CHAPTER FORTY: SCHOOL PARENTS
After Victoria and I had finished with our portion, we walked towards the bench in front of the solar and, sat on it
"Thank goodness, I wasn't given a portion with lot of dry grasses on it" Victoria sighed as she watched some students cut their portion while some raked the grasses they have already cut off
"Were you given a portion with a lot of grasses on it before?" I asked her as I turned to look at her curiously
"Yeah, it took long before I finished" she explained
"Woah, that must be unlucky" I said to her as I turned away and, looked at the others struggling to finish with their portion
"Yeah, it was" Victoria sighed as she nodded her head and looked towards the hostel direction of the hostel where the house mistress is scolding a student about the way she is sluggish
"Morayo must be lucky" I said to her as I also looked at the direction where the house mistress is before she entered into the hostel
"Yeah, she is always lucky. She is always given inside hostel portion, it is as if the house mistress and her have this kind of close connection" Victoria said as she turned to look at the other girls arguing to get the dirt basket so, they can put the grasses from their portion that they have cut into it
"So lucky!" I exclaimed as I turned to look at the argument because, it is already getting loud
"Senior school own is worse" Victoria said as she looked at the sky and then at the ground
"How do you know?" I asked doubting what she is saying because no senior students are cutting grass
(Senior school students are also the same thing as high school students)
"They cut grass for every punishment that happens both in hostel and school. Even the juniors in senior school also cut grass if they are rude" Victoria explained not exactly answering my question "my school mother is in senior school" she added making me sound surprise
"School mother?" I asked her confused
"Yeah, school mother is just a school thing. Just like the way you have mother at home, when you get to boarding and you are feeling in need of someone to look after you apart from your guardian. You can get a school mother that is far older than you, it is an agreement between the school daughter and the school mother" she explained to me as if reading my mind
"You know her before choosing her?" I asked confused
"Yeah, why else would I choose her?" Victoria asked with a raised eyebrow
"Oh!"
"Some students want to have school parents because of their money or for attention. Attention in terms of when the assumed school parents is popular and can support you if you gets in trouble" Victoria added as she looked at the noisy students still on their portion
"School parents?" I asked surprised by the word school parent
"Yeah, school parent. If your school mother or school father is dating, the partner is your school father or school mother. There are some that choose school mother and school father differently maybe because, they don't like or want the person the school mother or school father is dating" Victoria explained
"Do you have a school father?" I asked curiously
"Nah, I am waiting for my school mother to start dating" she said as she turned to look at me with a smile
"It is just like when a mother gave birth to a child and tells the child, I don't know who your father is but, I will go marry another person" I jokingly said
"Haha! Funny!" She said as she turned to look at the noisy students
"Why did you choose to have a school mother?" I asked her curiously
"Incase I am out of money or I need someone to support me or I need someone to explain a topic for me" she answered with a smile
"Wow! Does Morayo have a school mother?" I asked her curiously
"Yeah"
"The same female as your school mother?"
"Yeah"
"Who is she?"
"You don't know her"
"Are you going to show me soon?" I asked curiously because, I want to meet this female
"Why? You want a school mother as well?" Victoria asked curiously
"No, I haven't seen any reason to have one yet" I answered her trying to put together what she explained to me
"I see! I will show you my school mother anytime I visit her or I see her" Victoria said as she turned to look at me
"Thanks" I said as I turned to look at her and then, she looked away and turned to the noisy students "does it mean that Morayo and you are school sisters?" I asked curiously
"Yeah, school family" she answered as she nodded her head in agreement
"I wonder how the two of you decided on a female as your school mother?" I asked curiously as I turned to look at the noisy students that looks as if they want to fight
"What? Is it bad?" Victoria asked as she turned to look at me with a raised eyebrow
"No, I never mentioned anything like that" I said as I looked at her in the eyes
"Okay. We just loved her because, she is nice, knows book and has money. She looks like someone that can support someone" Victoria answered as she turned to look at the noisy students still arguing
"Okay! Which class is she in?" I asked curiously
"She is in S.S 2!" Victoria answered not even turning to look at me
I turned to look at the noisy students
"Hey! Hey! Stop!" Victoria shouted as she ran towards the noisy students to separate the fight between the two girls arguing for basket
She pushed them away and, stood in their middle
I stood up and walked towards them
Suddenly, one of the girls tried attacking and hit Victoria on the face