COMING FROM AFRICA [Completed]

IS DETENTION PUNISHMENT??? NAA!

   "WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? DETENTION! ALL OF YOU!!!"
Shit!!!!
  "Principal Richard! It wasn't my fault! This stupid African girl and her scrawny sister and friends were about to attack me!" Tiffany cries like a damsel in distress.
   "Who the hell are you calling scrawny?" Chinelo looked ready to jump Tiffany.
   "Whachu gon do 'bout pipsqueak? " She taunted.
   "I'll show you!" She was about to move towards her when the principal boomed.
    "ENOUGH! MY OFFICE! NOW!!!"
    Myself, Chinelo, Maureen, Lee, Tiffany, and Colum followed the principal to his office.
    "What was happening out there?" The principal asked. Principal Richard is a buff man with a bushy mustache. He has kind eyes when he isn't angry. He has puckered his lips and is waiting for us to speak.
"Principal—"
"Not you Tiffany. I have already heard your part." The Principal interrupted her before she could start her sob story.
"Tell me what happened." The principal mentioned, motioning for me to speak.
"Well sir, I saw Colum hitting my friend Lee earlier in the cafeteria. I told him to stop but Tiffany stood in my way. My little sister stopped her from doing anything rash." I tell him half of the truth.
"Sir, that's a lie. She slapped me." Colum burst in outrage, glaring at me.
"Is this true?"
"No sir. Colum punched me, and Tina came to help me. She never hit Colum." Lee defended me when the principal asked.
"It's a lie! These jungle people want to ruin me! I hate them!" I swear, Tiffany should be in the theatre. She is a perfect actress. So full of drama.
"There will be no calling of names in my office." Principal Richard states sternly.
This man's name is too long. I'll call him P Rich from now on! Hehe!
"Maureen, Joy... did she hit Colum?"
"It's obvious they will lie." Colum scoffed and P Rich's mustache twitched.
"No sir." They both lied.
"That being said...Colum, you have one week of detention for fighting and they rest of you have detention after school today. You may leave now."
We all stood up to leave when Tiffany bumped me to the side and stomped away angrily. I shook my head and grinned at my friends.
"Clementina." P Rich called me and motioned for the others to step out.
"Yes sir?"
"I know you slapped Colum."
"Sir I can explain—" I began but he interrupted.
"I have eyes and ears everywhere so I know that those two treat you badly. Slapping a fellow mate is not acceptable. Don't repeat it."
"Yes sir." I turned to leave when I heard him call me again.
"The walls have ears and eyes. I'll be watching." He finally said and winked, with a small smile.
I smiled back at him.
P Rich is a chill guy! Haha!
I walked out of his office and met my friends in the hallway waiting for me. Before I could say anything though, a hand pulled me roughly around to look up at Colum.
"You will pay for that slap Jungle girl!" He hissed. I looked down at his hand on my arm and back up at him.
"Bring it on blondie." I yanked his hand off my arm and walked away.

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"Ughhhhh!!! Who put me on detention duty this week?!" The teacher complained after he saw Colum.
"Don't say anything. Absolute silence for the next 2 hours. You should be doing homework, studying, reading, something I don't care. I'll be over here sleeping—I meant watching."
Wow! Someone really loves his job! I wanna be like him when I grow up! Jolly.
We sat in detention for two hours, whispering amongst each other. The teacher was a goner. But since we didn't want to cause any more trouble, we talked in hushed voices.
"Are you okay?" I asked Lee. He has a busted lip and a red cheek but he looks better after going to the nurse though. We missed one class because of the meeting with the principal and the trip to the nurse's office.
"I'm okay. Thanks for what you did back there. I appreciate it." Lee thanked.
"Hey! I'm the only one that gets to bully you." I teased.
"I'm so sorry I got y'all in detention. Colum has been calling me gay since I hit puberty. Just because I'm slim and energetic doesn't mean I'm gay." Lee fessed.
"You just need to hit the gym and gain some muscles. Besides is detention even punishment? It's basically two free hours. Back in Nigeria, we weed or scrub or even get caned as punishment. This is nothing." I said.
"Even in Ghana they do same. They cane you with thin long wood canes. It's hurts like hell. Detention is nothing." Maureen shared.
"Liars!" Tiffany spat. We all pretended like we couldn't hear her. Colum wasn't even in the class anymore. I don't know where he went and to be honest, I don't give a shit either.
"Even in junior high school, we do something called 'mental'. The teacher comes to class and shouts 'Time for mental!' He comes in front of you and asks you a question which you are supposed to answer real quick. If you get it wrong, you get a beating. And they also do inspections. They inspect you fingernails, white handkerchief, uniform, and shoe."
"You guys wear uniforms?!" Lee shouted and I slapped my hand over his mouth. The teacher stirred in his sleep but didn't wake up.
"Shhhhh!" We all hiss in unison. I removed my hand from his mouth.
"Sorry." He apologized sheepishly.
"Actually, there's a lot of things about Africa that y'all don't know." Chinelo stated.
"Yea. For example, most African kids are more primed and courteous than y'all." I said.
"Yup. Africa also has a lot of beautiful reserves." Maureen added. I told him of the Victoria Falls, Lusaka National Park and some beautiful places I visited when I traveled to Zambia. I also told him Kusugu Well, Ankil Dam, and some awesome places in Abuja and Lagos. Maureen told him about Kakum National Park, Elmina Castle, and Nzulenzu
"All lies!" Tiffany said again. Still, she was invisible to us so she scoffed when she realized that we weren't going to answer her.
"Now I want to go to Africa. It sounds so different from what we were told." Lee proclaimed excitedly. The three of us kept stuffing him with details till our 'punishment' was over.

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"I hope you all learnt from your mistakes. Detention is a horrible place to be, especially for the teacher." The teacher said after he woke up from his two hour nap. He didn't even realize that Colum wasn't in class anymore.
"Yup! I definitely learnt that detention is nothing compared to what people in Africa are experiencing." Lee stated proudly while the teacher looked confused.
"Let's go guys." We all get out of the class and take a bus home.
Before we all part, I tell them
"Tomorrow, we will have a video call with my bestie Amanda back home in Nigeria. Y'all will love her."
Well, today was neat. It's the start of a new era!

I'm grinning like an idiot. I don't know why😂 I really enjoyed writing this and the last chapter. Especially the slap and principal part😆
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