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nd teachers. Technically, the school had different assembly halls for middle school and high school, mainly because of the population. I wondered where Espn was, she was always so late for assembly the Princip

I'm

for her. She really had to put on a choker necklace with her unifo

ightly towards her chair so it wouldn't be obvious I was breaking the Principal's numbe

ling with their eyes and the latter doesn't even make the matter any better, he was always smirking at them and winking when they made eye contact with him anytime he passed through their block, what a Senior Pref

lleague, the senior prefect girl" Erling said i

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of course not as much as our dear Nana. Nana sent me the school daily dress code and the school term calendar the night before without me e

never be t

a snack. I ordered a ride to school and arrived four minutes before time for assembly, even at that I was still one of the first students in the hall. I expected to see Nana already seate

same moment my eyes left him and trailed over to the other side of the hall where Eddy was seated, the sports prefect girl walked over to take the space beside him. He leaned close to her and it almost looked as if he's trying to peck her

to my colleague the

l hall of Fame behind Eddy's shou

" the normally bubbly n

school with so much authority and confidence. She didn't sound like the

w has she never

h of us had planned- actually she planned for both of us then forced me to wear it- accented with her Senior Prefect badge on her breast pocket. She looked so good and formal and at the same time, like this was her zone, her queendom. I felt so jealous at t

otice when she finished but I had to join in to t

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holding his duster and marker. A girl from my class walk in behind him

teachers and coming be

id, I really wondered how someone like that was picked as De

uster to some other student to wipe the boar

dule" he said while writin

hedule first? Like is it some Mathematics syndr

pe you all have your assignments" he said l

g in the assignment. The more the numbers, the more confusing the assignment. I didn't even use the method he thought u

the math teacher as I looked at everyone already on their seats. I took

d the topic. I fixed my gaze on the board as he w

of this matrix i

ly lost me. How were these other students gettin

ask me any questions re

did I just say?" He

up, dusting invisible dirt from my skirt.

sir" I looked down

xtending the marker to me for me

irl snicker as I fumbled with the marker. I don't write anything, I didn't have anything to write. I didn't even know what the whole thing is a

that delights himself wit

owards the board

I sais alm

eat it, just for the whole

t louder, only those in the

The teacher really

raised my voice so th

a reassuring smile with a little puppy dog eyes that made me want to smile a bit. My eyes landed on Erling,

liked to take her time. I started with my apple to while away time when someone made an to drag the chair beside me to ano

s here" I said

rtlessly since I used only

Aidan from our class and some other guys from basketball and swim team were seated there. I told him that I turned his offer down because I ha

me then did a skip over to my direction when her eyes fou

ses?" She said as she tucked

over up the lie. She probably n

sed her index to tip my chin

c. She was smart enough to understand that I don't want to talk ab

rs

s to walk faster down the hall

kened my pace till I

d to look at a no

said as I crossed my arms an

on his knees as he tr

fast" he spat as he stood up stra

im in front of the school to catch a