All Chapters of Beneath The Surface (A Nigerian Teen Fiction)✔: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Joel's POV The first time my parents told me we were moving, I had thought it was a joke and I didn't even expect that we would be moving to another state.  I loved Abuja. I had made so many friends here and my perfect school record didn't waiver. Why the hell did we have to move?  We got to Lagos a week before my new school was to resume and I had everything ready. I aced the online entrance exam and Dad got all the necessary things I would be needing for school. Mum had offered that I stayed in the boarding house so there won't be any distractions, but I was able to talk her out of it.  I sighed and got up from the bed to get ready for school. By 6:45am, I was already dressed in my new uniform. The uniform was way bet

Zaria's POV The term moved faster than I expected and soon it was test week. At Limes Light, we had terminal test four times before the exams start. I had to keep my record intact and prove to Joel that I was still the best, so I had spent all of my time reading like no man’s business. We were all seated in class, waiting for the physics teacher to come in and start his test. I was chatting with some girls because Physics has always been a piece of cake for me, I wasn’t worried at all about it.  I looked around and my eyes fell on him. Him.  He was surrounded with girls and they all had their notes in their hands. It looked like he was explaining some of the calculations to them. I frowned, I had always been the

Zaria's POV The fourth and final continuous assessment for the seniors students of Limelight was in form of projects and practicals. It was an initiative by the school to engage everyone in other activities that would help boost our grades. Except for the Commercial students.They still had to do written tests because there was no practical aspect in their field of study. For science and technical students, it was Chemistry practical. For Art students, their practical was in two forms; Visual Art and Drama. Some students pick Visual art while some pick drama. We were paired in twos for the Chemistry practical but till date we haven't been told our partners We were having a Chemistry class when the bell rang, indicating a cha

Zaria's POV As I walked into my class Monday morning, everyone stopped whatever they were doing and looked at me. I didn't know what to do so I just went to my seat. I've been getting the stink eye from people since the show down between Joel and I and it has been nothing short of humiliating.  Lyla haven't spoken to me since last week and it's eating me up. Ada on the other hand has been giving me attitude. I knew she had a soft spot for him so it was expected. I tried calling them but they didn't pick up. At some point Lyla even switched off her phone.  Lucky for me, Joel didn't make do with his threat. He didn't rat me out to Mr Ajanaku and it even made me ten times more guilty.  Classes went in a flash and soon it w

Zaria's POV It was the weekend and the maids had it off so every household duty was left to me, Aisha and my mother. Fortunately Sam hasn't bothered me or tried anything funny since that night and I was glad about that. I don't know if I am strong enough to handle him. The last time I tried, it went ugly. As I busied myself with sweeping the floor of the kitchen as my mind subconsciously went back to what Joel has said the last time we had a "chat". He claimed he wanted to know me. The real me. I scoffed. Yeah, right. The real me isn't someone anyone should know about. Joel is harmless, I know but so are my other friends and they have no idea the tiniest detail what