The weekend passed by so fast that I didn't get the chance to even rest well.
Listening to the bizarre sound of my alarm that woke me up was so annoying. I picked up my phone, stared at the screen blankly and finally decided to off the alarm while saying all sorts of curse words. I felt reluctant to get up but I had no other choice since it was already 5am.
It was my regular routine to wake up by 5am every school day to ensure I did my chores and went to school early. But this particular morning seemed different, everything about today seemed new. I tried to crack my brain to understand what was going on but it was to no avail because I still couldn't figure out what it was.
Like every other morning I got up, said my prayers, fixed my bed, brushed my teeth and went downstairs to join my mum in the kitchen. She was preparing fried plantain, scrambled eggs and custard. I greeted her, gave her a little hug, she asked about my night and all of that. I quickly washed the plates in the sink, helped her out in the little way I could and then rushed back to my room to get dressed. I wondered where Micheal was.
When I finished, I went down for breakfast but Micheal was still not at the table, only then did I ask mum of his whereabout and she said he had cold. I checked on him after i finished eating and then mum drove me to school.
I went straight into my class but I noticed something absurd. More than half of the class were gathered around someone discussing but I didn't get to see who it was . My best friend Janie was still seated at our seat and the crowd seemed happy so I figured nothing bad happened.
"Oh lily you are here finally" Janie said while dragging me to our seat "Hmmmm Janie while are you acting like you won a lottery you can't wait to tell me about" I said looking puzzled because the smile on her face seemed cocky. "Tell me na Janie what's up with this your ...." I was still speaking when she cut me off. "Can you just shut up lizzy and listen to me. Guess what, we have a new student, a guy actually. He is so cute, tall, attractive and mind blowing. Just looking at him alone I can tell he is smart and intelligent. If you see the way our girls were gawking at him when he entered ba, OMG you will know they are really shameless. Look at them all gathered around him not even letting him breath, they are just bombarding him with different questions. Even the boys are no exception, they all want to become his friends , they're all....."
Janie went on blabbing and blabbing non stop, from praising the new student to criticising others back to praising him until she exhausted all her words. She didn't even let me speak even for once until she was done. "What do you think?" She asked from no where. "What do I think about what ?" I replied. "Oh lizzy, what do you think about every thing I just said, stop acting like a dummy" she retorted.What the hell does she really want me to say about someone I haven't even seen, I thought to myself, hmmmm she must have gone mad I guess. I was planning not to say anything but when I saw the killing intent in her eyes, I decided to just say something even if it doesn't make sense.
" Uhmmmm Janie, I haven't seen him so I can't say anything about his looks but I can't believe our girls would....." I had to stop mid sentence when I noticed she wasn't listening , I saw her gaze was fixed where the crowd was, only then did I notice the new guy. He was actually standing at the moment so I got to see his face. He was quite handsome as Janie had said , I can't deny that fact. I didn't really take interest in him, so I turned back to Janie but I noticed her eyes were still fixed on him. I cleared my throat and called her name so as to bring her out of her world of fantasy. She was a little startled but she still got back to her senses. " Oh sorry, I was lost" she said with a shy smile and a fern of innocence. " Yeah I know you were lost" I said to her but I didn't just stop there I continued "so much decency from the person that just finished criticising others" I sneered. She couldn't defend herself at that so we just let it pass.
Soon it was time for assembly and we all headed to the hall. As expected the new boy still caught the attention of students both juniors and seniors most expecially girls, I sneered and watched all of them with disgust as they were throwing themselves at him for some silly reasons best known to them. What amazed me more was the fact that the guy was actually not doing anything to stop them infact he seemed to be flirting with them. Something about him seemed amiss to me, I was beginning to get a hint but I didn't want to conclude yet since it wasn't right to judge someone without really knowing them. But I was sure I was gonna find out sooner or later if what I thought was true.
Soon the assembly was over and classes started, every teacher that came in paid so much attention to him like he was some God sent. Before noon rumours had already started spreading around that he just returned from the united States where he spent almost all his life and all that and that his parents were so rich that they held so much power even in our school. And there came Jannie running to me to give the full gist. As expected of her she told so much that someone else would have been surprised as to how she knew so much or better still, they would think she added lies. But I have known Janie for so long that I can swear she isn't the type that lies, even when it comes to gossips, she always has legit tea to spill. I don't know where she gets her news from but, damn all her news are always real. So hearing it from her mouth, I didn't need any other person to confirm it again.
I turned and looked at him pressing his phone and smiling, I felt like chopping off his head . *Hmmph, we aren't allowed to come with phones but look at him he thinks he can do anything just because he is a vip student, no wonder he is so smug" I subconsciously sneered and turned back only to notice a pair of eyes staring at me awkwardly. " Why do you hate him" Janie asked after listening to the rubbish I blurted out.
Her question strucked me like lightning but I got a hold of myself. " How could you say that Janie, I actually don't hate him but I just don't like him" I said in a bid to defend myself. "And what is the difference between you hating him and not liking him" she snorted back. "And who says I don't like him" I asked a little confused. She stared at me blankly for a while before saying " oh lizzy, I think you have lost your mind again, because you said those words yourself a few seconds ago". Omg I really did say it, I mentally spanked my head before speaking "oh Janie you must have misheard me but let's not talk about this anymore let's talk about something more relaxing like sleep over tonight". I just wanted to ease the tension and as expected she excitedly agreed. "Count me in lizzy I would be there tonight".