Hola keedsðit's your gurl again. God punish laziness ohð« I was on an every Sunday streak but I broke it and shifted it to Monday. So sorryðð. A particular somebody even threatened to appear in my dream but all glory be to God I slept like a babyðð. Dedicated to all my regular commenters y'all keep me going ð. I declare this part OPENNNN
EDMOND'S POV
(Edmond Ehizojie Thompson)
The week just started and I'm already feeling like an old man. Coach noticed my extra effort in the last game though and he seems pleased. We have to bring the decathlon cup home next term by force and by fire.
The decathlon is a combination of events as the name implies, I rep the school for basketball each year and last session; my first year as the basket ball captain, we lost to the 'Mystics' of Middleton high. Normally we'd play much better than the nuggets in Middleton but most of our men were down. It was only Amir, Senior Erkee and I from first team that played, Phil, Paul and Kylian had injuries, Hakeem and Hassan our favorite Sheffield twins had a family emergency so they couldn't make it to Lagos therefore leaving Sheffield 'Gladiators' with just three star players and a bunch of substitutes. At the beginning it felt like we could handle it and there wasn't any pressure, but as they say; never underestimate your opponent. The Mystics major forward started by scoring a three pointer in the fifth minute. To cut the long story short at the end of the first quarter we were losing at 27-36 and we were not finding it funny. With all the pressure we put on them for the remaining quarters we still ended up at 68-77. We were all speechless, including coach Adams
Nowwww moving on to current life status.
Trip has built a certain wall around herself that I tried to break for a whole week. She's been getting embarrassed by teachers and mean students like Amaka lately about her grades. Personally I don't think she's dull, I feel she just needs the right teacher. I invited her to the extra classes I and some other students hold every Wednesdays and Fridays but this girl outrightly ignored my letters and texts. She even promised to come once but I ended up staring at the door of the biology lab for 2 hours to see if she'd come in.
Then I decided that it seemed she didn't like group classes, maybe a personal tutor would help. I suggested this to the principal thinking she'd tell me to be her tutor. She said she wanted a 'female' tutor to teach a 'female' student hmph! What's the big deal with tutoring when its not like we will be doing it in each other's houses, it's the library for peach's sake. The tutor the principal picked was what amazed me the most I mean, couldn't she at least have picked one of her friends????
AMANDA'S POV
(Amanda Aderinsola Akinde)
"Hello, did you come here to sleep" a low voice says. I've definitely heard that voice before
I raise my head up slowly while yawning and stretching. I rub my eyes to focus on the person in front of me.
Holy ghost fire! Please who did this to me!!
I hold a staring contest with amber contact lenses I'm never glad to see. I'd have preferred if it was even that nonsense Mr Richards that was my tutor, not this freak. On a second thought God forbid sha, God knows I can't survive with that man but this witch is equally as bad. Out of all the odindi SS3 science students in Sheffield High why Toke??
"Are you my tutor?" I grunt
"Aww she's added two plus two already I see you've started improving" she remarks with a sardonic smile
I hate my first class already
"Why did you take the offer? Couldn't you reject?" I slam my hand on my school bag beside me
"Oh you think I want to teach you? I would have rejected if I had a choice" she hisses then sits on the table right in front of me, the only thing separating us is the wooden demarcation.
"Why not Nana?"
"Nancy? She has three students under her tutelage"
"Edmond?"
"He and Erling are teaching the entire class" she says as she looks at her nails as if it's newly done
"So what are we doing today?" I sigh in defeat
She jumps off the table
"Today? Nothing, it's just for intros"
I pick my bag ready to head out
"I don't even understand why they gave me this dimwit" she mutters under her breath
I turn back at her words
"What did you just say" I walk closer to her
She eyes me as I walk closer to her. Toke might be bigger than me and maybe slightly taller, but I know in a ring I'd bust her lips open and give her a black eye
"Oh you're not a dimwit?" She fake gasps
"How did I not know that?" She taps her finger on her chin as if she's thinking
"That's right, I don't know that" she laughs then strolls in front of me swaying her hips with extra effort as if daring me to do something
The question is do I hit her? The answer is no, you don't hit a school's golden girl. I found out last week that her father is a prominent board member in the school and also sponsors all the school trips to other states and countries. So is it wise to start a fight? The answer again is no because nobody knows me. I'll just let this slide, I'm sure when the classes start she'll pull out almost immediately she starts teaching me
I walk towards the school dance hall where Nana said I should meet her after school. I hope she's done so I don't have to wait too long before going home, the day was a very tiring one. I walk closer to the dance hall when I see a dark figure peaking through the door at the person or people inside. Ahan it's even Aidan, I wonder what he's looking at. He turns at the sound of my footsteps then puts his palms on his chest in relief
"What are you looking at?" I ask him noticing his demeanor
"Come let's go in together" he pulls my hand and drags me into the hall
I see Nana and Noel practicing a routine. They don't notice us as they are deeply engrossed in the music. Both of them are terribly good dancers it appears but Nancy is just exquisite. She's wearing a sleeveless basketball jersey top with a sports bra under with camouflage joggers I've seen her use to practice before. She looks so enthralling
While Noel was definitely killing the beat with his moves and agility, Nancy was definitely the sass and swag of the dance. It is like her body was just built for dance, it flowed so naturally. My eyes went to Aidan and I noticed he was making the same observations as me only that he seemed to swallow many times as Nancy danced. It got to a point when they were dancing that they switched to something like salsa and they held hands, I heard clearing of a throat beside me, very loudly
This causes Noel to notice then put the music off before sitting on the speaker panting. He grabs a bottle of water and gulps loudly. Nancy looks at me, smiles then looks at Aidan
"What do you want?" She asks with distaste
"Uh is Erling here?" He pretends to look around
She scoffs and goes over to Noel to grab a bottle of water
"I believe you're not blind" she says as she rolls her eyes
"It was just a simple question"
"And I gave you a simple answer" she says dismissively and picks up her bag from the chair it was on
"Let's go Trip"she walks out in front of me leaving an embarrassed Aidan in the dance hall. What was his deal anyway?
"Are the both of you always like that?" I say breaking the silence as we walk out of the school
"Both of who" she says as she quickens the pace
"You and Aidan duh" I say trying to catch up
"He's a jerk" she says with a tone of finality so I decide not to probe further
We get outside and I see their driver already waiting outside in their Toyota land cruiser Prado. My glance falls on the passenger seat where Erling is with the glass wound down and his phone in his hand. He looks at me, hardens his look then winds the window up.
Who wanted to greet him before mtcheew. This boy is ment sha no wonder he and Aidan are best friends
Nana hugs me and squeezes my cheeks before she walks over to the back seat of the car waving at me again. I wave back at her as the car zooms off. Time for me to order a cab to my father's house
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"Good morning ma'am" I say as I take a seat in front of my therapist
"Good morning dearie" my ever smiling Miss Bethany says as she focuses on me behind her pink tinted glasses that rested on her nose
"How's your new school?"
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"It's okay"
"Okay? Any new friends?"
"Yeah I've got just two"
Her eyes widen in excitement
"What are their names?"
"Nancy and Edmond"
She smiles and keeps asking random questions about school and my house. I was starting to get comfortable
"Any troubles sleeping?"
"No" I lie through my teeth without looking at her
I've been having recurring nightmares and sleepless nights for the past three weeks nonstop. Even the pills she gives me don't always work. My eyes are starting to show bags and I hope others don't notice so they don't ask too many questions.
"Your mum told me" she says while studying my expression closely
"Then why did you ask?" I snap at her
She takes her glasses off
"Amanda you don't have to keep all these to yourself-"
"You know what I have school gotta go" I use my hands to prop myself out of the chair and on my feet
"Please be here on Wednesday" she says with a sigh
I exit without giving her an answer
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"So what does it mean for conditions to be mutually exclusive?" Toke asks for the fourth time but I don't still remember
"Uhm independent?" I say expecting another spiteful comment
She slams her pen on her book with a groan- she's done this same act so many times already in our first class- she massages her temple with the tips of her fingers while closing her eyes
"That's the opposite!! How many times are we going to repeat this?" I play with my fingers on my lap not trying to meet her gaze
"Why are you so hard to teach?" She looks at me as if expecting a reply
"When did Sheffield's standards become so low?" She asks herself
She's been mean throughout the class but somehow her words still sting anytime she speaks. I've never felt so embarrassed in front of one person in my life. Toke basically had it all; the looks, the brains, the popularity, mad fan base even money sef she wasn't lacking. Wasn't she intimidating enough? Why did she have to poison people's feelings with her bad mouth
"Are you crying?" She pulls my shoulder back slightly before sighing again
"Cool, she's even a baby"
I didn't even know a tear had dropped. I quickly wipe it so it doesn't spill out too much and so I don't embarrass myself further
"Don't worry that's enough for today let's wrap up I think we both need a break from this" she closes her jotter and stands up
"Crying irritates me" she mutters to herself as she walks out leaving me in the library all by myself
That was the longest one hour of my life. Toke is smart yes, and she's probably a good teacher too but not for me. No one is a good teacher for me. In the few weeks I've known toke I've never seen her that hopeless and I am the cause. Congrats to me
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Children of the most high we've come to the end of the chapter
My baby Trip ð«ð« she's feeling so down these days. Introducing her sport next chapter
Please don't hate Toke she just has bad mouth ðð
What's wrong with Erling bayi??
Edmond our sweetheart 𥺠he's so thoughtful
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