High School Dilemma

"Girly time?!"

The next day, David planned to officially ask Vivian out immediately after they were done with exams. He informed all the guys in class so they could suggest how he would go about it, but little did he know that the ideas he was going to get did not belong to this world in any way.

Elvis had suggested that he borrowed the school's sound system; take it to the top of an uncompleted storey building that was close to the school, invite Vivian over and propose to her with a microphone so everyone will hear, making it hard for her to refuse.

"You're declaring your feelings for her to the world" Elvis had said, explaining why he came up with the idea, "nothing can be more romantic than that"

Another guy from art class was of the idea that David asked her out in the exam hall so he could draw emotional support from everyone present.

It was only Essien and Prince that had made a sensible idea and it was quite similar to what Kelechi (David's brother) had suggested.

"No matter what you come up with, we've got your back" Tony assured him.

Coincidentally, SS3 had mock exams that same day, so they were transferred to one of the classes.

David informed Chioma and a few girls he was sure weren't gossips so they could help him with his plan, the last thing he wanted was for Vivian to be aware of what he was up to.

Biology's practical exams were over before David knew it; as they were all filing out of the lab, David winked at few of his classmates and the plan went into action.

"Hey Vivian, I was thinking, why don't we girls have some girly time" Chioma said

Some of the girls David hadn't informed were surprised at Chioma suggestion.

"Girly time?" Faith repeated; she was visibly shocked as she wondered when Chioma started having spare time for such things.

Vivian raised an eyebrow in suspicion, but before she could reply, Chioma grabbed her and was literally dragging her while she beckoned on the other girls to follow.

As the girls walked away, Judith gave David the thumbs up indicating the completion of their mission.

"So what next?" Essien asked

"Let's give them ten minutes, and then we will also head to the field"

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Chioma led the girls to the field; they were all sitting down forming a circle, with Chioma standing in the middle

"So how do we spend our 'girly time'?" Faith asked in a bitter tone which she didn't bother to hide, she was supposed to be having a meeting with her beauty club members; well, she could leave if she wanted to, but this was exam period and it's Chioma we are talking about here, as long as you don't get on her nerves, you are sure to get as much help as you want in the exam hall.

Chioma was like an alpha female among the girls, she was a natural leader, she could enforce her will on people without much effort, the only reason she wasn't the school's female senior prefect was because she rejected it so she could concentrate on her studies.

Besides, Faith needed very good grades if she wanted to retain her title as the school's 'beauty n brains queen'. So considering all this, Faith butt remained on the floor no matter how displeased she might be.

Chioma ignored her tone as she beamed at her classmates

"I've been thinking" Chioma said, "Why don't we play a game?"

"What kind of game?" Vivian asked, wondering why she had gathered them

"We all take turns sitting in the middle, then we are to answer three questions about ourselves" Chioma explained "How about that?"

"Nice"

"Alright"

The girls all agreed to play the game

"So who starts first?" Vivian asked

"I will" Chioma replied, dropping to the ground

"So who among us gets to ask the question?" Vivian asked again

"You guys can choose among yourselves"

"Alright then"

All of a sudden, Faith hand popped up in the air

"Can I ask the first question?" she asked, a mischievous smile plastered on her face as she looked at everyone for consent.

Chioma looked uncomfortable as she frowned at the smile Faith had on her face.

Faith gleefully ignored Chioma's expression; immediately she had gotten the consent of everyone, she turned to Chioma with a big smile on her face

"Have you ever kissed a guy before?"

Chioma was completely stunned, that wasn't the kind of question she was expecting; she could literally feel her face boiling.

The girls all giggled at Chioma's reaction.

"I ..." Chioma stuttered "W what kind of question is that?"

"You said questions about yourself right?" Faith sneered

"But "

"No buts" Vivian interjected "Answer the question"

Everyone knew Chioma was a solemn book worm; she hardly had any time for any type of social get-together, talk less of high school relationships or any kind of romantic escapades when there were still books on this earth she was yet to read. Faith just wanted to tease her; they all knew she hadn't kissed anyone before, or so they thought.

Chioma stared back at them deeply mortified, "Well..." she started without looking at anybody directly "I I have"

"Huh?!" Faith exclaimed in disbelief

Everyone was flabbergasted at Chioma's reply.

"Really?"

"You have?"

"Be serious Chi"

Everyone was in total disbelief; they couldn't bring themselves to imagine Chioma in that kind of scenario.

Chioma's embarrassment was quickly replaced with mild anger, as she glared at them.

"What?" She scoffed, "Look, if you don't believe me then that's your business or you think I don't have feelings too?"

Chioma folded her arms in annoyance as she went on, "Just because I don't fancy a PDA kind of relationship doesn't mean I don't have feelings and can't express it, HMPH! You guys should even be glad I owned up to the truth in the first place".

The girls stared at Chioma and then at each other, obviously this was breaking news.

"And here I thought you couldn't compromise your absolute dedication for your books for anything" Faith sneered, quite upset she couldn't get the upper hand against her (Chioma).

Chioma immediately rounded on her

"What does a kiss have to do with me compromising my studies?" She snapped

"Easy there Chi" Samantha intervened, trying to calm her down

"HMPH!" Chioma hissed. "Who's asking the next question?"

The game carried on, few of the girls taking turns in the middle, and then some minutes into the game, the boys arrived, every one of them.