Chapter 4

Omoshalewa's POV.

The rest of the day went smoothly but I still can't stop thinking about Michael. He left after the incident,a part of me was angry with him, while another part of me is telling me that he needs help. Vicente kept looking at me

"Good afternoon student" the principal said walking into our class.

"Good afternoon ma" we all replied.

"After your long break is over... go to the hall, the IT students will address you about the welcome party... is that clear" she told us with her hands behind her back.

"Yes ma" we replied her. She walked after whispering something to the Mr. Ake our mathematics teacher.

"What's wrong?" Vicente whispered to me.

"Nothing I'm good" I whispered back.

"You look worried, like you're thinking about something" he said.

"Actually…" I wanted to tell him what I was worried about but Mr Ale's voice interrupted me.

"Vicente, Shalewa is there a problem?" he asked.

"No sir" I answered quickly.

"There's nothing wrong sir…I was just asking her a question about what is on the board sir" Vicente chipped in.

"I hope you understand all I've been teaching you so far?" Mr. Ale said looking from me to Vicente.

"Yes sir" we both said in unison.

Ringggggggggg!

The bell rang indicating that it's time for our long break. Mr.Ale gave use few questions as our assignment and asked us to submit the next day. I and Posi walked to Debby and Mide's class, so we could go for lunch. But on getting there Debby said Mide left for the toilet 15minutes before lunch break and she's yet to come back. 

"Maybe we should go and check on her" Posi suggested.

"I think we should do just that" I said,we all walked to the lavatory. But to our surprise we met it empy.

"Where could she have gone…she told Mr.Banji that she wanted to use the lavatory." Debby said with certainty evident in her voice.

"Maybe we should go and check the hall or the staff room  or anywhere else" I told them.

"Okay let's go" they both agreed.

We went to the staff room,the hall even the laboratory but there was no sign of Mide. On our way back from the laboratory the when the gateman's voice, his name is Mr.Niyi but we call him "Baba" (old man) because he's old.

"Are you looking for your friend?" he asked us causing us to stop on our track and face him.

Debby was the first to answer him "yes sir… please sir do you know where she is".

"She left the school premises a few minutes ago" he told us.

The three of us looked at each other, confusion written all over our face. "Was she in a hurry sir?" Posi asked.

"Seems so… looks like she was going after someone" Baba explained to us. We were still confused as at why Mide left the school without telling us.

"Thank you sir" we appreciated him before he walked away.

"Why did she leave?" Posi asked.

"No idea" I replied.

"Did something happen before she said she went to use the lavatory?" Posi asked Debby.

"No… I don't think so… the only I can remember was, I told her I saw Micheal leaving the school premises after the incident that happened this morning" Debby explained.

"Hey girls" Ayomide and Emeka's voice interrupted our conversation.

"Hi" I answered.

"Hello" Debby said.

"Sup" Posi said blushing. I know why she's blushing,because her crush is standing right in front of her.

"What's wrong you all looked worried" Emeka asked.

"Actually…" I tried to answer but Emeka cut me off.

"Where is Mide?" he asked.

"That's why we are worried…she left school without telling us… this is so unlikely of her" Posi explained to Emeka.

"But why…" Emeka tried to talk but Vicente's voice interrupted him.

"What's up guys" Vicente said placing his hand across Ayomide's shoulder.

"Mide left school without telling anyone of us" I answered him 

"Hmm that's strange… I don't think she has ever left the school without you guys" he stated matter of fact.

"True… but probably she had something important to do" Ayomide said trying to make the atmosphere more comfortable.

"Maybe" the three of us shrugged.

"Now lets go and get our lunch…me am starving ooo… pesin pikin want to eat fa (someone's child wants to eat)"Ayomide said jokingly causing all of us to laugh as we walked to the cafeteria.

We went to the cafeteria to get our lunch, today been Wednesday we are served fried rice and chicken.I, Mide and Posi sat at our favorite table,after few minutes Ayomide, Emeka and Vicente came to join us at the table. All the girls eyes were on us,some were even hissing but trust Debby,she gave them a deadly glare.

"What is doing all this one" Posi hissed.

Ayomide, Emeka and Vicente laughed. "When you have three of the most handsome guys in the whole of the senior school sitting with you" Ayomide said before laughing again.

"Mumu be hyping yourself there" Posi teased.

"I'm not hyping myself I'm just stating the truth" Ayomide teased her back.

"He's saying the truth Posi, you too you can't say we're not handsome" Vicente joined in teasing her, wiggling his eyebrows at her.

"Is a lie… una no fine" I said giggling.

"Ugly boys" Debby mocked them, the three of us sticked out our tongue at them, as we all laughed before a very annoying voice interrupted our fun.

"Why did Micheal leave school?" She asked rudly with her hands at akimbo staring down at me with her minions behind her.

"Bridget we don't have time for your arrogant attitude today" Posi said but she raised her hands up at her.

"I'm not talking to you… I'm talking to this filthy bitch…" before she could finish her statement,Debby stood up and slapped her so hard that she stumbled back and landed on her butt.

"How dare you" Bisi one of her minions moved closer to Debby, trust Debby to always act like street girl when it comes to things like this. Debby didn't feel intimidated by Bisi's height, Bisi was 3inches taller than Debby but Debby didn't mind. Bridget stood up crying as she held her cheek that had mark of Debby's fingerprints. All the student had started watching the drama that was happening,trust CHS students for that,their amebo(gossip) is too much.

Debby moved closer to Bisi and looked her straight in the eye with a bloodshot eye. They continued to stare at each other. If someone didn't break them apart I'm sure a fight will breakout.

"Ohh you're so dead" she said as she tried to run towards Debby but luckily Vicente caught her and held her back.

"Stop right now" Vicente yelled but she tried to yank herself out of Vicente's tight grip. Emeka steeped in between Debby and Bisi,before Debby walked back to the tabke,I and Posi tried to calm her down. Vicente let go of Bridget already.

"To ba ti bi e da, wa ba mi fa ni igboro(if you're not a bastard come and face me on the street)"Bisi yelled at Debby.

"To ba bi iwo no da, duru de mi(you're also not a bastard wait for)…alaye fuck off jhoor(guy fuck off)"Debby too yelled at her before Bridget stroked out of the cafeteria with her minions behind her.

"I never knew yourey a street girl like this ohh"Emeka teased Debby.

"I'm not ohh…but if you think that you have madness in your head I will also give you madness"she said, causing us all to laugh.

"Debby and Shalewa are the ones who can still take Bridget and her minions small"Posi added jokingly.

"True"Vicente agreed.

"Me kee, I'm gentle oo"I raised up my hand in surrender.

"Issalie"Ayomide said.

"I don't know what her problem is"Vicente stated.

"Shebi she's your girlfriend"Posi said.

"Ex…Exxxx girlfriend"Vicente told her empathizing the "EX".

"What made you to even fall in love with such a bitch"Ayomide asked joking.

"De ja vu"he simply replied before stuffing his mouth with a spoon full of fried rice.

"You say what now"Debby asked confused.

"I said  de ja vu"he replied between mouth full of i rice.

"Ohh na charm she use for you"Emeka mocked.

"Finally someone understand stands me"Vicente laughed. This time we were all done with our lunch.

We continued to talk about ditfediff things that made us to laugh very loudly im the cafeteria.

Looks like this section is going to be interesting. My subconscious told me.

I know right…look at me sitting at the same table with my crush. I replied her.

Ringgggggggg!

The bell rang, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"We should start going to the hall now so we can sit on the front row"Ayomide stated matter of fact as he walked towards the door

"Oya, let's go"Posi said before walking behind Ayomide with Debby beside her.

"Let's go Shalewa"I heard Vicente's voice behind me.

"I'm coming I just want to grab a bottle of water"I told him gesturing my hands towards the refrigerator. I picked a bottle of water and skipped over to meet the rest of them. We were walking over to the hall, chatting about random stuffs when Vicente held my hands. I was suprisurp at his gesture so I looked up at him to see his face expression. But he didn't even spare me a glance, he just looked on straight like he didn't do anything.

"Are you listening, Shalewa"Posi's voice drew me out of my thought.

"Yes…yes…ermmm…I heard you perfectly"I stuttered.

"Then why didn't you answer"Debby chipped in,now we were already inside the hall, luckily for us we only met few students, Tega, Bimbo, Kola and a few other students there but they were all seated at the back,so we all took a sit at the front row.

"Please come again with what you said earlier"I told Posi after we've all settled down, Posi sat next to Ayomide, obviously she would. Emeka sat next to Debby and I sat next to Vicente, not like I sat down there intentionally,I just sat down on the seat my butt took me to.

"I asked you if you could ever be friends with Micheal again"Posi repeated her question.

"Ohh…that…actually…maybe"I stammered.

"Maybe?"Vicente asked with a widened eyes.

"Yes…I think so"I told them the truth.

"After what he said to you"Ayomide said.

"I know…but I'll give him one more chance"I replied him gulping down the rest of the water I took in the cafeteria.

"Just one last chance that's all he got"Vicente said angrily.

"But why?"Emeka asked.

"See someone who is reasonig with me ohh…you guys didn't ask me why…you wanted to crucifiy me"I told them.

"Because I think something is up with Micheal…it's so unusual of someone to just get angry easily and burst out like that"I explained to them.

"Hm…I think so too but he never tells us anything"Emeka added.

"I've noticed that too…sometimes when jesh getting angry he whispers things to himself"Ayomide explained to us

"He's our friend,we have to help him…because I feel he needs help"I told them.

"Welcome students"someone's voice burst through the speaker. The hall was already crowded with all the senior secondary School students.

"Good afternoon"the speaker spoke loudly then the first time, causing the hall to be silent.

"That was better"Miss Linda one of IT student said.

"Good afternoon guys…I can't call you ladies and gentlemen so permit me to use the words "guys""Miss Shola,the one who spoke first said.

"Good afternoon Miss Shola"we all replied in unison.

"We all know why we are here…but before we start anything,I would like to have Ss1 on the last row, Ss2 on the second row and Ss3 on the first row"she explained. We all shuffled around to our respective rows,the six of us kept to our sitting combination.

"We've made arrangements for the welcome party…the junior secondary School will have their party tomorrow while you the Senior secondary School will have yours on Saturday…more like a night party"Miss Shola explained further.

"Miss Linda will tell you the rest of the settings"she concluded and passed the mic to Miss Linda.

"Good afternoon guys"Miss Linda greeted.

"Good afternoon, Miss Linda"we replied here.

"Ohh…let's not be too formal, you can call me Linda… I hope that's not too much to ask for"she said smiling brightly.

"Yes Linda"we all said in unison.

"Now back to business, we've grouped you all… what do I me by grouping you all, what I meant is that for the party you have to come with a date…"she sounded serious now.

"Ss3 get to pick their date while Ss2 and Ss1 will be grouped. We've made a list of the pairs,now each girl from Ss2 will come here and pick a paper each from the bowl here. That will determine who your date is. Ss2 has the same number of girls and boys so we don't have a issue. Ss1 boys will be the one to pick, they also have the same numbers of girls and boys"she explained further while we listened in silence.

"Now come forward to pick, only Ss2 girls now"Master Tunde, a IT student said.

We all walked on a single line to pick our paper that was folded. Debby was the one to pick first after her I picked, then Posi. The rest of the girls picked their's.

"Don't open it until I tell you to open it" Master Tunde said.

We walked back to our seats chattering about how the party would go.

"Open it let's see your date"Ayomide teased us.

"Not yet, he has not asked us to open it yet" Debby whispered to him.

"Now Ss1 boys come forward to pick yours" Miss Linda gestured for them to stand up.

After 5minutes of boys walking from their seats and back to their seat, we all settled down.

"Looks like two paper are left from Ss2 and one from Ss2… is anyone absent?" Miss Shola asked.

Tega was the one who stood up and spoke for our class. " Sade is absent today, while Mide left before lunch" she explained.

" Okay what about Ss1?" Miss Shola asked facing the Ss1 row.

" Stephen is absent today" Eric a boy from Ss1 answered her.

" Okay… now that everything is settled, you can now open the paper with you" Miss Linda told us. Without much hesitation I opened my paper eagerly but I was shocked by the name I saw on my paper

" Look like it's you and I, Ayomide" Posi said poking Ayomide on the side, both of them giggling. I didn't even lift my head up from the paper I was looking at, because I'm still shocked by the name on my paper.

"Mine is Vicente" Debby said, causing all of us to look at her with a shocked expression, she was also shocked.

"Wow… then who did you pick Shalewa" Vicente asked me looking straight into my eyes.

I swallowed hard before I let the name roll out of my mouth " OLUWAFEMI MICHEAL" I told them as they all look at me with a wide eye.

"Now that you all know your date…" Master Tunder said but Emeka interrupted him.

"Excuse me sir, I don't know who my date is" he explained to him.

" Me too sir" Benjamin a boy in Mide's class called his attention.

" Looks like that would be either Mide or Sade" he said unfolding the two paper left in the bowl.

" Here it is, Emeka your date is Mide while Benjamin your date is Sade" he told them.

" Thank you you sir" they both said before sitting down.

" So now, you and your date should decide on what to where but it the party is an all white party… nothing else, the color code is white. And you can't change your partners we're going to write the name of who you picked as you go out of the hall." Miss Linda explained to us.

I could not concentrate with the rest of the talk, I just sat down on my seat quietly. I noticed Vicente was not happy with what I picked he also didn't say a word to me since I told them about the name of the person I picked. I had only one thought in my mind.

Why Him?