What!
What did he just say,hope he meant another Jessie,when did I volunteer I shrieked and asked the person beside me,the person laughed and shrugged me off,Jessie come to the stage right now was the next thing the social prefect said. I'd heard tales about him and his smiling face, he was really beautiful and I'd had a crush on him, his cheek bones could cut edges on my soul, but I didn't want my debut with him to be like this, I was so scared as I walked up the podium,I could swear he winked and gave me a side smile,I was almost floored ,then I heard him say Teejay come here you goat head,I finally rose my head to see what was happening, I heard the crowd cheer and my mates jeer as the pushed him out of his chair, he looked flustered but he immediately adjusted and did the most impressive impromptu walk ever, I was amazed, I knew I walked like a half frog half horse when i was walking up so that was annoying.
When he reached the podium, the prefect smiled and told us to choose the song we wanted, I quickly said I can't sing, he said that's okay as long as I have five thousand to drop right there, because that was the only way he'd let me off the stage.
I asked if I could go get it because I was willing to avoid embarrassment as long as it was possible, he smiled and said no, if it wasn't on me, I wasn't allowed to go anywhere to get it.
"Are you kidding me!" this doesn't have pockets on it, how am I supposed to have cash on me, worse that amount, not my problem he replied and I felt my crush die. Baldy stood there with the most serious look I'd ever seen him with and I wondered why, I walked over to him and asked what we were to do, he was talking about hearing me rap one Nicki Minaj song, I knew the lyrics but it was for my ears only, he must have really been paying attention if he heard me,I finally decided we'd sing one of the more popular choruses in the school, as soon as we started the crowd started booing at us and the social prefect told us to kneel down since we couldn't entertain the crowd properly,I was glad to at least get off the stage and the good thing was at least we now had a front row ticket to all the action.
I wasn't the only relieved person cause I heard baldy release a puff of air,I suddenly noticed the beads of sweat on his head, you have stage fright? He nodded slowly, and I realised that's why he was trying to look serious, anything I can do to help I asked,he motioned for me to keep quiet, I nodded and waited until I saw he was visibly more relaxed. I was really surprised he was this scared,he seemed like such a confident person , guess you never really know what's going on with a person.
We stayed there for a while and started laughing at some of the presentations, then they started a segment where they'd tell a boy or girl to call three people, hug one, shove one and take the other to her seat, we tried guessing what the person would do with each person, I got most right, and I was really happy about that. The place was getting stuffy and i was really uncomfortable, i started missing seating down, but I didn't want to start begging any of the seniors, so I just stayed and observed the ss3 students, very few ss2 students were with them and I could see the ss3 girls glaring daggers at them, then I noticed more things were going on, like some in the shadows,I could only guess what they were doing but I really wanted to see, I tapped baldy and pointed at them, don't point he said as he slapped my palm, if they see you they'll kill you he said, it's a normal thing here, didn't you hear that two seniors were pregnant, both for one boy, they were both expelled he said, I really wanted to know more so I moved closer, and he told me about how they did it in class, and how when the girls found out it was one father they fought eachother and sustained nasty bruises, why did they even have sex if they were not ready for parenthood I asked, he snickered and said why didn't they use condoms, it's not that expensive and since people scale the fence everyday, it's pretty easy to get one. Scale was one of the numerous slangs here, it meant to jump over the fence,it was an illegal activity here but both girls and boys did it,I looked at him surprised, so you support teenage sex and pregnancy?
Not teenage pregnancy, just sex, there are many ways to prevent pregnancy, girls should know when they're not fertile and besides there are ways to take care of those unwanted pregnancies, he winked, ewww I said, so you're pro abortion? He gave his side smile and said not particularly, but there are since cases where a woman should be allowed to decide what she wants to let grow in her belly, I was shocked, and I told him all these can be avoided if she simply didn't have sex in the first place, we kept on arguing until he decided it'd be better to ignore me cause he was tired, I huffed and continued watching the social night then I noticed the female social prefect call me,i went and she made me apologise for making a joke of her program, i did and she let me go, I walked back to see Sharon and ten minutes later,the program was over,as we walked back to the hostel,I heard people animatedly describing their favourite parts,it was all fun and in my mind I decided to forgive whoever gave my name.
The glee from the social night didn't stop outside, in hostel girls were excitedly imitating their favourite dance moves and suddenly they started imitating seniors and their walking steps, I rolled on my bed laughing because one girl stephanie seemed to be made for these moments, she got everything right for most of the seniors ,from the head tilts to the bouncing swagger and the attempt to shake ass for the girls it was so funny and even the prefect in our room joined in the fun, then they started imitating our class boys and I could only pity John because the girl that imitated him was just plain awful, she seemed like seemed like she had a crush on him or something, I was enjoying my cup of cornflakes when the social prefect walked in, saw all the activity and decided to punish us for not doing a better job at socials.
All of you come down and give me hundred, she said in her high pitched voice, she was dark and had a little bow leg, but it was the beautiful kind, and she seemed to have integrated it into her walking step because it fit her perfectly, she even got some girls wishing they had her type of legs, as I was coming down,she told me not to because she had forgiven me,I was so happy as I got back on my bed. I hated pumping especially because the pain stayed longer than most punishments , after a while when most girls were done and she had left, the room got quiet and I saw Jasmine crying on her bed,I really didn't want to intrude, but after I saw her crying for ten minutes straight, I got down and went to meet her,I tapped her and asked if she was fine, she said she was okay and continued sobbing, I asked if I could climb her bed and i was surprised when she said i could. I climbed and held her as long as i could until she quietly whispered that she got a call that her mum died that day.
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Rainbow Love
RomanceLife in boarding school has never been easy, especially life in a Nigerian boarding school! Jessie didn't know what she was getting into when she transferred from her day school to a boarding school in a completely different state, she is welcomed b...