Two: Poise Is Everything

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Rule Two

Act like a demigod

Just to be clear

When you enter a new territory, act like you know your onions. No looking lost and confused as a puppy, It will make you look vulnerable and weak. And don't act like a newbie. You will end up looking stupid.



My mum took me to school with her rickety and scratched old Murano. It was like dying a million deaths when Mum was going all over the stuffs a mother tells a child on her first day of school. Arrrgh.
"Mum you don't have to take me yo school. Im not a child" I protested.
"Do you even know the way to school?" Mum said. " Have you ever been there?"

True fact. I didn't even know the school. Just the dumb name

" Ok sweetie, here we are, Illinois High" she said
I sized up the building " is this pigsty my school?" I said
" Get out of the car, Krishen" She scowled.
" Whatever" i said scooting out
" Oh and , Krishen, Good luck" she said
"No fighting......"
" I know, bye" i said

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As i entered the pigsty....or what was to be my school, the population alarmed me.
But immidiately, everyone kept quiet as they noticed me.
Forget that shit, i loved attention.
"Wow, she's cool" one commented
"Hottie" another said
I grinned inwardly.

I leaned casually on a locker, looking for the principal's office. I didn't want to ask because it would make me look stupid. I finally found it and made a beeline for it, ignoring all the boys that called me or those goody two shoes that wanted yo be my friend.

You see my dear, poise is everything. And first impression matters

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"What's you name" the principal said.
"Krishen Rines Angela" i said
No doubt, what was running through the principal's mind was: You look nothing like an Angel. I didn't give a ratz azz about what she thought of me.

"Welcome to Illinois High" she said curtly.
I didn't reply.
She grunted and passed me the prospectus of the school.
"Thanks" i said and sauntered out of the office

I shocked everyone by flinging the prospectus into the waste bin without a backward glance.

Poise.

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Grade ten was a beehive of activities when i stepped in. Many were found discussing and some smooching.

Eww.... Gross

I carried my bag to the back seat and sat there, alone. I was doing fine in my own till a stupid nigga walked up to me and said "Hey, im Andy Parker..."
"Kindly Parker yourself outta here" i hissed

This drew laughter from everyone

"I love newbies with sass" He said. His entourage dusted his shoulders and egged him on

This incensed me

"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!" I screamed
giving him an uppercut.

This drew cheers from everyone

He got really angry and shoved me. I hit my head on the wall.

That hurt, a lot.

But i wasnt gonna give him the benefit of knowing that.

I shoved him and slapped him three times. He was dazed. Before he could hit me, i grasped his elbow and pressed just the right spot to make him pass out .

When he came to , he saw himself head down in a trash bin. His entourage had deserted him

I went back to my seat like nothing happened. The students were very stunned.

Poise is everything.

But i earned myself detention that day.
I knew mum was gonna be mad but i didn't care.

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