Tomiwa POV

My WAEC exams have started already and so far we've had three papers done and about seven more to go. I sat at the back of the class room, my head buried in my biology note. I may have lost my friends, I may have lost my brothers trust, but I do not intent on loosing this exam either. If I can just get an A parallel in my WAEC maybe I can get a scholarship of some sort. It was sad that when I had the chance to win the DGT competition at the finals, my brother and his friend showed up ruined it for me.

Now that same brother is giving me the cold shoulder because of Ebuka, believing I am in a relationship with him. Sigh, I flipped to the next page reading my biology note. I wasn't so far gone in studying when a junior student came to my class. I couldn't help but look up from my note when my name was being called. He came to meet and passed an envelope to me. I collected it with a questioning look on my face and he said

"Uncle Daniel said I should give you."

"Uncle Daniel? Who—"

I didn't get to finish my statement because the supposed student didn't let me land before he ran off. I didn't even get to know his name. He just dashed out of the class the same way he dashed in. I sighed before I opened the envelope to read it's content which said.

"Dearest Ginger head. I want to you know that I have my eyes on you. If you think you can run you mouth and ruin my reputation to your brother then you have another thing coming. I will find you, and end you if you don't keep it shut like the good ginger head you are.

Yours sincerely
D.E"

I sucked in a deep breath. I kept on taking deeper breath to calm my racing heart until it finally calmed down. So the letter was from Daniel Egiro my brother's supposed friend. He has been sending me this threats saying what ever happened between us stays between us and my brother must not hear about it. I was still in class at the moment staring at the letter wishing it will just disappear and I could unread what I read. How am I supposed to concentrate on my biology when this threats are so distracting.

It's been a month now and no sign of my period. It's obvious I am pregnant because I have been spotting brownish red on my panties and there is this stubborn headache that just won't go away. I sighed. My life is just a huge mess right not but all I am choosing to care about right now is aceing my WAEC exams, but how could I think straight with all these problems on my mind.

As if Daniel threats to end my life if I told my brother about what happened between us wasn't enough. Ebuka has been constantly whining in my head, begging for my attention. What is it with this boy sef? I figured immediately after the magical singing he had with Joan the other day he would immediately jump into a relationship with her. At least that's what I thought, so in other not to hinder "their love" blossoming further I decided to change my seat. Hence why I was seated at the back studying .

"Did you hear what Victoria did again? Hmmm I can't believe she stoop so low."

I sat as I overheard the conversation of one of my classmates. In as much as I didn't want to listen and hear their conversation, I had no other choice. They were directly in front of me, two seats away and they were talking very loudly on top of it. Sigh - shouldn't they be studying? I mean we all have biology tomorrow so why were they gisting loudly disturbing the rest of us who chose to stay back in class to read?

"She should leave the poor girl alone already. Her life is already bad enough as a orphan, why add more pepper to the injury?"

"Abi oo, photoshopping Ebuka and her like that, sending the pictures out till it gets to her brother..."

I turned off immediately the fair girl with only one dimple on her left cheeks said. There were talking about me. I didn't need a soothe sayer to find that out, what I did want to know was how they managed to find out that I was an orphan, and I wasn't born with a silver spoon like them. Any way I am not against them, it's Victoria I should be against. Now I know how my brother got the supposed picture of I and Ebuka together. She was the one that manipulated the picture to reflect that I and Ebuka were doing shit and all in those pictures.

I groaned out loud making the girls in front of me know that I was listening to their conversation. They immediately raised their hands in a mocking surrender before keeping quiet and facing their book. I sighed, knowing there was so much I wanted to say to those girls but I didn't do it because I didn't want to cause a scene. I'm a reasonable human being that knows that whatever scene I wanted to cause was going to distract the rest of my classmate that were reading. With that in mind, I left the class and I decided to take a walk to cool off and let off some steam. That plan was going just fine until I saw Victoria and Ekene having a serious make out section in an empty class room as I passed by.

I can't believe the same Ekene that was coming clean to say he likes me two weeks ago was now here, smooching another woman - Victoria for that matter. I was highly disappointed in him, and to think I also felt for his tricks and sweet words to show he was serious about me. I just shook my head and passed only for him to come after me seconds after I passed. Wait...so he abandoned and left his unfinished business with Victoria and decided to come after me. Does he want that girl to come for my head or something?

"What do you want Ekene? You already made it clear that I am not your type."

"Wow Tomiwa. Don't be too quick to judge. You know Victoria she was the one that came on to me. Please hear me out, I still have feelings for you."

He said his eyes pleading and for once I could see truth in his eyes. For once I could see beyond his hard guy facade, he really meant what he said, but right now I couldn't bear to trust him, I just couldn't bear to add his feeling for me to the equation. My life at this point was chaotic enough, so instead of standing there trying to reason with him, I simply said.

"Fuck off Chukwuekene"

I walked away, away from the boy I wanted nothing to do with and at the same time everything to do with. I sighed, heading for the girls bathroom that was on the ground floor since the one on our floor was damaged and under repair. I was seriously trying my hardest to study but that wasn't working hence why I took a break to go and pee first. This wasn't the first, second, nor third time Ekene was coming at me like this. He keeps saying he wants nothing to do with Victoria yet I see them together half the time. He was just a constant distraction who somehow kept leading me on and for the rest of my life, I just can't help but follow his lead. How could I not? When he is the perfect description of my life right now, dark, cold and hooded.

Once I was done peeing and cleaning myself up, I went to the wash hand basin. While I was washing my hands the soap water splashed into my new fresh injuries and I felt a short sharp pain as it stinged me. I groaned in pain as memories of how I got the injury - Courtesy of Miss Okiki, came flooding my mind. It happened two nights ago. I was sleeping peacefully in the parlor after a long day of studying so much. I fell asleep there and because Miss Okiki saw that my mouth was opened and I was drooling over her couch, she used hot spoon and placed it over my hand and on my face.

It was like she enjoys the sole purpose of making my life a living hell. And it was the only thing she was very good at. I managed to wipe my hands clean regardless of the pain I was feeling.

I left the girls bathroom only to meet an angry Victoria staring at me. Immediately I slouched, knowing she was nothing but trouble, what could she possibly want this time?

"Well well well - if it isn't the little orphan. Here she is swinging her way into my boyfriends heart thinking she can steal him from me."

"Excuse you, I have a name you know."

I said to her annoyingly. Just because she knows I am an orphan doesn't give her the right to rub it in my face. That was just so disrespectful but I didn't have strength to start fighting her on that.
I really didn't have time for this girl called Victoria, I mean yes I know she is the one behind the manipulated pictures. She keeps throwing herself at Ebuka even though I believe he was supposed to be with Joan.

"Oh please, and what if your name reeks with poverty, it's offensive to call It out loud. Please, I would rather stick with calling you orphan instead."

"Oh really? And I am sure you wouldn't mind me calling you village Girl."

I said in response after her words sliced through my thoughts. That was my attempt as a come back but it's didn't affect her as much as I wanted it to instead she used it against me, hurting me and making me feel way worse than originally felt as she said.

"Ha! Village girl, Really? Is that all you got? Hmph village girl or not at least I have parents, my biological mother and father. You, what do you have? You are just a worthless orphan who just came to rubbish the name I have made for myself here. You think you can waltz in here through the back door to steal my shine and my boyfriends? Well you are very wrong."

Victoria said, blaming me for the cause of all her problems to the point of accusing me of stealing Ebuka her supposed boyfriend away from her. This girl is very confused I swear. Can't she just pick a guy and settle with one already? Her wahala was too much and the sad part was the fact that I am the one getting all the hits. She just indirectly insulted me again adding more pepper into my injury by rubbing in the face that I don't have biological parents any more.

After she said that, she clicked her tongue and walked away. No peace in school no peace at home. How am I ever going to study and think straight with all of this on my mind?

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