Dieko
I remove my ear piece from my ear as mum's car stops in front of the school building and pause the song I've been listening to before keeping my phone inside my bag
I make to open the car door but my mum stops me
"Erm, Dami" She turns her head so she's facing Dami who's sitting at the back "Go, your sister will come later"
"Okay, bye mum" She leaves and shuts the door behind her
"What is wrong with you?" She turns back to me
"Ma?" My eyebrows furrow in confusion
"I've been watching you for the past week, you've been moody, you've not been yourself"
"I'm fine, mummy"
"Emi niya e o (I'm your mother o), tell me what is wrong with you, abi are you pregnant?"
"Ahan, mummy" I almost shout
"What?, Or you think I don't know you've been going out with those boys...what are they names again?
Nawa o, this woman ehn
"Lanre and Timi are just my friends"
"Okay naw, don't sha bring any pregnancy to my house o, you know it's just you and your sister that I have, please don't put me to shame o"
I almost roll my eyes, oya what is she saying?, From what is wrong with me to pregnancy, which one is don't put me to shame
"Mummy, I said I'm fine"
"On a more serious note, Diekololaoluwa" I groan internally, I hate when she uses my full name
"If anything is wrong, you can always tell me, your grandma, your sister, or even Feyikemi, she's your cousin...I brought you and your sister here so we can start over, I want you to forget everything about Abuja, you are in Lagos now"
If only it was that easy...
Speaking of Feyi...how was I going to face that girl?
"I know mum, please can I go now?, They'll soon ring the bell for assembly"
"Yes, go"
I thank her and step out of the car then shut the door behind me watching as she drives away
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Feyi
I hiss for the hundredth time today as I try to solve this Further Maths problem, why did I even choose to offer this subject?
Oh yeah, I know why, it was because I couldn't stand to offer Geography, who even invented that subject?, the teacher, Mr Ude is a man who looks like a skeleton, I can't stand seeing him three times in a week, omo, nightmares straight
"Feyi, how far?"
I don't even need to look up to know who that stupid voice belongs to, I look up to see him smiling at me with his useless friend
I hiss loudly throwing my face away, Chaii, who did I offend?, Who did I offend that refused to forgive me?, God, if this is your way of punishing me for keeping mum's change when she asked me to go and buy bread yesterday, I'm sorry, the change was just 500 naira o
How can Oshorenoya and Henry come to talk to me this early morning?, That means bad luck for the rest of the day
Noya and Henry are two yeye guys in commercial class, they are Timi's friends, Yes I said it, Timi's friends, not mine, I know Timi and I are best friends but there are some people he is friends with that I just can't talk to
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