Chapter 9 Teni

9.TENI

It is finally Friday,and I am a bit psyched. I need a nap. But well on the downside ,I am going to be stuck in my cubicle house.

" Bye mum" I say while, Simi runs over to the next compound, her school( the primary section)

I walk upstairs, into school, drop my bag into my locker and drop my bag in it after grabbing my civil education note and pen. I walk into class. Melinda and Daniella are talking and smiling. What are they so happy about? I take my seat ,Dave is on the other side reading on his seat. He looks so calm and handsome. If only, he could just see beyond what he thought he saw. I want to lay my head on those shoulders like Daniella does all the time. I look back into my notebook ,when he looks up. I almost got caught, my heart does a double tumble. Dammy comes in ,"Teni ,what are you reading?"

"My civil education note"

"Are you okay? This is unlike you"

"Sometimes, I like to read Civic"

Miss Beatrice, walks into the class in a sheath orange gown. The youngest female teacher in school ,her perfume's scent fills the air.

"Good morning class" ,she says in a firm tiny voice.

"Bring out your notebooks ,why don't we jot this down" she turns to the board and begins to write. Teaching civil education is a total waste of time.

"Can you help me write?" ,I ask Dammy

"Sure"

"Thanks"

"What are besties for?" Dammy says with a smile.I feel bad in a way ,but Dammy is not my kind of girl,nope she isn't.

Two shorter periods after, it is lunch time. Dammy gets me spaghetti,but I can barely eat it.I feel so heavy.

"Can we hang out this weekend?", Dammy asks. I choke on my food and gulp the Fayrouz™ soda.

"Well.....sure, but I come to your house"

"No,I want to know what your house looks like"

"You can't come, we are fumigating the house and we are all leaving,thank God you even asked if we could hang out, I was going to ask you"

"That's cool, okay".

"Yh..." Dammy can't see my house,if she did it would be so humiliating ,very humiliating. I would rather die than let anyone see that shit hole.

"Did you hear about the dinner?"

"What dinner?" I ask.

"The one for Peace group of companies, holding this evening at Peace halls,for new staff, most especially the new general manager. My mum is taking me,is your mum taking you too!"

"Probably, she hasn't told me about it"

"Come to think about it", Dammy says with her mouth full, " is the new general manager's child here?"

"Not possible, not everyone is saving up like Priscilla's mum to live a grand life in the UK." I say separating the salad from the worm like food

"True but sss2 and 1 had new students, recently"

" I didn't hear anything about a general manager's new kid"

Just then, Samson walks up to our table.

"Hey" I say.

"Hi,can I sit?"

"Yes ,seat" I say ,Samson is not that bad ,he is almost as cute as Dave.

"So... I lost your number, can I still have it"

"Sure, I take my pen from the table, tear the label off the soda and write my number then I give it to him.

"Thanks, I will give you a call", he smiles and walks back to his table.

" Samson totally likes you" Dammy says ," you can forget about Dave now "

"I can't," I say.

Being with Samson is not a bad idea,but I can't help it. I want Dave. He is the one for me.

As I hop down and walk into our house after Simi, I wonder why mum hasn't told us about the dinner yet. I take off my bag and clothes then have a shower.

I slip into a black free gown and walk out. Mum had set the table already. I take my seat and eat afterwards I wash the dishes and finally get the nap I was craving for. But it was cut short after forty five minutes by mum ranting at the door dressed in a black modest chiffon gown with black platform heels.

"Are you not going to get dressed!"

"Dressed for?" I asked wryly ,yawning,

"I thought I told you about the dinner party?"

"No, mum ,you didn't"

"Get dressed,we are leaving soon ,your sister is already dressed" Simi walks in dressed in a black flare puffy skirt and pink camisole like shirt. She had braided her weaves into two, and had on a pink babyish bracelet. I get down and then walk to my wardrobe and yawn. I take out a purple sleeveless gown reaching my knee and my favorite heels, black gladiator heels with black plastic shaped like gems. I brush my gelled edges into style and pack my braids into a ponytail ,apply little red lipstick and line my eyelids with black eye pencil. I spray on my cherry perfume. I look in the mirror,my sexy figure is well accentuated in the dress.

Teni is a living miracle. Picture perfect, lovely. I hope I see a lot of my classmates at the dinner party.