School Love - S01 E04

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School Love - S01 E04

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Joseph POV

I became very popular in school when I represented my class for an interclass debate and I beat the seniors. Ever since that day, I was liked and loved by teachers and students. Teachers gave me most of their work to do because I was loyal and trustworthy. Although I was happy that I was popular and trusted in the school, but I knew I would not have time for dami, I kept following her secretly and admiring her. She has a ravishing beauty.

The term came to an end and we vacated. Throughout the holiday, I kept reminiscing about her, all my though was clouded around her, I couldn’t sleep, was I gradually falling in love because those are the signs of being gradually falling in love.

“Oh no this can’t be happening, no I can’t be in love at this stage in my life, am just in SS1 and am already falling in love, no it’s no right” I planned to stay away from dami when we resume for the next session and I also did a lot of reading to clear her from my mind.

The school resumed and I had plan how to execute my plan when our class teacher came to the class and told us he wants to choose his class captain and assistant. We were nominated and I was chosen as the class captain while dami was my assistant. We were then called upon to give a speech of how we would run things in our tenure.

I gave a beautiful speech that earned me a round of applaud from my class mates. Dami was then called upon.

I could see her visibly shaking and she had spaced out, I knew she was shy and nervous and she would f--k up and embarrass herself. So I had to lie to the teacher that she has tooth ache and she can’t talk. The teacher confirmed from her in which she nodded which was a lie, the teacher dismissed her and she gave me an “Am grateful look”. I knew I had lost but I vowed to do all the work myself and not involve her in any one so as to keep her away from me. Though all had ended till when it was almost closing when I was writing the notes I didn’t write in the class when other teacher sent me on an errand and saw her coming towards me. I gave her that “I don’t want to be disturbed” only for her to ignore my warning, that got me angry, who the f--k those she think she is. I didn’t answer her politely when said she came to thank me. Mtcheew thank me for lying-in.

She started crying” asking me what she did to deserve all the treatment I was giving her, I was touched, I knew she didn’t do anything to me but I didn’t want to fall in love with her. I told her am sorry and was escorting her to the bus stop when we heard the voice of student singing in the class room where the fellowship takes place. God we totally forgot there was fellowship, we quickly joined them inside and later the pastor preached and we said the grace to end the fellowship. I escorted her to the bus stop and she got on top of the bike bidding me bye while I waved at her and trekked home because my house was not far from the school, it was just a 12 minute walk and moreover I considered it as an exercise. I thought about Damilola and decided to leave everything to fate…

Days, weeks passed, me and dami became very close, I usually escorted her to the gate for her to board bike together. And we also did things together; things were working out for us not until Amaka came into the picture.

I was going to school one morning in which I passed their house which faced the road to my school when she stopped me.

“Hi Joseph, good morning” she greeted me smiling. Didn’t she know I was already late for school?

“Good morning Amaka, how are you and how was your night?”

“It was fine thank you and yours?

“Mine was fine also, thank you, the time is going okay and I don’t want to be late I have to go”

“I know we are late Joseph, please wait for me lets go together. I don’t want to be going alone to school”

“Oh shit what have I gotten myself into” I muttered. “Okay, but be fast” I reluctantly replied loudly.

Amaka was two classes ahead of me, I don’t know why she wants us to be going to school together, we weren’t friends and our parents weren’t friends also but our relationship made them become tight friends. Few minutes later she came out and we hit the road to school.

As we walked to school in silence, she started a conversation.

“Joseph you haven’t said anything since we’ve been walking”

“Because I don’t have anything to say” i replied sharply why she kept silent. She was hurt with what I said but I don’t give a d--n, I was already late for school, she kept me waiting at her house for minutes and now she wants me to start a conversation. Hell no.

“We got to the school late thanks to her” the thought of her just pissed me off..