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"We have only 35 minutes remaining for music class. Let's go" I say to Michael. The fact that I don't talk to Joseph does not affect our friendship and I like it.

"He's not around. The music teacher"

I literally dance for joy. I turn to face him. "I heard that Joseph and Sandra are dating"

He looks at me, smiling, "Yes. I know that you still like him"

I roll my eyes, "You have no idea how much I hate him" I said really hoping it'd be true.

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Sighing, I join the morning assembly. I'm a late comer, as in perpetual late comer. I quickly stand behind Lexi on the assembly line. Shay as usual is on the podium leading the assembly.

"Why didn't you wait for me?" I whisper to Lexi

"And be late again?"

"Shut up. The morning prayer was long"

My mom's prayers are always long. And it's the same thing she repeats daily.

"Like always"

I roll my eyes. The boy's line is beside us and I know he stays at the back that's why I never look back during assembly no matter what happens over there. I'm more disciplined than Lot's wife that turned to salt. There are a lot of things I don't do, I had barely tried to move on when we broke up , forcing myself to laugh again.

I don't enter his class unless it's necessary and even if I do I don't look at the back row, because that's where he sits. I strain every one of my laughs whenever he's around. He's a commercial student and I'm a science student, so we have different classes but whenever we have general subjects like English, Math or Biology, we move into a bigger class and he always sits at the back during those classes, I don't look back.

It's like if I should look back I'd be staring at his eyes and if I do it'd be hard to tear my gaze so I just avoid looking back. Even in my class, he makes me feel uncomfortable. Whenever he comes to my class, even without me looking up, I know he's around because he has a particular smell and once I perceive it, I know he's around. Though Lexi and Shay thinks I'm crazy for saying he has a smell because they don't perceive anything.

Well they're not the ones who love him.

Loser.

Shay still talks to him because one, she's a very free and friendly person and two, she's dating his friend, Connor. She even tries to get us to talk again. But Lexi doesn't talk to him, don't ask me why, I kind of like it though that I have someone to hate him with. His voice always skips my heartbeat. His voice is rich and mature and I love the sound of his voice especially when he calls my name.

The way he calls my name is different from how every body calls it. There are two people who call me that way, Joseph and Shay. It sounds like melody to my ears. There's another girl who has the same name with me and I notice that he doesn't call her by her name anymore. He calls her Fatty because she's fat and maybe because he doesn't want say my name again.

The assembly ends and we all file to our classes. I submit my assignment from yesterday and today being Wednesday, the bell rings.

Wednesday mornings are for sport so we all match out to the field. Me and my friends are in the same house because we wear the same colour of sport wear. Light pink vest and fuchsia pink shorts. We go to our house post(pink house) and we start with jogging.

Our house master, Mr Jeff address us, "Morning students, the female football(soccer) team are playing an inter-house match with Blue house on Friday while the boys are playing against Green house next week Wednesday. So we have to meet back for training after school. Okay?"

We mumble 'okay' and I internally groan, Blue house female football team are bitches. They beat us every time we play and I hate them for it. I'm not a very good player but I defend really good and Shay is a striker, don't ask me about Lexi, she skips.

The sport period ends and we go to the tap to wash our hands and legs.

Okay and Joseph? He's also in pink house and I don't need to tell you to know that he's one of the best players, with his friend Connor, Shay's boyfriend.

I walk inside the class with Lexi's hand in mine as we sing Katy perry, we rush to Aaron's seat and drink his water.

Aaron enters the class a while later, "Who drank my water?" he ask in knowing who did it already. He face us, "I'll stop bringing water to school because of you guys or I start poisoning my water"

We giggle and it is short-lived when the Civics education teacher enters the class. Miss Precious is a good teacher and everyone loves her but you must not talk in her class.

She begins teaching and anytime she makes a blunder, I make a knowing face with Michael and Lexi. The class drags on and soon the bell rings. I check my timetable to see that we have English language. Shay excuses herself from the class as the teacher has not left and goes to reserve a front seat for us in the large classroom for the general class.

The teacher leaves and I wait in class for everyone to leave. Why do I wait? I don't like to walk in front of Joseph so I wait for everyone to go to the large classroom, he passes my class as my seat is by the window and then I grab my books from my bag and I go with Lexi.

"Good morning students" Mr Kunle greets, as he enters the class. He's a tall man with pot belly, bald head and gap teeth.

"Good morning sir." we all chorus.

The class is silent as the lecture goes on then a loud snort sounds from the back. Mr Kunle turns, "Who did that?" he asks.

Nobody answers and everyone at the front row are looking back, except me so I do what I haven't done in a really long time. I look back.

As I look back, my face instantly falls on his as he was looking at me already, our eyes meet. My heart skips and I forcefully drag my face from his and look front.

Throughout the class, his face keeps appearing and my breathing coming faster. The class ends and he leaves, I sit in my seat still affected from what happened. Favour comes to me, "Hey Julie, have you read the novel?"

I roll my eyes, "No but I'll read it soon."

"Okay." she spots her friend, Temperance and rush to meet her.

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I'm the classroom
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I place my head on the desk as I sit on my seat, Michael shakes my arm, "What's wrong with you?"

"Leave me alone Michael, don't disturb me"
I say without raising my head.

But Michael being Michael, ignores me and starts tapping my shoulder. I swear the guy doesn't know about boundaries.

I snap, "ooh!" as I raise my head and face the Biology teacher. I smile and bring out my notebook.

"Why didn't you tell me Mr David is here?" I hiss at Michael.

He just smirks and say nothing. Biology class is always interesting as the teacher is more lazy than the students and most of the time, he just comes to tell us stories and jokes. Notes? We make it ourselves from the textbook or he gives me his note to copy from and pass it to the rest of the class.

Mr David said something and everyone laughs. Michael gives me his note, "Help me to write the last topic. Please"

"No. Write it your self"

"Please Julie, you're already through with the syllabus and I'm lagging behind"

"No"

He gives me his puppy dog eyes and I snatch his book, "I'm only helping you because I want my fine handwriting to be in your note"

He grins and places his hands across my shoulder, I push him away and Mr David laughs at us causing the rest of the class to join in.

I open the book and I freeze, the all too familiar handwriting staring back at me. I swallow and proceed to write.

Mr David leaves the class and noise starts, some are arguing, some singing, some laughing and some drumming on their desk. Michael leaves the class, probably to go to the next class and the bell rings.

It's break time, the drumming increases and Shay and Lexi with other girls are singing and dancing in front of the class. I would have joined them but I'm busy.

I manage to finish the topic and call my friends. "Guys I want to go to the music room, please help me by lunch."

"What do you want?" Shay asks.

"Chips and Happy hour"

"okay."

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In the music room
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"Good morning sir"

"Morning Jules. How are you?" Mr Mamo asks. He's a fine young man, tall, dark with fine facial hair and stylish haircut. He's very attractive and the senior girls use music as an excuse to be with him. I don't know his age but I think he's in his early twenties.

" I'm fine sir. You weren't around yesterday"

"Yes, I was called because of the praise concert we're going to on Sunday.

" Okay so what's up? "

" Well they just called to give me the vests to wear so I'll be giving the students today after closing "

" Okay. Can I have mine? "

" Of course "he toss me a vest. I open it, it's a cream coloured shirt with Praise Concert written vertically with black ink on the left side in the front.

" It's big. But fine anyways. "I scrunch up my nose but I'll slim fit it at home.

He smiles making him more handsome." Okay let's begin "

I grab the violin box and after rubbing the sweet-like substance(I'm still lazy to know the name) on the bow, I hook it between my chin and shoulder and start playing.

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