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8. DETENTION

Chapter 8

BEMA'S POV

I was washing when my friend , rushed to me.
She came running from a distance.
"Bema! Bema! ,She called out

Esther :Have you been to the notice board today?

Me: No! has there ever been anything profitable pinned there? Please I have better things to do.

Esther: silly girl, you must admit you are very funny. Your name is on a list pinned on the board.

Me: Hey Esther, tell me you are kidding. What rule have I breached to have my name on a whole school's notice board.

Esther: Keep calm. Won't you allow me to complete my delivery. The heading of the letter read , hmmm, I can't really recall.

Me: Are you for real? You saw my name in there without checking the heading of the list...

Esther: Well, there are a couple of vagabonds, Are you not sure you were caught sneaking out of campus or something? I pray it's not about suspension.

Me: Keep mute Esther, you are getting me terrified.

I quickly dropped the uniform I was washing and walked briskly to the notice board in fear.

She's refused to come with me. The board contained a couple of pinned posts so it took me not long to fish out the one that contained my name.

I saw my name as I skimmed through and quickly rolled my eyes up to the heading to confirm.

Huh! my consternation had ended when I saw the heading boldly written;" THE FOLLOWING NAMES SHOULD SEE THE PROTOCOL PREFECT FOR THEIR LETTERS".

My fear of being sanctioned ,all drowned. I had just one person in mind who could write to me but he didn't know my details so was not certain.

I wasted no time. I went to take my letter with ease.

"I will slaughter her today", I said to myself referring to Esther.

I went straight to her bed and guess..

"Surprise!! how was my surprise?" She screamed in joy.

"F*ck you okay, you could have done it in a nice way". I said to her , avoiding eye contact.

I sat on her bed to read. It was from Emma of course. Vivian had also joined us to know the content.

The name of his high school on the envelope raised brows since it was one of the best. The ladies could not wait any longer.

I opened and read out. The nods and smiles that drew on their faces while I read were soo enticing.

The words he used in the scripts and how well he expressed his love for me , caught the ladies attention. They could not hesitate but convince me to accept his proposal.

Although they had not set eyes on him, they believed he would be a good person to be with.

I wrote a reply to him the next two days .

Since I didn't want to talk about his proposal, I ignored that aspect and wrote about school.

I made sure the girls were ignorant about my reply because they would have convinced me to put up things I didn't want to.

After the letter I received, these girls had always been on me .

Always figuring out why I was avoiding him. A second could not pass without they talking about him to me.

They became his Jesus, always speaking up for me. I realized my feeling towards him had started changing but I did not allow that.

A typical conversation of the numerous ones went...

Esther: I don't know your problem Bema, what do you hate about this guy? Is he ugly?

Vivian: You are being too difficult, it's rare for a guy to express himself this much to a lady.

Me: You guys should quit this conversation and bring up a new topic.

Esther: Well, the only advice I can give is, be vigilant .

Vivian: I know you like him. No matter how you try to hide it. Just make things smooth for him.

These girls wanted to break my record.

All I wanted was to live my single life and avoid trauma.

I've always heard relationship comes with trauma and I was going through a lot already and was not ready to add to it.

For the first time , I decided to think through the words he's been telling me. The care he's been showing.

It was clear he loved me. He is not bad looking. What at all was hindering me.

I got to know the only thing that was hindering my acceptance of his proposal was my unreadiness.

Did I just consider dating him in my thoughts?...

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