Song for the Chapter: Best Friends by Hillsong Young and Free

Quote of the Chapter:

           Everybody needs a hobby, something to keep them sane when everything or everyone around them is going insane....

   -Morola  

A/N: Tag 5 people that should read this book.

Chapter 2: School, Sweet Haven

Dear diary,

   For most teenagers around the world, school is like hell to them and their house is like haven to them but just like every aspect of my life it's the other way round.

  I got to school this morning to meet my bestie since JSS1 waiting for me at the school gate. Since JSS1, we both made a decision to always wait at the gate for one another no matter who gets to school. Ladies and Gentlemen meet Oluwalase Adegoriola, or as I like to call her Lase (note that only me can call her that.)

   She is the only one that ever attempted to get me and by me, I mean that she cared enough to tear down my walls i built around myself to get to the real me. 

   Well you see diary, I might be shy but i got along with people especially my classmates pretty well but being the most intelligent and all, I still had haters, Awon eniyan to je pe ko si nkan na tele se fun won to ma te won lo run. 

    Unlike the normal Naija High School novels that we all read on wattpad, I don't have a very popular queen bee and her minions trying to make Secondary school hard for me, I don't also have a crush that I spend most of my day drooling over and plus my school doesn't really have an arrogant, cocky but handsome guy (Okay, maybe I have one but he doesn't notice me, so who cares, might as well not have one at all). Awon omo SS2 and 3 yen oti e fine rara. The ones we have are just aspiring play boys. No kidding though.

   I think I'm already derailing from the point here Diary, don't you think? I think you are the best friend ever except from LASE, I hope she never finds this out she will kill me, like literally kill me. 

    Either way, I walked in to Beverly high together with LASE into the SENIOR Block and unfortunately for me, we are not in the same class.  You see,  LASE is a SCIENCE student who is going to study PEDIATRIC MEDICINE  and I'm an art student who is going to study LAW. On our way to the Senior BLOCK, she gisted me about all the things that happened on the WhatsApp group chat during the weekend. That mother of mine won't let me have a phone, saying i'm not worth an android phone. The only device i have is laptop that the school gave me. When we got to the corridor of the SENIOR BLOCK, I bade her goodbye and I started the walk to my class alone.

   I got to SS1 Arts classroom to meet my classmates making noise. In attempt to not to get into trouble, I quickly shut them up. (I forgot to mention that I'm the Class Rep.) School went by pretty fast and soon it was time for break. I was so eager to get out of prison that's called a classroom. I decided bask in the freedom while it lasted 'cause in the next 4 hours, I  was going to be stuck at home working my butt of.

   I went to the lunch hall to get lunch and I ended up sitting with LAYOMI and some other classmates from the SCIENCE department. I won't call them friends 'cause I am and and still very choosy when it comes to choosing friends. I have had my trust and heart broken by those i call family and it's pretty hard to open my heart to just any body. 

   "Hmmmn Lola" Lase called

"Yeah" I answered. "You are spacing out again, Hope no problem?", She asked

"No, I'm fine" Abi what should i say, should i tell her that the woman who is very nice to her treats me like crap? Nah. That's bad. It won't be fair to her (my mother) even though she doesn't have a heart. 

    Some may be wondering that "Lola, after everything she's done to you, you still care?" Well, you see, unlike her, I have a heart, a very big one. 

  Immediately the time keeper rang the bell for closing, I hurriedly went to my lesson class. I take after school lessons because her children are not as smart as I am and they don't want me to go home alone so I don't steal their stuffs and run away. The children are lazy, spoilt and dumb (Oh God Almighty please forgive moi).

   I wasn't so sad about it 'cause teachers were all rushing to be my lesson teacher, perks of being very smart. My smartness is at least one thing that I'm very proud of. 

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Damola saw her, He always noticed her. He saw her run out of the class after the closing bell was rung. He could somehow see through her.

He is a SS2 science student and one of the best in the class so he always saw her in the Maths competition class.

He admired her for her courage, he knew that behind the smile she displayed lied a broken young girl.

After all, a wise woman once said, "a person's eyes tell a tale of unspoken, hidden and painful secrets that the mouth cannot say."

"Oh sorry, I didn't see you there," Omolola said almost stumbling into him

"No problem, It’s okay" Damola replied trying to stabilize her by holding her shoulders but she shrugged his hands off out of habit.

“Seems like she is not used to someone touching her,” he thought

“Dude” Tolu said slapping Damola’s head “You are staring”

“She is so beautiful but she doesn’t know it, I can’t help staring at her, I might have feelings for her” Damola replied

“Yeah, I like her too”

Damola glared at Tolu while he chuckled nervously in return

“I mean I like her for you,” Tolu said nervously

“Better”

“But like seriously do something about your feelings for her, you can’t hide from it forever. The more you try to stop it. The more it grows” Tolu said

“Look at the person giving advice, have you even talked to Lase before”

Damola said causing Tolu to slightly blush

“Seriously, Damola stop” Tolu said

“Guyyyyy” Damola said teasing Tolu.

Damola Olatunji is one of the best students in SS2 science. He has a muscular build and is on the school football team. That explains his stature.

He never lets his feelings or emotions show on his face except in front of Tolu Bamidele his best friend since their diaper days and he emits a cold, fuck-off aura.

Damola is 6ft 1 inches tall and he shadows short people but not too much.

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After lesson, the driver came to pick us up and he dropped us at home.

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Hello to all you beautiful people in the building, or should i say on Wattpad. Hope you are all doing well? So, talk to me, How was this chapter? Did I do well?

For those that are not legit omo Yoruba, Here is the translation to every Yoruba word used in this chapter. Lemme know of anyone that I missed.

1)  Awon eniyan to je pe ko si nkan na tele se fun won to ma te won lo run: People that there is nothing you do for them or to them can satisfy them or make up to their expectations

2) Awon omo SS2 and 3 yen oti e fine rara: All those SS2 and 3 guys are not even fine at all.

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-Morola

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