The Unexpected Surprise

It was five o’clock in the morning. The place was still wet and cold due to the rain of the previous night. It has finally arrived, the day which Kamal, was to go to one of the most prestigious boarding school in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria. He is the eldest son of Mr. Tanko, a tall dark man who was an English teacher from the village of Mazaga. He recently won a scholarship which gave him the opportunity to study far away from home. It’s been his dream to travel far away from home since when he was a child but never has he had the chance to. Mazaga is a small village by the road side with a population that barely exceeds five hundred. With that small population, almost all the members of the village can identify one another. The village has only one primary school with no secondary school. For that reason, all the people in the village go somewhere else for their secondary school. Kamal has been attending boys’ boarding secondary school that is 20 kilometers away from his vi

   After Kamal was done eating, he unconsciously fell asleep due to the exhaustion he had during his journey. He slept for two hours, before he heard a voice calling his name. When he got up, he realised that it was Anas."You should change into your house wear and go to the mosque and pray. The bell for dinner will be rung any moment from now, and you shouldn't be late to the dining hall because we usually have our meals at precise times" Anas explained.   Kamal changed into his house outfit and went to the mosque. While he was praying, he heard the bell of the dining hall ringing. Immediately he was done praying, he moved out of the mosque and saw the students heading toward a big hall."That must be the dining hall" Kamal concluded in his thoughts. He walked to the dining hall alone wishing he had someone to accompany him. When he got to the door of the dining hall, he stopped, because he was scared of going in alone."Com

   Kamal was silent all day along in the class without uttering a single word to anyone in the classroom. When a teacher comes in, Kamal tried to hide himself so that he won't be asked to introduce himself. Sarah kept defending him when other students were making fun of him. It was 2 O'clock, the closing time for class. The class bell rang and the students started getting out of their classes. The Christian students headed to their hostels while the Muslim students headed towards the Mosque. Kamal was the last person to go out of the class. When he went down stairs, he found Peter waiting for him. Immediately Peter saw him, he ran to him and held his hand."How was the class today?" Peter asked."It was okay" Kamal replied."But you look so depressed, did something bad happen?"Peter asked."I was being made fun of in the class even by some of the teachers" Kamal complained."Please be patient Kamal, most of the kids you see here are spoilt so they

A month went by and Kamal was becoming used to the school. Most of the teacher thought he is weak and he's not going to make it. And he's being mocked every day by James and other students but Sarah and Peter kept encouraging him to endure everything. And one thing that kept confusing him was why he always felt so anxious whenever he was around Fatima."Why don't I feel like this when I'm with Sarah even though she's also pretty?" He wondered in his thoughts.It was Tuesday evening, and the students were prepared for their sport. And furthermore, there was going to be a football match between Queen House and Prince House. Prince House was known to have the best players for the past three years, because they have been winning the school football trophy for the past 3 years."Come Peter, let's hurry up and go to the field, the match will start any moment from now" Kamal insisted."Relax Kamal, we are not going to win" Peter replied."Oh really?" Kamal asked looking perplexed."Yes be

Its two months after the arrival of Kamal in Royal secondary school and their examination was just a week ahead. Because of the anniversary, the students were not given continuous assessment. Their examination will be marked 100 percent and will be announced during the ceremony. Kamal and Peter had been preparing so hard for the examination. Kamal tried his best to avoid coming across Fatima. And the more he tried to avoid her, the more he felt so attracted to her. Before their examination started, all the students were randomly given numbers irrespective of their class. The students were to sit according to the number in the examination hall. The school brought that system in other to reduce communication between students of the same class during the examination. The school examination hall is very big enough to contain all the students in the school. There was a large space in the hall which divided it in two parts the north and south wing. The seats in the hall were a