MISLEAD

chapters 16: Tell me about the new Choir master

The rest of the stay at home seemed very okay for me, it wasn't very normal yet but there was a big difference, I noticed mum was making efforts to make me comfortable and dad seemed happier with the progress, this week that I spent at home, made me feel loved than I had felt in 5 years.

I had thought about my new ways, having a boyfriend, having sex, I still had not told mum about having sex with farian, or farian In particular, I really needed to speak with her about it, but I was scared, what if she goes back to hating me or being cold towards me after hearing what I had done with farian.

I had finally decided that when I get to school, I'll cut things off with farian and be more serious with my books, I needed to take my life more seriously.

I packed my bag as mum stuffed them with more goodies and provisions than usual, I know this doesn't mean she never loved me in the past, due to my goodies weren't as much as this, I just felt like she was trying too much, she really wants this to work.

I got into the driver's car as mum couldn't drive me back to school because of work. I opened my side zip looking for my mp3 player, I caught sight of a sticker note that got handed to me by ada the day before I left for the midterms, it's an invitation to her birthday party that would be holding after the midterms, that is this Saturday.
I know I have already made up my mind to cut of ties with all these popularity issues and stuff but this was the first time it felt like ada had taken notice of me and I have longed for that for so long, I'll just go to this party this one time then I'll finally cut of ties.

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I got to school and I unpacked my bag pack plus the extra stuff mum packed in for me. Amina was already in the room trying on her new lip gloss, her things are already arranged neatly

"Welcome o, shey you want to sleep at home and forget school?" She asked jokingly

"You nko that went to mecca why did you rush and come back"

"Mtcheew like I said mumsi made it very boring, we were just praying like goats and visiting all the places of worship there, and taking boring photos with imams" she replied me anger evident on her face

I couldn't suppress my laughter " Pele o, mine was very okay o, my mum wants to kill me with goodies"

Amina didn't let me finish before packing some and putting them on her bed, she took most of the chocolates and started devouring them

" Madam don't go and eat too much and destroy this toilet for us o, you don't want to be on chidinma's bad side" I said grabbing some of my favourites chocolate from her bed, replacing them with the ones I don't like

"Blessing stop Na!" She slapped my hand to stop me from continuing the exchange as I laughed at her chidish behavior.

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Tessa came back later than usual, most times she would be one of the first persons to be in school even before it's time to resume, I wonder what she eats when she does that, cause I don't think the canteen women would have resumed then.

Tessa came back on Wednesday a day after I came back and to say she was looking sick was an understatement, she looked like she was about to die, she lost weight and her face was looking very pale, and this time I was worried, is she okay?, Has she been eating?, Am I being a good Friend by ignoring her even when she's looking like this?, I need to talk to her, I hope she's alright and most of all i hope I'm not the reason why she's looking this way.

We got back from classes on Thursday that week, the day or rather the week has been stressful, submitting midterms assignment that most students had put so much effort into and at the end of the day are being given a rather insulting score or being told to redo it, or worse failed.

I saw Tessa walking to the teacher's hostel so I quickly ran to her, if I moved any slower, I'll lose sight of her

"Hey" I said to her, as shock filled her expression, she looked behind her to make sure I was really referring to her, before pointing at her self to make sure she was the one I was talking to

"Come on Tess, what you did to me was not good, but I do not hate you for that, can you please stop with all these ignoring act"

She calmed a bit and gave me a lazy smile " I'm sorry blessing"

" Don't worry about it, I've forgiven you long ago, you don't look too well, I'm worried, how are you?" I asked her

"To be honest blessing I'm scared" and with that statement the blood in my face went dry, what's up with Tessa this time.
We sat down at a bench in the school field and Tessa narrated all to me, to say I was shocked was an understatement also, I was also scared.

Tessa had told me how Mr abayomi had been having sex with her in the school, it started from him being the new choir master after the former teacher left, he was always telling her sweet words and touching her in places where he didn't have any right to, but soon enough she was entangled with him on his bed in the teacher's quarters, and it soon became frequent.

She said when she started feeling ill that she had feared that maybe she's pregnant, but she bought a pregnancy test from one pharmacy very far away from her house and checked but it was clear, she wasn't pregnant, but her sickness was getting worse, her mum and dad hardly noticed when she was home as they didn't even spend much time in the house talk more of being with her, her maid had noticed but she had barked at the poor woman telling her to mind her business. She was scared she had a disease and it was eating her alive.

I begged her to atleast tell her parents but she said she won't that she bought some drugs from a pharmacist while coming back to school and she'll start from there.
It didn't sound right to me, taking drugs without prescription, I was still scared for her, in as much as things aren't still the same for us, I still care for her, and the talk we had was really important to me. I just want to her be okay, I hope the medicine works.

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