for stopping by Wongi!🌼

It's always a pleasure.

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lol. well Yes, we are still in touch and all mature now with different perspectives on life which is a good thing! 😊

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Now that's really great.
Have a great day .

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Firstly, I must say I love effort you put in for your images... They are beautiful and on point with your school story haha.

I didn't expect the end, about Vinegar face liking Ella too... No wonder he was that way, too bad for him because he won't even get to top 10 on the list 😂

I can already imagine a very fun days at school for you and your girlfriends from this story... It's cool, I wish I had such back then 🥲

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Thank You @merit.ahama, I am trying to stay away from Pinterest by just making my images with the Bitmoji App😊

Oh yes, Vinegar face was on a mission. But he just ruined all his chances with the rest of the group because he was a nuisance and that was not attractive at all.😅

Your imagination is spot on! 👌
I can say we had fun going through all the emotions that come with the teenage stages. We were all like sisters and content with the fact that we have different abilities and looks. So we had less drama and were not jealous of each other.

Thanks for stopping by Merit!🌼

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Oh that's really cool, pinterest images aren't free to use anyways. You're good with the bitmoji designs.

I say, your crew of friends are cool 😎😊

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Apart from your post being hilarious, I found those images fascinating to me and I love them. They make your post unique 👏🤗

Yea, about the post, how bad you were from the beginning as you didn't hide the number. Perhaps you could have won the moment 😂😂😂😂 but Vinegar face decided to try his own which he did successfully. I was just laughing all along.

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Thank You @princessbusayo 🌺😊, that's sweet of you.

😅😅 you are right I messed up big time from the beginning and vinegar face managed to outsmart me. That tsetse fly liked the spotlight.

Thanks for stopping by!🌺

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