Chapter 3 Bitter sweet

The classes began and the maths teacher stepped in to first check his previous assignments.

"Tiana my friend, I see you finished my assignment today. Your deskie helped you again. It's good to help each other but in the good way. Not by copying. Some people copy even the underlined work" said Mr Wafula and the girls burst out in laughter.

He was a funny teacher but strict at times.

He seemed to be in a good mood that day such that even the few that were not done with the assignment were not punished at all.

The lesson was smooth and funny.

Construction was the best lesson and Shasmi was so good at it but as for Tiana, it was even hard for to hold the protractor and measure angles.

Finally the lesson was over and the teacher stepped out.

"Class, it's time for??" Asked the class clown Tiana

"Biology!!" The rest shouted and laughed.

"Physics students you get out. We want a moment with our new teacher" said Tiana stressing it out on Shasmi who was a physic student.

The class had only 10 students taking physics while the rest 32 students took biology.

The physics students usually took their classes in form three yellow where they would Mix up physics students from other classes.

That day, they were having a practical lesson and they had to do it in the physics laboratory.

The biology representative went out to pick the new teacher Mr Archey as the physics students were picking their books and necessary items for their lesson.

As they were leaving, the biology teacher had arrived at the door step and the other students were so excited.

They say down on their lockers waiting for the entrance.

Shasmi was the last to leave the class and as she reached the door, she bumped into Mr Archey making him drop his biology text book.

"Sorry sir" she quickly said and picked up the book for him.

"You Don't take biology?" He asked

"Yes" she said and ran off after returning the book to him.

He turned to look as she ran off towards the lab.

"Sir her name is Shasmina Richard. She is one of the top ten best students. You won't see her in this class unless you see her outside class" said Tiana and the class burst out in laughter as the teacher gets in.

"You must be Tiana. Your class teacher mentioned about you and I'm not interested in seeing her. Let's get on with what brought us together" he said and the class was silent.

"Why don't you introduce yourselves first. My name is Mr Archey" he said and the students started introducing themselves one by one.

The class was active and the students liked Mr Archey.

They even wished for a double lesson but the physics students were waiting outside the class to get in for the next lesson.

Mr Archey walked out of class and bumped into Shasmi again.

"Sorry" she said again.

"Are you doing this on purpose? If you are seeking attention then i'm not in for it and have some respect for yourself. Button your shirt" said Mr Archey in a low tone and Shasmi gasped looking at her shirt as Mr Archey left.

She saw that two buttons were open and quickly hid using her books.

She rushed to her desk and lay her head on the locker.

"He thought i was trying to seduce him? Who does he think he is? Is that why Mr Mbaruk was looking at me through out the lesson? Oh my God i'm dead" saidShasmi heartily and since it was short break, some of the students had visited the loo.

"Deskii what's wrong? What has Mr Archey told you" asked Tiana

"I don't want to talk about it but you know what? I hate him!" Said Shasmi and went out of class.

She rushed over to a tap and cleaned her face before going back to class and the bell rang for the next lesson.

"I'll show him that i'm not the type he thinks of" said Shasmi to herself.

The rest of the day ran smoothly and it was evening.

The evenings were always free unless a teacher wanted a lesson with a particular class.

Otherwise, Tiana and Shasmi had chemistry and maths classes just to improve their grades.

They held chemistry classes with a different teacher on monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings while the rest of the days were for mathematics.

That evening, they took their books and rushed to the lab where they held most of their lessons and found their tuition teacher with Mr Archey.

"Sir Archey hi" said Tiana excitedly.

"Tiana the clown. What are you doing here?" He asked

"They are the students i told you about. Girls, he is a better teacher than i am. Though he is young, but he is fit so as from today, he will be taking you through the chemistry tution classes" said the chemistry teacher madam Sarah.

"Yes!" Shouted Tiana

"No" said Shasmi

"Come on deskii you can't say no to Mr Archey" said Tiana

"Shasmi, he is the best you can find and he teaches in a cool style that students understand quickly. I'll leave now, don't waste time" said madam Sarah and left.

"Deskii could you bring a bottle of water please? You know chemistry without water can't make a reaction" said Shasmi

"Aah deskii you are too much. I'll be right back" said Tiana and left.

Shasmina dropped her books on the table and sat down.

Mr Archey thought she wanted to seduce him.

"Dont you think you are too fast" started Mr Archey but Shasmi rolled her eyes.

"Are you trying to get my attention? You now want to be my tuition teacher, are you doing it on purpose? By the way, zip your trouser i'm not interested in you" said Shasmi smiling knowing that she got a chance to revenge.

"How dare you! I wasn't...." he started as he turned around to zip his trousers but she cut.

"You weren't trying to seduce me right? You dont even recall how it opened up right? Then who gave you the right to say that i was trying to seduce you? Well, you were with madam Sarah right now. What would one think if they saw you like that? We are now on draw. Next time before you try to judge me, try to put yourself in my shoes. I would never seduce a teacher! Especially not you! You are not my type and neither will i like you" said Shasmina.

"You..." started Mr Archey but Tiana walked in and they were all silent, Shasmi feeling satisfied.