The holiday with my Uncle's family was fun. We went to Ikeja City Mall, the beach, and had a lot of fun together. I took pictures and sent them to my parents, who were out of the country by then.
The holiday is over, and I'm following my Aunt to my new school. I had already enrolled during the holidays and it's my first day in Stellar Academy. I feel so nervous. My previous school was one of the best in Abuja, I was a straight-A student and one of the best in the school. I minded my own business and people often make me out to be a snob but I didn't mind, all I cared about is getting good grade and making my parent's proud. I'll do my best to maintain my excellent academic records at Stellar Academy, all I have to do is avoid all distractions and I'm good. This is my 2nd term SS2, one more term and I'm back in Abuja to write my SSCE.
My Aunt knocked on my door and came in to inform me she's ready to go. She's a nurse at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, and my uncle had gone to work much earlier. I looked at myself in the mirror one last time. I'm wearing a purple top and cream-colored trousers, simple and cute. I was going to get my school uniform today in school.
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We drove up to the school's parking lot. It was a big school, not as big as my previous one, but it looked very nice too.
We went to the principal's office, where she informed me that I'd get my school uniform toorrow due to a delay in getting them from the supplier oversea.
I was accompanied to my class by one of the school admin staff. They were in the middle of mathematics. We were greeted by the students.
"Hello class, meet your new classmate, Tiaraoluwa." She turned to me and said, "Introduce yourself."
"I'm Tiaraoluwa Wellington, nice to meet you all,"
I replied. "Nice to meet you too," they all echoed.
I as told to sit in an empty seat in the second row by the window. Not bad. We had two more classes, it was time for break.
I kept getting checked out by some of the boys in class. Some came to introduce themselves. Most of the girls ignored me, not that I minded, but the girl beside me was nice. Her name is Paula, she's the class representative. She gave me her notes to copy and smiled at me often.
I started feeling a bit of cramp, but I ignored it because it wasn't yet my time of the month. I decided to take a walk around; maybe it would ease th pain. As I was strolling down the hall, some boys started looking at me weirdly, but I ignored them. Suddenly, someone tied a jacket around my waist. I was so confused and dumbfounded.
"What are you doing?" I finally said.
"I'm lending you my jacket. Go and clean yourself up," he said, and made to leave but came back again, "I guess you're new. The restroom is down the hall."
I suddenly realized that I must be stained because I'm wearing cream-colored trousers and my period must have started. So embarrassing! I ran down the hall to the toilet. I entered one of the empty stalls and realized how badly stained I was. "Shit!"
