Some minutes later, the class ended and Bella couldn't have been happier watching the teacher leave the classroom.
'hey new girl 'a voice from behind startled her.
turning in the direction of the voice a paper hit her directly on her face, and the whole class eruption into laughter, Bella smiled at their naivety of not knowing that she actually expected this from them , she knew what they liked and how to feed it , picking the paper up she saw a miniature drawing of herself with enough highlights on her private parts , seeing the picture she duely joined in the laughter , laughing so hard her chest rumbled , everyone then stopped laughing and looked at her like she had sprouted a second head
Bella was well aware of how much she'd grown, her body unlike others her age, had formed in the most elegant ways although she couldn't be addressed as fat, puberty had found her in the right places , her boobs was unusually full and the skirt she wore did little to cover her robost behind, most times she got compliments on how she'd grown so well some had even asked what she ate to keep in shape , but the glances she got from these students were laced with heavy disgust . But she wasn't going to let them make her feel disgusted about herself .
'where did you come from? ' a girl asked her
'from the gutters of course, a lowly village where even children my age reared goats , thanks for the picture anyways I'm sure the many uncivilized children at my village will be honoured at your artistry 'bella remarked with a smiling face,.
This was Bella's 'ridicleyourselfbeforetheyredicleyou' trick and it worked smoothly, as a major of the students burst into laughter.
the rich where so easy to predict she thought to herself.
The girl that looked all prim and put together now stood fuming with anger although Bella's motive was not to make enemies on her first day of school but at least she won majority of the class on her side with this act , she knew what was coming next but just as the girl strived for a snide comeback, the bell rang .
They had biology next so students started leaving the class , not wanting to be left out, bella quickly took her books and followed the crowd.
Classes went on smoothly after that and surprisingly, bella had made few friends
although they wouldn't call themselves her friends, they kept seeking for means to talk to her, if it wasn't to ask for a pen then it will be to take her pencil , a girl she now knew as Miriam , the nicest of the lot , had even lended bella her notes even though she sounded more like
'i know you need my notes to update your own so I would just give you be sure to return them once you're done'
bella had still been grateful.
By the time the bell rang for break ,bella was all smiles .
she hadn't paid for the cafeteria food as it was the one thing the scholarship didn't cover, so she sat in class eating the left over moi moi from last night she had brought for lunch, it wasn't much but it was better than nothing .
When she was done eating she discovered the class was empty save a boy who seemed to be hiding something under his desk ,
feeling much bolder than she felt in the morning,she walked up to him
"you know I can see through the desk right " bella said
the desk was no doubt a fancy one, but it's open ends made it impossible for one to successfully hide some thing there.
The Guy who seemed startled at first, quickly rubbed that expression off his face and smirked at her, bella was used to male attention and knew how to handle it but this guy seemed to put her off with his smile
It was weird yet intruiging so she resigned and started for her seat but as she turned to go he spoke to her.
"How far , are you not one of the students on scholarship " he asked as he sat on his fancy desk ,pinning her with a mocking and demeaning look which was definitely meant to put her in her place.
bella quickly waved off the effect his gaze had on her and turned to leave but his voice intercepted her retreat yet again.
"Want some ?"
he said waving the sachet in her face, and she couldn't help but smile at his question, it was indeed funny that she had thought the students in this class where actually prim and proper, dealing with drugs was taking indiscipline to the next level. She knew this because she had first hand knowledge of the consequences of drugs.
"hi I'm Fin " the guy said ,adding a little bit of politeness in his speech as he put the stuff in his pocket .
Bella knew then that she was a sure pull to mischief because why else would the first real person to offer her a hand of friendship in this school be a drug addict ,
not wanting to be like the very people she condemned and ridicled , she smiled at him and offered her hand for a hand shake
"bella" she said firmly ,as their hands touched
"you know you do have alot of guts sha , facing off Sarah Olaniposi ,I'm totally in awe of that bravery?" he said as he climbed on his desk again.
Bella knew what having guts meant to the rich, it was the one thing they feared
"I didn't mean any harm , I just took words from her mouth and said the things she would have otherwise said to me, it's less hurtful that way" she reasoned.
"smart move but know she'll come back at you in ten folds" he jested.
the smile that crossed her face then told him she already knew that and duely expected it
"You do drugs " bella blurted,
She hadn't wanted to be so blunt and direct but words often failed her .
"Almost half of the students at Lorrens high do, it's nothing special" he shrugged nonchalantly
" Nothing special" she repeated dumbly .
Tracing the broken fraction of her memories she remembered one time when are mum had actually communicated with her , it was a really long time ago ,her mum had just been discharged from the hospital, as such still held unto a fraction of her sanity.
Her mum had actually smiled that day.
A full toothed smile that spread from one end of her face to the other, her mum's smile was the rearrest condiment to find ,so that day bella had felt intense joy and affection just from watching her mum smile and blabber about her high school in the states , she remembered her mum mentioning the drugs and how it had infected her whole school like a plague, apparently it was either you're doing drugs or alcohol, seeing the fact that her mum was a high school sweetheart ,she had figured a way out of the influence ,but not for long.
"You should try it some time" fin said , bringing her back from her stroll on history lane as he retired to his sit , smiling sheepishly at her .
" No " bella sounded seeming more aggressive than she intended .
With that said, bella walked back to her sit , heads up and emotions stiffened.