Under the Veil

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WAKE UP!!

rm, my eyes still shut. I groan and sit up. I open my eyes and rub them, as early morning sun reflects i

bow resting on the bed. I sing praise a

nutes later with towel tied around my waist and my hair drenched in water. I walk to my

and uniform. I sit on a leather chair in front of my mirror stand. I pick up a big comb and brush my long brown hair and use a hair band to p

e 21 ultra from my left drawer and I walk to the

gg and plantain fills the air. I walk straight to the kitchen and see my mum cooking her back turned against m

counter is an oven. And just beside the window is a cupboard where ingredients are kept. And below the sink is the drawer where utens

, I greet and she s

her chest. She is wearing a pink apron and beneath the apron is her yellow pajama. I am my mum’s carbon copy.

stay for breakfast”, she a

wer the call and draw the phone away from my ears to avoid my best f

are not disturbing mum? I am almost

coming out and you better be at the door b

e your dad and brother”, mum says with

up yet? That

n with a cold

back from church last night tired and ex

Mu

tle cold. I prayed for him he will b

him or I will be worried al-through today. I take a step forward and my phone rings, I grunt

eds me”, I say to my mum and leav

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to worry about him. Plus it wasn’t your fault you didn’t c

Bu

e of him and I know mum, she must have prayed the moment she

iend who is searching through her locker

nfide in and seek advice from- rather who she seeks advice from me. She is dark skin, average, plump, dimples, curvy, long lashes, puffy lips, low cut. Her uniform su

er arms when she is beside me. We walk towards our class as we

his friends walk past me like I wasn’t hit. I take a step forward to draw Ethan back but Celestia stop me in time, I take a deep b

. They are no

ave a thing for his best friend”, I sc

e is better

liked the bad guys”, I wiggle my eyebrow and she use he

rl”, she jokes and w

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ask Celestia as we walk in

e tables and chairs are round and wooden, curved around it. There are sections for different classes but senior

ind me and I see her as she halts and admires someone. I sigh and roll my eyes, knowing who she is starin

r out because of him. She hopes that one day he would notice her. She started catching feelings when he stood up for her

They are both in drama class and they fight for the lead role every year. Aishat knows Celestia likes her boyfriend, so she uses eve

s their gaze to them, as they admire them. Isah and Aishat intertwine their fingers, Eric and Amoris a

ar, blue eyes. He is Isahs cousin. His white shirt isn’t buttoned to the end, his white singlet is visible and his shirt hugs his body. And there is Ethan Godspower, light skin, tall, perfect set of teeth, pink lips, pointed nose, black curly full hair, br

, scanty eyebrow, pointed nose and has a one sided dimples, brown eyes. Amoris Norman is an American. She has long blonde hair, brown eyes, short, red lips. And there is the leader of t

re not only rich but good looking and intelligent, they are all-rounder. They are all mix

e startles and fakes a smile. Each time she sees Isah and his girlfriend toge

smile and ho

balance and almost fall to the ground, her food tray lands on my body. I tint my head up to look at Celestia to

son who push her and see it is Ethan. My blood boils in anger and all I see is red and I drop my tray at

audacity. She is ready for a fight and so am I. Her eyes hold revenge and anger and I stare blankly at her. Aishat coughs and I look back at

trying to make her jealous and it works. Celestia tighten her fist and grit her teeth in jealousy.

an I will make you regret it”

rincipal expel or suspend me? I’d love to see

next time or else I will do more than hold him by hi

widen her eyes, shocked at my threat. I look behind her and see Ethan sit on the table, his legs on the chair and stares at me angrily. If stares can kill, I will be 10 feet below by now. His friends look at me not s

I fake a smile and

hard and I hear his friends whisper and groan. I shake my head and