Secondary [completed] Season 1

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Secondary [completed] Season 1

I am a young guy of 17 years, my name is Gabriel , tall, fair and should I say a bit huge. I am a student of the university of Benin, a medical student to be precise. Apart from being a science student, I also have this passion for writing. I la!d on my small size bed which is joined to that of my roommate to make the beds look bigger and enough for both of us, I la!d facing the ceiling. Another thing about me was that apart from my gentle nature, I used to be a karate student, but that was a long time ago, anyone seeing me for the first time might just think I was just a weak fellow, maybe they should see me bring out the beast in me. I learned karate for good three years, I learnt it from my Jss 1 to my Jss 3,and it stopped when I got admitted into my new school, the school where I did my senior secondary, the school which brought about this story, my bitter love story, the story I choose to call Secondary.
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I took a look at the school building again, it was not as big as my previous school but that was not a problem, at least it’s meant for learning. I adjusted my eyeglasses to fit perfectly to my eyes this time. Like other new students, I seemed to be nervous, I walked like I was asked to count my footsteps, it took me up to thirty minutes just to enter the school gate which was just in front of me. It was no one’s intentions for me to change school, it was caused by the fact that we had to relocate from our rented apartment to my father’s own house located in Ogun state. So you see, it was not wise going from Ogun state to Lagos state everyday, this was the main factor that was responsible for my switching of schools.

A little thing about my family, I am the third child of my parent and the second boy out of five children, I have an elder sister and brother and also a younger sister and brother, so you are free to call me the middle man. My immediate younger sister,Cynthia is the most troublesome of all creatures made by God, and my parent knows how well to keep her by my side, they chose to place us in the same school, she will be starting the Jss 2 class today while I start sss 1.
Unlike me, she was not the shy type, that clearly explains why she is not with me now, she had left me behind and walked to look for her class while I was just stepping my right feet into the school compound. My two elder ones live on their own, my brother which is the first child is now married, while my elder sis, the second child is in her final year in the University of Calabar.And now the chairman of the house, the last child, Desmond, is not as troublesome as Cynthia but he is also troublesome and seems to be searching for something to make him cry so that my mom come and fight for him. Now my mom, should I say the best in the world, I look exactly like her, she is also tall, fair skin, oval face and small eyes, a first look at the both of us will leave you with the conclusion that we are related. She is a banker and works in a bank a bit far from our house, although my dad is not satisfied with that but he let her be. Let’s now go to the man himself my dad. Average, chocolate and hairy, yes that was the only thing I took from him, hairs, he is a science researcher. Cynthia, Desmond and Joshua are his direct image, they look directly like him while myself and Eunice are exactly like mom, I hope from the above information you should be able to deduce the names of my elder ones. OK, that all to know about my family, back to reality.
I looked round and saw student busy moving from one place to another either with books or walking with friends in that smart sky blue and ash uniform.

I adjusted my glasses again, I Dont know why it seems to be falling today. I walked slowly to a male student standing against a wall and asked him for my class, he first took an annoying look at me before pointing to a class. I thanked him and walked down to the entrance of the class, I did a sign of the cross before entering.
Some students were already in class and they all kept quiet as I walked in, this was exactly what I hated about new schools, you seem to be the centre of attraction until you blend with them. I continued my slow walk until I finally sat on a seat in front alone.
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