light & Darkness

CHAPTER FOUR- IT'S A PITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE FUN WITH ANIMALS OF YOUR KIND.

Mayo's POV

The buzzing sound of my alarm woke me up.

Today was the beginning of a new session. I undressed and headed to the bathroom to freshen up.

I decided to put on a long-sleeve black top and a purple pleated skirt matching it with black sneakers and my school socks.

My school was one of the rare schools in Nigeria that lets students wear clothing of their choice with a touch of the school uniform, either the skirt/trouser, shirt, hat, blazer, or socks.

I grabbed my purple bag pack and headed downstairs for family devotion.

After the devotion, we had our breakfast and my parents dropped me off at school on the way to their hospital.

My school, GRACE HEIGHTS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, stood there radiating in its glory. I took a deep breath and walked in.

As I walked towards I and Marianna's regular hanging spot, the school garden. I passed by different clusters of students whispering and chatting excitedly. This school can never be normal without gist and rumors flying about, and the Lord has blessed me a best friend who always has the latest gist at the tip of her finger.

Marianna always keeps me well informed with all of such gossip, not that am complaining cause my life is pretty boring without her in it.

As I approached her on one of the garden benches, she was all smiley and giddy, just like everybody around.

I sat and said, "Hey what's up? Why is everyone giddy today ?".

"Hi b, guess what?", she said while jumping up and down on the bench.

"What na? You know I'm not good at guessing", I said while rolling my eyes.

"A hot American guy just transferred to our school", she said while squealing.

"You people are not serious ooh, Is that why everybody is behaving like the president of America just paid them a visit ehn?"

"Gerrout joor, just wait till when I make him fall for me and we start dating ehn. At least all those ugly boys in your school that are disturbing me will allow me rest"

"It is now my school abi", I said laughing.

"Well if it isn't my two most favorite people in the world. Mind if I join in the fun", I heard a voice from behind me saying, and immediately Marianna's laugh turned to a scowl.

I turned to see who it was and behold, I saw Joshua and one fine spec like that beside him.

"It's a pity that we don't have fun with animals of your kind", Marianna said.

"What gives you the right to talk to my cousin like that? , bitch", asked the fine American guy beside Joshua, whose name I did not know yet. It then registered that this was the American guy Marianna was fantasizing about a few minutes ago and she just got him pissed. She should just give up on the dream of ever dating him. But being the mumu she is, she did not zip her mouth but continued.

"Because he is an asshole that doesn't mind his business. Biko, who even put your mouth inside the matter sef", Marianna retorted.

"Joshua, why is she barking? You never told me this is how Nigerian girls are like", he said ignoring her.

"She's just one of my dogs, never mind her. I will introduce you to better people later", Joshua said smirking.

Fortunately, the bell rang indicating the beginning of assembly and students started to race towards the assembly hall, as been late attracted punishments which no one wanted to serve. Being the nice girl I am, I decided to bring their fight to an end before they rip each other's heads off.