Adiya
The bus arrived at school terminal, as usual, I sluggishly got down from the bus feeling dejected to go inside the school, I felt like running back home and I hide but my A+ result was my first priority. The students avoided me like a plague, murmuring among one another but I could hear it.
Thief
Ole
Ẹlẹ́dẹ̀
Barawo
Ebina
Shege
I shut myself out thinking about my life but it was impossible when the devil himself was beside my locker chatting mindlessly with his squad. My heart was drumming loudly in a dub pace, I did not know whether from fear or anxiety. Bids of sweat were rolling down my forehead.
I turned sharply to avoid him by hiding in the closet but was stopped by him shouting my name.
"Adiya" my name sound good coming from his mouth, I stopped abruptly while the students also were watching. My hands started to shake in anticipation of his next move.
"Where do you think you are running to?" he stood in front of me, towering me with his height. His cologne assaulted my senses making me breathed it in and out. He looked beautiful in his blue tailor shirt which hugged his well-divined chest while his white pencil-trousers complimented his long legs. I was snapped out of my gaze when my eyes found his darkened orbs and I gulped.
"Are you deaf?" he asked, scrutinizing his eyes on my trembling form while I remembered I'd not answered him.
"I'm not running away, I was..."
"You were?" he asked mockingly, "You can never run away from me because I'm always one foot ahead of you..." The bell rang interrupted his sentence.
"Who the hell makes the bell rings?" he gritted, clenching his fist in anger. When I noticed his gaze was not on me again, I flew away like a caged bird been released, I ran to my next class not before hearing him roared my name in pure fury.
That was a narrow escape, I thought and entered my class happily for the moment.
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I arrived at home tiredly because I'd been avoiding a specific being earlier and I knew whether he intentionally let me go or he didn't have my time but all I was grateful. I brought out my assignment and did it before going to work, not before whispering and cried out all my distress to my lord because I knew, He was the only one, who could understand and help me.
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I arrived at school the next morning with my head hung low while walking to my locker. I prayed to bee invincible, not been seen but at that moment I was been hit by rolled papers in which there were small pebbles inside it, one of the papers hit me hard on my head making it swollen and bleed.
As I opened my locker, I was greeted with papers and litters while fell on the ground, what surprised me most was how my locker was opened.
Who opened my locker? I thought
"Do you like the gift sweetheart" I heard Zaid mockery sweet voice beside me while His friends snickered walked away.
Then I concluded that he would be the one, who else could?
By the time I was through with cleaning my locker, I knew I was late.
Mrs Akin would kill me, I mentally cringed with the images running through my head.
"Hey Ms Where are you coming from?" she asked visibly shaking in annoyance while I darted my eyes around not looking at her.
"Mmm " I stammered, I didn't know what to say.
"What!!!" she shrieked as she raised her hand up, I flinched back thinking she would hit me but she used it to rub her temple.
"Go have your seat but see me after class," she said calmly with unsaid words underneath it.
As I was going to my seat, a boy placed his leg on the way, I tripped and fell on my face.
All the class erupted in laughter
Clumsy
I shook the tears that were forming away and rubbed ease my swollen head.
I went to my seat and brought out my literature book "Lonely days" by "Dayo Adebola". She explained and wrote some note on the board. I was super bored, I took out my pencil and book. I started to sketch some irrelevant things.
"Assignment, read chapter 5 of your literature book and write down all the figure of speech in it. To be submitted before Friday" she ordered softly and walked out not before giving me a stern look to follow.
After I was through with helping Mrs Akin arranged her shelf, I went to biology class dragging my exhausted body.
We are having practical today, who would be partnered up with me, I thought before I decided to do it myself.
"Pick your partner, two-two" Ms Aderonke voice boomed out. Have I ever told you that this woman voice was like a speaker?
"Adiya, will you mind to be a partner with me," a shy voice said. I glanced beside to the source and saw it was Luqman- a rich nerd. Luqman was the minister of finance son, he was an albino with his freckles. He looked so cute with his Harry Potter's glasses. His small nose complimented his grey orbs, making his eyelashes extraordinary.
I felt like pinching his chubby cheeks.
Dee!!!
"Okay... Why not, you are...." my sentence was cut off by the devil himself zaid.
"She's taken" he said with a hint of possessiveness.
Taken for wer?, I thought.
Luqman released a small gasp from his small rounded mouth while the students were surprised because Mr I--own-everything never participated in any practical or assignment.
"I'm sorry but I'm already partnered with Luqman," I said shakily trying to free my hand from his grip.
"I said she's taken" he snarled, scrutinizing his gaze on Luqman trembling form. I was scared for him and for myself.
The teacher laughed nervously and clapped her hands together, "good, you and he will be partner till the ends of this session" she spoke shakily.
My world literally stopped
Whhhhhhhaaaattt
I and he partnered for a whole year.
Mo gbé*
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Rough Translations.
Ole =thief
Ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ = pig
Barawo = thief
Ebina= thief
Mo gbé =I'm dead or I'm...