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"You're not leaving this class ma." Enny says to Joy and I nod in agreement.

She makes to push past us but we block her way.

"Break will soon be over, abeg, excuse." She says trying to shove me away but I maintain my stance.

"Tell us why you aren't talking to us first." Eniola insists.

"Everybody sit down o. You guys should sit down." Fred, the nerd says loudly as he enters the class.

"Is this everybody?" I turn to see Mr Dan, our class teacher standing at the enterance of the class.

He hardly ever comes by. He is always in the staff room. I think this is even the first time he's coming here since resumption. I wonder why he's here now.

"No sir. Some people went out for break." Fred replies.

"Go and call them. Be fast about it."

Fred hurries out of the class. Mr Dan follows him out.

"What happened? Why is Mr Dan here?" Someone asks.

"When he comes you ask him." Another person replies, earning laughs from the whole class.

In no time, the class is filled again with my classmates.

Mr Dan comes in after them but this time a girl wearing mufti is beside him.

"Are we complete now?" He asks and we reply positively.

"New student." Eniola mumbles from beside me.

"How do you know?" Joy asks, forgetting she isn't talking to us. Enny smiles and Joy rolls her eyes, realizing her mistake.

"It's obvious." Enny replies however.

Unlike most schools, Ivory Gates admits students into all classes; SSS3 and JSS3 inclusive. What can i say? My school likes money. They'd never turn down a new student because they're joining late. As long as school fees is coming, they don't mind. If you like resume SS3 third term.

I give the girl in front of the class a once over. She was of average height, light skinned and really pretty. She has on a very nice smile as she openly accessed the whole class.

Well, this one's definitely going to trigger the boys.

"Good afternoon class." The teacher starts.

"Good afternoon sir." We chorus.

"This," he places both his hands on the girl's shoulders, "is Oreoluwa Adeniyi and she would be joining us this session.  I need you to- keep quiet-" He shouts, silencing the mumurs that began to erupt.

"I need you to make her feel welcome. Help her with her notes; the ones she missed last week. In fact," Mr Dan looks around for a second.

"Nonso Obi, I'm putting you in charge of this. Make sure she's comfortable. You may go for your break." He says and leaves the class.

Oreoluwa stands looking surprisingly confident in front of the class. "Hey guys." She says with a cute tiny voice.

Awwn

"Hey girl." Nonso approaches her with a suspicious glint in his eye.

He's probably turned on his flirt mode.

"Nonso Obi at your service." He says taking her hand in for a shake. He gives her one of his charming smiles and the girl blushes.

Oh poor thing. Her heart is surely doing summersaults.

"Your hand is so soft. Do you use moisturizer?" He asks in a low voice but everybody could hear.

She shakes her head sideways. "I don't." Her tiny voice says again.

Nonso still holds the girl's hand as he throws his other hand over her shoulders.

Some of my classmates hype Nonso's tactics as he simply smiles in return. "I don't have a seat partner so you'll be mine. Here's your seat." He takes her bag and places it beside his.

Very soon, people either go back out to eat or go to say hi to the new girl.

"As we were saying," Enny says drawing back our attention.

"Can we just go for break instead?" Joy asks. "I promise there's nothing wrong. I just didn't feel like talking to anybody."

"Announcement!" Nonso suddenly yells out.

"Announcement! Ore and I are getting married. The venue, date and time will be communicated to you in due time." He says and Ore whacks his arm playfully.

What's doing these ones?

My classmates start to tease him. "Allow this girl to settle down first na. Person wey never spend ten minutes for here."

"Sharp guy." Others hail.

The loud sound of table falling silences the noise erupting from the class. "Oops." Joy says with a straight face.

We all watch in silence as she walks out of the class.

"What's wrong with her?" A boy asks.

"It's probably that time of the month." Another replies and they burst into laughter.

Enny and I exchange a look before going out after her.

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After checking everywhere for Joy, we finally find her in front of the restroom. She was resting on the balcony railings, staring off into the field downstairs.

Enny and I go and stare along with her in silence.

"So are you going to tell us what's up?" I say breaking the silence.

She's quiet for a while before she finally breathes out. "I think I like your cousin."

My eyes widen before returning to normal size and then widening again. Eniola and I turn to each other before simultaneously yelling, "What?!"

"What?" She asks dryly.

"You like Nonso?"

"Please don't make me repeat it."

Woah

How?

"I thought you disliked him? Isn't dislike the opposite of like?"

"I also don't get it. Please don't engage me in further questioning." She says, sounding nervous.

I remember then that Nonso had said something close to this when he told me he liked Joy.

"I don't know Amy. I would appreciate it if you didn't ask me more questions." He had said after I had asked him up to ten questions at once.

To be very honest, when Nonso told me he liked Joy I was beyond shocked. I was only teasing him I didn't think he actually did like her.

"Omo this one le o. (This one is big o)." Enny says bringing me back to the present.

"You guys-" I start, about to tell them Nonso also feels the same way when I remember how he begged me.

"Amy please I'm begging you don't say anything to her. Please." He had begged, dragging the last word.

I turn back to the girls who are now waiting for what I have to say. "Nevermind."

Thankfully, they don't don't insist. "Can we go for break now?" Joy asks.

"Sure." We reply and immediately the break over bell rings.

"Arggh." We collectively groan.

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On our way to class, we meet Philips, Sam and Steve.

Steve pulls Enny away from us. They talk for a while before he gives her a bottle of Pepsi and a meat pie.

Wow. He got her lunch. God when?

She gets back to us and we taunt her a little before Joy suggests we make a quick stop at the tuck shop.

We're about heading over there when our maths teacher's voice suddenly yells out from behind us.

"Ss3 Art students, don't let me get to that class before you."

I nearly shed tears as I join all my classmates that had been around the corner run to class. 

Our Maths teacher is a very confusing man. Some days he'd be so nice, other days, he'd be the devil. Today looks like one of those 'other days'.

Once everyone is settled, Mr Maths wipes the board before using three straight lines to divide it.

"Mathematics." He draws out the word skillfully.

"Today's topic is 'Plane Shapes'. I assume everyone knows what those are." He starts to teach.

My tummy grumbles and my eyes light up when I sight crumbs of Pringles on my locker.

I have Pringles.

Samuel gave me Pringles!

I pass Samuel, who seems to have all his attention on the teacher, an appreciative smile.

In order not to draw the teacher's attention, I reach out to my bag carefully before unzipping it and bringing out the Pringles.

I decide to empty it all in my laps to make it easier for me. That done, I begin to munch on it happily but discretely.

If this man catches me, he'll kill me.

"Well done o." Sam teases from beside me and I glare playfully at him.

He reaches his left hand towards my snacks but I slap it away. He continues to stretch in so I just leave him, still not wanting to draw the teacher's attention.

The both of us continue to eat from my laps until I reach into my skirt and feel nothing but my skirt.

My Pringles have finished.

Sam reaches into my skirt and also feels nothing. I turn to him to see a disappointed look on his face even if he still looked ahead at the teacher.

I wait for him to take out his hand from my skirt but he still leaves it there. As if that isn't enough, he lets his hand rest on my lap.

Hope all is well sha?

I try to push his hand away but he takes hold of mine instead.

Um ok. This is getting weird.

I look at both our hands intertwined and look up at his face to find him nodding at the teacher with a smile playing at the corners of his lips.

"What are you doing?" I whisper.

He lets go of my hand and leaves it to rest on my lap. He then adjusts on his chair, leaving no more space in between us. Our sides are touching and his hand is on my laps.

Oh my God. What's happening?

My heart beat increases and my palms grow moist. Excuse me, but I've never been this close to a boy before; not even Nonso!

I feel his hand start to trail over my lap and my eyes instinctively widen.

"Stop." I say to him, taking his hand off me but he only holds mine and caresses it along with my lap. His hand starts to shift my skirt up and up and up and-

"What is going on under that table?"

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Gbagaun😂💔 Oya Amaka start explaining. What's going on under that table?

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