A Stroke Of Luck

Chapter Two:

The street was as quiet as a graveyard. Few cars drove past and it was obvious the drivers were workers hurrying to go to work early. Lolade stood outside the gate of her house. How she'd got there, she still didn't understand.

"what am I doing here? She questioned herself.

Suddenly a car stopped and two ladies got down from it and moved towards her.

" come with us" one of the ladies said.

Lola couldn't see their faces and it scared her all the more.

"Who are you people? Lola asked taking steps backwards.

"It doesn't matter who we are. What matters is that you come with us!"

Lola turned to her gate and banged it countless times and there was no answer.

"Its no use dear" the ladies said together "you have something that belongs to us"

"Tell me what is is? Lola cried.

   Water was splashed on her. She opened her eyes. It was a dream. Cleaning, water from her face she looked up. It was Lekan.
"are you crazy or you're just pretending to be? She lashed out

"Calm down dear sister! we came back late yesterday so I took it upon my humble self to wake you up on time. You don't wanna establish a name for yourself as a latecomer, do you? Lekan said sitting on her sofa.

" was the water really necessary? She was still angry

"Nope" he said flashing her a smile.

"You're an idiot! She said getting out of bed." Get out of my room!

"im not going anywhere, so you better start preparing" lekan said."where's the remote? I wanna watch TV"

" I have neither time nor energy for your crap this morning" lola said rolling her eyes. She walked into her bathroom and banged the door loudly.

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   Students walked hurriedly past Lola. She was also in a hurry to get to government class. She heard someone calling her name. It was Pearl.

"Good morning" Kemi greeted.

"Morning" Lola answered."we're late for government class"

" There's no point hurrying to class. The government teacher isn't in school today'

" So what do we do?

"Go to class and sit anyway. To avoid trouble with the principal"

Finally seated in the class, Kemi was behind Lola. She was telling her about the students and their characters. Lola liked the fact that she'd made a friend already.

"Who's that one? Lola asked pointing at fair girl who kept throwing herself at one boy.

"That's Pretty. She's a nice person. She's the best literature student in our class" kemi began. That's Ebuka, the boy she's been crushing on since basic eight!

"Cool" lola acknowledged " isn't it weird that he doesn't seem to take notice of her?

"She doesn't mind, trust me"

"What about that girl called Genesis? Lola asked.

"That girl is a weirdo" kemi said, her expression was serious.

"Tell me about her!" Lola's inquisitive instincts kicked into action.

"I really don't know much about her" kemi said uneasily.