Playlist: lavida by Rema and D'prince

The whole class was seriously reading, in this school, there was a period assigned for just reading but I knew not everyone was reading because Bisi was even sleeping, not that I want to call her unintelligent but she was not serious with her education. She was good at gisting people and she was not bothered at all. I was already tired of reading and I went to the restroom.

Our restroom was built to accommodate a lot of people,ten bathrooms for boys and girls respectively, the restrooms were facing each other and had big doors. Each restroom was large, a sink and a mirror, WC and a shower. The only thing available was the gel for hand washing but however everywhere was quite neat.

I stepped into the fifth bathroom on the female row and I met a gruesome sight,a boy kissing a girl, her skirt was already open revealing her yellow thighs,I coughed mischievously and they stopped their act immediately, I knew the boy,I mean who doesn't know the Head boy, I guess his eyeglass and innocent face deceived the teachers and they made him the Head boy and then the girl, Faith, she was the school's public toilet,she was called a slut,they were both ss3 students.

"Well for this case not to get to the principal's office,you have to pay" I said grinning. I was already broke and I needed money. The boy dipped his hand into his pocket and gave me the new wad of cash,I counted it,N5,000, it was just enough.

"Don't tell anyone" He said and I smiled

"Of course" I replied "it was nice doing business with you". I wasn't interested in reporting, I just needed the money and I got it.

When I got back to class, the period was already over,Adaora was waiting for me by my seat.

"Mum and dad travelled again" she whinned like a baby, honestly I wonder what was wrong with Adaora,she was always complaining about her parents and how they were not giving her attention. I always prayed for my parents to travel, it simply spelt freedom. I wish I could trade places with her,good food,money, clothe,shoes and a nice house,what am I using attention to do?

"You should be happy then" I  said and she grinned.

"Thank God my brother is home, he keeps me company now"

Just then Amanda and her three minions walked into the class,Amanda was her usual pompous self,I noticed her new hair, she never disappointed, they all sat down not to far away and began to discuss about fashion and just then I saw Kamsi's face scrunched up,I discovered she was trying to wriggle a ring off her finger.

"Amanda it won't come off"she cried and she continued but the ring was not moving.

"My finger,what will I do?" Kamsi asked and kept crying. Amanda looked concerned and tried consoling Kamsi.

"My mummy said i shouldn't touch this ring, she warned me" she said and started crying more,despite the air conditioner, she was seriously sweating, I swear I could see that Adaora was trying her best not to laugh. A small crowd had gathered around Kamsi and then she was led out of the class.

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When I returned from school,my elder sister Chisom was at home,she was sprawled on the sofa watching news,honestly she was that boring. When she was in secondary school,she piled newspapers all over,got involved in stupid arguments and collected weird items, I wonder why she she didn't end up as a lawyer,probably since she was my dad's favourite child,she had to be in the science class. She was a bit tall and had a light skin but I was lighter than her, she was slim too and wore thick glasses,she had being on low cut ever since I knew her.

"So how is school?"she asked me when we were both in the kitchen,she was preparing jellof rice for dinner.

"Fine and how is uni?" I asked as I sat on our freezer.

"More stressful than ever" she replied,there were dark circles around her eyes and she was even looking very thin.

"Why are you home?" I asked her,she was dicing the onions on her own.

"I'm getting married soon" she said and it seemed time stopped. Chisom was just 22,she was still young.

"And what will happen to your education?" I asked.

"I'll finish of course" she replied,she had always dreamed of getting a masters and even a PhD but now I knew it was probably on hold.

"But why?" I asked her again

"Dad said it was necessary, he said I already have a suitor and you know we need the money and moreover I'm fine with it" she said

"Must you always obey him?" I wondered,for someone as brilliant as Chisom,she was dumb,she obeyed my father's every wish,if I hadn't known better,I would have said that my father had tied her sense and kept it in a pot as shown in Nigerian movies.

After we had finished cooking and eating and praying for 3 hours courtesy of my mum,we sang praises and worship,we prayed rosary,then we prayed precious blood, then we prayed thank you Jesus chaplet (they are all Catholic prayers) before we finally prayed normal prayers, I was so exhausted and went to my room which I was sharing with Chisom.

"So mummy haven't changed yet?" She asked chuckling lightly.

"As in she will never change" I said and she laughed a little.

"I remember that day she flogged you for coming home late" I said and laughed at the memory of Chisom dancing around as she received her cane.

"Do you also remember that day that mum flogged you for using her change to buy Korean movie?" I asked and she chuckled. Mum had asked my sister to buy some things, some change was left and so she used it to buy movies, my mum didn't ask for the money till five days later,the way Chisom dodged the kettle thrown at her,I was thinking she was the daughter of Jackie Chan.

"OK do you remember that day you wore my bra and it fell right in front of Segun?" My sister asked rolling on the floor with laughter,I swear she was just wicked,I've seen where her friends cry when she laughs,ok,Segun was the handsome boy then,my crush in fact, I was still 13 then and had a small chest,I took my sister's bra,wore it and went outside where I knew Segun will see me,I passed his front and gosh,I didn't know when and how it fell off, I was so ashamed,it just had to be one of my uncles at the village who remembered me,I picked the bra and ran inside my house,2 weeks,I didn't step out of my house!

Chisom was still laughing, she had seen when it had happened. This time tears was coming out from her eyes. When she had finished laughing, she sat back on the bed. Our room wasn't really big,our books were packed at one corner and our shoes too and then clothes,pictures of several Barcelona footballers were on the wall because Chisom was a fan,she even said she would name her first child, Barcelona and I agreed with her. Silence came upon us and then I cleared my throat.

"So now you are getting married,are you going to forget me?" I asked her,in as much as I loved to act tough,I loved her so much.

"Come on,how will I forget you, its not possible" she said rubbing my palms with a smile

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So that's it on this chapter
NB:I'm a Catholic, so those prayers are said in my church.

On a more serious note, I would like to comment on body shaming, it doesn't matter if a person is plumpy or slim, just respect the person.
Most a times it leads to depression and even suicide
Stop bullying!
Stop body shaming!
Its not right
We really need some self esteem too
When a person tries to hurt you it means the person is angry that he or she can't be you
And hey I love you😍😍

And yup I got a crush,his name is Rema,newest kid on the block,check out his songs✌😘

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