~Chapter 4~

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Paralyzed
/ˈparəlʌɪzd/
verb
cause (a person or part of the body) to become partly or wholly incapable of movement.
"Mrs Burrows had been paralysed by a stroke"
synonyms: disable, incapacitated, immobilized...

This is exactly how I felt. Paralyzed. Mrs Burrows had been paralyzed by a stroke, I had been paralyzed out of shock. How is he here? In real life? In front of me?

"Are you coming?" He asks bringing me out of the state he had put me.

"Ehn-yes, I'm coming." I watch as he carries my books along with him.

"If you know what is good for you, better don't let all these boys distract you. Face your books o." The secretary says from behind me. I give her a small smile and try to catch up with Victor. She called him Victor right?

"Hey, sorry your name is Victor shey?" I ask once I catch up to him.

"Yes." He says without looking at me.

I would really love to point out how opposite this guy is to my "spirit husband". I mean compared to the smiling guy I dream about, this one had a permanent scowl.

He didn't even look chit-chatty.

"My name is Sharon." I offer since he didn't have enough courtesy to ask.

"Okay." He says again, without looking at me. How rude.

We climbed up a flight of stairs and stopped when we got to the last floor.

"That's your class." He says pointing at a door with "SS2 Gold" printed on it. I turn to thank him but he already left. Okay.

I pick my books from where he dropped them and take in deep breaths. This is it. I'm going into that class now. No fear. No fear. They'd like me because I'm very likeable so, all is well.

I can do this.

I stretch my hand to the door handle and retract it at the last minute.

I can't do this.

What if I say something stupid? What if the class is filled with bullies? What if I get tempted to use my gifts? What if I'm asked to recite the anthem? What if-

The sound of the door opening interrupts my inner turmoil. I hear myself shriek as a really tall boy comes out of the class. He was looking down at a book. I feel myself go into space as I disappear. I make myself appear at the other end of the corridor.

Fun fact here; I teleport unconsciously when I'm scared.

I watch as the tall boy from before looks around in confusion. He must have heard me shriek. I was squatting and hidden from his view.

I watch him shake his head and continue on his way. Phew.

I dust imaginary dirt from my skirt and adjust my school bag on my shoulders.

I check to see if anyone had maybe seen the little stunt I pulled when I jam Victor's unwavering gaze.

He was looking at me through a class' window. Did he see what happened? Jesus, I'm dead. I didn't know how long we stood there staring at each other when he suddenly walked away from the window. He's so strange.

I hear the sound of a bell ring. I stretch my neck towards where the sound was coming from and see a girl viciously swinging a bell. Our eyes meet and she smiles at me. I smile back. As if on cue, students start trooping out from here and there. I spot my brother amongst the crowd and hurry to meet him.

"Why are you still carrying your bag?" He whispers after finding me beside him.

"Nothing. Please follow me to my class." He nods. I trail behind him still carrying my bag of books. A few people stopped to greet him while I smiled occasionally at them.

We finally get into the class and thankfully it was empty. I drop my bag and books at the first available seat I find.

"Let's go. Morning assembly has started." Tobe says, going out of the class. I follow him as we go down the stairs. We stopped in front of a tall door.

"Are you ready?" He asks.

"Ready for what?" I ask, confused.

He opens the tall door and my heart as if stops beating and then starts again at an incredibly fast pace.

There were thousands of curious pairs of eyes staring right back at me.

Oh please the ground should just open and swallow me.

I feel Tobe pull me. "Just calm down and smile." He whispers in my ear. He turns from me and smiles to the crowd. I try to smile too but I probably ended up looking like Annabelle, the scary doll.

The hall was designed such that the  enterance was on the podium. Meaning that you'd have to face the students before getting into the assembly.

We stepped into the crowd of lined up students finally. I got a few hello's and some just stared at me. Don't these people know it's rude to stare at someone? I held my small smile in place anyway. Tobe showed me where to stand and left.

I looked to my side and noticed some boys looking and smiling at me. I smiled back. The tall boy from earlier stood at the extreme end of the line. This must be where SS2s line up. I wonder what class Victor is. I try stretching my neck around but couldn't find him.

"Who are you looking for?" I hear someone squeak from behind me. Yeah, I said squeak. She sounded like she was squeaking. Sort of like a mouse.

I turn to the funny voice and see it belonged to the girl from before. The one that rang the bell.

"Oh nobody." I tell her smiling.

"What's your name?" She asks.

"Sharon. You?"

"Hmm Sharon, nice name. My name is Blessing." She says again. Awwn, she sounded so cute.

I smiled and faced my front. Just then a light skinned beauty comes on the podium and starts clapping. The others join in and she began to sing.

"You are God
You are not just big o
You are not just large o
You are a great God
You are God..."

After that, she sang other song. I knew the songs, thankfully. Mum sang them everytime. After that, the girl on the podium led the national anthem and pledge. I chewed my mouth throughout but I don't think anyone noticed.

The principal, Mr Folaranmi, came on the podium after that to welcome the students and inform us about some inspectors coming over.

"Be of good conduct today, I beg you. SS2, if I hear pim from your class today, you will go out and kneel under the sun. Just try me. Mr Peter, please control your class." He says to the nice man Tobe had told me was wicked.

Uncle Peter nods to the principal, smiling broadly. Only God knows what he's thinking.

After everything, the pretty girl from before comes on the podium and starts singing a marching in song.

"We are H-A-P-P-Y
We are H-A-P-P-Y
We know we are
We are sure we are
We are H-A-P-P-Y
Happy!!"

I could hear the sounds of musical instruments coming from somewhere but I couldn't quite place it. The boys that were smiling at me previously joined in the song, trying to make their voices louder than every other person's.
It was funny and so I joined in the singing as it got to our turn to march in.

"We know we are
We are sure we are
We are H-A-P-P-Y
Happy!!"

I was happy!!

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A/n

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