N/A: This is a flashback chapter, not in the same time period as Chapter 1-3, we'd be seeing more of this because this book is not in a chronological order, Rooney's POV are in the past(Junior Secondary School), Munachi's POV is in present day (Senior Secondary School).
Now ladies and gentlemen, let's continue;

Rooney Edwin.

How does one pretend to pay attention in class?

Especially when the supposed class wasn't even an actual class?!

"Dude, I swear I hate this school." Kenelum murmured behind me.

"Are we meant to even be here right now?!" Arthur who wasn't considered a new student anymore since he's been here for a week, groaned behind me.

"I don't know for this thing in front of us." I grumbled back.

This was our last period before school closed, actually this was meant to be a free period, but no!

It was just so frustrating how in every Nigerian school there's at least one stupid teacher who liked over playing their part. That teacher who just needs to cover his or her teaching scheme or take us ahead of other subjects?

In every Nigerian school, there's always an oversabi teacher.

In Emerald Academy we had loads of those type of teachers in our school, luckily we've escaped anyone walking into our class to invade our free period for two weeks straight now until today when this stupid Basic Technology woman walked in here grinning her whitened teeth at us.

Right now, she was busy copying words from her long note book unto the white board- for people who were interested- to copy into their own notes.

I wasn't interested, in fact I was about to respectfully walk out of here a while back... Until she stopped us.

So I had all rights to reign curses at her. She should've just let us all go.

"What's the time?!" Dominique's voice boomed and I swear I saw the damn lady shrink back.

Why?
Did his deep voice frighten her?

She should wait till she sees what he's packing, now that... That was gonna excite her.

"Don't you have a watch on your stupid huge hand or something?" Chiamaka spat at him. Lately she's been giving us all attitude, well all of us except Arthur.

Ironically when she and the entire school population thought the new kid was a girl she hated him.

I remember the look on her face when the chaos began outside our class, how she didn't want to peel her body away from mine when Nonso came to alert us that she's here.

Funny how we all thought our new student was a girl because of Dominique and the gossip machines in this school.

Dominique made sure the new girl, was put in our class because he had that connection since the admin head for Junior Secondary School was his cousin.

I could remember it all as if it was just yesterday, how we raced downstairs, trying to be the first to shoot our shots then. Even Darrel and Darren led their set, marching at the front in their usual despicable way where they silently dared anyone—even their classmates to go a step ahead of them.

Everyone who was anyone in a hurry to meet the new girl who was rumored to be gorgeous... and biracial.

Only for Arthur to walk out with the principal and his mom.

Took less than a minute for every male to vanish from utter disappointment, because this has never happened, never has anyone with connection to the admin head of either the Junior or Senior secondary school been wrong about something as miniscule as gender!

Some girls stuck around but our principal threatened them off but I liked him, he had cool headphones, in fact he had the exact type of headphones I'd seen in a store in France this past holiday and so badly wanted to cop but I'd gone over my monthly allowance so I couldn't, so real recognized real and I would never regret walking up to greet his mother and the principal, which led to us walking him back to our hostel.

Led to the beginning of this beautiful friendship.

"Wasn't huge enough when the whole thing fit in you?" Dominique growled at her and I chuckled when she gasped.

I genuinely loved my friends.

She slammed back a quick come back but I'd stopped listening.

Serves you right girl.

Basic Tech. Lady also gasped, before straightening her back then glancing at her wrist watch.

I'm sure she was thinking 'Weren't you all too young for this' but her salary was very good, so she ignored them both.

Like every teacher did, they ignored a lot of things we did even though the newly employed sometimes tried to resist, by sending students up to the principal office but eventually they learnt that no matter what.. nothing happens, so now they ignore.

"Um.. Barely a minute left till closin-" She stopped talking once the loud electric bell in our class started buzzing.

Saved by the bell.

Literally.

I stood up immediately the bell went off and saw that Arthur had stood too, we'd taught him well in just one week.

He already had some traits before coming here, so we didn't stress much.

Not bothering to listen to the rest of what she was going to say I walked out. We walked out.

Nonso appeared behind me once we walked pass his class.

From the way we left our class immediately the bell went off, it'll be easy to assume that we all were rushing off to the cafe for lunch so we could then head back to our hostel for Siesta before our evening prep. But we weren't.

We were heading to the auditorium.

We'd registered last two weeks ago when first term resumed and added Arthur's name the next day after he'd joined our school not caring if he could dance or not...

Thankfully that day during our first rehearsal with Arthur present, he proved he could.

Way better than I could, there was something fluid and natural in his steps, something I lacked.

"But guy, can't we just run up to the Cafe, eat small first then come back here?" Nonso pleaded as we began our walk through our short cut...

I wasn't in the mood to interact with any one. So I ignored him.

"No one's stopping you from running up, rushing food up into your mouth and sweating in the process before running back here smelling like a sweaty pig." Kenneth replied.

"Perfume's in my bag I won't stin... Shit! My bag! I'm sure it's on its way to the hostel now self" He whispered to himself and I groaned.

Segun smacked the back of Nonso's neck and said, "Soon he'll start complaining about us keeping our bags with red house girls to return to our hostel, because everything is a big deal to him. "

"I'm never going to complain about that.. It's good cause it reduces stres-" Nonso was interrupted thankfully by a loud feminine scream.

"-Idiots! You guys are leaving me?!" We turned as the familiar female voice registered in each of our heads.

Chidinma.

A perfect work of art.

Her boobs jiggled as she ran, her long legs highlighting her hips in her pinafore and then her light complexion seemed to glow under the small peek of sun seeping into the closing of our short cut.

She wasn't just sexily hot... She could dance. And rap.

Unfortunately I doubt she's straight, maybe she's bisexual. But she's definitely not straight.

I've never met a woman who ogled fellow women's ass until her. I think I'd spotted a huge ass first but there Chidinma is already in a transfixed gaze, with parted lips.

So she could not be straight.

"We didn't leave you. You disappeared before last period." Dominique said gently after she'd caught up with us.

"Lucky you, because Ms Basic Tech walked in and copied rubbish on the board. " Kenneth added.

"The cursed woman didn't even let us leave even though she knew we won't copy the note. " Kenelum began to walk.

"Why now?! So none of you copied. At. All?" Chidinma rhetorically asked then groaned before resting her palm on her forehead.

"Who am I now gonna borrow note from?" She asked.

"You know, we're not the only ones in our class, right?" Segun dropped in a dry tone.

"Yeah, but you six-seven are my guys." She chuckled before proceeding to punch us all on our shoulders... She had to jump only when it came to Dominique.

Now, this.. This was why I was very certain she wasn't straight.. She was a major tomboy.. Unfortunately a sexy hot tomboy. A tomboy with a body she kept hiding in oversized house wears and her large pinafore.

Her body felt like a weird twisted joke on straight boys because not only did she hide it, she also took up male mannerisms, like belching loudly and sitting with her legs spread, bouncing while walking and styling her uniforms like we did, the bandanas, the black shoulder bags, everything was so masculine about her. Everything except her body!

Which is very cruel!

"And as my guys, I'm meant to rely on you seven." She continued.

"Chiamaka copied hers." Arthur spoke up and I quirked a brow at him.

"I know this because, she offered to help me copy mine too. So yeah... Guess my note's up to date...too." He shrugged.

"She has a crush on you." Dominique dropped, sounding like Captain Obvious.

"No. She wants you to have premarital sex with her. I'm taking your note and not hers. " Chidinma said.

"I'll hand it over during evening prep. And yes, I've noticed." Arthur replied then continued.

"Dominique's whole hand entered her... She's a well." He shivered.

"Wait oh, not the whole thing man. Just my wrist, I mean, yes I expected her to scream a bit. She was just stari-"

Chidinma thankfully interrupted.

"-Ew, ew, ew Lalala!! I can't hear you! I don't need to know rubbish like this" She chanted as she started running and I joined her just so I could follow that ass.

••

"I still feel like this food is way smaller, compared to the ones we'd had received in the Cafe. " Nonso grumbled as he ate up his rice and salad.

"Guy shut up and eat. Aren't you tired??" Kenelum said loudly and began choking on his food.

I don't know for the fool, but I was tired.

We'd learnt new dance steps today since we weren't rehearsing for anything and now we were bundled up in a corner away from classmates and schoolmates.

My eyes were glued on Chidinma as I watched her eat, thankfully she didn't pick her food like most girls did-guess that explained why she was this thick.

And curvy. I didn't have much appetite so I slowly ate my food and watched her..

Smiling at her every time she looked up to stare at me.

Arthur didn't eat much and that was evident because he always dropped a half eaten plate of food. He didn't eat cooked food, only consumed his provisions. I ate both.

But I'll still choose my mom's food over this school's.

Obviously.

••

"Why aren't you in red house self?" Kenelum asked with a pant before resting his back on one of the two pillars in front of Yellow House female hostel.

Chidinma shrugged before waving at us then she sped into her hostel.

Some times she acted like a girl and sometimes she was punching us all.

I groaned as I realized that our hostel was farther away from Yellow house.

"Arthur!" A girl in blue house wear yelled, so he paused but everyone else continued walking.

Sometimes I dreaded coming from the auditorium cause we had to pass all the girl hostels before reaching our hostel.

But sometimes I loved it.

"Rooney."

Like times like this.

I paused when I heard a girl call my name... I frowned when I recognized that voice.

Jasmine.

Jasmine was this sexy girl with Alvin the chipmunk's voice that made me imagine how she'd sound like screaming.

She was savage and rude, but surprisingly she wasn't in my class. She wasn't a Savage Bee.

I don't know how that happened.

All I knew was: She was a truckload of stress and I didn't need that right now.

I never need that.

I tried to act like I'd paused to stare at Arthur who was talking to a giggling girl before I continued walking along the tarred road.

Away from her.

"You're a foolish boy!" She shoved me forward and screamed at me.

I smirked..

So she does sound sexier when she's screaming?

I felt two hards shove me and I balanced my self quickly as I turned to stare at her.. She was hot.

I would had tried my luck at her... But her brother was.... I heard he had dangerous anger issues.

... Her brother was also...

In one of Darrel and Darren's circles, they were my older twin brothers who everyone was so fucking obsessed with.

I wanted nothing to do with anyone who was even related to someone who associated with the twins.

Besides she'll cast my soul anytime she sees me with a girl. I didn't like trouble in my life, but I still had to be polite because she was a bully.

A major one not afraid of throwing punches.

"What are you doing in Blue hostel?" I turned to look at her and asked.

"None of your business twat. I called you and you tried to snub me?! Really Rooney!" She yelled again before shoving me, this time on my chest since I was now facing her.

"Didn't hear you." I lied while smirking at her, so she'd take the hint and leave me alone.

"Fool. I have a question." She said wrapping her hand around her chest.

I hope she didn't think I was staring because if she hadn't done this little hand movements, I wouldn't have even looked.

"I'm listening. " I shrugged and rolled my eyes.

"It's not actually a question sh-sh-sha." She almost stammered as she started acting over self conscious.

"I didn't want to walk alone to my hostel. And since we're practically living beside each other. ... You're escorting me." She said before dragging my left hand.

"So I have no opinion in this? " I smirked and she dropped my hand.

"Um.. No. " She said. I quirked an eyebrow at her.

"What's the magic word?" She rolled her eyes before walking in front of me.

"So are you single?" I asked marking down how her waist moved in her Red house wear... It looked tight, but it also looked comfortable.

"Really? Rooney?? Ew." She laughed at me. And I felt like someone had pierced a pin at my ego.

Because what is she talking about? What's wrong in asking if she's single?

I'm Rooney Edwin.

"Yes Jasmine.. Yes. " I held her waist pressing my front at her back feeling her soft behind press against my crotch.

"Say something Jasmine.. Are you single?" I whispered into her ears, but I guess obviously she didn't like that because she freed herself, turned to scowl at me and spat out;

"Oh I'm sorry, bastard is just not my type."

What?

Then she successfully threw a kick in between my legs which made me drop to the floor, not only from the pain but from the shock I'd received.

Did she just call me a bastard?

Why did she kick me? And why did it hurt this much?

I wish I just continued walking, I swear to God.

"And you're mad... Violence never solves anything, don't you know how to use your words?  A simple 'Let go' would've worked instead of kicking me in the nuts, you're demented. " I gritted back at her feeling like I had to kill her.

When I get up I'm definitely pushing her into a nearby gutter.

If I stand up. Because that kick really really hurt.

I think I understand why she's not in Savages, she'a a Savage bitch and not a Savage Bee.

"Compliments will get you nowhere. Particularly it won't get you up before I run." She chuckled before running immediately.

How'd she read my mind?

I growled, throwing different curses at her and at that second a hand grazed my back and I chose to ignore it.

"Girl can throw a kick huh? " Arthur said behind me and I heard the humor laced in his voice..

"Fuck you. " I growled at him, standing up with my right hand.

I sighed slowly as the pain started reducing.

How did she kick so hard?

Who taught her this?

"Eew man. I'm not gay." He said, holding his hand up in the air while rolling his eyes and acting like he was chewing on gum.

"Bastard." I grumbled and began to limp.

He laughed. And I swear his laughter was contagious because I joined in five seconds later.

"Where did you come out from?" I groaned almost beginning to walk normally.

"I've been behind you two. Saw when you tried to play a move at her, when you failed to play a move at her I mean, guy I'm new and I already know Jasmine is off limits, dumbass" He was still acting like he was chewing gum.

"That bitch tried to leave me infertile. She wants to wipe away my family, before they have a chance to exist." I grumbled.

"Serves you right... I mean, you played with fire, you got burnt" He smirked at me.

I felt like slapping him, because I didn't need to hear the truth. I needed ice.

"And oh, keep up your fucking rate and they'll never exist. You keep wasting them in mouths and condoms. Sometimes, even the floor." He added with a feminine fake gasp and my pain suddenly stopped.

I smirked at him and felt like killing someone again..

But this time it was going to be a guy.

"You're one to talk! You're a condom maniac." I growled throwing my legs forward as I started chasing after him...

" What can I say? Gotta protect my self from them STDS. And an unwanted child... Someone should had told your mama about a condom. " He said loudly and I growled again.

Bants and Cruise.

Doesn't stop me from still wanting to punch him.

"Speed up man. You'll make Mr Tortoise proud but i make papa Hare proud."He winked at me increasing his speed until he was almost kilometers ahead of me.

"Shut up!" I smirked at him following his speed but I was still more than a kilometer behind him.

"Huh? What was that? 'I'm a big loser?' Why would you say that about yourself?"He turned his head back wards to ask and automatically slowed down his speed.

Ah-han.

I felt Adrenaline pump through my veins as I started catching up to him,

I stretched my hand to grip unto his shoulder but he suddenly drifted and stopped right behind me...

Wait what?

He smirked at me, shrugging before he started running again.

Then he winked at me.

"Say goodbye to your provisions!" He shouted and I noticed Kenelum leaning on one of our hostel 's pillar. Definitely resting with the way he was panting.

Such a lazy fool. A fool, who'd earned my respect.

"Hell no!" I yelled.. And then I ran past him immediately.

Well what do you know? I am faster than him.

"What are you? Barry?? " He asked in a statement tone and I felt air rush past me...

Great, he's ahead of me now.

"What's up with you two? " Dominique asked us and we both ignored him, we had better things to do: go through our Dorm room first and win this childish competition.

Better things to do indeed.

He slipped through the front door and turned right.

I was confused since our dorm was up left.

I ignored his silly or wise tactic and skipped to the stairs. When I'd reached the landing of the second floor I saw him almost halfway at the middle of the second floor.

This dude was fast. He'd climbed those stairs and had almost gotten to where I was!

He smirked at me again and almost immediately he was beside me as we both ran towards our door.

No one wins Rooney Edwin in anything... Not even in a friendly competition.

Cmon Rooney, you can do this. Ignore the pain and win this shit.

No I couldn't do this..

My lungs felt like they were dying and breathing was difficult all of a sudden.

But, I'm sure Arthur had it worst for him.

Doesn't give him the right to win me.

••

" Say goodbye to your provisions." I panted out and pushed through our dormitory's door.

Arthur looked shocked when he finally entered our dorm, less than four seconds later.

"How did you do that?" He asked before dropping unto the floor, our room was freezing cold thanks to the Air Conditioning blasting at full force in here.

"Do what?" I smirked and walked to the water dispenser.

"Win?!" He asked, his chest rose and fell every second that passed.

" Because, I never lose." I whispered, passing him a plastic cup of cold water and dropping besides him.

A/N

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