True friendship?

I finally stopped crying, but after that my feeling of sadness and disappointment was quickly replaced with another feeling. It was a feeling anger and fear.

Was Kemi a bad friend too? Was he going to leave me like everyone else? I hoped not. He was the only friend I have now.

At school:

At lunch break, I went over to Kemi's seat since he wasn't outside playing football like the rest of the boys.

"What's up". He said cheerfully as he saw me.

"You were right. Williams is not a good friend". I whined, starting to tear up. "And neither are Bella and Amanda".

He sat down looking concerned and pushing me to speak up more. I told him everything, including the fact that Williams likes him and that I read her diary without her knowing.

"Whoa! That's just. . . Brutal". He said. I began to cry.

"I can't believe they were pretending all along. What's up with girls and guys, even I have a crush and I'm not that---".

I stopped talking. I didn't tell Kemi that I have a crush.

"You have a crush?" He asked, smiling.

"Not the point". I said, trying to change the topic, "I thought they were my friends. Uh! I made four friends and I became really close to them, I trusted them, I tolerated some of their bad habits and didn't say anything so as not to offend them. I'm never trusting anyone again!!" I said and began to tear up all over again.

Kemi put his arm around my shoulder to comfort me and tried to wipe away my tears.

"Don't forget about me. I'm still your best friend and I swear on my life that I'm not pretending". He said, actually swearing.

I looked at him surprisingly. I smiled at his behavior.

"Don't swear, silly. My mum said swearing is bad. Still, you remain a suspect". I said.

"Ouch! I'm hurt". He grasped his chest and groaned dramatically. I couldn't help but roll my eyes at his behavior.

"Silly boy". I thought.

It would be such a pain to know that someone like him was pretending all along and our friendship meant nothing to him. I felt pain in my heart. I really hoped not.

Shortly after, Miss Munachi, our Social studies teacher called all the girls to the hall and Mr. Roland called all the boys downstairs. I was curious to know why the students were suddenly being assembled and why the boys and girls were separated.

"Good afternoon students". Miss Munachi greeted.

"Good afternoon Teacher Muna". We all chorused.

"Today we are going to have a seminar which might last for more than an hour". We all groaned and sighed.

"Mrs. Promise and I are going to talk about sex education and puberty". We groaned and sighed even louder.

We were asked to take notes of certain things. I was listening attentively to the teacher, it wasn't my best topic to talk about or hear about but I believed I needed the knowledge at my age. That was what my mum told me.

One statement in particular caught my attention. Mrs. Promise started talking about boy and girl relationships and ended that topic saying, "Girls and boys can not and should NEVER be close friends. They can be friends but they shouldn't be too close to each other or be left alone in a room. It's too risky". I saw Williams smiling at that statement.

After school, she ran towards me and said, "Umm, Tega, I don't think you and Kemi should be best friends anymore. You heard what Mrs. Promise said about it. It's too risky. I'm your best friend and I'm only trying to look at for you"

I wasn't the least interested in what she saying and I just rolled my eyes at her.

"Look, enough with the best friend stuff. I can't be your best friend anymore. This friendship sucks. It's over". I said and walked away, she ran to me again.

"But why, I've been a really good best friend. We trusted each other" she said.

"Yes we did, and I was wrong to trust you. You hate me and you're just using me to get to Kemi. I know Bella and Amanda don't like me either. If you're thinking of following me DON'T. I'm not your best friend anymore. Go get Kemi yourself".

I sped up my pace so as to get far away from her. I'm still going to be best friends with Kemi but I'll be more careful, and I'll avoid much Skinship. I can't stop being besties with him.

My mum told me that having guys as my friends wasn't a bad thing and she once told me about her having a boy best friend in her primary and secondary school. If my mum could have one or more then so could I.