My High School Life

Chapter Three

Jumoke

"I hate Mondays," I grumbled, getting up from my bed sleepily after that stupid alarm clock rang. Seriously, I regret asking for an alarm clock, it's the stupidest thing I have.

I hate Mondays so much, I mean..who doesn't?

I had already spent four Mondays in my new school and believe me, it was horrible.

On Monday mornings, the school was usually very dirty...after playing on Friday and dumping all the biscuits and sweet wrappers on the floor.

The boarders usually did their portion of the work earlier than the day students.

After the stupid cleaning, we had two stupid periods for the subject with a boring teacher, data processing. 

We weren't processing any stupid data. I wondered why I chose that trade subject. I would have gone for Catering crafts, at least you can be eating chin chin and cake during practicals than staying glued to a stupid computer.

Today, Dad isn't going to take us in his car. Guess what? We are trekking!

Trekking isn't bad. What makes it horrible is trekking with my walking Iroko brother.

He doesn't even care if you're still walking beside or behind him. He just keeps walking without looking back and he takes long strides, you have to run to catch up with him. I can exchange that boy for a bag of pure water!

I brushed my teeth and took my bath in haste......in haste! First time in history.

I ate my breakfast hurriedly and returned my plates to the kitchen for washing.

"Mummy, we are going." My mum came down the stairs with her purse in hand.

She brought five hundred naira and gave it to Tunde.

"Ehn!! Mummy, don't give Tunde my money, he won't give me the complete money."

Tunde gave me a murderous look.

"Eh ehn, Tunde, so you've been cheating her?" 

He kept mute.

"Am I not talking to somebody?"

"I wasn't cheating her, I was helping her to save it." He answered foolishly.

"Since when did you become a human bank? OK, how much has she saved so far?"

"Em.."

"Answer me before I give you an earthquaking slap."

"I didn't count it."

"No problem, today I will give her your own money."

"Ah ahn, mummy, please." He begged

"If you mummy me there, I will use my shoe to drum on your back. Jummy, come and take."  She gave me the money and I started to pity him.

Let him suffer for today.

*****

I got to school a bit late, and although I wasn't late for assembly I arrived later than my usual time.

Remember that girl that was rude to me on the first day of school? Her name was Elizabeth, and since then we became enemies. Nobody liked her in the class.

She was so full of herself.

I bumped into her while going into my class.

"Are you stupid?" She yelled.

I ignored her and shoved her out of my hair.

"Good morning people." Sandra greeted cheerfully.

"Good morning Sandra...you came late today, what happened?" Chioma asked.