"Hey." Ola greeted us ad he got into the car. When he entered the car, the driver started the engine. School awaits us.

"Ola." Semilore squealed my best friend's name.

"Sup baby girl." he answered her.

"I'm not a baby, I told you." she said crossing her arms.
"I'm a big mommy. She said, smiling gorgeously.

"Ehen...who told you that?"he said sarcastically.

"Nobody, but baby girls don't have baby girls. Chloe is my baby girl and a bay can't take care of a baby" she said, referring to her doll.

This girl is smarter than her age, I thought as I waited to see his reaction

Ola looked dumbfounded while Seun and I laughed our heads out at his mouth, which he left open.

To break the awkward silence, the animal in my friend broke lose.

"Sola,turn the radio on ooo." He shouted at me.

I did as I was told and started flipping through stations. Then I left in on the news.

"Ahan." He reacted, I did that intentionally. I smirked at his response.

"What about this?" I tuned it to a Yoruba news station with a devilish smirk.

"Abi you mad ni?" He raised his voice.

"Okay, okay." I laughed, then I tuned it at last to a radio station where Justin Bieber's Yummy was playing

Ola continued his madness

"Yummy, yummy,yum." He sang along to Justin, more like shouted. Then he started dancing.

He started pushing Semilore while dancing. He obviously did that intentionally.

"Sola, Ola is pushing me with his big bum bum." Semilore complained.

"Is my ass disturbing you? You have one too,so join me to dance." Ola snapped playfully.

"What's an ass?" Semilore asked innocently.

"It's big boys and girls way of saying butt." Seen answered.

"Okay." Semilore replied, nodding her head in understanding.

They are teaching my baby rubbish abi? Time to talk.

"Ola and Seen, please stop saying things like that around my baby, is that clear?" I scolded.

By that time, the song was over.

"Yes, Daddy"Seen said.

Ironically, Falz's Bopdaddy came up.

"Bopdaddy." Ola used a girlish voice to say it to me. I turned around to see him batting his long eyelashes.

"Ya mad." I hit his leg playfully.

"But Daddy." He continued in that voice, like he was seducing me.

I think a goat is living in him. I thought to myself and shook my head.

"Oro e ti ye mi" I whispered to myself.(Translation:I understand your problem)
......

I don't know why everyone reads for English, like seriously who does that. I thought when my classmates (including me of course) were making good use of our free period by talking and laughing loudly.

Someone whispered loud enough for us to hear."Mr. Charles."

Just then, our Physics teacher enters the class and everyone pretends to be reading a book or sleeping.

The animal in Ola had reacted again by bringing out an English textbook and starts reading out loud in pretence.

"Adverbial clause, hmmmm..." He said like he was reading the book. Ini looked at him with this are-you-well? look and I joined in.

"What are you having now?" Mr. Charles asked.

"English"we all shouted.

Our English teacher is on Maternity leave and the substitute is dozing off in the staffroom. Who will want to go and wake her up. Mrs. Ajala has anger issues also slapping issues. Thank God a finger has never been laid on me.

"Okay, what about Mrs. Ajala?" He asked.

"Sola". He called me out. Shit

"Go and call your teacher." He looked at me with a face I just couldn't put a finger on.

"Yes sir."I responded.

"Go and call your teacher." He ordered while I carried out his instruction.

I walked along the corridors, listening to a few lectures, like the Biology I had this morning and the sad part that I dropped French.

I got to her staffroom but what do I do?

If she comes with me,that equals to angry classmates.

If I lie, that's double punishment for me.

Abeg, let me live my life. I finally decided to go in.

I entered the staffroom to find it quiet. There was a sleeping Agric teacher there and as I looked at the clock, there was just five more minutes till break.

I just stepped out of the office quietly.
I walked back to my class and found out that Mr. Charles had given us 15 questions to be submitted by the end of the day.

That's my luck for looking for a teacher. Especially a lazy one. I sat down and started the work, more like copied Ini's work.

.......

"Aren't you guys done?,I'm hungry!" Ini continued shouting at is while we were still copying his work.

"I'm done."  I announced. Ola is a slow writer but I like his handwriting,it's like the ones you type on your phone while mine is just mehh.

Like ten minutes later, Ola was done.

"Let's go peeps" Ini shouted excitedly.

"See the way you're running for food." I teased him.

"Yes na, Don't you like food too?" He asked. "I don't act tush around it, food is bae." He continued.

The person that doesn't know how to boil egg. That's why God blessed him with a sister who loves cooking. I actually think cooking is cool, sometimes. The annoying one is cleaning up.

We carried out tray to our table and I felt those stupid glares from people around me.

The thing that even pisses me off is the fact that I'm not the colour that people keep painting me as.

I couldn't care less. I sat down and ate my food. Just stay in that cool,lonely side of my head.

Ini was lecturing Ola on how to reduce loss his fat.

Okay, Ola is tanned,huge and wears this nice round framed glasses. He has a pink bottom lips and his silly smile. I like my gee the way he is.

You can't compare it with Ini's dark skin, broad shoulders and flat abs. Also he's skinny and tall. You see, two different models.

"Ini,leave him alone" I shouted at him.

"K." He snapped. I hate that letter as a response.

"Okay, guy what's up now." Ini said. He's that caring guy with an asshole as sense. He asked when Ola went to buy a drink.

"My dad would be back today, the scares are getting weirder and I think teachers have heard about it". I told him and shrugged my shoulders.

"Actually,the teacher thing is what I want to tell you about". He said.

"Here we go." I said, rolling my eyes ready to listen to the story.

"Everyone thinks you're involved in drugs." He said slowly.

That pierced my heart in so many ways. I knew Tolani said some nasty things about me but this crossed border line.

"Don't do anything to her, guy" Ini warned me.

I just inhaled the anger inside of me.

"Sola?."  Ini called me.

"Yes"I answered him, trying to hold it in.

When the bell rang, I continued my day in a dark mode. I just needed the silence.

........

I got into my training room and got to my punching bag. I clenched my fist and started hit the bag once with all strength in it.

I noticed it was reliving me and I continued. Harder and faster untill I put in what I wanted to get out. My stupid emotions.

Tears that just didn't come out, Anger that I find hard to let out.
The pain within me. And the cuts that I just keep out and pretend like it doesn't hurt..

Damn...it hurts.

I kept one hitting it until I fell on the ground. All the past events, thoughts and words came rushing like a river that could never stop. I wished to cry but couldn't. I just listened to them invading my thoughts.

I just laid there for like five minutes until the alarm set on my phone came off...

Time for my therapy which I know I would not listen too anyway.

......

I enjoyed the meditation though, I thought, We had therapy. As for we, I mean my therapy pals. Jace, Daniel and Omotola and Timilehin.

Jace sent me the details about the session on our group chat.

Jace is an half caste also his brother, Daniel. They both have some kind of anxiety problem.

But one thing this sessions have taught me is that, we all got and needed each other. Like what happened to Jace, when he lost his mom recently.

I read the stuff and noticed it was all about new beginnings and whatnot and our parents also a little thing to do about it which is making me more eager about Dad's return.

I was online chatting and noticing my classmates silly reaction to my messages.

If I started a conversation, they all just completely avoided me. I can't believe they would believe a word she said.

I decided to go offline but stopped when I realized Ini was typing.

Ini is closer to me than Ola. He is very understanding and has a better brain than Ola.

I still remember when I first spoke to him, he just lost his father and it's so weird how he didn't cry.

Of course he later told me he cried like shit but it's understandable, they were close and I'm here being shitty to my dad while he's still here.

It hurt to lose something you hold on close to and it's like nothing could fill that feeling of emptiness inside.

.........

"Thank you Daddy." My sisters scremed happily as he gave them their presents. I got the headphones I wanted, so yeah I thanked my Dad for that too.

"Girls, could you excuse us?" My dad looked at them, then me.

"Let's go Semilore" Seun said.

"I hope Sola isn't in trouble again." Semilore whispered.

Okay, sure I and my Dad fight a lot but that doesn't mean I'm in trouble.

Or so I hope.

"You're changing schools" My Dad finally said after the long minutes of silence.