SURVIVAL INSTINCTS:THE DEAD COME FROM ABOVE

its a hard choice

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Three days ago.......

" Miss najeebah will you step in to the principal office" said a young woman who sat at the desk in front of an office, which clearly stated PRINCIPAL OFFICE.

"Yes ma'am" naj said as she walked towards the door, her legs shaking, her mind racing, "was she gonna be debadged from her post or worst would she be expelled".

"It's gonna be ok najeebah" said the secretary as she looked up at naj " just say the truth".

"Yh" she said as she walked into the room.

"Ahhh miss najeebah, please seat" said the principal as he adjusted his glasses.
"How are you feeling today?"

" Am doing well sir" she said as she sat on the chair, it felt warm unlike the room, "was someone just here" she thought as  her eyes darted round the room, only to rest on the explosion papers in front of the principal.

"Miss najeebah, I LL get straight to the point.
We received some information, that you snuck out of school.
How do you plead?"

Her silence, exposed her guiltiness as she sat down there running the events of the past weekend in her mind.

"Miss najeebah how do you plead?" asked the principal again.

"In... innocent, sir", she said as she tried to steady her voice.

"Well miss najeebah, we have a witness who is ready to testify otherwise, and she says she has proof of the allegation"

"A.. wit.....witness, who" naj said, her heart pounding faster, her mind going through different people who it could be, " could it be Tracy, no she doesn't know Wilson. What of livie no I didn't tell her I was going, wait the only person I told I was going was..."

" please can miss Rodriguez step into the office" said the principal before dropping his land line.

"Oh my God" naj thought " this must be a joke, it can't be her, she's my bestie, she must be here for a different reason, I trust her, she can't do me like this".

The door slowly open, as the hinges squeaked, and naj wished more than ever it was someone else, as asmaa walked right past her and stood in front of the principal.

"Good morning, sir" asmaa said as she, trying her best to avoid eye contact with naj.

"Good morning, miss Rodriguez, sorry to have you here on short notice but can you recount the story you told me." Asked the principal as he began scribbling on a notepad in front of him.

"Yes sir" asmaa said as she tried to dust her skirt for no reason,

" on Saturday by exactly 1am, naj woke me up and said she was going to see wilson" asmaa said as her eyes finally met with naj eyes and she could almost here naj's voice in her head, pleading for her to stop.

"And who is this Wilson" asked the principal

"Sir Wilson he is the son of the hunter who lives in the woods behind the school, he is a classless miscreant and in my honest opinion he is no good for naj as a suitor-".

"Shut up" naj yelled as she interrupted asmaa,who gave you the right to pick what Is good for me and not-"

"Enough miss najeebah sit down unless I will be forced to add assault to your list of crimes"

" Sorry sir" naj said as she sat down her body shaking with anger.

"Please continue miss Rodriguez"

" Yes sir" asmaa said apparently unshaken by naj's action " sir I tried my best to stop her but she was adamant, so In a few minutes she had scaled the fence and ran into the woods she only came back by 4am Sunday Monday"