"Excuse me senior please could you direct me to St.Theresa's hostel" I asked the first student i saw as i walked into the seniors hostel.
"Keep walking ahead. It's at the end, the last hostel, you can't miss it" She replied.
I didn't even bother asking for her name because i felt it wasn't relevant. I kept on walking though unsure of what i was hoping to achieve. It had been over a week since i saw Sylvia. Over a week since she had told me her hostel and invited me over. i was still reluctant to visit and suddenly of all the days i chose to visit it had to be today.
"Well i am in a really bad mood and a company wouldn't be so bad" I said to myself trying to subdue my guilty conscience which i didn't even understand why i was having in the first place.
Following the instructions of the unknown student which by the way was accurate. I got to the front of the hostel and saw the inscription "St. Theresa's hostel....The hostel of queens" with another writing stating "Knock before you open". I figured the second would be the handiwork of a student since it was written with a black permanent marker.
I knocked once, then twice and about to knock the third time when someone shouted "come in" from inside the room. Taking a deep breath I walked in and as i was about to ask the girl nearest to the door for her corner, she beckoned me to where she was.
"So you finally came....i honestly thought you had forgotten or wouldn't even try. How are you? It's been a while, you can sit on my bed if you like" she said as she went to the nearest bin to throw her dirt.
"I'm okay and i didn't forget" i said as i sat on a chair in her corner and watched her put on a robe.
"I like your robe" i commented coyly
"Aww... thank you" she smiled. "So tell me how is school treating you. Give me the details. I don't need that regular 'It's fine' crap so spill"
Hesitating a little, i thought at the amount i was supposed to tell this new friend of mine. Even though i liked her, i still had to be careful.
"To be sincere it's been really hard" i sighed
"i even congratulate myself sometimes for still making it this far."
"What class are you? She asked
"Js2" I replied.
"So which school did you attend in Js1?"
"St. Monica's College Ago, Lagos."
"Day or boarding?"
"Day school. "
"Was it a single sex school or for both sexes?"
"Both sexes" i replied
"Hmm... i hope you weren't a naughty girl? She smirked
I pretended i didn't hear the question and didn't answer. I was a rule-breaker but i wasn't going to tell her that...not now at least.
"So why did you leave your former school? She continued.
"Gosh! She asks a lot of questions" I thought groaning "Well my older siblings went to a boarding school and so my parents decided i would receive a better training/education in a boarding school, a juniorate precisely because they want me to become a Reverend sister."
"So do you want to become a Sr.?"
I thought for a while...no one had actually asked me that question. I was completely caught off guard.
"I am not certain yet" i finally replied.
"You hesitated for a while there. Why?"
"I honestly didn't expect the question."
"Okay...So how many siblings do you have? "
I was really tired of all the questions. If I wanted to be interrogated i would have done that elsewhere. Getting frustrated at the futility of my visit which actually i had no precise reason for visiting i finally asked
"Senior Sylvia are you always like this? "
"How?" she asked surprised.
"You have been asking a lot of questions since i got here. Do you want to be a police interrogations officer?" i asked
"You are really funny" she said laughing so hard i even wondered if she was alright. "Well..." she said finally "I don't ask lots of questions, i just wanted to really get to know this pretty little girl in my corner sitting on my chair"
My cheeks were as red as a tomato. "Thank you for the compliment" i managed to say admist smiles.
"Okay so Miss Alexandra or should I say Miss Lexa what do want us to talk about.? Come to think of it why the sudden visit?" she asked
Now that the subject was changed i actually kinda regretted it because sincerely speaking i didn't have anything else to discuss and i certainly don't know why i visited either.
"Umm....u see... "I kept mumbling insignificant utterances thinking of something reasonable until I remembered my argument with Susan the locker girl. (I love to give nicknames by the way.)
"Yes! Senior, there is this girl in my class, a staylite who shifted my locker from the front of the class to the back. According to her, she secured the spot last session but we resumed before them, and the day i resumed, i put my locker in that space. All her friends are backing her up on this and i can't afford to sit at the back because i won't see a thing. What do i do? I am so angry and confused" i said sighing.
She hesitated for a while, i guess she was thinking, then she spoke up "Well, firstly, securing space is a norm in this school which you have already figured out the hard way. Then, it's not really that hard, since you actually secured the space the first day you resumed and you have an eye defect, i think she should be reasonable enough to let you stay there or at least provide a convenient place for you since you are a new student and obviously had no idea of these things". she explained.
"Well as she didn't do either of these things what should i do?" I asked already losing hope of a solution.
"It's no problem i will come to your class during the night prep and talk to the girl for you" she said holding my hand.
"Wow! Would you really do that for me?" I asked excitedly
"Of course" she laughed "anything for my pretty friend".
"Thank you so much i really appreciate" i said gratefully.
"it's no problem dear".
Grin! Grin!! Grin!!!
That was the school bell. Only then did it dawn on me how much time had gone by. It was already time for the evening prayers.
"Goodbye senior Sylvia, I have to go I'll see you later" i said standing up.
"Okay bye! Yeah Lexa i have something to ask you but that'll be later".
"Ok then, bye" i said wondering what it was.
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