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d just goneto bed- who could be calling

so I switched on my bedside light as I yawned repeatedly. I didn't

he lifted his head off his

ing and there's school today

you sleep bu

d the funniest thing in the world,

new school, any

called Nancy I call he

ame" he commented

classmates,

xtra information. After a few seconds of

people irritate my guts ughh" I let out a gru

issues become unbearable though, imma sh

is a

ought it

had to go back to bed since I had school in the next few hours. We said our goodbyes and I tr to go back to sleep but

ay just had to sta

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w ups every time he was around even when the house was already doing a good job with that. I walked

sphere was more pleasant when the great Mr Kingston was not home, probably in a different country in a different conti

ross my shoulder blade stared back at me. That was one thing i knew would s

were really getting to me, Aidan handled work well but teachers just always preferred to bug me instead. They even

e, it was basically my signature look. I run my fingers through my hair to untangle it a bit since I cou

till going to spend another 30 minutes to one hour controlling her edges and applying lip gloss. Girls could be s

the whole day even when she barely knew me but somehow she was so free when she was with Idara and Edmond even as she barely knew them too. All I wanted to ask her yesterday was if I could help her w

tend itself? We've been here for ove

hr 30 minutes and we've only spent 1hr 10 minutes, do you

'm tired" he says as he stre

lass now shebi you have liver" I

ong, we are tired" he c

to me. I didn't expect this dude to act

u" Mr Bassey ou

r I..." I be

's the most serious student in this class" he placed the c

his dunghill to talk. He winked at me as the teacher settled down on one of the stools waiti

some okay then others very poor. A particular student

teacher's comment. The teacher opens the s

Akinde Amanda?" He looke

me even went as far as pointing. She got up slo

ou the

g up causing him to throw

e" he then muttered something I

hout. I guessed that was her own way of blocking out embarrassment. Even though I felt a little pleased that she would f

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nd for the first time I was happy about something he said. I drop my pen to

some okay then others very poor. A particular person

scribbling while quietly praying the tea

t this children of God all turned face me like they were some robots on remote control or something and some

He asked with a ton

o display nonsense!" Is exactly what I felt like sayin

floor before telling me

ave your sc

to stumb

to be disgracing you" he muttered under h

harsh. They always implied it in some way but never outrightly insulted me. I felt bad enough that I didn't comprehend how everybody did, I didn't have a particular subject I was good at. Even generally I lucky to get an

not my fault; it's my brain's. God decided to be unfair, my parents are both very intelligent people. They gave

ll sound. I barged into the ladies' room with tears cloudi

okay?" A start

e sniffs generate into sobs. I felt h

a palm placef at the back of my head and the

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my heart out. I told her how education was the bane of my

I'll say you're one of the best friends I've ever made. Although you'

eyes at he

demon

me then turned to face me as she pl

s in your zone" she offered me a tight smile then pulled me into a hug

or everyt

asked in the comforta

?" I quizzed, remembering the state I

ust felt like

.." I sta

ng Trip" she

nt to talk about it s

ully missed two p

is period joor it's just about

t place I think I'd be having physics no

the period before" she

ped l

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ing things and each other. We staggered as we tried get up which makes us laugh even more. We