CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: VANESSA
"Maybe she is a poor girl" I said concluding as I shrugged
"That was my thought also but I felt that might not be the real reason" Victoria said as she opened her box to get her towel out of her box
"Who knows?" I shrugged as I pulled off my house wear
"My thought was that, she didn't pass her first common entrance examination" Victoria said as she pulled out her bucket from under her bunk
"I guess you are right but, at the same time it isn't bad for a girl her age being in grade seven as us" I said as I opened my box to get my towel
"True talk" Victoria said as she put in her dirty uniforms into the bucket
"What are you guys talking about? You guys are really slow, since" Morayo said as she stood in front of us
I looked at her and smiled before closing my box
"We were just shocked at the fact that Vanessa seems to be the oldest in grade seven" I said as I pulled out a bucket from my bunk
"You guys will not seize to make me laugh" Morayo said laughing as she heard what I said
"What is funny?" I asked as I looked at her
"So, because she is the oldest in the class that is why you guys are worried" Morayo said as she laughed again
"You are just laughing unnecessarily" Victoria said as she stood up to adjust the towel she had already tied around her body
"The fact that you guys are worried about that when we have the youngest over here" she said as she looked at me
"Don't even try compare that, I know that it isn't a crime to be thirteen in grade seven and also, me being the youngest means I worth it with my intelligence" I said not worrying about the brag I did
"Are you two going to continue talking or you guys are coming to wash clothes outside?" Victoria said as she forced herself out of the corner since Morayo was obstructing the way out with her body even though she is not the fat figure
"That is the question I am supposed to be asking you two since" Morayo said as she looked at Victoria and I at the same time
"I am coming, I just want to get my soap from the corner of my box" I said as I searched for my washing soap at the corner zip of my box
As soon as we got outside of our room, we met Vanessa. It was as if she had been waiting for us since she had a bucket filled with clothes she wanted to wash, washing soap and her bath bag beside her, a towel tied around her body
"Hay!" she said as she spotted out of our room
"Hey, have you been waiting too long for us?" Morayo asked as we stopped to see her
"Well, it wasn't really that long" she answered while smiling
"I guess we are sorry for the delay besides, we didn't know you will want to wash with us" Morayo said as she looked at her as if expecting a reaction or something
"Yeah, I didn't tell you guys that I will be washing with you but, I guess I should take this as a surprise. Ha!" Vanessa said smiling
"Let's go wash, I have something else to do afterwards" Victoria said as she walked ahead of us
We walked to the laundry room outside of the hostel where over hundreds of girls wash their clothes
The things I love about the laundry room when I noticed the laundry yesterday are, how is lively and the so much water that is always available
Lively in the state that it has drama, either girls fighting because of foolish or reasonable things and the girls near me that always love to talk about interesting things
As soon as we got there, we walked over to a space where the four of us can wash our clothes comfortably
We dropped our clothes and others inside the bucket on the ground so; we can get water into the bucket to start washing the dirty clothes
"About what Benita said…" Vanessa started breaking the silence between us as we started washing our clothes
"What about it?" Victoria asked as she became interested in what Vanessa is about to say
I am just glad that the two friends I made says the things I wanted to say without me saying it
I looked at Vanessa as I waited for her to respond to Victoria's curious question
"It is kind of a secret I don't wish to tell others" she broke out
I looked at the clothes in my bucket and squeezed it out as I wondered why she would even say that if she doesn't want to tell us anything about herself
She is so much keeping somebody in suspense
"Then why did you say it when you want to keep it as a secret?" Morayo asked curiously as she looked at Vanessa with an expression that says 'what is the deal here?'
Lol!
The fact that she even started with that makes me wants to tell her to tell us that hideous secret
"I didn't say anything yet" she said as she looked at Morayo
"Are you kidding me? I heard something from you" Morayo said as she paused from washing and turned to look at Vanessa
"Morayo…" Victoria called her as if telling her to stop whatever she is saying
Morayo turned to look at Victoria and obediently, continued with her washing
"To be honest with you guys, I even want to tell you guys the secret because I feel we can be friends and can never betray each other from my past story" she said as she looked at the three of us
Although, I wasn't looking at her because I don't want to hear when she will say, I didn't say anything
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