THE sound of the breeze as the car set in motion became Samah's best music. She smiled resting her head on the car window, she turn to look at Husna who chuckled busy chatting on her phone. She diverted her attention back to the window and smiled, there was this hope, this confidence growing inside her. She knew her future will get clearer if she made it to the school and she's lucky enough to be selected. Out of hundreds students who wrote the scholarship exam, she was picked and she had never felt so lucky, so blessed. That night she received her email she had performed two rakat to thank Almighty Allah for blessing her.

Her aunt wasn't really that keen on letting her go on the scholarship program but she had a reputation to protect and couldn't say no. She had volunteered to pay for Husna, her daughter and Samah's cousin school fees so that they can go to the school together.

"We are here!" She suddenly heard her aunt's voice jolting her from her half conscious state. She raised her head up and saw the school name largely written on the front of the gate

"Kings and Queens college" she read and smiled. The gate man opened the gate for them and the driver ride the car inside. Samah look around in awe. She remembered the last and the first time she set her foot on the school, it was totally quiet due to the fact the students were on holidays. The car came to a stop and the first person to come out of the car was her aunt. Husna opened the back car door and came out followed by Samah.

Her forever plastered smiling face was perfectly there as she look around, they were not the only one with their guardian. The students were with their parents, some were dragging their big boxes inside the school hostel. Her eyes landed on her aunt when she heard her talk

"I will not be here to oversee whatever you do. Be a good girl especially you Samah" her aunt said giving her a disgusting look " you know the reason you're here and I hope to see you both perform better, if you do anything that leads to terminating your scholarship, I promise you, you will end up without writing WAEC"her aunt directed the last part to her

" Okay mummy"The both teenagers chorused

"Take this money Husna and make sure to call me when your provision finishes"her aunt said handing a bundle of money to Husna who smiled coyly " I owe you nothing Samah, I can't pay for your school uniform and other stuffs that worth over a hundred thousand and expect me to buy you provision or give you money. The school meal should be enough for you"her aunt said and she buried her face on the ground immediately controlling herself from crying, she felt lucky enough that her aunt let her go for the scholarship. That should be enough

"I will be checking the principal before leaving. You should head to your hostels right away and don't forget SS3 is not a class to joke with"Her aunt said and they both nodded before dragging their bags. Husna stopped Samah immediately she saw her mom vanishes

"I don't know you" Husna said narrowing her eyes at Samah

" I don't understand"Samah said looking confused

"We are not related, we are both new students by coincidence"Husna said and Samah mouthed a little 'oh' understanding what Husna meant immediately

"Don't worry. I don't know you either" Samah replied

"Ma salam"Husna replied before walking away dragging her bag with her. Samah shook her head, she's glad she is not in the same hostel with her if not she knew it was going to be hard for her to survive it.

She dragged her bag with her entering her hostel. She had received a mail earlier stating she's in the Sapphire's hostel and Husna received her's too. She's in Emerald.

She entered the Sapphire's hostel looking around, she look at her printed mail and found out she's in room 12. She sighed before dragging her bag to the room, the door to the room was already opened and she saw three students trying to arrange their stuffs and she knew immediately they're her roommates

She dragged her bag in feeling nervous, she recited ayatul qursi in her mind before talking

"Good morning everyone" she greeted and the three girls turn to look at her, two responded nonchalantly and went back to what they were doing while one of them smiled brightly at her

"Good morning how are you doing?" The student asked and she smiled nervously

" I'm fine" Samah replied scratching the back of her head. She's bad at starting a conversion especially with people she's not familiar with

"You're my bunky. Your bed space is at the top" the cheerful girl said taking Samah's hand and pointing at her bed space

"Thank you" she replied and the student narrowed her eyes at her

" You're a new student right? I haven't seen this face in Kings and Queens before"The student said chuckling lightly.

" Yes I am. I am a scholarship student" Samah replied

" Oh I heard we are going to have a scholarship student in our class, it happens every year. They give scholarship to SS3 student. You're a SS3 student right? "She asked

" Yes"Samah replied

" So cool! I'm a SS3 art student and that Bambi over there is also in SS3 too but in science class"the student said pointing to one of the girls in the room, Samah turn to look at the pointed student, she's using earpiece and currently lost in her own world

"Nice, I'm an art student too" Samah replied and the student squealed

"That's so great. I just knew I was going to have a new friend this session. My name is Junia what about you? "The student named Junia asked

" I'm Samah" Samah replied

"A Muslim. That's totally cool, we have been having lots of Muslim students in the school lately. I'm from Ondo state what about you? "Junia asked

" I'm from kogi state but I live in abuja" Samah replied

"Totally cool. You should start arranging your stuffs. We have orientation later in the day and you know tommorow is Monday class starts immediately, you're lucky to have me to guide you"Junia said and Samah chuckled. Junia seemed to be a talkative but totally cool. Samah thought.

She removed the hijab she's wearing folding it down and started arranging her stuffs in her own space

"You don't have food stuffs? Like cereals and so. The school food is a disaster"Junia suddenly said and Samah chuckled. She opened her mouth to talk but the other student on earpiece beat her to it

"Will you let the new student be? You're so much of a talkative Junia"

" Eden! Don't start with me this term"Junia said and Samah chuckled. Eden ignored Junia, turning to face Samah

"Hi! My name is Eden. Welcome to the school. I'm sure you're going to love it"Eden said and Samah smiled

" Thank you"Samah replied and turn to see the third girl "hi" she says

"Hi" the third girl said looking away shyly. Eden and Junia chuckled

"She's a jss3 student and very shy at that" Junia said and Samah smiled

" My name is Samah, what about you?" Samah asked

"Jewel" The third girl replied

"Nice to meet you" Samah says and she nodded

" You should start arranging your stuffs like Junia said we have orientation to attend and classes starts tomorrow"Eden says

" Insha Allah"Samah replied turning to get to work when Eden's voice stopped her

"What's the meaning of that?" Eden asked

"It means by God's grace"Samah replied and she nodded getting back to work.

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Samah cleaned her sweaty hands on the trouser she's wearing turning to look at Junia and Eden.

"We should go" Eden said and the other two nodded following her out of the hostel. Samah saw students walking towards thesame direction. She watched in awe when they suddenly come in front of a hall. They entered the hall and Samah mouthed 'wow' when she saw how big and glorious the hall is

"This is so big and beautiful" she said and Eden chuckled

" You can say it again"Junia said and winked at her. They walk towards the first line and took their seat. Eden and Junia suddenly stood up startling Samah

"We are prefects. We have to ensure the student don't disobey any rules"Junia said

" I feel left out if I stay here alone, can one of you at least stay"Samah plead

" Okay then"Junia said smiling and sat down back. Eden waved at them before leaving.

Samah look around and saw few students standing while most are seated. She knew those that were standing are obviously prefects or SS3 students.

The noise in the hall suddenly died down when a student walk towards the lectern, he stood in the front of it his eyes wandering around looking at the students

"The school social prefect" Junia said and Samah look up to see him perfectly

" The school let anyone keep dreadlocks?!" Samah asked her voice mixed with surprises

"Yes. The SS3 students are free to do whatever they want to do"Junia said and Samah nodded looking back at the teenager with dreads giving the post of the school social prefect

"Everyone should sit down! No noise!" The school social prefect said and Samah turn to talk to Junia

" What about the head boy?" Samah asked

"He is not a crowd person"Junia replied and Samah got confused

" So why was he given the position?" Samah asked

" His brain"Junia replied and shrugged focusing her gaze on the social prefect. Samah was expecting her to elaborate but she didn't obviously her eyes were trained on the social prefect boy. Samah sighed and relax back on her seat listening to what the social prefect boy is saying. He was a tall very light skinned teenager with dreads. He looks neat and handsome in the uniform

Suddenly Samah saw an older woman walking towards the lectern, the social prefect boy shifted and stood by the side as the older woman which Samah have confirmed to be the principal stand in front of the lectern. A teenager in a well ironed and neat uniform stood behind the principal,he has a very long and well trimmed hair. Samah wasn't able to see his face well and ignored it focusing on the principal as she started talking

"I welcome y'all to this year academic session. Y'all are welcomed. Kings and Queens"The principal said and everyone clapped " I hope y'all know the reason why your parents have decided to send you to this beautiful and massive school. We all know this school is not for the ordinary people and the reason is we try to do our best in the educational sector. We want to groove you people to be the best people out there tomorrow, someone we can hand over the nation to without an atom of fear because we know what they're capable of. Those that are imbedded with so much knowledge."the principal stopped looking around to make sure they're all listening to what she's saying. She look satisfied and continued "so the SS3 students, the outgoing students. I want to remind you this is the year you should dedicate most to your studies. With the upcoming WAEC,NECO and SAT exams. You all need to focus and think about the reason you're here today,what you want to attain in the future. Don't let that feeling of thinking you're the head deceive you, those minutes you want to use to gossip, those minutes you want to use to do irrelevant things. Dedicate it on your studies and also remember you're not sent here to have boyfriends or girlfriend. You're here to make a promising future for yourselves. Thank you"The principal ended her short speech and everyone started clapping. Samah raise up her hands too and started clapping enjoying every bit of what the principal said

The Boy At The Last.......✍️