" Arghhhh " Rejoice groaned out loud. It has been more than 1 hour and we still haven't been able to come up or work on anything in our practical except the title .
  " How hard can it be to write about who is a Christian ? " Rejoice asked rhetorically.
" Why don't we just write a Christian is some one who is Christ like ?" Moses chipped in.
   " That is just the definition , it's called an assignment a practical one for that matter it has to be detailed" jidenna replied him
  " Is true self pastor kid , as a very respected member of the church and someone with lots of church experiences , write it for us na " Moses said .
   " Yes is true self , jidenna write it for us "  i quipped in
    " Why do you guys think that because I'm a pastor child I'm very Godly ?" he asked
  " Aren't you ?" Jasmine rhetorlically asked . She was seated in a manner that her head faced the ground and her body on the couch.
   " Well am not okay , no body is perfect, am just a normal guy hoping to be Godly" he sighed. The way he sighed I could see he had a lot going on .
    " I get you " heritage responded.
  And  a tensed silence followed as  every one seemed lost in their thoughts.
I guess when I think about it very well everybody do have problems even those you think don't and they may just be smiling to ease the pain. They kind of made me wonder what they were all going through.
   " Well guys it 4:30 pm , I have to start going . My mum might be worried about me " Rejoice said getting up .
   " Yeah me too , maybe we can just meet on Saturday and continue with the project." I said also getting up.
  " Till tomorrow na . " Jasmine said while her and jidenna stood up .
" Aren't you coming?" Jasmine asked referring to Moses who was  still seated comfortably.
" No , I'll go by 7 "
      " Well you both better stand up cause I definitely not going to face that dog alone " she continued referring to him and heritage. I chuckled suddenly remembering the fact that he had a scary dog ...
I sighed as I set the dinner plates on the table while my mom rounded up the cooking. We had cooked pounded yam with oha soup .
   Dad had traveled on a business trip some days ago so it was just me and mum . Dishing out the food we ate in silence for some while.
    " So how's your Bible project going ? " My mum asked
   " It's fine I guess ? "
    " Have you guys done anything ? "
Sighing I replied " no not really "
My mum has really been happy ever since I started going out more often and not spending too much time staying in my room or 'locking my self up'  as she calls it .
  " Why ? "
  " Well we don't really know what to write , but we've decided to meet up later again and get it done ." I say scooping some rice into my mouth so she wouldn't have to ask me questions .
    " Ehen that reminds me your sister's school is on break so she'll be coming home "
  " Really!?" I asked my voice mixed with happiness and surprise.
  " When is she coming" I questioned again.
  " About next week or so "
" And she didn't even tell me self. " I say to myself
" I'll also be traveling for a work project" my mum said her eyes meeting mine. While I nodded while chewing .
" How long ?"
"About three months or so"
" Three Months ! , do dad know?! " I asked , my voice coming out a bit louder than I wanted it to .
" No not yet , but I'll tell him when he comes back . " It isn't really the first time my mum was traveling. But she has never gone for that long . And it has never been this impromptu. After dinner I laid in my bed reading my Bible. After which I prayed for about 15minutes before I closed my eyes ready to sleep. But a call interrupted my sleep. Picking up my phone I saw the name Riri on it .
" Hello Rejoice, wassup"
" Am...ara.  c..an.. I ..com..." She replied me her voice breaking off
" Rejoice hello, I can't hear you . Please speak up " I said immediately alarmed . I stood up moving around my room.
" Rejoice , hello are you there , hello " the phone made a loud beep noise . The call has been terminated
I quickly dialed her number again.
   You're call cannot be completed due to insufficient credit .
Annoyed I quickly borrowed money dialing her number again on the third ring she picked.
  " Rejoice are you there ? . What's going on ? , are you okay ?." I rushed immediately bombarding her with questions.
  " Amara... Please can you come and pick me " . She replied sniffing
" Are you crying? , where should I meet you ?"
" I'll send the address to you . I have to go " before I could respond she cut the call . Minutes later my phone beeped alarming me of a new message.
' balling crest eatery, off amazing road street .'
   Now the only problem is how am I supposed to get to her. And my mum will not allow me go out as it was already after 8 . Tiptoeing to my mum room I gently opened the door to meet her sleeping. She looked very deep. So I guess by the time I'm back she wouldn't be awake.
   I rushed throwing in some clothes, grateful that my house door was the type that didn't creek . I finally got outside my gate and I flagged a cab . It took like  8 minutes before I was able to reach the eatery. Walking in I looked around , the eatery was not very pleasing to the eye infact the whole environment here was just horrible. At one of the tables we're some old men smoking drinking and playing chess and at another were girls chatting around with men who looked twice their age . Getting out my phone I dialed Rejoice number again. This time she picked on the first ring . " Hello Ri , where are you ?"
" I'm at the eatery "
                      " Where in the eatery? "
" At table 15 ".   " Table 15 , where is table..." I didn't get to finish the call as it cut off .
So she said table 15 okay . Looking around again I   stared at the table of the drunk men it had 6 on it and the one after  8 so I kept on walking and checking for 15 . I finally came in front of the table 15. The person sitting on it had a black hoodie on . Definitely Rejoice. Sitting down i said " Rejoice" and then she raised up her face with tears glistening in her eyes and what I saw shocked me.   " Oh my God, what happened"
Half of her face was covered in bruises and injuries and the other blood. Her eyes and lips swollen.
   Sniffing she replied " I can explain "