As I carried my blue bucket and soap dish, towel around me and shower cap on my head, I walked to my room. I opened the door, to see Ify lying down fully dressed reading. "I don finish o (I have already finished o)" she said. "Don't come and start talking again"

I laughed, Ify loved reading like books were her life, I enjoyed teasing her about it even though I knew she was aware of the fact that I was only joking. I also loved reading but her's was more of an obsession. "Abeg joor. Did I talk? Guilty conco."

She laughed at me "better get dressed" quickly, I applied lotion on my body and slipped on a high waisted black jeans and a pink sweatshirt along with Nike trainers.

I powdered my face and applied a clear lip gloss, then redid my hair. Before packing my bag

We left the hostel at 6:30 and walked to the school block, buying some sausages and milo drink on the way. By the time we were done eating, we had already reached the school block so we went for our first class getting there earlier than everyone else.  "Abeg, Rachael that project you get am? I wan check something."

"Which one? Is it the one due for tomorrow or the one for Thursday?" I asked. She nodded and I slipped my hand into my bag. I felt round for a brown envelope which i found and brought it out before handing it to her.

"Thank you jare."

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After school, we went to the front of the school block and began to look around for a bus to drive us back to the hostel a Ify claimed to be tired.

Believe me or not I wasn't at all close to tired but I was hungry like very very hungry. "Ify I'm hungry o." I told her. "Ahan! Which one is hungry now ehn? Abeg me I'm tired o. Which kind stomach you get sef? You just ate not long ago in school and now you're complaining...."

"Oya just go. I'd go and look for a fast food restaurant, I feel like eating Hot Amala and maybe ewedu." She nodded absentmindedly, "you and food." I smiled and began to trek, down to the school gates then out.

After eating I turned back to the school gate and just I reached the gate it began to rain heavily.

Just great....

Is not as if I even brought umbrella.

Bad luck Ehn? It will not kill me.

I hissed and quickly fumbled for a nylon to use and cover my hair but I found none. If it's on a normal day I'd see nylon here and there in my bag parading their selves but now I need it they just disappeared! God punish all these nylon.......

I continued walking, rain beating me heavily until a car stopped in front of me, the windows were brought down and a guy looked at me. Brown eyes, black hair, dark in complexion, aha fine. "Hey." He said. "Um you need a ride don't you? Come in."

After staring at him for a while, I shook my head "no thank you." I continued walking but the car was following me, I increased my pace but he sped up. Just then thunder struck followed by lightning making me flinch.

"Just come in already. Who knows if thunder will strike you..... Now I get. Sister I'm not doing anything just enter and let me help you."

"I'm o.."

Another round of thunders interrupted me

Quickly I opened the door of the car and jumped inside slamming the door shut. He chuckled. "Wo...wow."

"Oga, are you driving or not."

He shook his head laughing before starting the car and driving to the girls hostel. I came down only to have him call me back again. "Fine girl."

I shuddered. It reminded me of the night we had an arm robbery attack. The images of that man flashing his brown thirty two at me came flooding I into my brain. "Y..Yes?"

"I didn't catch your name."

"I didn't throw it."

He chuckled. I couldn't deny it, his smile was cute. "O..Okay um so what's your name."

I smiled at him. "I'd tell you after you tell me yours."

"Wow. I'm Samuel."

"I'm Vinita. Call me Rachael."

"Rachael. Nice name...."

"All credits to my parents."

"Ahn ahn?!" He said laughing "I didn't say anything about debiting your parents."

Wowu. Its not only me that tells dry jokes here oo. I rolled my eyes at him playfully. "Yeah. Anyways thanks for the ride."

"Phone num..."

"Another day!!" I called and began to walk away. "Thanks again."

I looked up at the sky. The rain had stopped. It Sha wanted me to enter that car so I can meet Samuel.

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