ANNA's POV

1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.

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It's crazy when my classmates play truth or dare. Really crazy! I roll my eyes when one of my female friends beckon for me to take a seat beside her.

"Anna," Loretta calls out. "Sit down. Play truth or dare with us".

"I'm sure you know I hate the game," I reply and walk past her.

She hisses. "You're no fun".

"I like it that way," I respond and head to my desk. I sit and place my textbook on it. I'm about to open it when I catch a glimpse of Boma as he walks in. It's like I have bile on my tongue as my face scowls. He is so shameless!

Some students begin to call out his name to join them to play the game. The moment Boma heard it is truth or dare, his direction changes and he is rushing to them. He hops on a desk and greets some guys with a handshake.

"Let's play," he exclaims.

I roll my eyes. I couldn't stop myself from being so irritated by him. I can't forget the image from my head. How he kissed that girl! He is such a womanizer! He plays with girls as if they are toys. I shudder. The scene plays afresh in my head. She was on his laps and their lips and saliva were just mixing. Ewww!

"Hey, Anna" Sam's voice pulls me from my train of thought. "Are we having this class or not?"

"Our Economics teacher is not feeling well so he got dismissed from school early," I explain.

She smirks. "That means free period, right?"

I chuckle. "Yes! What do you plan to do with this precious time?"

Sam settles on my desk and folds her arms over her chest. "Don't join other people and be sitting on the school desk. It's against the rules you know"

I spot Daniel walk in and my thought is inundated with questions.

"Samantha Ademola," I voice and pull her to sit on my chair. I push her and sit down with her. We are sharing the chair as I whisper, "Do you have a crush on Daniel? Everyone is talking about it"

"That I have a crush on Daniel?" she quizzes.

"Yes! Do you? I saw how you were taking care of him that day"

"I do"

I quirk a brow at her. "You do?"

"Yes"

"Why and how?"

"Ah! He is a genius that's why. He is smart, intelligent and a good-looking"

"Samantha," I roll my eyes. "What's the real reason?"

"Because I need to be more serious with my academic so I need him"

"Sam, you can lie to other people but not me" I waggle my finger at her.

"Okay...fine!" She hisses and smack my shoulder. "I enjoyed playing video in his house on Sunday. Do you know his dad bought his brother the latest play station? It is way cooler than the one I have. All the video games just make sense. I need to play more. For now, none of my parents will buy it for me so..."

"You want to take advantage of Daniel to get access to game. Chai! You are too addicted"

"I'm not o"

"You are! That's so bad. You need to stop"

"Tch!" she groans. "You are annoying. I'm not even doing it to play. His younger brother challenged me in the game and he won thrice. I need to beat him. If I don't beat him in that game, I will always be troubled".

I raise my hand and slam it to my forehead again. "You are too competitive. If only you took your academics that way. You will be the top in the class. You are not dumb".

Sam stands and narrows her eyes at me. "Stop talking as if I'm not performing well in school".

"Your results are always average"

"Average is not bad"

"It's bad when the person can do better than that"

She ignores my comment and says, "I told Daniel I have a crush on him".

I frown, rage boiling in me. "Do you have crush on him?"

"No!"

"Then, why did you tell him you do?"

"He likes me. The rumor is everywhere. What bad can happen if I go with the flow?"

"Sammmmm!" I groan. "Don't start with that nonsense please. This is a boy's feeling we are talking about. It's not some simulation video game"

"Anna, nothing will happen. I'll let it go on for a while and then, I'll cause a fight between us that will make him dislike me and it will be over. By then, I'll have my own video game"

"What's your problem?"

"I'm a boss around here, Anna. Whatever I want, I must get"

"Are you really doing this for video game?"

"No! For sweet revenge," her eyes travels to Nora and she scowls.

This statement makes me rethink while we were ever friends. It all began when she protected me from bullies. I like Sam but she is a spoilt brat. I try to dismiss that fact but she never cease to remind me through her callous and selfish decisions.

She rises, glances over her shoulder and says, "If you can't support me, don't interfere"

I'm about to reply but she walks out of the class.

"Boma, I dare you to kiss Anna" the words echo and I turn to face them. Nora smirks and I just wish I could slap her.

"I rather kiss the floor than that fake saint. As you see her, she is just pretending to be righteous. All these hypocrites!"

Everyone is laughing and I glare at him.

Nora chuckles. "Prove it. Kiss the floor"

He nods, falls to his knees and kisses the floor. He wipes his lips and sends an icy glare at me.

Dear Lord, I don't know if it is right that I'm keeping grudges with this boy but I can't help it. I hate him.

My brows scrunch and I fist my hands into a ball, anger swelling in my chest. I put my books into my bag and mumble prayers to God in request for His peace. Sam and Boma has just spoilt my mood. Holy spirit, please guide my way today.

"Sorry about Boma. He can be a jerk sometimes" a voice startles me and I flinch. Daniel waves his hand in apology when he sees my spooked face.

I shake my head. "No worries"

"But I think you hurt is feelings when you— "

"I don't care about his feelings. He has hurt mine too. We are even. Period"

He raises a brow at me. "Alright"

"Mtchew!" I hiss, the anger in me bursting forth.

             A/N

Thanks for reading. Anna's POV here. Should she keep enmity with Boma?

As a Child of God, what will you advise her?

I feel guilty and that's why I'm unable to apologise for late updates. I'll compensate by doing steady update from now henceforth. So help me God.

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