Chapter 9 My laugh

I walked over to where my book fell down. Picked

it up and it was fully soaked and damaged.

Some of the students laughed foolishly while

others felt great pity for me. She herself was filled

with guilt. She wanted to say something but

couldn't.

She just walked to her sit and sat down while I did

same.

Samuel: hahahaha,

Me: you dey craze? Why you dey laugh?

Samuel: wetin I tell you now now, I tell you say all

this your flirting issue go back fire one day. I

know even know say na today the thing go back

fire o.

Me: no prob, she don do her own na.

We were still discussing when a junior student

came to our class and passed an information to

us.

He was sent by the principal and he came to tell

us that the tomorrow which is Friday will be a

public holiday for us, that means no school from

Friday till Monday next week.

Men, We were truly happy. Don't blame us, that's

the nature of Nigerian students o. We love

holidays enh.

After the student passed the information, he left

us and our teachers started coming in one by one,

bombarding us with take home assignments.

Mrs Fatima came in last and gave us her

assignment too. I was a little bit frustrated

because I have no mathematics assignment book

to write down her assignment.

Thank God Samuel quickly came to my rescue, he

gave me his extra book and I jotted the

assignment.

When she was through,she left us while the whole

class started to chat happily. I looked at Bella and

noticed that she was moody, not talking to

anyone. Well, who cares?

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Time check 3:30pm

The time keeper ran the bell for closing and we

happily ran to the assembly ground where we

held our closing devotion.

As usual, the principal came and started his long

speech. Talking these and that, advising us to be

serious and we shouldn't play during the holiday

but concentrate with our books.

When his boring long speech was over, they

dismissed us and we all walked to our various

classes, picked our bags and started heading to

our various destinations.

Me and Samuel haven't pass through the gate

when a junior student ran up to me.

Junior: good afternoon my seniors.

Me n Samuel: afternoon, any problem.

Junior: someone is calling you senior Idris. The

person said that you should meet her at the front

of the library.

Me: ok, I will be there in a minute.

I said and the junior student ran off.

Samuel: this one wey the boy say her, that means

na girl o.

Me: I no know o. In fact I for no go before o but as

I hear say na her, I must go.

Samuel: alright, be fast, I am waiting for you.

He said and I left him as I hurriedly got to the

library. When I got there, I was surprised to see

Bella standing there waiting for me.

Me: *angrily* you again?

Bella: *with a sad face* Idris!

Me: what is it?

Bella: am sorry for what happened in class, I

guess I must have over reacted to you when you

didn't do anything bad to me.

Me: ok, apology accepted. Can I go now?

I said wanting to get away from her. She knows

the gravity of her offence, I have to meet Mrs

Fatima and plead with her to help me. Our

assignment book is different from our normall

notebook.

From the assignment book, they will combine all

our marks from assignments and tests and used

it to score us in our continuous assessment, so

you see, the book is very important.

Now that mine is damaged, and they haven't

recorded my assignment and previous test and no

place to write the assignment Mrs fatima just gave

us, its gonna be hard for me.

Bella: am truly sorry. Never knew it will lead to

this. Please gimme a chance to make it up to you.

Ennhhhhh!!! My eye open. She won make it up to

me.

Me: how?

Bella: ok, why don't you come to my house

tomorrow lets do some of the assignments

together.

Me: *forming boss* erm, I don't..

Bella: please..

Me: ok.

Bella: thanks. Can I have your phone number so

that I can text you the address?

Me: no prob, here..

I said and gave her my number which she

collected and left with a smile. Wow, I don dey

toast the hottest chick small small o.

Samuel must hear about these I said moving over

to Samuel when someone called me from behind,

it was Mrs fatima.

Mrs Fatima: Idris!!!

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