𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑰𝑨 𝑼𝑫𝑼𝑨𝑲-𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑰 𝑼𝑩𝑶𝑵𝑮
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"What is the main responsibility of the judiciary?" Mrs Obike our Government teacher asked.

I looked around and saw a few hands up in the air.

I could feel a pair of eyes shooting holes in my back, and I turned around only to meet the eyes of Derrick.

Weird!

I noticed that he keeps on staring at me since I caught him yesterday. And for some reasons unknown to me I kept eye contact.

"Yes Empress" he appointed no other than the girl who embarrassed me on the first day of school.

I mentally rolled my eyes and let my gaze fall to her direction. She removed the gum from her mouth and sticked it under her desk.

Eww! I exclaimed.

Bitchy and also disgusting.

"They guide the constitution" she said with a smirk, like she just said the right thing.

It was correct but that wasn't the main answer. Without thinking twice I raised my hand up.

"Yes Miss Ubong" he said looking at me.

"To ensure justice to the people" I said.

"That's correct, whereas what Empress said was correct but not the main responsibility of the judiciary."

"That's utterly ridiculous" Empress looked at me with a scornful look on her face.

"It is what is" Mr Obike passed her a smile as if not offended by what she said.

He went back to write something on the board.

Empress eyed from head to toe like I was trash before sitting back down.

Now what's her own.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

A chime from the bell indicated that the period was over and it's break time.

"See you guy's in the next class and don't forget to do your homework" Mr obike stated before exiting the class.

Loud jeers could be heard from every corner of the class as soon as he left. I let my eyes gaze on Flora's chair which was beside me, and I saw she wasn't there.

When did she go that I didn't notice?

I searched around the classroom hoping to find her but all I could see was the absence of my classmates in the classroom, meaning everyone must have gone to the cafeteria.

Getting up from my chair, removing the imaginary creases from my skirt I made my way to look for her. I wasn't really familiar with the whole school yet, the only places I know is the classroom, cafeteria, library and the restroom.

Speaking of restroom, I just realized that I was pressed and needed to pee badly.

Taking the staircase to the right of the hall I spotted the female restroom near the Janitor's closet. I made my way to one of the stalls at the ending side of the restroom.

I was done less than 15 seconds, I was about opening the door to the stall when a voice stopped me in my tracks.

"Zainab doesn't deserve to be the head girl abeg." An almost voice said at the other side of the door.

"Asin ehn if not for the hands of her father she wouldn't even be any prefect for that matter." Her friend sided with her.

"And it's not like she is even doing anything, Victor is always the one doing all the work. Poor boy." The first girl spoke again in a baby like manner.

What are they even talking about? If anything I think Zainab deserves the head girl post,maybe they are jelly because the school didn't give them any prefectship title. I supposed.

The banging of the door from the other side brought me out of my reverie. The girls who were talking stopped, maybe they've left. I concluded before gently opening the door and stepping out.

I took steps towards the sink and washed my hand. The girls restroom was an exquisite sight I must say.

The walls of the bathroom were painted with a barely noticeable pink colour, the tiles were white with little blue flowers on them, the door of the stalls were azure blue with a sign that read 'Please flush after use'. The sink was facing directly to the stall, in a way that you can just wash your hand and leave as soon as you step out of the stall, a liquid soap was placed at each corners of the sink, a hand dryer connected to the wall and a mirror placed in front of it.

I used the hand dryer to dry my wet hands and made my way to the door to look for Flora.

On getting to the hallway I heard noise coming from the end of the hallway. I made my way carefully only to see a crowd gathering a scene.

What could be going on? I thought as I made my way to the people gathered around two people who seemed to be in a heated argument. I tried to have look of the scene but people were pushing each other to have a glimpse of what's happening while some were putting their phones in the air to record it.

Giving up cause I couldn't see anything I decided to leave, but a resounding slap stopped my movements. I turned around and saw some people have moved back a little so I could see what's going on.

I squeezed myself at a particular spot at the front so I could see better. And I wasn't prepared for what I saw at all.

Victor's right hand was on his cheek while Zainab stood there fuming. I assumed that Zainab slapped Victor.

"NEVER IN YOUR LIFE BRING HER OR ANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS INTO THIS MATTER AGAIN!" Zainab said with pure rage in her words and fury in her eyes.

Victor removed his palm from his cheek and chuckled. Taking slow dangerous strides towards her. He bent to her level and gave her a sinister smile.

"How dare you raise your filthy hands on me!" He bellowed making eye contact with her as if daring her to break eye contact. And she did as looked at the floor like it was the most interesting thing in the world.

"Of course" he muttered but it was still loud enough for us to here, "you're just a stupid naive girl who can't do anything right." He spat at her.

I could see Zainab's lips trembling and her fists clutching and clutching. It looked like she wanted to cry and at the same tie kill something to her satisfaction.

"Now be a good little girl and get out of my face." He demanded still looking at her.

"O-ka-y." She nodded her head in a strained manner before making her way down the stairs.

Victor turned around examining everyone who was present to witness his horrendous act.

"Now all of you should vacate this hallway, and not a word of this should be told to the authorities!" He demanded and the students around fearfully shaked their head in understanding. With one last look at us he walked out.

It has not even been up to one week since you entered this school oh. My subconscious decided it was a great time to run his mouth.

I mentally hissed and went ahead to look for Flora. A part of me wanted to find Zainab and comfort her but I didn't know how. I wasn't good at this comforting someone when their sad or angry kind of thing.

I decided to check the classroom hoping to find her there. I was welcomed with silence as soon as I stepped into the classroom, it was still time for lunch so its understandable if everywhere is quiet. Everywhere was quiet except except for the shuffling of books.

I looked towards the direction of my chair and I find a figure facing the back of me that looks like Flora. Sensing someone was watching her she looked up and met my eyes, her face had a hit of confusion before shrugging and continue shuffling some books on her desk.

I made my way towards her and tapped her on her shoulder. She had a slightly irritated look on her face as she faced towards me.

Weird! I thought cause the Flora I know since I came to this school on the first day has been happy to see me.

"Can I help you?" Her voice sounded different, but a hit of recognition was in it.

"Aren't we going to the cafeteria together?" I asked feeling confused, cause of her sudden demeanor.

"Do I even know you?" She queried with one if her brows raised in a disorientated manner.

I looked at her bewildered. What does she mean?

"Its me Sonia" I pointed my chest for emphasis.

She looked me from head to toe before hissing and continued doing what she was doing.

What the hell!

Her putting the books which she shuffled caught my attention. What's with the ignorance? I asked myself cause I still don't get what is happening.

"If you're that desperate to be my friend you should have at least come up with a better lie." Her statement was followed by a hiss as she grabbed her bag and made her way out. But she stopped all of a sudden and looked at me.

"And please stay away from me." She said before walking out.

What just happened?

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A/N

Hi guys🤸💜

Zainab and Victor👀

Why do you think 'Flora' neglected Sonia. Sha you guys already know the answer👀

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