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"𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒍."
_𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆 𝑫𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒔

𝔼𝕃𝕐𝕆ℕ

"FIVE DAYS TO GRADUATION!"

Was all Denola Da'silva had to scream for the entire SS3 block became a war zone. Everyone was legit screaming their lungs out, climbing on top of the pavement and acting like they were in the jungle. Some people even went as far as tearing out their note books and text books, throwing the sheets to the air and littering the entire environment.

I honestly began to pity the cleaners that would clean after this mess.

"I can't believe we have five days to Graduation!" Jamal hollered beside me and I threw my head back, laughing. "I will honestly miss this place." He added in a calmer tone, looking around the disorganized area, everyone of our set mates walking around doing one thing or the other.

School allowed us to stop wearing the uniforms, so everyone of us were in mufti, mostly because of people rehearsing for one thing or the other for the Variety night. Chairs and tables in the classes were pulled back to create rehearsal space for everyone. Everywhere was just a frenzy but that's what the final days in highschool was all about.

And we wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

"People are really putting so much energy in the events." I said, and Jamal turned to look at me. "I'm so thankful I'm not part of any committee, else I'd have lost my mind." I stated and he chuckled.

"You and me both on that one. Even Khalil is involved in the social media committee, it's extremely surprising." He chipped and I laughed. We made a turn down the stairs and to the love garden where we knew Skye and Mateo were.

"Well, it's a good thing he is getting involved. Come to think of it, he still hasn't sent me the video of the prom-posal." I teased, watching Jamal's face for any reaction. On cue, he flashed me a fake glare and scoffed.

"Remind me to steal his phone and delete that video before he gets a chance to send it to you." He said and I snorted out a short laugh.

Like I'm going to let that happen.

"Not by a long shot, babe." I blew him a kiss and flashed him a wink before I skipped away, sighting the corner where Skye and Mateo were seated, chuckling when I heard Jamal's loud groan behind me.

I got closer to where Skye and Mateo were and saw that Esosa was with them. Mateo and Esosa were the ones heading the planning committee which is why I understood why Esosa was seated there with the both of them . They have been working to make things perfect from day one.

"You guys are definitely not taking a break." I said as I got close to them, Jamal right behind me. Skye looked up and took a deep breath.

"Try doing the work that we do, you'll see how stressful it is. Esosa and Mateo have been arguing none stop. Somadina is off with Vanessa doing only God knows what." She let out in utter frustration, causing everyone of us to laugh as Jamal and I settled on the other side of the seat.

"What are you guys arguing about again?" The question was directed to Esosa and Mateo. They exchanged some sort of competitive look before Esosa began to speak.

"We are just trying to figure out if we should eat food during the variety night or we should just opt for snacks and drinks. Especially since Prom is the next day and it's obviously going to be a feast..." Mateo cut her off.

"And I have been trying to tell mummy Sosa here that we want food." He deadpanned. I heard Jamal hume in approval beside me and gave a look. Boys and their tummy. Esosa casted a look at Mateo.

"So you want to eat food during variety night and you also want to eat food for prom." She stated in a absurd tone and Mateo nodded nonetheless. "You people really like wasting money. Only heaven knows where the food is going to stay in that big tummy of yours." She fired and Mateo let out dramatic gasp.

"Take that back right now!" He growled out but Esosa rolled her eyes and dismissed him with a wave of her hand. Skye on the other hand looked extremely frustrated, caught between taken her boyfriend's side and performing her duties as the head girl. To Jamal and I, it was like we were watching movie.

"Can't we just put both snacks and food?" Jamal spoke, trying to look for a way around the entire situation. "People will just pick their choice." He added. Esosa and I shook our head at the same time.

"It won't work that way and at the end of the day, you'll see that people will pick food more than snacks and the snacks will go to waste." I chipped in, causing Esosa to mutter a barely audible God bless you jare. "I personally feel we should stick to snacks. But we should make it a variety, not just one snack."

"Thank you o!" Esosa said, casting a stink eye at Mateo who inturn rolled his eyes at her. "I have already suggested tons of snacks. Meat pie, Egg roll, cupcakes, even small chops and the variety of soft drinks. Las Las, some boys will still bring alcohol to the party." She shrugged and Jamal again, hummed in agreement. When he saw the look of shock I have him, he quickly changed face.

So, he was thinking of bringing alcohol to the party?

"Okay, fine!" Mateo finally gave in and Esosa smirked in contentment just about the same time Skye let out a long, deep and heavy sigh of relief.

"I'll call the caterer for get started on our order. We have delayed for too long." Esosa said and she packed her things into her bag. Skye thanked her as she left.

"Finally!" Skye hollered dramatically. "I wouldn't have been able to take anymore of your bickering, on G." She wiped an imaginary sweat from her forehead and daintily cleaned fake tears from her eyes. Mateo chuckled and moved closer to her, throwing his hands around her shoulder.

"Baby..." He cooed, whispering ever so softly that we could barely hear him speak to her. I looked to my side, facing Jamal with a smirk playing on my lips, watching his face contour into a grimace as he watched Mateo being extra coy with his sister.

"Are you tired, hmmm?" He whispered to her again, his lips just a breath away from her ear. Skye folded her hand across her chest and hummed a quiet yes. Jamal and I continued to watch as Mateo pressed a small feathery kiss to her cheeks. I looked back at Jamal, counting down the seconds to his outburst. He looked like he was going to combust.

"You need a massage, hmmmn?" Mateo whispered to Skye again, still loud enough for us to hear. And that did it.

"Oya, dismantle yourselves!" Jamal yelled and I immediately burst into laughter. Skye and Mateo let out a mock groan, rolling their eyes and yet didn't move away from each other. Seeing that they were not making any moves, Jamal stood up and went between them.

"Fast fast! Make room for the Holy Spirit abeg." He even made a move to force himself to sit between them.

"Jamal, leave this people na." I said between laughter but Jamal wasn't having it. Even Mateo and Skye began to push him away while I kept laughing my guts out.

"What's up with you guys?" Vanessa's voice came from the side and I looked up to see her and Somadina making their way towards us. They are both dressed in track joggers but Vanessa was in a sleeveless crop top and Soma was in sleeveless jersey.

Did they go for sports? Because most of our set mates that didn't have anything doing were always on the field.

"Somadina! Where have you been!" Skye let out exasperatedly. Somadina looked confused, shrugging as he sat down beside Vanessa.

"We went for rehearsals. Were you looking for me?" He asked and everyone scrunched their brows in confusion.

Rehearsals?

"What rehearsal?" Skye asked.

"There is a couples dance off during Variety Night, dhurr." Nessa replied with a shrug. While I hummed in realization, every other person looked even more confused.

"You are doing the couples dance off?" Mateo asked again like he didn't hear what Vanessa said.

"With Somadina?" Jamal asked.

"Who else will she be doing it with?" Somadina asked incredulously, eyes scanning our faces. As soon as he said that, Skye, Jamal and Mateo burst into fits of laughter while I looked on, confused as to why they were laughing. Vanessa and Soma's scrunched up face gave away that they knew exactly why the others were laughing. I quickly leaned over to Jamal to give me the gist.

"Why are you guys laughing?" I asked him subtly.

"Somadina has two left feet." He answered. That alone had me joining them in laughter.

"You guys have little faith in me." Somadina muttered, folding his hands across his chest and pouting like a little kid. The laughter subsided.

"No offense Somadina, but if you really want to win the couples dance off, Vanessa you might have to pick another partner." Skye stated matter-of-factly and the other murmured in agreement.

"You people are not even supportive." Vanessa have an exaggerated roll of her eyes while Somadina muttered a barely audible as in. "The last time y'all saw Somadina dance was in SS1 so you can't use that to judge. We have been rehearsing our butts off and we think, no, we know we have a shot at winning the couples dance off."

"Not that we don't have faith in you guys o." Mateo countered softly. "We totally support you guys hands down..."

"But," Jamal interjected. "You guys are going against Esosa and TJ. I mean, those guys can dance fire! This is unnegotiable." He maintained. We all had to agree with Jamal on this one. Esosa and TJ will set the dance floor ablaze with their moves and with what the guys are saying, it did seem like Nessa and Soma didn't have a shot at winning.

"Can you guys just give us a slight benefit of doubt?" Somadina asked. "We have so much plan for our dance, it's going to blow your mind." He casted a look at Nessa who smirked in return.

"Okayy..." I drawled. "That's your game face, Nessa. What have you guys planned?" I had to ask.

"You'll see on that day." She replied, still smirking.

Okay, now I'm over the top curious.

"Anyway, Mateo and I have entered our name for the couples singing contest." Skye announced and my eyes bulged out in surprise.

"You guys are going to be singing?" Jamal asked incredulously.

"Yeah." Mateo affirmed with a nod and a proud smile stretched over his lips. " I'm going to be exploring my Hispanic Heritage. Don't worry, we are going to blow your minds." He breathed out. I made a sound of awe, impressed with the idea.

"You and Jamal nko?" Somadina asked, gesturing to me and Jamal. I looked at Jamal who just shrugged. "Are you guys not doing anything for Variety night?" He elaborated. I looked at Jamal again.

"I think we are going to sit this one out." Jamal said and I nodded in agreement. I wouldn't want it any other way.

"And probably laugh at everything we see that happens on that stage." I chipped in. Jamal nodded, raising his hand out for me to dish him a high five and I did while he threw his other hand over my shoulder.

"Whatever." Vanessa said, chuckling afterwards.

"So," Mateo started, a wide grin stretching against his lips. "Five days to Graduation." He said

"Four days to Prom." Skye chipped.

"And Three days to Variety night." I finished, looking at my possy of friends. The ones that became my family.

"It's gonna be epic." Jamal said beside me.

"Amen Brother!" Somadina hollered, causing everyone of us to laugh.

It's going to be Epic, Alright.

☆☆☆☆

"Who stole my make up brush biko!" Someone suddenly screamed from another wing of the room. "If you don't want curse on your head, you had better vomit my make-up brush right now!" She kept yelling. Vanessa stopped what she was doing and slowly walked towards the door demarcation each wings to see who was screaming.

"But babes," another girl was answering the girl. "You are the one that asked me to take it na. Can't you remember?" Skye and I looked at each other before bursting into laughter. Vanessa walked back to us, chuckling too.

"Some people will not calm down." Vanessa said as she went back to sitting in front of her huge mirror, picking the curling iron and began to style her hair. Before either me or Skye could comment, the door opened and Esosa walked in, her towel tied around her body.

She was just coming from the bathroom.

"Variety night is turning this entire place into a war zone." She commented as she settled down on her own bed. "If you see how the halls are so rowdy." She let out an exasperated sigh.

"I wonder how tomorrow is going to be." Skye chipped in. "Prom is like top shelf of all the events, not even Graduation." She added and we all hummed in agreement.

Yes, it was Variety night. The school had a lodge at the extreme on the campus that has been built for events like these. Each set have been housed here for three days of the events instead of us going through the stress of coming from home for Prom or Variety. So we would be here till graduation morning.

Boys stayed downstairs and the girls stayed upstairs of the storey building. Looking down from the balcony earlier, most of the guys were already dressed and reader but the same couldn't be said for we ladies. I wasn't even dressed yet, though Skye was helping me style my hair. Vanessa was almost done stretching her hair. Skye wasn't dressed yet but she has already done her make up and Esosa was just getting out of the bathroom. We all promised to meet the boys down stairs.

Thank God the Party isn't until an hour later else, we would be walking by ourselves into the hall.

"Who else is nervous about how this night is going to turn out?" I asked.

"Girl, you have absolutely no idea." Nessa looked at me from the mirror in front of her. "At least you are not performing anything. What will you say about the rest of us doing something?" She asked rhetorically, turning back to finish up her hair.

"I'm going to be dancing and singing with my boyfriend in front of the entire set. Something I have never done before. I honestly hope I don't freeze." Skye stated, letting out a deep, nervous breath.

"You guys need to relax." Esosa chuckled. "Tonight is going to be dope. Denola and Kathleen are the ones anchoring it, it's going to be a breeze. You shouldn't allow your nerves stop you from having fun." She winked and went back to what she was doing.

"It's true." I seconded. "We are supposed to have fun. We need to have fun. We deserve tonight after all the work we have done."

"Hmmmnnn, preach it sister." Skye muttered, still working on my hair.

"And we need to turn heads tonight." Vanessa chipped. "Our boyfriends won't be able to take their eyes off of us." She added and Esosa began to snap her fingers to that.

"Yes gurl!" She hollered and we laughed.

"We have at least thirty minutes to get ready. Let's make it count." I said and immediately, we got to work.

Esosa began to make herself up, being extremely fast about it and still, the make up was beyond flawless. Then, she took out her cloth from one of her suit cases and started to wear it. It was a black off shoulder suede gown with light brown organza sleeves that had black poker dots on them. The material used for the sleeve was also used as trimmings over the hem of the gown. When she wore it, the gown stopped just above her knee, hugging her prominent hour glass figure. She complemented her entire look with light brown heel boots and a sleek black wig.

(Esosa's Dress)

Vanessa finally finished curling her hair and styling it into a high curly pony tail with curly bangs. I had no idea how extremely long her natural hair was until today. She didn't do so much as a make up since her face was naturally flawless, only applying brown powder and bubblegum lip gloss. Taking her dress from where it was carefully laid on the bed, she began to wear it.

"Are we all wearing gowns?" I had to ask and everyone laughed.

"I guess so." Skye answered, now making up my face and Vanessa went to her dressing.

Vanessa's gown was almost in Esosa's colour scheme as well; brown and black but this time, the brown was the dominating colour the shade was different from Esosa's. It was a thigh length bodycon off shoulder gown made from a net like material. Sleeves were long and had their own zippers at the side for easy wearage. The shoulder and hem were with ruffles and the neck line was low cut, joined with laces. And trust Nessa to finish it off with a pair for combat boots.

(Vanessa's Dress)

"Girl," I hailed. "Somadina will be staring at your cleavage all night." I teased and Vanessa jolted her chest out and gave it a little shake with a wiggle of her brows.

"That's the whole point." She affirmed, causing Skye and Esosa to start hailing.

"Okruuuu!" Esosa hooted and Vanessa laughed.

"Finally!" Skye breathed out as she finished with my hair. "Now let me dress up." She said and I couldn't wait to see her dress because she wouldn't show me before now when I showed her mine. I knew it was going to blow the roof off.

With her face in a very flawless make up, blazing red lips and hair in two french plaits, Skye brought out a black and white checkered thigh length gown with thin sleeves. She put it, the dress hugging her round hips and thin waist. She then decided to top it up with a furry red jacket, white sneakers and unlike Vanessa and I decided to use our natural hair, Skye just completed the look with platinum blond human hair wig that just did justice to her entire look.

All she needed now was one of those purse sized dogs to look like one of the Kardashians.

(Skye's Dress)

"Ahn ahn!" Vanessa hollered, looking at Skye in awe. "Take it easy on us na! You will kill Mateo tonight o." Skye flipped her wig, a proud smirk stretching on her blood red lips.

"In your words, that's the whole point." She said and I punctuated it with an okruuuu, and we all giggled to that effect.

Checking my make up in the mirror, I smiled at my reflection, loving the way Skye had blended the make up with my skin, the way the nude lipstick brought out the entire look. After giving my reflection an approving nod, I took my own gown from my bag and began to dress up.

My dress was a knitted tourquoise blue cashmere gown with a little bit of fur, it's length stopping the middle of my thigh. It was sleeveless and a bit low cut neck. I had a wool longsleeved jacket, just in case it got cold. I stood in front of the mirror and began to remove the pins that held up my hair, allowing the soft curls to cascade down the sides of my face. I looked at myself again, happy at my reflection.

I looked so beautiful.

(Elyon's Dress)

"Wow, El..." Skye said, coming up behind me. "You look so beautiful." She whispered and smiled at me through the mirror and I sighed in contentment.

"Thank you." I whispered back, gently brushing the curls off my face.

"Mehn! Dem go collect!" Esosa hollered behind us and we laughed, packing everything we had used back to its position. I took out my ash sneakers and wore it, just as we finished cleaning up. Esosa, Skye and Nessa packed their costumes inside their bags and soon, we were ready.

"The guys are already waiting for us down stairs." Nessa said, looking at her phone. Somadina must have texted her.

"Let's go show them." Skye yelled and we all hooted, screamed and gave cat calls.

Together, with our chins tipped up and our nose to the air, the four of us made out way out of the room, feeling the eyes of fellow girls on us as we walked regally down the stairs to meet up with the boys. When we got to the male wing, there was an entire standstill, all the guys stopping whatever they were doing to look at us as we walked like queens through the hall way.

We sighted our guys just outside the lodge, engaging in a conversation with their backs to us and we made our way towards them. TJ was the first to see us. He turned to us completely, his eyes zeroing on us with his mouth hanging open like someone about to catch a fly. He then tapped the other guys, who also turned to look at us, their faces immediately mirroring TJ's expression.

"Father in heaven." We heard Mateo gasp out. My eyes met with Jamal's awestruck ones and I smirked.

Yup, we gave it to them gbas gbos.

A/N

I don't even have much to say fam, but my gurls are going to kill those boys with so much nose bleeds. La babes La hot🔥🔥🥵🥵 !!

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