EXODUS

1

It's about to begin readers. Do enjoy the journey.
  "A beautiful afternoon to you students."
"Good afternoon ma'am." Gaily students dressed in black shirts, checked wine trousers for boys and pleated skirt for girls with wine long ties doned with black socks and footwears.
  "How are you guys doing today?" The unusually dressed woman obviously in her mid-forties removed her spectacles and faced the students squarely.
  "We're good."
"We're doing well ma'am."
"We're okay."
"We're surviving."
"We're living just fine madam." The students shouted their responses and the wind helped transport their messages.
  "Settle down please. We're moving to a new topic today." She turned to face the white board and wrote a few words "Joys of Motherhood" and turned back to face the expectant faces. "It's going to be very promising and exciting. Should we start with a project or explain first?" She questions moving to take her seat on the locker of the first student on the middle row.
   A fair, lanky student putting on blue geek glasses raises up his hand and he motions for him to speak.
"I feel like we should make it a project first so we can understand better before the class explanation." He submits and takes his seat.
"Okay. Any more opinions?" The literature teacher opens the floor. The students all turn to look at one other and when she notices that no one is willing to contradict, she rises up to her feet and packs her things. "So, that means we have to pick a project coordinator. Who should that be? Suggestions are needed please. Humanities students shouldn't be as quiet as you guys are." She squints with turning at intervals.
Suggestions roll in as the students begin to nominate their classmates.
"Grace."
"Elizabeth"
"Ademide"
"Folafunmi"
"Grace will do just fine."
"Yes ma'am. Grace is okay. Let Folafunmi be the assistant and Elizabeth the treasurer." A lean looking tall girl concludes just as the bell signalling the end of period goes.
  "That's it for today students. Do take care of yourself. I guess we all will be going with Joy's suggestions." She makes to leave the classroom.
  "Bye Mrs Williams." The students chorus as they all leave their seats.
  The classroom becomes an hall of chaos as the students all try to pass different informations to one another at the same time. A short dark lean looking girl skips to the locker directly before hers and settles into the seat. She is met with a dimpled cheek and white teeth as she turns to hug the exclusively fair mid size teenager putting on kitten glasses.
"How you?" The short girl asks.
"I'm fine Grace. Opooo. Odindin project coordinator. My friend my friend." The other girl teases as she pokes Grace in her mid ribs. Grace breaks into a bout of laughter as she holds her stomach as mildly closes her eyes at intervals.
"See...the... person.. talking ooo. Are you not the treasurer too? Kowope madam! Cash madam!" Grace hailed Elizabeth as they laugh once again. Elizabeth looks around as if searching for someone. She sharply turns to Grace.
"Where's she?" Grace who seems to get a wind of the 'missing personality' replies in earnest standing up at the same time.
"Store shop. I'm going to join her. A pinpop will do to relieve stress."
"Get me one too. I have to submit the class' government assignments." Elizabeth shouts as Grace exits the class.
  As she walks along the corridor, different shouts of senior Grace! Senior Grace! rend the air as she consistently waves and smiles at the troop of students who greet her. Another bell goes signifying the end of the school day. She heaves a sigh of relief as she trudges into the store shop.

  That's the first chapter family. How does it look? Please don't forget to vote and comment. Remember, Exodus can't progress without it.
  Do take good care of yourselves.
Yours In Ink; Bethel.