Tessa brought out her cup and mixed her Milo and milk as she stared at me, we were four in our room, two bonks, I was on the bonk above Tessa, while Amina and chidinma our two remaining roommates, shared the other bonk.
Tessa was staring at me, like she wanted me to say something
"What?" I asked her
"Which one is what?" She said tasting her tea, and frowning a bit, clearly the tea had too much water, she brought out the Tin of Milo and added two more spoons
" Why are you just looking at me?" I asked resting my head on amina's bed, she'll skin me alive if she finds me in this position
" You were with farian" she said
"And?" I asked her getting more comfortable on amina's bed
" Farian, when did you start talking to farian?" she asked
"He came to me today, I didn't even know why, he just came to say hi I guess,please that one has passed jare, what's my own with farian" I said standing up and climbing to my bed
"Naso, tomorrow now, we won't hear word on farian's matter " she said Laughing
Immediately amina enters the room " what's with farian's matter, wetin do farian" she said dropping her bag on her bed
" Who the hell sat on my bed?, I just dressed this bed this morning" she groaned
" It's me, do you want to beat me?, the day you finally arrange your bed, we won't hear word, all the times you scatter someone's own you'll not talk or say anything about it" I said jokingly throwing her one of my pillow that she dodged, picking it up and throwing it back to me
" What's with farian abeg?" she asked sitting down and pulling her shoe
" It's bee o, she and farian were talking today" Tessa said using water to rinse her cup
" This one would turn to obinna now, remember when we were in Ss1 Tess, bee and obinna" amina said laughing
"Lord that boy!" Tessa said laughing
"God forbid" I stated, obinna was a transfer student in our school last term, he was a geek, he wasn't very attractive but he was really smart, we were partners for science projects and he took a very unusual liking towards me.
He would send me flowers on different occasions, on Valentine he bought me a big basket of gifts and asked me to be his Valentine for the Valentine dinner.
He was a nice guy but he had this mouth odour that was really unbearable, Tess, and amina would tease the hell out of me, chidinma also joined them which was rare, she's very quiet and rarely talked, in fact no one knows what is going on in her life as she's very secretive, most times she doesn't really agree with Tessa and they have lots of disagreements, and they go all term silencing each other, chidinma is a pro at that, let's say they don't fancy each other.
I had declined obinna and I instead went with Fred one of the smallest boys in our set, you wouldn't imagine the stares we both were getting and the laughter's , imagine how most of the popular girls Reacted.
The dinner was for only senior student, that was our first dinner party since i came to evergreen college, juniors aren't really allowed to host dinners and stuff, so this is my first time experiencing this and I was not ready to spend it with M.O oby as he was nicknamed by one of the naughty boys in his hostels.
We didn't really know what it meant until we found out, it actually meant mouth odour oby(short form for obinna), you should see amina when she was laughing, the whole hostel heard her, and she didn't even care.
Obinna had come to the party that day without a date, and before i knew what was happening, I couldn't find fred anymore, I had searched for him and later concluded that maybe he needed some alone time, fred is the shy type. Well not until i heard Obinna was caught trying to cut fred, actually he had already stabbed his hands threatening him he would kill him if he comes close to me, I was so scared, like I had noticed obinna was creepy, but I didn't know it was to that extent. He was expelled from the school, I actually pray he's in a Psyche ward now.
" Farian is not like that jhoor" I said opening my cornflakes and pouring the contents into my cup
" Amina how was your makeup test?" Tessa asked
Amina shrugged and hissed very loudly " see, you see this school, me I'm tired of it, me I don't know I just wrote anything"
The truth was that amina was plain dumb, she wasn't intellectually smart at all, she was good with crafts and stuff but reading and writing is not her thing. I even wonder most time how she entered this boarding school as their entry exams were really tough. I heard her dad had sorted it all, her dad is politician, the people who squander Nigeria's revenue, but don't you dare say that in amina's presence, she would tackle you defending her father, rendering you speechless, if you weren't agreeing to her terms she was ready to beat you up, for her point to be made.
We were still walking when chidinma walked in, my cornflakes wrapper was on the floor,
" What's this one now, who put this here now!" she groaned slightly irritated and anger evident on her face.
She couldn't stand any form of dirt, she had OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), this was one of the reasons why Tessa has a problem with her most times. But I do understand her, she's not trying to say one is dirty is just the way she is, I know how many people I had to explain to what haemophilia meant, back when they asked why my brother was treated like an egg, whenever I told them and explained they would tell me he didn't look sick, they never really understood.
I kept my cornflakes aside as I quickly got down and picked up the wrapper. Amina had greeted chidinma and already grabbed the bag of goodies she brought in, earning a glare from chidinma, meanwhile Tessa had turned facing the wall, reading the book she got from the Library, while I asked chidinma
"How was your day?"
" It was okay" she said taking out gloves and putting on before dusting her shoes properly and putting them in a transparent disposable bag, before sweeping off the dirt immediately and climbing up to her bed.
"Better replace my stuff, you've already touched all of it without washing your hands" she said to Amina while laying on her bed.
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