In One PIECE (Completed)

Chapter 2 - 'Lecturer Wahala'

Ada walked through the studio doors to find that Bella and Wisdom had beaten her to it. They were supposed to have ceramics today and she had come late again because of work.

As she strolled into the dusty and clay filled studio, Bella came running towards her,
"Ada, where is your work?", she asked. Ada pointed to the heavy bag in her hand. Immediately Bella snatched her bag from her hand and ran to the table to open it. Ada ran after her to stop her from opening the work which might have even spoilt after all the stress of danfo bus from office to school. "Don't open it until you show me your own work." She looked sternly at Bella whose face turned sour with a little pout and went to bring her own work to show her.

It was beautiful and well done which made Ada feel alittle discouraged. But Bella already opened her nylon, which exposed the worn out work of Ada. She immediately offered to fix it before the lecturer stepped in.
Admist the fixing and all, Wisdom brought his work to boast to them. They ignored him and continued working on their clay. But he started throwing clay at their work. As usual Bella snapped at him and punched his arm which got him howling in pain and eyeing Bella badly. Ada just told him "meh" and continued her work.

The lecturer finally stepped in, which halted all the work going on in the studio. He was a well built young man with an attractive face. Today he wore a short sleeved T-shirt which showed off his muscles. Ada caught Bella ogling his abs and poked her. They both giggled about his figure until he cleared his throat and began the class.
"Alright class, I would like you all to present your works on the table and do it in order."

Everybody started putting their works in order on the table. As usual Femi works were the best and had beautiful curves and smoothness. Ada couldn't help but admire the work. It was as beautiful as the owner. And talking about the owner, he was looking very dashing with his Ankara styled cloth. His shoes were on point and he looked so refined, it made Ada swoon. Other boys looked at him and whistled, admiring his fashion sense. John came closer and asked him, "ah ahn Femi, where do you used to get these shoes from? Mehn, see how they fresh!"
Everybody laughed and mocked John for his own 'shabby' shoes while Femi just chuckled and waved him off. But the fluttering reaction in Ada's tummy lingered there. It became stronger when he stood beside her. She couldn't help but steal glances at him. He had a well defined face, slim, highcheek bones, chocolate skin, small intelligent eyes which made her heart jump when they looked at her. It was like as if they looked right into her soul.

It was Bella's high pitched squeals that brought her back to reality. The ceramics lecturer well known as Mr Jude started assessing their works. He graded Femi well for his work. She wasn't surprised.
When he got to her work, he stopped and called to her, "Ada why is there love design in your work huh? Ada love. Should I start calling you that?"

He had a cute smile but that didn't faze Ada at all. She already had her eyes on Femi. She tried to explain the design of her work to him and thankfully, he let her off and graded her. The rest of the class went on steady as he explained the next assignment that they were expected to do. All she could think of was the growing heartbeats she was feeling as she stood beside Femi. Meanwhile Bella and Wisdom taunted each other throughout the class that she felt like slapping them.

"mehn this whole weekend is going to be stressful for me", Bella complained resting her head on Ada's shoulder. Wisdom turned to her, "We can plan to do our work next week. Lets soak the Clay during the weekend."
Ada blew out a sigh, "have you guys forgot I would be working during the week? Its only the night I have to do this work."
Bella shot up straight and grabbed her hand, and with a squeal she said, "we could do it oversight na, here in the studio."
Ada shook her head, "no ooo! I cant stay out all night. My parents will not allow it o. Abeg that one cant work."

Bella slumped back to the chair, dejected. Wisdom then offered to do his own work with Bella overnight which she readily agreed to. Ada wondered how she would do hers. She didn't want to be rushing at the last minute to get it done and there would be other assignments to finish. While she was thinking, she caught Mr. Jude smiling at her. She became alarmed. He had shown her some favour these past weeks and though she didn't know what it meant, she just prayed it was not that he liked her.

Ada was an attractive girl with an oval face that caught many eyes when she passed. She was pretty. There was no denying that. She was slim and did not have so much curves like Bella but she was a model kind of beautiful person.

She had always tried to escape unwanted attention and the attention Mr. Jude was giving her was unwanted and she didn't want anything to do with a lecturer. She turned her face to the loud sound she was hearing and watched Salim crack jokes with Femi, Bella, and Wisdom, who were laughing with him.

Jacquelyn was in a foul mood for which she knew no reason. Her works were very good. So she didn't understand why she was moody. She shrugged and turned away. It's not my business sha.

As the class was rounding up, someone complained from the back of the class, "sir, we cannot submit this work next week o. lets submit upper week." The rest of the class agreed in murmurs and Ada blessed the person in her heart. The work he had given them was complex and was not something they could finish in one week coupled with the other assignments they had.

Mr. Jude quieted the class down and turned to Ada, "Ada should I collect his work next week or not? If she says no, I will shift the date." Of course, Ada thought he was joking and said that it should be shifted only to be shocked with what he said next,
"Alright class, according to what Ada said, you will be submitting the work upper week."

Exclamations of relief and happiness swept through the class except for Ada who felt as if Ice poured all over her body. Did he really agree to what I said? She wondered worriedly. She didn't want to be the attention in the class and this was not the second time the lecturer was doing it. Some people were already giving her suspicious glances which made her uneasy. She decided there and then that she would avoid answering his questions or talking to him as she didn't want any problems for herself. He was a young lecturer after all and she, his student.
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Hey! How is your preparations for Christmas coming? Hope it's okay.
I'm sensing some teacher trouble for Ada and I'm hoping she doesn't get into any big problems.
Someone said that being a fine girl in college could attract lots of unwanted attention for you. Esp from lecturers.
And this her crush for Femi ehn... Lemme not say anything.

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