I'm hereeeee🤗🤗💝💝💝

I actually wanted to surprise you guys with a double update, but guy, laziness is a bitch😪 One-day sha, certainly ❤️

Oh and btw..from the chapters in the last chapter, you guys are very biased on this issue..do you or do you not want Giwandor ship to sail?😂 (Honestly, tell me, some are for, and others are blatantly against it, since what happened)

Okay..umm...let's begin.......🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃

                                          ~YURE~

"I AM SO DISSAPPOINTED WITH ALL THE TEACHERS AND PREFECTS OF THIS SCHOOL!"

Students filled the hall at the moment, all on their feet, and the entire atmosphere was pin drop silent, letting the voice of Mrs. Zara, a member of the school's disciplinary committee, resounded through the entire hall.

After what just happened outside with Giwa, a lot of members of the school authority - the Principal, the VP administrative and the VP academics, and ofcourse, other members of the  school's disciplinary committee, asides Mrs. Zara - had to come into the scene.

Lord knows who alerted them..

After all the students were sent back to the hall, every one became tensed and agitated, knowing that the big guns of the school had stepped into the matter. No one said a word as they all stood before the students of the school, clearly amd visibly not pleased with the turn of events.

One thing was unarguable; I have never in my life felt more screwed than this moment.

"ONE GIRL!" Mrs. Zara continued, raising a finger of hers to gesture as she spoke, shock mixed with anger evident in her tone.

"JUST ONE GIRL!" She said still, like she couldn't believe it.

"ONE GIRL BROUGHT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DOWN! ONE SINGLE GIRL DISRUPTED THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND NOBODY COULD DO A SINGLE THING !" She shouted at the top of her voice.

Giwa Falade.

Mr. Godfrey, the VP admin, stood up from the seat he was on, seething.

"IS GIWA FALADE A GOD?" He shouted.

The Hall remained ever so silent.

Students looking at each other, mouths shut and agitation rising..

Teachers trying their hardest to avoid direct eye contact with any member of the school authority..

Prefects, standing at all corners of the hall, females looking visibly annoyed with scowls on their faces, showing anger and humiliation all in one and the males, fixing their hands in their trouser pockets in a somewhat calm posture,trying their best to look impassive..

..but even at that, with the occasional clenches of their jaw bone, and the way they desperately avoided looking away from the tiles of the ground, I was a 100% sure their hearts were thrashing dangerously against their chests and they were anything but calm.

Just like me.

"Where is she anyways?" Mrs. Sandra suddenly asked. "Where is the girl who turned this school upside down?!"

Everyone looked around themselves, searching intently for an absent Giwa.

The last I had seen of her was when she ran away.. towards the road that led to the Senior Blocks.

"Where is Giwa Falade!" They kept asking, but ofcourse, no one had a detailed answer and that seemed to be causing even more commotion.

"She ran off, ma. No one knows where she is at the moment."

The Sanitary Prefect, Chido, answered the question in a clear, audible voice.

"She ran off to where!" Mrs. Zara started complaining again.

God knows..

Quickly, they sent a few teachers to go in search of Giwa and then, asked the students - excluding the Prefects - to go their classes, thereby automatically cancelling the morning assembly.

I swallowed for about the hundredth time that morning. This was going to be a long day.

Students left through the exit where Aaron and Kelechi guarded the door, and I stood there, where I usually stood with Giwa, at the closed doors of the entrance.

Before the SS3s' left the hall, Nova found me easily.

"Yu..re..," he called me. His voice was almost unheard and the way he called me, spacing out the syllables of my name slowly, unsettled me.

When I looked at him, there was a look of uncertainty on his face. Eyes narrowed in disbelief and confusion. His mouth remained slightly parted for a long time before he was able to finally find his words.

"I saw the video on the class gc...," he said to me, trying to find my gaze as I deliberately and desperately avoided eye contact with him.

"Uhm..and with what Giwa was saying..I..," his voice trailed off there, like he didn't know how else to out his words. Like the shock of the whole thing wasn't letting him.

"Is it true, man? It's not true, right?" He asked me.

I finally had it in me to look at him.

His eyes were lighting up in anxiety as he looked at me, eagerly waiting for my answer.

I took in a deep breath and let out and told Nova the truth.

"It's true. All of it." I said.

His face fell and his shoulders slumped. Dissapointment and disbelief lingered in his eyes and his entire features for a long while as he just looked me, utterly speechless.

"Wow." Was all he could finally say. A silent wow. It was almost a whisper.

He left quietly. Very quietly.

I felt like shit.

I was going to tell Krisdana everything today. Every single thing. Giwa just had to show up.

It wasn't not Giwa's fault anyway. This one was all on me. If I hadn't waited this long to finally have the courage to tell Krisdana..

God, Krisdana..

I don't think I can ever erase the look on her face from my head.  When she came in that morning..after the whole truth had been exposed. Even had to come in at the point where I was still trying to help Prissy up the floor and everything...

She just stood there.. looking at me, with teary, sad eyes. I could literally see her heart breaking into tiny pieces through her eyes. Shattering completely, on confirming what she was the most afraid of.  Her lips were trembling every second. Her whole body..I could see it, silently shaking, like my betrayal was physically battering her..

I wanted to say something to her. Anything to make her feel better. I hated to see her so broken..yet I did it over and over again.

"Kris..I..," that was the only thing I was able to get out of my mouth.

That was when she looked away from me.. blinking away forming tears and exhaling a shaky breath. I knew she needed it. She needed to exhale the suffocating air she was breathing at the moment.

I broke Krisdana. Completely.

Mehn, I fucked up.

"Prefects, please come forward."

I snapped out of my thoughts on the principal's announcement.

I walked towards the front seats, along side my co-prefects, and in minutes, we were seated with the teachers present.

The Principal carefully inspected each and everyone of us, calmly.

He was rarely this quiet. Infact, he was the closest of the school authority to the Ss3 students. Basically, he flows smoothly with us and lets us do what we want. Infact, the SS3s'had resorted to calling him 'guy man.'

His carefree nature caused problems for him, not too long ago, and he was on the verge of losing his post. Ofcourse, he wasn't present when Giwa turned the school upside down, but definately, he knew that somehow the school would also turn this on him and possibly attribute it to his weak and u serious leadership.

He didn't look too pleased about that. Not at all. Not with the way the tall, built man was scrutinising us all through hooded eyes.

"Where's Ivandor Fejaun?" He asked, after looking all the Prefects through.

I looked amongst us and he wasn't there truly.

A teacher was quick to answer, "He got permission to take Krisdana home on the grounds of health issues."

The principal nodded and my heart dropped a little.

Krisdana..health issues..

"Yure Adediji." The principal's eyes landed directly on me.

I snapped put of my thoughts, standing up immediately at his call. "Yes, sir."

"Tell us what happened here." He said.

I gulped. Then, straightened up to feign confidence.

"All we know is that Giwa had a fight with one of her friends and it gathered a lot of attention." I simply answered.

"And what was this fight all about?" He asked further, arms folded as he waited for my answer.

I quickly thought of a way to answer that question. Trying my best to not look the slightest bit suspicious.

"That, sir, I don't know." I said. "Only Giwa may be able to say."

Fortunately, he didn't press on.

After a long, uncomfortable question and answer session between the school authority and the teachers and prefects, no useful details were shared out.

I was honestly shocked at the teacher's co-operation.  Why didn't they expose the whole thing? Me, Prissy and Krisdana?

"Listen." The VP Academics spoke quietly.

She was speaking up for the first time and everyone looked at her in silence.

The woman had an unusual reputation amongst the school authority, and ofcourse, the chairman and the board of directors of Castron High were very fund of her. So, when she spoke, everyone listened...in fear.

"I'm certain that facts are deliberately been held back." She stated clearly.

It had to be obvious.

"But I'll have you know that we are the school authority and we have the power to find out anything we want." She said.

Her voice echoed in my head... putting my entire body into an unstable state.

If by any chance, anything about me, Krisdana and Prissy got out to the school authority, we all would be in big trouble. The school absolutely frowned on dating amongst students.

"Anyone in connection to Giwa Falade's act will be severely punished." She finished.

Like a dreadful vision, I saw myself losing my post of head boy and possibly getting expelled.

Shit.

Classes were as quiet as graveyards the rest of the day. No side talks, no laughing or jokes, just a dead atmosphere.

Giwa didn't show up for one class.

Neither did Ivandor or Krisdana.

Nova and Shade sat ever so quietly by me. Not even making any side talk to themselves.

We even started to rub off on the weather, and by the third period, it was raining badly, and the entire class was dull and dark.

My heartbeat was unsteady all through and a gut wrenching feeling overwhelmed me. I felt sick.

I was worried too...about Krisdana. The most painful part of it was that I didn't even know who to ask about her wellbeing. Ivandor would know how she was fairing...but Ivandor probably never wants to speak to me again.

We had our last period that day as a combined Chemistry class with Class C, where we had to move.

I waited for the crowd leaving after the class to air out before I started to go.

After sulking a little on the seat I was on and intently thinking of ways to salvage my relationship and well, my life in general, I finally decided to leave that depressing class.

I walked into my class that instant to see the last person I expected to see.

Ivandor.

It totally surprised me that he was in school all of a sudden.

He sat there, by Krisdana's locker, packing in books into her bag, and looking so serious at it.

He was with Krisdana's bag. Did that mean she was in school?

If she was, where could she have been? Would he tell me if I asked?

I mentally debated asking Ivandor about Kris. For one, he hadn't even behaved like someone who knew another human being haf stepped intobthe class, even if I was sure he was completely aware.

I couldn't blame him for being so closed up right now. Honestly..the guy had already seen hell enough today.

However, I couldn't help it. Inwas immensely worried about Krisdana..and that self centered part of me just had to ask..

"How is she?"

He didn't look up. Didn't even shake. Just continued what he was doing, like a ghost just spoke to him.

"Ivan..," I had to call again.

He was zipping Krisdana's bag close now and he paused for the count of three seconds. Then, he just returned to what he was doing. Zipped the bag completely and got up with the bag to leave the class.

"Dude, just tell me how she's doing, please..," As I was talking, he just walked past me without a care.

"Ivandor!" I growled, sounding clearly livid. I really didn't mean to. God knows, I was just truly frustrated with myself and the turn of events.

When Ivandor didn't still answer me, I got in front of him.

"Dude, just tell me how Krisdana is doing and I'll back off." I pleaded.

His eyes levelled mine in a dangerous glare. I could literally hear his harsh, angered breathing as he looked at me, with so much rage.

"Yure." His voice was calm, in contrast to his bull-like demeanor. Yet, the way he called my name was still firm.

"I'm trying my hardest not to snap your neck in half." He said through gritted teeth and eyes full of burning acid.

"Please don't push me to the wall." He told me.

For some reason, I wasn't the least bit threatened. I knew I wouldn't get peace of mind if I couldn't know how Kris was doing.

When I didn't move, he brushed past me. Before he had the chance to move away, I saw myself moving simutaneously, infront of him, blocking his way.

That was a deliberate action, but believe me when I tell you.. my body moved by itself.

He paused for a second, not looking at me, but towards the door. I still didn't move away.

He tried moving again, and I blocked him...again.

Ignoring my antics, he moved the opposite direction. Once more, I blocked his way.

His jawbone clenched tightly. His narrowed eyes moved to mine, and he held my gaze, peering into me with glassy, hazel eyes.

"Are you playing with me?" He asked me, an eyebrow raised. His voice had an edge to it.

"You can hit me, bro. But, I need to know how Kris is doing. I'm losing my damn mind right now." I said to him, and I meant it.

He hissed, roughly slamming my chest and shoving me away and storming right out of the classroom.

Well..

I followed him.

I followed him, walking behind him, right until we got to the hallway.

He walked as fast as he could, trying to get away from me, and I walked equally fast too, behind him, Trying to keep up. Not relenting one bit. Not until I had gotten what I wanted.

He was the only source to Krisdana. He wasn't going that easily.

"Ivan, wait up!" I called after him, grabbing his shoulders.

"Guy, wetin dey do you na!" He blew up, turning around and shoving me back, away from him.

That sure got attention.

Our classmates that were hanging around that probably didn't notice me following him before, definately noticed us both, now.

"You never cared about Krisdana, so what's your deal now?" He reamed me.

The way he switched easily from ghetto pidgin to clean English surprised me for a second.

"I care about her, I swear I do, I just_,"

His scoffing cut me off immediately.

"Yeah, you cared about her and you kept cheating on her since fucking SS2. Yeah, that's very convenient." He said, a sickening fake smile on his face.

His sarcasm nearly paralysed me.

"I messed up_,"

"Yeah, damn right you did." He added, cutting me off.

"But..I never intended to hurt her...I wanted to tell her today, even before Giwa..,"

I stopped, noticing the way his eyes glinted a certain type of way at the mention of Giwa's name. I was hard to interprete if it was a good glint or a bad glint, but judging through what happened this morning.....

I wanted to ask if he was good..but I knew he wouldn't want to get into that kind of deep conversation with the guy who broke his cousin's heart.

I just sighed.

"I want Krisdana to be okay." I said instead.

"Well, you don't expect her to be okay now, do you?" He retorted. Calmly. Like he suddenly lost all energy to fight.

"I want her to be...," I said immediately.

God, he was right. How did I even expect her to be okay? After breaking her so much.

"I need to talk to her..," I told him. "I really need to talk to Kris..I..I love her..," I said.

I knew he could sense how frustrated and worried I was. How horrible I felt.

However, he stayed quiet. Not saying a word, but only looking at me intently. Very intently. Like he was trying to solve a puzzle on my face. So much focus and attention on all the slightest features on my face.

Finally, he spoke.

"No.."

Huh?

"You don't love Krisdana." He said, shaking his head in confirmation.

"I do." I said, assuring him that.

I did love Krisdana. He was wrong. I loved her.

"No, you don't." He said, his tone even more confirming. He seemed so sure, for some reason.

Why would he even be so sure when he was wrong? Krisdana was my life.

Looking at me one last time, eye to eye, he told me. "Don't come anywhere close to her. I'll fucking kill you, I swear."

That was the last thing he said before walking away and leaving me standing there, in the midst of spectating classmates.

                                        ~GIWA~

8:11am.

There I was, sitting down on the bed of my room and staring into space, completely frozen.

Recaps of what happened in school flashed in my brain over and over....destroying me, more and more each time.

In the end, I ran to the class block. I was too stunned, too dumb founded, to even cry.

In the end, I made a quick call to Bolanke, who came and brought me back home.

All through the drive back home, I couldn't stop thinking about the mess I made this morning.

All the anger I felt this morning was suddenly gone. Completely. A moment ago, I was blinded by rage and resentment. At this moment, as I wrapped myself in my blanket, and stared at the blue coloured walls of my room, I was overwhelmed with shock, fear, and regret.

I was living my worst nightmare. I dreaded this day.

"Now..will you tell me what one earth is going on?"

I got distracted by my mum's impatient voice.

I remembered she was standing there in my room with me. She had been standing there for a while now, watching me slip into my own deadly thoughts.

I looked at her. Her arms were folded and a worried look was on her face.

I opened my mouth to explain. All that could come out of it was, "Nothing, ma."

"The school called me." She told me.

I looked to her. Suddenly alarmed.

"What did they say?" I asked immediately.

"They asked about you. They also said they wanted to speak with me concerning your behavior." She elaborated.

"Oh." I replied, drifting my eyes away from her.

I could already forsee myself losing my post as Head girl..... or worse....getting expelled from school.

....just a month to WAEC, Jesus.

My heart rate increased it's beating pace, and I thought I would have a stroke.

My hands got sweaty..shaky..and chills ran through my entire body...

What have I done?

"What's all these about, Giwa?" Mum asked me, calmly this time.

"Talk to me." She said.

I couldn't speak.

I was too scared to speak.

Scared of what the school would say about me.

Scared of what everyone else would say.

Scared of walking into school with everyone against me.

Scared of.... having no control over my situation..my life.. people.

Scared of..being alone...having no one by my side..no friends...

Scared of....

Scared of Ivandor leaving me for good...

Ivandor..

God, what have I done...

I messed my entire life up in minutes.

"Giwa, will you promise me, you'll tell me what this is about when you're ready?" Mum asked me.

I nodded, eyes still fixed on the wall.

I didn't speak to mum through out the day, and luckily, she didn't pester me.

Nini had to bring in dinner for me that evening, after she and mum had probably waited for me to no avail to join them in the dining that evening.

I hadn't left the room since the time I got in. After Nini left the room that evening, after dropping my plate of spaghetti, I locked my room.

I snapped out of my unmovable state when my phone chimed with a text message. My message ringtone literally jolted me up, shocking me out of my state completely.

Who the hell would be texting me?

Who would even want to text me?

Everyone legit hates me right now.

Curious, I picked up my phone that I had forgotten had even existed for a while, and looked to see who texted me.

Hassana..

My eyebrows furrowed in confusion that lasted for about two seconds. Then, immediately, I got pissed all over again.

Why was she texting me? Why on earth was that back-stabbing traitor texting me now?!

I don't know why, but I looked into the message. With what had happened with me and Ivandor last time, I started being more careful with messages.

So, I read Hassana's message;

Hey, I know you hate me and probably don't want to see me again. I totally understand. I never intended for things to get this bad, I don't even know what I was thinking..

I probably even sound dumb right now and tbh, I had no excuse for sending Ivan that text. Not saying anything and letting things get this drastic was even way worse. But after I sqw what a mess things became this morning, I felt so horrible. But things can be undone and I'm terribly sorry. I love you, Giwa and Im still your friend, no matter what. I'll continue to be your friend, even if no one else wants to talk to you. I'll always be there...if you'll let me.

I'm so sorry. Hope we can talk one on one, I have so much I want to tell you.. basically why I did what I did. Still, whatever I tell you is not good enough an excuse, but atleast you have the right to know.

I looked at Hassana's message and got even more furious.

Friend, my foot!

Which friend deliberately ruins your happiness and quietly let's you walk into your destruction? Which friend on earth? That's not a friend, that's a demon! Hassana Alfa is a demon!

Furious, I texted Hassana back;

Die. I hate you!!!!!

Tears already started blurring my vision as I hit send. I hated Hassana! I hated her so much! I never wanted to see her again!

To think she was with me the entire time..right by my side, acting so innocent this entire time.

I wiped the tears off my face and took deep breaths to calm myself down.

And there I was blaming the wrong people all along..Shade..Prissy... when they did nothing.

Chills ran through me as I thought about this morning. How angry and wild I was..Jesus, what got into me..

Hassana knew Prissy was innocent and she let me have that video...she let me drag Prissy outside and insult her the way I did..she let me risk people getting suspended or even expelled..Prissy, Yure, Krisdana..

And Ivandor...

Oh, God, Ivandor...

My whole body suddenly started trembling as I recalled what I said to him. In that moment of my anger..my insecurity got the worst of me..

I was so hurt. Scared and angry that he was leaving me. I felt so hurt and all I wanted to do was hurt him back.

How could I have said that...

I was nearly pulling my hair out now as a bunch of dreadful thoughts came in..

Maybe I didn't even deserve me? How on earth will he forgive me for this? How will I forgive myself?

How much do people know about his parents now? Could they have really understood what I meant?

They possibly couldn't have understood right? Right?

I immediately jumped up, picking up my phone from my bed. The only thing on my mind was checking what people were saying in the class group chat. Checking how many people were talking about Ivandor.

Amd as soon as I put onn my data, the messages started to come in.

6342 messages from CH finals'💪

Jesus Christ...

6342 messages... from just the class group chat alone?

What on earth were they talking about?

With shaky hands, I dived in to see. It all started with the replies from the video I had sent this morning. The one about Yure and Prissy..

081xxxxxxxx:
wetin dey occur for this place? Yure and Prissy?? 🤯

090xxxxxxxx:
We knew ever since in our class, no one believed us. Abi, everybody was telling me 'Archibong, shut up'
🙄

081xxxxxxxx:
Wait, Abi the video real? Abi na dub?

I skipped the beginning messages, looking for anything that was particularly connected to Ivandor.

I stopped when something called my attention instantly.

080xxxxxxxx:
Abeg e don do for that Giwa babe oo. Her own dey too much!!

080xxxxxxxx:
I swear, what was that nonsense she was doing this morning. What was she even feeling like? Dry abeg!!

081xxxxxxxx:
Come abi she's seeing our messages😐😐

070xxxxxxxx:
So what, If she sees!? What will she do abeg!! Let her just go school tommorow, she'll see pepper. That girl don dey mad small small.

090xxxxxxxx:
I swear, abi she ran away today. Let her come to school tommorow.

I stopped reading there..exhaling the air that I had been holding the entire time..my heart beating faster than ever before.

The fact that my classmates were eager to see me in school tommorow unsettled me.

What were they planning? Was I really safe?

080xxxxxxxx:
Nna ehh, Giwa's own don finish🤣🤣🤣🤣

081xxxxxxxx:
Aswrrr🤣🤣but na she cause am abeg!! What was she even saying about Ivandor's popsi amd mumsi.

090xxxxxxxx:
Something about his mum being ashawo. Abi the woman resemble am sef. Yeye guy. Na him go find that mumu giwa girl.

My heart dropped painfully...a painful whimper left my mouth as the tears that were blurring my vision started dropping now. It was beyond my control. I was crying now. Really crying.

Aaron:
Can you guys just shut up for a second. This is getting very irritating.

090xxxxxxxx:
Aaron, pack one side abeg🤣🤣

Aaron left the group.

070xxxxxxxx:
Jesus, is he vexing😂😂

Chika left the group.

090xxxxxxxx:
Ah ah na🤣💔

I don't know why I even continued scrolling down through the messages, but I felt like passing out.

I was losing my mind..I was afraid..

This was unlike me. This was unlike Giwa Falade to not have situations under control..

Giwa Falade always has everything in control..

I said it out loud..to assure myself..

I wanted to assure myself..remind myself who I was...This couldn't be happening to me. It couldn't be happening to Giwa Falade.

Right?

Right?

Right?

Suddenly I remembered what was said to me this morning...

"No one gives a shit about you anymore, Giwa. You can't intimidate anyone anymore."

I couldn't intimate anyone anymore. No body gave a shit. Nobody_

No, that's not true!

I immediately forced myself to combat that belief.

It wasn't true! Giwa Falade is feared! Everyone trembles at the sound of that name. Everyone!

"I'm Giwa Falade!" I said to myself.

Instead of my voice to sound firm and bold like it usually would have, I sounded weak and frail.

I wasn't even sounding like myself anymore.

"I'm Giwa Falade!" I screamed louder. Getting angry at how pathetic I was sounding.

"I'M GIWA FALADE! I'M GIWA FALADE! I'M GIWA FALADE!" I screamed at the top of my voice. As loud as I could. Just to reassure myself..

..it still wasn't working.

It wasn't working.

My body started shaking..vibrating as the tears quaked me..made my breathing unstable..made the lump in my throat choke me harder and harder..made the air suffocating for me to even breathe...my tears blinding my vision completely, as I cried out in pain..still trying to assure myself for all that was worth.

"I..I.. I'm G-Giwa F-F-Falade..," my voice was breaking more and more.

"Giwa..F-Fala..,"

"Giwa..F-Fu-Fu....,"

I held my body as I cried my eyes out.

Suddenly those words came back in my head again, like a taunting reminder..

"Oneday, you're going to wake up and realise that you have lost everyone and everything that matters to you the most. Mark my damn words, Giwa Falade."

I had lost everything. Everyone. And I did it all by myself.

That's when I realised.... it wasn't even Hassana I hated..

It was myself.

I hated myself. I hated Giwa Falade.

God, I've ruined everything. I've destroyed everything and everyone.

My friends..

My reputation..

My post..

Ivandor...

I collapsed on the floor, crying and crying like it was the only way to fix what I had done.

I couldn't stop. No matter how much I tried. Easily, I made up my mind that I wasn't returning to school tommorow.

No one was going to see me.

That's a wrap 🤧

Guys, let's take it easy on Giwa, shall we? She messed up, yeah, but she's human. A very flawed human🤧❤️

What's your take on this situation?

What would you do if you were Yure?

What would you do if you were Giwa?

What on earth do you think Giwa is up to?

I don't have strength to type more author's note. My fingers are paining me from too much typing today😂

See you guys on the next update!!!!❤️❤️❤️