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rike withou

get ou

brand

m and never

r friends to b

ash an

w

brand

er what

ou turn around and

brand

rday

game

ump and take a

brand n

n! That song just seem to click. It's been replaying in my head from the fi

[Especially Omar], we can drop subjects we don't want to do! Our skirts can as well as be as short as thongs! Just

ng new school uniform of Cleverly High hanging specially on unique hangers. Everything was just as I had left it the night before, the edggy fancy pleat on the black skir

ody stand to the very tip, my nerves refusing to stay calm beca

wasn't mistaken. My Pyjama bottom was stained!. My period!. Oh geez!. Disgust washed over me, mixe

good day. Having a firm mind to leave Omar behind if he wasn'

ocks with double white line on both tips and new black sneaker-everything new- I felt co

the top of my voice so that wherever corner Omar w

ack to my room and wait it out, but today, I had to get passed them. Lila and her husband, Mr Bolade. I've been avoiding

ing him and whispering words with a look of worry and

g sigh, "Goo

n his face, the kind that always made me use to wish I didn't exist, the kind he looks at me with every single time!. But today it was worse, it was

et!. My mind raced back to recall if I had done anything wrong recently. I didn't run

g to open?" The words barely registered in my brain as the first slap hit my face so hard my

still weavered and stagg

erything and said in

first slap or even the tenth, I'm us

why I let you live in the first place. The next time you utt

was abou

er said she was rud

He spat at my face, follow

like my heart was pounding a million times faster. I couldn't con

l Omar behind me a

ving the guts to disrespect my wife. I don't want to see

om checking the look on his face. Iya Iyabo, with a long broom in hand, was looking at me with concern and Iyabo was there too, iyabo was grinning at me mockingly, placing her hand over her mouth li

l he goes out and we'll go back inside. Since it's the first day of sc

ss I had when I woke up had dissolved and evaporated. All th

o the main road, and waited a wh

the silly SS 2 boys was already shouting my name. If I hadn't me

iend of Omars had his head out of the wi

Omar

t date your friend" my chest fel

eat besi

erever I want

chool bus came to a halt at the stop, O

The loud greeting hit my e

r added, headin

ll seat here today.

e of my classmates my eyes c

m as I made my way down to the last seats in the bus. And there

de if I don't stop. I bumped my butt down beside him feeling on top of the world, gosh!. Why does he have to be this cute!. Just

uy leaning comfortably a

e of the first things that attracted me to him since the v

I turned to him smiling as far as my face could stretch. I felt sl

how fast time flies!" He reached

e laughed together. His touch makes me lose my

crush on, at least I know Chidinma still does. He was gentle and calm yet the air around him demanded respect, which he always got. He w

ur school blazer! But in a good way. His skin was completely

d my face in between his hands, trying to examine my left cheek where my dad

g to turn that side away fro

you?" His voice wa

ace away from his hands and lowered m

ho

on me over something I didn't even do" saying it out loud makes me angry ag

about it" I placed my head on his sh

asked as the bus came

ed not to think of it. It's not only the slap that hurts, it's the cle

ts me rest on his shoulder anytime and

e to never hit you" Alameen wh

to sleep" my face became

o give your face

me to get you

to see Imade smiling down at

l of us o. Breakfast is coming

d and tea please!

om Alameen's shoulder but ad

ade said. The light skinned girl on the other side of bus beside Imade t

had heard Imade say her sacred name. It's a good

p involving her

hat she did while we we

Show us to the room y

lly as Imade and the res

dra can't take the bus so her helper lady brings her every morning. Mary

ng about our classmates and how exc

de SS 3 class with Alameen and

r, I almost laughed! It's started again, Sandra like wipi

her. But science students have to leave the class for specific labs when we have some classes, sometimes arts, sometimes co

st guy in our set lifted me up in a supposed

r instead!"

t hear ants when they talk" did I forg

to punch him

retending to miss. I'll cut down to the important ones, there was Leo, Francis and Franc

right, I was missing

" a hand wrapped my waist fro

perfume melting away the last ounce of sadness in my body, now I'm back REE RE

g, is that finally

ulling me and Jax apart,

y now kiddo?" Jax is

ax's full hair. The roots were dark, the no

u could dye yours to

ere your twin

Alan hated each other the most. Chidinma hates everyone and everyone hates C

long time before Mr Olaoluwa cut the happiness short

t as planned until it was time to

" the tone in his voice was the same as

, dad will never pi

ho

come and h

man stay in her place?!. Who send her?!. Why the he

this woman's problem?"

t you to like her and she's

to like or con

ke free ri

way and got into her car and slammed

?" I didn't answered her,

ea

ogize about what hap

, "it'

up with your dad" a stomach ac

Me?. What did I ever do?. My only mistak

, Omar following suit, "Please stop talking to me.

ome back. I'll take yo

ed my fo

nt me to do?. Beg him?. What did I ever do?. Did I give birth to myself?. When he didn't want

c.