Kasela woke up the next morning due to her phone ringing, she glanced at the screen and saw her aunt's name on it.
"Good morning aunt", she greeted enthusiastically as the last trace of sleep disappeared from her eyes
"morning kasela, how was your night and first day at school" her aunt asked at the other side of the phone.
"It was good" kasela answered and proceeded to tell her how she went to the canteen and took a short walk round the school. They chatted for a while and ended the call.
Kasela freshened up and opened the door, she was surprised to see Brenda who stood at the entrance about to knock on door.
" Good morning Kasela" Brenda greeted her
"Good morning Brenda" kasela murmured.
"What's wrong? Didn't you sleep well last night?" Brenda aked with a frown
"no, I did sleep well, I'm just feeling a bit down today" kasela answered.
"Hmm okay, let's go grab breakfast" Brenda said. Kasela nodded her head, she looked at the time on the phone and realized that it was past 9am already.
While going to the canteen kasela looked at Brenda who walked Infront of her and fell into a deep thought. Brenda was too friendly with her, she was surprised to see her coming to wait on her and she felt a little scared, who knows if she has an ulterior motive. She had never have friends and her classmates bullied her at every given chance, she had actually thought they were good people and tried to be friends with them however they thought of her as a poor and low class girl,coupled with the fact that shee was younger than them, they embarrassed and mocked her at every given opportunity. Kasela never thought of having friends again and she wasn't even sure she could trust anyone including Brenda
" what if she betrays me at the end?" She asked herself. She couldn't afford to make the mistake of trusting people blindly again.
After eating, Brenda suggested they visit the library and kasela agreed.
The library was very large and contained different kinds of books for each classes, kasela was awed by the big shelves that contained different books. Some books were so heavy that she was panting by the time she successfully brought down one to the table. She opened it and was confused at the writings written in a strange language. She called Brenda who was at the other side of the shelf, Brenda was equally confused and said maybe it was one of the native languages of the town the school was situated at. They returned the book and continued exploring the big library, when suddenly kasela noticed a locked wooden door at the far right corner of the library which looked hidden and also darker than any part of the library. She felt curious and also drawn towards it. Unconsciously, she began walking towards that area when Brenda who noticed it grabbed her hand also dragged her away from there and out of the library.
" What were you trying to do?" She asked kasela
"I wanted to check out what was there" Kasela answered truthfully. Brenda inhaled and exhaled deeply
"look, that place is one of the forbidden areas in this school, as to why it is forbidden I don't know but don't you ever go there again", Brenda said.
Though kasela was confused she nodded her head and they left. They sat in the hall and watched more students coming into the school in different flashy cars. Classes was meant to start the following day and so more students were coming into the school. Kasela looked around and noticed that the once scanty school was getting crowded. They spent the rest of the day chatting and walking round and finally retired to their different rooms.