"Hey you! Come back. We just want to talk to you."
I continued speed walking away from the notorious three.
***
The notorious three were Bella, Catherine and Alison. These three girls were labelled as the notorious three because they were well known for their notorious acts in the school.
Since they were the most beautiful girls in the school, they were known for seducing male teachers in the school so as to buy themselves grades they did not deserve.
Practically every boy in the school was infatuated with them. They used this to get various offers from them. They would ask for money and petty presents from them in exchange for their company.
I could not even imagine what they engaged in when away from the public eye.
Most girls in the school envied them and wanted to get in their clique. They were the most popular in the city and they were actually 'celebs' in the country for their indescent posts on Instagram which left every male wanting more.
Bella was the most popular and the most notorious yet her father was a celebrated and well honoured priest in the country.
I guess that apple fell far from the tree.
But I guess he was not aware of his daughter's evil doings, just as most parents were anyway.
In their presence, she was an angel who would not wear anything that was above the knees and she respected everyone.
I had to admit, she was quite the actress.
***
"Hey, do not make us chase you. We just want to invite you to our sleepover. We are thinking of befriending you dear."
" Just leave me alone you... I do not want anything to do with you. You can go to hell."
I recalled the number of times those girls abused me in front of the whole school. They never got tired of embarrassing me and calling me all sorts of names. Actually, it is because of Alison that everyone learnt of my secret.
You will not believe it when I told you that Alison was my cousin from my mother's side.
Yes!
When they discovered that I had never been to any sleepover before, either a friend's sleepover or one of the family's sleepover at my grandparents' home, she convinced my parents to let her stay over at our place when her parents were out of town.
I was very against it since I knew she would definitely find out. But my parents argued that they could not let their niece stay alone. They tried reassuring me they it was going to be fine but I knew that I was certainly doomed.
***
"She will be staying in the guest room downstairs and your bedroom is upstairs. All you will have to do is to wake up really early to change your sheets and that is it. It will be a win-win situation, so stop causing a scene Linda."
As mum had said, I decided to set my alarm for 4.00am instead of my usual 5.00am. It was a sacrifice I had to make to make sure that my secret stayed safe.
"It's going to be fine Linda. It is just this one night. Everything is perfect. Everything is okay." I tried to convince myself.
***
" Your room reeks of urine Linda. Are you a BEDWETTER? Gross."
I stirred from my sleep but I certainly recognized that voice as Alison's.
Oh no! It was her standing at the door holding her nose and looking at me in disgust.
I turned to look at my clock.
Jeez! It was 5.30 am. I had overslept. Heavens! I guess I stayed up too late worrying about, my secret getting out and thus, causing me to oversleep.
Why today!
***
"Hey everyone. It is Linda the BEDWETTER. Please give her a round of applause as she walks in."
The notorious three laughed aloud and the whole class joined in.
Had my parents not forced me to come to school, I would have skipped for a whole week, maybe a couple of weeks or never even come back .
I did not know where I would hide my face now after my charming cousin had leaked my secret.
***
I continued speed walking down the hall, just to get away from the girls as they continued shouting.
"Hey princesses. Is there a problem here? We are at your service. "
Eric and a bunch of boys appeared out of nowhere and were eyeing the girls.
"Aqua girl does not want to talk to us. We are just trying to be kind here and she is getting away. "
The guys started chasing me.
I broke into a run and headed for the gate.
I know the girls just wanted me for another embarrassing scene surrounded by the whole school where they showed their prowess of abusing me, which always got a good cheering from the whole crowd since school was over for the day and the teachers were out of sight.
I ran as if my dear life depended on it. But why were these guys so intent on catching me? They were just being used and would be thrown away by those merciless girls in no time.
Despite not knowing the city well since I was always picked up from school by our chauffeur, I just continued running, cutting corners severally in the hope of losing them but they were still getting closer.
***
"Hey miss!" a guy I had never seen before managed to catch me and stopped me.
He was about my height but slightly taller, and he was, how can I say this... White, like an American White. He even had that American accent.
"Leave me alone sir..."