So, I'm going to use this chapter to guve a shout out to Sweetheartroshah. Well just cuz😂😂
She's my best friend in the whole entire worlddd!!! And she loves this book soooo muchh😂❤️❤️❤️

Okay moving on....

                                         ~GIWA~

So, I had to work with Yure during break to address the new Jss1 students on the rules and regulations of the school. All the Prefects had to be with their co-others so it's not like I had a choice really. I'm not sure exactly which classes the other prefects went to but Yure and I took the first class.

During the entire thing, I had done well to make them understand that I wasn't the type that juniors could just speak to easily. All the way, my face was straight as I went straight to the point, making it clear how much I don't play with the rules. Meanwhile, Yure seemed to be giving them that "open prefect" impression and kept entertaining all sorts of stupid questions they asked. I had to control myself from walking out of the class. These kids irritated me.

It was just towards the end that one of the Jss1 girls spoke directly to me, never ceasing with that wide grin on her dark face.

"Senior, I like your hair!" she complemented, and I fought the urge to cringe at her high pitched faked voice.

Believe me when I tell you that there is absolutely nothing special about my hair. It's just basic braids in a bun. There's nothing to like about it.

And apparently, I had been observing that particular junior girl and how she had been dashing out compliments to Yure since we got here. I could already tell she was one of those juniors who liked to kiss up to Seniors so they could be in their good books.

I said nothing to her. I didn't smile - definately didn't frown either. Just stared at her with the plainest look ever - not even moving a single muscle on my face. I watched her smile slowly deteorate and I could see slight confusion and fear in her eyes - that fear I loved to see in these kids.

"She means thankyou" Yure said to her, trying to reduce the tension I just created.

The girl blushed fully and I rolled my eyes. Yure just gave her exactly what she wanted - attention.

I noticed some of the prefects passing by the class window and I realised they were done addressing the classes. Yure decided to start concluding so we could leave.

Just then, I suddenly noticed the class getting noiser than usual - like there was a mega distraction. I creased my brows in initial confusion before turning to the door to see Ivandor Fejaun standing there.

Ofcourse he had to be the cause of all the noise.

I noticed some of the girls silently mouthing "Jesus" to each other and I just rolled my eyes.

Ivandor stood there by the door, a hand tucked in his pocket, lazy stance adopted and oozing off an effortless cool off him - one that looked too rehearsed to be spontaneous anyway.  With his hair in a low man bun, head slightly tilted to the side, he practically scanned the entire class slowly with a bored, uninterested look on his face, before he turned to me and Yure - Yure, specifically - and just sort of jotted his jaw towards him in a form of greeting, one Yure returned.

Then he just left.

So why did he now come in here now?

   ~NOVA~

"So what else do you want me to get for you, my lady?" I said as I handed a bottle of fanta to Shade. She persisted for a while before taking the drink from my hand.

Shade and I were in the school's snack store at the moment. Since her friends didn't want her near them, I seized the opportunity to sit with her today in Class and spend time with her the entire break period. So maybe, I had a little tiny crush on Shade. Guilty as charged.

"Seriously Nova," she laughed softly in her clean accented voice. "I told you to stop getting me stuff. I really don't need all this."

I laughed as a reply. She knew I wasn't going to stop. And yes - I knew that Shade didn't constantly need me getting things for her, especially since she had lots of money on her own. But hey - how else was I supposed to show simple gestures? No matter how rich she was, she still needed a guy to treat her like a queen.

As we walked down to our class block, I kept watching her. She was such an angel. Shade really had it all; Beauty - that natural one that can get any guy drooling; with her chocolate dark clear skin, and her big beautiful green eyes. Yes, Green. Shade was the only brown skin girl I had seen in my life with green eyes. And it just seemed to be her perfect colour.

Shades of Green..

And her Charisma too - she walked with Grace and a confident posture. Her smile was to die for. And she wasn't just all beauty alone, she was brains as well. Maybe not the smartest in our class, but she could solve a physics equation accurately before you could even say Shades of Green.

And above all - She was so humble. Shade Onam was the most adored teenager in the whole of Africa - one of the biggest teen celebs in the world, and she still came to Castron High to mingle with all of us. And she had never even for one day acted the slightest bit egolistical or proud. Never acted like she was better than anyone and it just got me thinking..

How can a girl be so beautiful, smart and accomplished, yet so humble? Do people like this really exist?

~SHADE~

I noticed how Nova had been staring at me like a hopeless romantic. I always knew Nova had a crush on me. Nova is an amazing guy really. The sweetest to say, but, everytime I think about opening myself up to a guy, I think about Madam K. I know she'd never even let me date a guy in Castron High - even if she was on her death bed. I knew what I had to go through to even let her allow me come here to Castron High in Ss1. I had completely zeroed my mind about dating here a long time ago. But in all sincerity, if I really were to choose a guy to date in this school, It most definitely would be Nova Igwe.

"Shayde," I heard him call.

While Madam K called me "Shaw-dai", Nova preferred to call me "Shayde".

"Shah-day," I corrected him for the hundredth time that day.

He laughed a little. I knew he wouldn't take correction anytime soon. I'd just have to live with that.

"Why didn't you come to Yure's party on Friday?" He asked me.

Madam K. It's all her.

"Is it your manager?" He asked again.

How Nova paid attention to every bit of my life melted my heart. Sometimes, I wish my friends did same.

"Ofcourse you know it. She doesn't just quit. When she found out about the party, she flipped..then she decided to fix in a late night shoot just to take my time away from it," I told him the truth.

He sighed, shook his head, "Woah.. that's a bummer,"

The life I live. Bummer.

"But Shayde..Why don't you tell your friends about your manager?" He said.

"Trust me they know," I said. "But you see people like Giwa..they don't care even if you get hit by a bus. If they want you somewhere, you have to be there."

He sort of scuffed under his breath .

"I get that," he said. "But still, I think you really have to open up more to your friends - especially about your manager.. I'm sure they'll understand you more."

Would they? Would they really??

"Giwa.." he started. "Giwa isn't a bad person. Maybe, a bit misguided - but she's not a bad person. I really think she'd be rational if she really understood your situation"

One thing I admired about Nova was how he so happened to always see the good in people, no matter how bad they seemed.

"And about your manager.. I'm pretty sure things would get better one day. With time, I'm sure you'll be given more freedom." he said.

Hope so.

"No really.." he said like he read my thoughts. "I mean.. remember when you first came in Ss1, you had absolutely no freedom. Couldn't even walk around school on your own."

Yes I remember very well. Madam K made sure the body guards followed me into school, walked around with me everywhere, even hung around outside the class during lessons.

"But now atleast you can peacefully walk around the school streets with peasants like me and not have scary huge men following you around," he joked. I laughed and punched him slightly on the shoulder.

"Well, Baby steps," he shrugged.

I laughed softly. Agreed with him. "Baby Steps."

I didn't even realize when we got to our block. Break was already over so fewer people were outside.

Just as we got inside the hallway,  we nearly bumped into Giwa. We retracted the moment we saw her, but the girl didn't even move. She stood there, waiting for us to be the ones to move as she looked dead at us, penetrating us with a razor sharp glare that could turn us to crisp if she had the supernatural power to do so.

We moved out of her way quickly.

"Damn. She's scary," Nova whispered as we walked past her, and I laughed a little, at the tensed tone of his voice.
Nah, Giwa wasn't scary. She was terrifying.

 ~GIWA~

I had been walking to and fro the school block in an attempt to find Ivandor who Mr. Odum wanted to see. I was so angry in class that it had skipped my memory completely.

As I walked out of the busy hallway, Nova and Shade nearly hit me down. I stared dead at them until they left my way. I heard Nova whispering something to Shade as they left and she laughed. I felt slight anger. I really hope Nova wasn't trying to get on my nerves today because I actually really liked him.

Coming into the hallway again, I decided I'd just talk to Ivandor in class. I wasn't going to stress myself anymore. Infact, next time, if Mr. Odum wanted someone, he'd get them himself. Besides, Break was already over.

However, as I looked forward, I saw Ivandor and his cousin, Krisdana walking into the block from the other end of the hallway, strolling in, and talking subtly. Well, Krisdana did most of the talking.. Ivandor just listened, face dead.

Finally!

"Ivandor Fejaun." I didn't waste time to call his name as I got to the duo, face straight as hell.

Krisdana stopped talking. Momentary paused. Turned to look at me. As in, throughly look me over from head to toe, all the while her face being impassive. I don't even know how she did that, literally eyed me up and down while having the most bored expression on her face.

I completely ignored her. Looked on to the boy by her who did well to act like there wasn't a new body in their midst. Lol. Man wasn't even looking at me.

I noticed some of the Class F girls around us and oh joy, we just HAD to be infront of Class F! The girls of this class hated me more than the devil. And apparently they were glancing suspiciously and I already knew what they were thinking.

Giwa and Ivandor don't talk. Ivandor doesn't even talk to anybody? What's going on?

I noticed Abba Praise, one of those annoying Class F girls who laughed at everything, amongst them, particularly whispering something I couldn't hear to them and they were all giggling to each other. Maybe they thought I wanted to flirt with Ivandor or something. Eww please! I'm not like them. They're the ones who do shit like that with him, not me.

Ivandor did turn to me at that point.

But his expression was rather like the one I saw earlier when he came into the class to just "observe" the Juniors. That same bored, uninterested look - just a bit more intensified. I don't know if this is just how his face is or if it was just the look he gave all those overly thirsty girls that were dying for him. But I was certain of one thing - that look was too damn rude!

Now, Ivandor had never actually looked at me directly that way, so it kind of took me aback.

Mostly because that same kind of look brought back a past memory I had long forced myself to forget...

And there were those Class F bitches, already laughing at me, because to them, it looked as though I was being "casted" -kind of like how most of the other thirsty girls who tried talking to Ivandor ended up. So apparently, I was like the subject of rejection to them.

This was Primary one all over again..

Dayo... Primary one...

I was quick to snap out of it, reminding myself who I was right now - Giwa Falade. Good.

I got back composure and decided to clear up the misconception that was arising.

"Mr. Odum wants to see you." I stated clearly to Ivandor, unmoved.

While Ivandor said absolutely nothing to me, Krisdana seized the moment.

"We've heard!" she literally snapped.

"I was not talking to you" I deadpanned, before turning back to Ivandor who I noticed had not yet answered me yet, "And I know you're not deaf" I said to him.

You know what he did next?
Oh I'll tell you.

He just dismissed me by looking away like he didn't care, and he and Krisdana walked away from me thereafter.

That was enough to get Class F girls rolling on the floor. Kamnele, who was amongst them screamed "Chisos ooo!!" as the girls laughed at me to scorn.

I felt like the ground should open and swallow me.

How dare He?!
How dare he just ignore me like I was literally invisible - not even saying a word?!
Does he really think I'm one of those thirsty bitches? Would I even have spoken to him if not for Mr. Odum. How dare he belittle me like that?!Who in God's name did he think he was?!

I wanted to march over to him and give him a resounding slap to remind him who the hell I was in this School!

But I couldn't..
I was stuck in my feet.

And as Class F girls nearly deafened me with their laughter, I felt weak..

And hurt, almost to tears..

Not because Ivandor did what he just did..but because everything that just happened, just brought back those depressing memories of primary one..

That's when I noticed Ivandor turning back to look at me. He looked at me shortly and for a while, I actually thought he felt bad for what he did. But then he turned this face away and walked on with Krisdana.

"Giwa.."

I heard someone call behind me. I didn't turn back, didn't even want to know who it was. This whole thing was trying to sink in properly.

"Giwa.." the voice came again. I ignored it a second time, only to see Nova popping up infront of me.

"Are you okay?" He asked. He wasn't with Shade and judging through the question he just asked, I bet he didn't witness what just happened.

"I wanted to talk to you about Shade but you don't look like you're in a good mood so.."

"Nova, go away." I cut him off, warned through gritted teeth. The last thing I needed right now was to hear Shade's name.

"No look I.." he was saying.

"GO AWAY NOVA!!" I yelled, my voice resounding through the entire hallway,  as I pushed him with everything that I had in me. He moved back in shock at my outburst and the hallway was absolutely quiet. The Class F girls who were just laughing at me and even others in the hallway that most likely didn't even know what was going on, kept shut.

With that, I ran away to the girls toilet. That was the end of school that day for me. I didn't attend the other classes after break because I spent time crying in the toilet. And no I wasn't crying because of Ivandor - I cried because my memories from primary one haunted me once again.

Woah that was intenseeee!!!!😂
I think this was my favorite chapter to write so far. Y'all comment your favourite chapter so far too let me know.

What do you think about Nova and Shade??? Do they make a good couple???? I was smiling like a hopeless romantic as I write their Povs' 😂
What do you guys think??

And about Giwa's encounter with Ivandor. Talk about Embarrassment!!! Poor sweet ass Nova just had to come at the worst time😢😢
What would you do if you were her though??

Fill me in Guys!!!!