Little Lucy

shirt, a sleeveless yellow striped sweater, and a red tie. Then there was the black knee length skirt and black sockings that stopped above my calf. 11 The skirt i

and nine rooms in all with good lighting system and beautiful flower gardens surrounding it.This school was a bomb. I was loving it every second of the day. 67% There were two flight of stairs but we didn't take it. Room 205," Collette said as if to herself. She led me to the elevator and waited while it shot us up to our floor. Collette took me to my room without talking to me. From time to time, I tried looking her way. She had her face in the air, her eyes hard and set, her full lips pouting and her movement, calm and graceful. Room 205 stood before us. She brought out a key and unlocked the door

senior. I wasn't disappointed. She was incredibly tall and skinny but her face radiated with life. She had on a dark leggings and a white vest soaked with sweats. On her feet were white shoes stained by dust. "Lucy?" She asked, stepping fully into the room. I knew instantly she wasn't my roommate. She looked far too older to be my roommate and I was right. That's my name," I said, then added. " Good evening." She pulled out a white towel around her neck and dabbed her face. " So you're the new girl, eh? Where are you from?" Lagos State," I answered, realizing she was coming closer to me. "Lekki." She rose her head out of her towel and grinned. "Well, what a great twist of fate. I'm also from Lagos." This was reassuring enough. " Really? Which part?" I was wowed, I jumped to my feet. "Woah, that's where I live. What a small world." She laughed and I noticed she was leaning towards my face. Our nose was barely touching each other. || I'm Temi," she extended her hand. " Hostel captain." It all began to make sense. So she was the hostel captain. No wonder she looked older than me. I really wished she'd stay a few feet away from me. She was too close for comfort. I shooked her hand. " Nice to meet you." She pulled back and whistled as she took in the room. Her lips tightened into a meaningless smile. " So you'll be pairing the room with Chi-Chi. How adorable." I raised an eyebrow. " Who's Chi-Chi?" "Tell me?" || "Your roommate," Temi answered, rubbing her hair with her towel. "Wait, she didn't tell you?" Collette." I rolled my eyes and hissed. " Collette? Nope she didn't tell me anything. She's a snob. I don't think I like her one bit." 'You don't want to call her that," Temi stepped away from me towards my bed and sat down. " She's not going to like you calling her by her first name." "I don't want to talk about her, at least not now. So who's this Chi-Chi. What's she like?" Temi sighed. "Well, I guess you'll just have to figure it out for yourself tonight. In the meantime, get a shower and prepare for dinner. You don't want to skip meals. It's against school rules to skip meals so I'd suggest you get yourself in order and meet up with the girls at the cafeteria. Roll call would be made. I don't think it'd be nice if you are found absent." I liked her already. She was Soo nice and attentive. " I'll try." Temi stood up and moved up to me. Again, she was closed to my face. " Say, you don't happen to have a school mother yet, do you?" "What's a school mother?" You're learning," Temi laughed. "Well, to put it out to you, she's like a mother. When you get in trouble with some seniors, she's always there to save the day. Once you've got a school mother, consider yourself protected. Not all the seniors here are nice. Some are terrible bullies they

lette grunted and turned to me. Her eyes were as cold as ice. "Can I see your cutleries?" I didn't want to show her the cutleries. I hated this girl but I knew better than to cause a scene. So I drew out my fork and knife and showed her. Collette regarded the cutleries with that deadpan expression of hers. " So why do you use only the fork?" "I thought it doesn't matter what we use to eat so long as we eat our meals. I don't see how using only my fork is an offense here," I said, angrily. Sharon gaped at me as if I had just gone mad. Collette returned her eyes back to her clipboard and wrote something down. " I'll advise you eat with your complete set of Cutleries now." I didn't reply her. Instead of obeying her instructions, I took my can of Pepsi and drank slowly from it. By now everyone in the cafeteria was staring at me. Now Where I came from, seniors and juniors get along pretty well. I'm not going to be intimated by this girl or whatsoever she was. I continued my meal with my fork not minding she'd instructed me to use my knife as well. Sharon was giving me that look as if she wanted me to use the knife but I was too stubborn to listen to her or read her signs. Collette stood over me, watching me closely as I ate. Then she did something dramatic She leaned forward and grabbed my plate. Before I knew it, she turned it over and my rice dropped to the ground. That does it. I jumped to my feet and yelled at her. "You dirty mean old b*tch! How dare you-" SMACK!!! Before I could complete my words, she turned around and slapped me hard on the cheeks. I gasped in shock, holding my cheeks with feverish hands. That was the first time I've ever been slapped in my life. Slowly raising my head, I glared at Collette. She was walking away from me with that deadpan calm expression on her face. After meals," she said aloud so everyone could hear, looking at me from the corner of her eyes. " Clean that mess on the floor up." My eyes became Misty and I felt tears rolled off my cheeks dripping to the floor. Everyone in the cafeteria was watching me as I stood rooted at the spot, glaring dangerously at Collette. Before everyone's eyes, I ran out of the cafeteria.B I ran to Vee's Lodge. I can't take this anymore. I'm calling my mom. What sort of school is this? How...how dare she slapped me? Just who does she think she is? As I ran, I cried. I've never been Soo humiliated in my entire life. If I'm going to be treated this way, then I'm not going to stay in this school. I'd rather return back home. To my uttermost dismay, Vee wasn't home. I cried more. What do I do now? She's the only one I know in this strange crazy school. She'd fix that vixen called Collette. I'd make sure of that even if I have to wait forever. Finding a likely spot near her lodge, I sat waiting for Vee's return. I'd wait until Vee returns and when she does, I'd give her