Munachi Odumba

"Truth or Dare." Kenelum stretched out his body and yawned, I didn't know what had possessed me but I chose...

"Dare. " I smiled when I saw how quickly I'd wiped away his smug smirk and replaced it with a surprised frown.

Guess what ever had possessed Silvana to agree to that dare had possessed me too.

"Dare? Are you sure about that?" Silvana asked as she pulled away from Nonso.

"Yeah. Are you? You know what Kenelum is like right? He could dare you to undress in front of everyone right now." Jasmine stopped talking when she stared at Arthur besides me.

"Yes. I'm sure. " I said passively to her.

And Kenelum smirked again.

"Not like you had a choice self. If you don't do the dare you'll sponsor me, I've talk my own oh(I'm saying it now.)"

I rolled my eyes at him, "Dare already. "

"See ehn. Don't do that thing you're doing with your eyes again eh-"Kenelum was interrupted.

"-Guy, dare already and shut the fuck up. " He sounded angry beside me. Like he was irritated by someone or something.

Or me.

Why was he mad at me anyways? I would've danced with him.. But..

"Hian(Hmm.)Okay oh. Munachi, I dare you to.. " Kenelum paused and Dominique stretched over to whisper into his ears.

Kenelum chuckled while nodding his head then pulled away, "Hmn. I dare you to give Arthur a lap dance-"

"- I can't do that! "

"Why not!? " he fired back.

"Well, we're in public, stupid, and secondly there's no music. " Jasmine came to my rescue

"These two didn't seem to care about the public stuff. " Segun said and nudged his head at Nonso and Silvana.

"Well I do. And I can't dance with out musi-" I was interrupted by a loud screeching speaker sound.

"- Bow down your heads for prayers. " a tiny voice squeaked.

And all discussions died down immediately as we all obeyed irrespective of the little girl's class.

I sucked in my breath and shut my eyes.

••
"Amen! " The loud chorus was deafening, no one on our table yelled, we all stayed quiet and eventually everyone raised their heads up.

The loud chorus always came from 7th graders, for some weird reason they were always enthusiastic and active during prayers and assembly.

Weird because I'd never been enthusiastic when I was in 7th grade.

Well, technically I was depressed, so there's that...

"So how do you guys share the food here? 'Cause Chiamaka them don't use to eat their food and we share it... Alone. " Dominique asked while opening the food cooler.

"Ehn! Naso(Yeah right)Come to our table and starve us, in your dre..."Jasmine trailed off while staring off behind me.

"Jasmine. Where would we sit and eat? " I whipped my head back to the direction of the voice and saw four of my classmates standing behind me.

"Girl are you blind?" Kenelum told Kamsi, she flinched back.

"Guy, I swear. Obviously you won't sit here. " Dominique said next.

"So bye. Get lost. " Kenneth said rudely.

Kamsi took a step forward, and glared at him.

"See eh. I don't understand what you people are doing, stand up a-"

"-Shuu! Are you okay? I should stand up? Me Kenelum should stand up for you dry unimportant individuals? "

"Yes now! We're supposed to sit down here. Not you people. " Another girl said.

I didn't know her name.

I didn't know a whole lot of people names.

"Fine." Segun smirked.

Dominique placed his hand on his jaw and stroked it. "Eh? "

"Yeah. Fine. Come and sit down..." Segun made a move to stand up but his eyes moved hungrily over someone behind me.

"Come and sit down on me... You're super hot. " He added.

"M-me? " Callie stuttered.

"No ooh! " Segun snarled at her.

"What are you forming for? He was joking, you're not his type." Kenneth growled.

I rolled my eyes at these boys, because they were unbelievable right now.

"Jasmine, what's this? We told you we'd bench with you guys. Just because one teacher delayed us you replaced us. Tell them to leave." Someone said behind me.

I didn't know who, cause my head was now back on the table.

This really wasn't my business,

I didn't bring Arthur and co to this table.

"Tell who to leave? " Dominique said.

"You guys! What's all these?!" that was a boy.

Or at least he sounded like a boy with a baritone voice.

"See ehn. I know you're stupid and useless but don't you even try and raise your worthless voice at me. Ever." Kenneth snapped and I rose my head up to look at who he was talking to.

Oh, he was a boy. He scowled back at Kenneth who held the table tightly.

Kenneth then stood up angrily and his long nails scraped the table in the process, they all moved back quickly.

"Guy. It's okay." Arthur intervened. He turned to face Kamsi. "You... You guys know Chiamaka's table right?" Arthur spoke.

"Ehen.. So? " Kamsi.

Kenneth sat back down.

"So. You guys should go there and bench. " Arthur smirked at her.

"You know, the Maka's is a table meant for cute girls like you. " Arthur's voice was low and he winked at her.

Wait, was he flirting with her?

"You're Beauty right? Because I'm sure you're the definition of it. "

Whaaaa?!

"I'm.. No, I'm Kamsichukwu. " She giggled?!

"Kamsi. A sexy name for a sexy girl. How about this sweetheart? You'll bench over with the Maka's and after dinner we'll talk. How does that sound? " Arthur bit on his lower lip slowly and I found my self staring.

"Um... -" Kamsi was interrupted.

"-Chiamaka won't let us bench with her." the girl I didn't know her name stated with a voice that made it seem like she'd succumbed to Arthur's face.

"Yeah. She won't." A male voice said besides Silvana.

They were all succumbing to him!

Unbelievable!

"She would if I talked to her. " Arthur stood up quickly and took Kamsi's hand in between his.

"Let's go. " he said as if speaking to only Kamsi and my mouth dropped.

So, he's angry at me and he's trying to make me jealous??

What's he doing?

What are they all doing on this table?

What was their ulterior motive?

"So Kamsi tell me about yourself.. Any boyfriend...?" his voice was becoming inaudible as he walked towards the 'Maka's' table.

I watched them, watched how the rest of them other than Kamsi seemed nervous as they approached their table.

No one was afraid of them per-se, just that the good girls didn't associate with the bad girls.. Nor did the good boys.

If I was asked, I'd boldly say it was the good girls who looked down on the 'bad girls' and not the other way around like most high schools, like the bad girls were going to hell fire...

Arthur smirked at Chiamaka who'd seemed to forgive Arthur after he'd lashed at her three weeks ago.

She looked down and smiled, imitating a blush.

Then her eyes darted between the new guests.

Her mouth turned into an 'O', she then glared at them all before Arthur whispered something in her ears.

She looked down again and nodded quite obnoxiously.

Kamsi and her friends all sat down and they all looked uncomfortable being in Chiamaka's presence. Arthur dropped a kiss on Kamsi's neck.

Not sure if the kiss was that long or things suddenly started playing out in slow motion but I watched how her eyes went as wide as saucer pans before they slowly closed and Arthur abruptly pulled away.

What?!

I looked away suddenly when Arthur started walking back, my gaze snapped back to Kenelum who was weirdly watching me.

"What?" I snapped at him.

"My dare. " he smirked at me and Dominique looked at his watch before proceeding to dish out the spaghetti.

"He's absent. " I smirked back at him.

Kenelum scowled at me and then Arthur sat besides me again... Besides Williams actually.

"Change the dare abeg(Please) We're about to eat, want spag to stain her or what? " Nonso said and I smiled in appreciation.

"Okay." Kenelum grabbed his metal plate of spaghetti and stabbed it with his fuck.

"After dinner, when everyone has gone... You're going to kiss and let Arthur fondle you... In front of us. " Kenelum stopped stabbing his food.

"That's worst! " I yelled and Arthur froze.

His food was still untouched in front of him.

"Meaning? " he finally snapped.

"I don't want you to touch me." I sighed.

"Me neither." Arthur quirked at me and Williams took it as the cue to stand up with his hands raised up above his head, he threw his leg over and moved to sit besides me but this time he sat on my right.

Williams practically just gave up.

Arthur sighed deeply, stood up and walked out of the Cafeteria.

I froze.

And then stared up at a Kenelum who looked like he was about to burst into laughter.

"I hope you're happy now. " I muttered to him.

He chuckled, "Yes I am. " And took a mouthful of his spaghetti.

What was I doing? Loosing a friend over a lost boyfriend?

Avoiding him didn't seem like a good idea to me anymore.

"Nana." I looked up.

Arthur?

"Jasmine. " I mouthed her name and she sat beside me then engulfed me in a deep hug, she let go of me and poured Arthur's food back into the cooler.

"What did I do Jazz? He's angry at me now and probably hates me. " I whispered sadly to her.

"He doesn't hate you Muna." Nonso suddenly whispered, he was shoving his head between Williams body and the table.

"Dude, my prick! " Williams yelped.

"How do you know that? " I asked, I'd decided to ignore Williams obnoxious yelp.

"Trust me. I know. " Nonso pulled away and started eating his food again.

"I'm getting paid so I do know. " he muttered.

"Huh? "

"Oh never mind."

"Chai! Una chair sweet die(Wow! This table's fun.)" Kenneth laughed

"I swear, so much drama. " Segun laughed too and practically shoved spaghetti down his throat.

"We don confirm some things(We've confirmed stuffs) " Dominique said.

Confirmed what?

"Confirmed what? " I voiced out before eating my food.

"Girlie you won't understand. " Dominique said and I shrugged before whispering to Jasmine.

"Do you think I should follow him? "

"I really don't know. He's angry at you and you going there might just aggravate him more. What would you say to him anyways? "She replied and I shrugged.

"Is Arthur still eating 'cause I'm famished. " Nonso said making an attempt at the cooler.

"Guy." His voice was cold and unexpected.

Arthur.

"Wassup. I'm just checking if your food is enough for you. " Nonso smirked and sat down slowly.

I stared up at him and he avoided eye contact with me.

Wow, I don't like this.

"You can eat it. I'm not hungr-" he didn't even complete his sentence before Dominique pulled at the cooler.

"Guy drop that thing. " Nonso smirked.

"Food I'm about to eat?" Kenneth pulled too.

"Naso. Like no wake up(Yeah right, keep dreaming.)" Segun dragged too and I laughed at the scene in front of me.

Watching these boys fight over food was funny.

They all stood up quickly and then the most unexpected but yet funniest thing happened.

Williams stood up, grabbed the cooler quickly and ran away with it.

The four boys dropped their utensils and followed him. Shouting all profanities at him.

This was real comedy here.

"Guy, your real dad! I want more! " Kenelum jerked up suddenly, grabbing his fork as he followed them.

I threw my head backwards and laughed.

"Silvie what type of boy are you dating?" Jasmine asked her and Silvana scooted closer to me.

She laughed too while pointing at her boyfriend who was jumping tables to get to Williams.

"I really don't know. Look at how everyone's watching them." she replied and chuckled lowly.

I almost forgot Arthur was still here until I turned and met his eyes staring at me...

He wasn't glaring at me like usual, he looked like he was about to smile even his eyes widened.

I guess he wasn't mad now with the way he reacted when he realized he'd been caught, he raised his two eyebrows up and mouthed 'sorry' and then looked away.

His face took up an amused look as he switched to Segun's side of the bench.

I stared at the food on their plates.

These boys are stupid.

You have food and you're chasing for more.

I stretched over and grabbed Kenneth's plate, using my fork to push the food down onto my plate.

Jasmine stretched over and took Dominique's food.

Silvana stretched and grabbed Segun's plate.

As if on cue we all glared at Kenelum's empty plate.

"Eat fast let's go to the hostel before they return." Silvana laughed and we obeyed, breaking into occasional giggles.

I felt Arthur's eyes on my head as I looked down and ate as quickly yet feminine as possible.

Unlike Jasmine who was eating like a man. I loved her so much.

I stopped several times to look at her and laugh.

"They're coming. " Arthur gave us a light warning and I looked at him, he smiled at me.

"Blood of Jesus!" Jasmine shrieked almost choking in the process.

Arthur started laughing.

"Ehn?! " Dominique's voice was so loud, it echoed.

Great! People would stare at us again.

"Chineke meh oh(Oh my God!) " Kenneth yelled.

Even better!

I smiled cheekily at him, watching how Williams suddenly held the cooler tighter when he saw the empty plates on the table.

Don't worry, we didn't touch your food. Ehn.

They were closer now and Segun who was glaring at us then shifted his gaze to Arthur who laughed.

"If I were any of you guys I'd start running in about three.two.one-"Arthur was interrupted

By Kenneth who yelled before running.

"Now! " Jasmine yelled grabbing my hand and I grabbed Silvana's hand.

"I love you baby! " she yelled blowing a kiss with her other hand.

"If you ate my food I don't love you too... " Nonso threatened with a smirk.

"Awn! He loves me too!" she yelled back as we ran out the cafeteria door.

We were running for about three minutes in the dimly lit walkway when we suddenly heard it.

"Three of you are dead! " Dominique yelled.

"Blood of Jesus! " Jasmine shrieked.

I looked back and calmed down when I noticed they were all still standing by the door of the Cafeteria.

"Stop. They're not running. " I told them.

"I love you babe! " Nonso's voice sounded muffled, he was probably eating.

"I love y'all! Y'all my little young tangs! " Williams yelled with a wave.

"Guy shut up! It's all your fault! " Segun yelled and I laughed.

"I knew something like this would happen. That's why sharp igbo guy like me leave empty plate for una(Left an empty plate for you guys) " Kenelum yelled and I could feel the smirk in his tone.

"Guy shut up! " I yelled out.

"Who wants to eat your food self?! " Jasmine yelled too.

"Yeah, so gross! " Silvana said adding a sharp "Durh! " to the air.

"Una still get mouth so(Y'all are still talking?)" Kenneth yelled and then they all started running.

Excluding Nonso and Williams who were still shoving food down their mouth.

"Make una no harm my Silver oh(Don't hurt my Silver oh) " Nonso shouted and then I was dragged again into a race by Jasmine.

"Shit. Silvana na your ass be this(Is this your ass?)" Segun asked.

Why did they suddenly sound so close?

"Person property be that oh(That ass belongs to someone)" Arthur said and I could swear he was practically behind me.

I remember watching him gawk at Silvana's butt doing Nonso's dare.

Still didn't know how to react to that.

Someone yelled, "Hey babes. " And Jasmine suddenly stopped running, she was dragged back.

She screamed and I yelled too slowing down my legs in the process and then I felt a hand drag me back.

A wave of de ja vu hit me as my body slammed into a tall body.

Inhaling his cologne, he stepped out of the walkway and into pure darkness.

I was about to scream when the person wrapped his hand over my mouth.

We stayed like that for a few minutes, his hand over my mouth and his body pressed on my behind.

I was panting, my chest heaving up and down due to the exercise I'd just done... Arthur stood behind me motionless.

If this was how he chose to properly apologize after what he'd said in the cafeteria....

I could forgive him. I mean, I did annoy him too.

His hand dropped and he turned me around and in the total darkness I could make an outline of his body...

Say something.

"Munachi! " Someone yelled my name and then Arthur disappeared.

I stepped back into the walkway and yelled Jasmine's name.

She walked back and Silvana suddenly came into view, the guys were totally gone.

"Where did you disappear to? " Silvana asked.

Jasmine sighed, "Yeah where? After Arthur grabbed me you suddenly disappeared.." What?

"Arthur grabbed you? " I asked.

"Yeah, stupid boy fondled my ass... "

"Did you see his face? " I almost stammered.

"Yeah, I dragged him into the light and was about to use my sandal to give him serious beating of his life when he started running. " Jasmine told me and I gulped.

"Why do you look scared. " Silvana asked.

"'Cause I was with Arthur, he'd dragged me back and held my mouth shut. " I finished talking and we started walking.

"Girl, that wasn't Arthur who dragged you back. Arthur almost pushed me down while he was running. He told me to tell Kamsi he's sorry for standing her up. Or something,I don't remember the long talk. " Jasmine said.

And I gulped.

If that wasn't Arthur back there, who was he?

"Hmn, that's super odd." Silvana said.

"Very odd, but we have test to read for. That's why we're stabbing(Missing)night prep, I can't read in our noisy class tonight oh." Jasmine brushed past us till she was in front of us. Shaking her waist more than necessary.

"Test. Then midterm!. " Silvana cried out and we walked past Boys blue house hostel.

"Yeah, one week at home. " Jasmine slowed down.

"Just one week, won't be enough for me to update my wardrobe. Nonso wants me to go out with him. " I turned to look at Silvana.

"Go out with him to do what? " I asked brushing my hair with my hand and inhaling the cold air.

"Hian! (Ah!) To Netflix and chill na, what else? Actually, it's a party stuff they're throwing in one senior's house like that. " Silvana answered.

"Silvana don't get knocked up oh! Don't let him put it inside, not even the tip because I saw the way you people were playing your romantica play. " Jasmine bellowed.

"We all saw. Are you still a virgin? " I blurted out and we all stopped. We were very close to our hostel, we would be the only ones in our hostel.

Other than most seniors who stabbed dinner.

"Yes! I am. "

"Then why did you agree to the dare? " my puzzled look was back.

"'Cause.. " she drawed out and a gust of wind raised up our gowns.

"I don't really know. I just felt like doing it. Like proving to everyone I'm not that gullible 13 year old who only cared about shopping and talks too much.

I needed everyone to know I've grown up. Like you have Munachi. " Silvana looked down.

"You don't have to prove anything to anyone. " I muttered locking her arm with mine.

"Yeah, we love you for always having the best and freshest gist and you give the best fashion advice! " Jasmine twirled and the night breeze caused her gown to go higher.

" I know. But I also want to get experienced, I don't want my future husband to marry an inexperienced virgin-"

"-Hahba(Oh my gosh!) You don't want to be a virgin when you get married? " Jasmine exclaimed and I sighed sadly at Silvana shaking my head slowly.

"Back to the party matter! " Silvana yelled after hissing slowly at Jasmine.

The three of us walked into our hostel and began the journey up to our room.

"The party's hosted by that new senior... Katherine abi Catherine. Nonso got invited cause his brother abi Sister knows her. The talk is too long. So he wants me there. "

"Where's the party at? " Jasmine asked and I chuckled.

"The party is strictly by invitation oh. "

"Abegi, fashi that wan(Please! Forget about that)Invitation my foot. If I crash that party, they'll be thanking me for coming when I'm leaving. "

"Naso(Yeah right!)" I exclaimed while rolling my eyes dramatically.

"It's in Lagos-"

"-It's not that far. I can make it. "

"Jasmine, Lagos is not far from here? " Silvana asked opening our room door.

We walked in and I shut the door.

"Yes it's not. Book a ticket and you'll be there in less that two hours. Tell your sisters to handle it now " Jasmine exclaimed, zipping down her house wear.

"I'm talking about land distance, it is... " they began to argue and I laid flat on my bed.

Wondering who'd held me back and restricted me from yelling.

Who was that back there?

"... Munachi, what do you think? " Jasmine asked and I snapped back.

"Think 'bout? "

"She wasn't listening. " Silvana stated and I stared at her, she was wearing only her inner clothing.

"Probably thinking about Arthur. " Jasmine said then paused, looking guilty.

"Oops, my bad. " She muttered and walked up to me, holding her house wear and Silvana's.

I understood and pulled off my house wear handing it to her.

"Someone that's ignoring me or another one? "

"The one you started ignoring first. " Jasmine said and walked out.

I laid back on my bed again. I was on the down bunk because Jasmine liked up bunk more.

Our dorm had three bunks on each column facing each other, properly spaced though and a single bed arranged behind the second bunk.

Every dorm in this school housed 7 students each. I'm not a hundred percent sure about the boys dorm. But I knew my fact was somehow true.

The dorms were large enough to host about ×2 of that number. But majority of the dorm space went to the construction of our lockers and luggage box spot.

"I wasn't ignoring him. " I said to Jasmine as she walked in, she was applying conditioner to her hair.

"Yes you were. " She stated and walked to her locker.

"Silvana... " I whined for help.

"At first you weren't. Then you started and you kinda made it obvious. " she answered and walked to our locker, then two girls walked in.

Belema and Patricia. They were in savage B.

"What's obvious? " Belema asked, her eyes shining brightly.

Of course savage girls would want to know.

"Nothing oh. " Jasmine replied.

"Who do you girls want to lie to? We saw you Silva Silva... " Patricia smirked at Silvana.

"Nonso and you. Sitting in the Cafe, k-i-s-s-i-n-g! Butt thrust out, Lips locked. Arthur was staring at your big butt! " Belema sang unzipping her gown.

"Have you girls taken your clothes to laundry yet? " Belema asked.

And Jasmine nodded before walking back to our bunk and climbing on it.

"Okay. Is it washing?" Patricia asked.

"No. I was waiting for the last person to put their clothes in. "she replied.

"Okay. You did well, our detergents would finish soon." Patricia smiled and dropped her house wear on the floor.

"So, Silva Silva Silva, gist us oh! What's the naughtiest thing you've done with Nonso. " The two girls gathered round her.

I rolled my eyes and laid back on my bed again.

"Nothing! " Silvana replied,

"Liar!" Patricia exclaimed.

"Why are you lying? The way Nonso was pressing your bom bom(Butt), you two must have done more. Tell us. " Belema said the last part in a sing song tone.

I rolled my eyes at her.. Nndi aproko (Gossips).

"Fine, don't tell us! Muna baby! Come and tell us something! " Belema suddenly yelled while clapping her two hands in front of Silvana's face, that was funny cause Silvana was taller than her.

Wait, Munachi should come and do what!?

"It's true! Muna you're here. We saw you and Arthur's drama oh! "Those two moved in a speed of light cause they were immediately at the two sides of our bunk.

"Yeah, so why is Arthur mad at you? Maybe your yanga(Hard to get) has permanently turned him off and chased him away from you.. Maybe sha!" Patricia exclaimed fakely and I rolled my eyes.

"Shay (Right!) Maybe sha oh! But Muna, why were you even forming hard to get with him? I was sure he wouldn't had fuck and dumped you like he did.. To... " Belema said and she stared at the other side of my shared bunk.

"Abeg, shut up! He didn't fuck and dump me okay. Last week we just did something around that toilet side, we both used each other. To satisf-"

"-Toilet? " Jasmine said above me.

"Yes oh! " Belema clapped again before continuing.

"I was coming to get something from a junior last floor and I heard shagging noises... Y'know the usual oous and ahshs and then sexy low groans that's like uugh! " Belema acted out, pausing to get into act.

"When, what time? " Silvana asked wearing her pink nightgown.

"I don't know that one oh. But um, yeah.. During that break period time Wednesday last week. " She suddenly had my attention.

"Back to what I was saying. I heard shagging noise and curious me. Minding my business went to search for the source. "

Aproooko (Gossip!)

"I saw Patricia, hopping upandan(Up and down) Arthur's hug-"

"-Belema! " Patricia screamed.

"Ma?!" Belema yelled back and Silvana plopped down on my bed.

Okay, so now they had all our attention.

"Abeg, you use to talk too much sometimes abeg! "Patricia stormed off, slamming the door behind her.

I doubted how true this story was in some way... But in a major way this story could be true.

Arthur did have a reputation, but then again everyone liked hearing gist, so why would I shut her up even if she was lying?

"Ehen(Yes!) Where was I? She was bouncing up and down on Arthur, like these people didn't use sense self, music lab oh! Around that toilet side! Teacher could've caught them. But sha that was the abandoned lab side. But still! They were so loud anyone could've heard... "

And I thought Silvana was a talkative.

"Luckily for them it was me. So good girl like me decided to do door guard for them, unpaid work oh! "She exclaimed way dramatically.

I chuckled and Silvana laughed.

We both knew she just wanted to watch and hear free porn that she could gossip over.

"No one passed that way-"

"-Belema, what were you doing in that former music lab area sef? Isn't it prohibited? "Jasmine asked interrupting Belema from continuing and her eyes went wide.

"It is. But um.. Ehm.. I.. I.. I just wanted to like, check for our principal lady if anyone was breaking the rules. And trespassing on a building site. "Belema lied and I nodded..

Nnn-hu

"I remember seeing you and Collins break time going somewhere when I entered your class, that's why I asked. Sha! " Jasmine said and flipped on her bed.

So, our dearest Belema went to do her own shagging too?

"Ah ah! Jazz? Collins is my boyfriend, my official boyfriend. Unlike the Arthur and Patricia I'm talking about. So we just went to kiss small in private. And then I came out and saw all this.. " Belema's way of talking was funny, her tiny lips moved quickly and scowled multiple times.

"Okay. Sorry Ma. " Silvana laughed and the door swung open but no one cared to look up.

Feminine laughter and chatters filled the background.

Our other roommates I guess.

"Don't interrupt me again oh! They were shagging and I waited patiently for them to finish 'cause I suddenly needed my pen Patty was with-"

"-Eeehen. Naso!" Jasmine climbed the metal ladder and hopped down on her bed shaking my bed in the process.

"You could have left her and asked me for pen. I had five that day... "Jasmine continued.

Belema's nose twitched. She looked annoyed.

"Really? I didn't know, well I should've asked. " She decided to play along rotating her eyeballs and pouting her mouth.

"I waited for them and after ten or 15 minutes, azin if you heard the shouting ehn I was fearing someone would hear, through that curved window side, that's like mirror, I was staring at correct pounding.

It's not her fault she was screaming, she was kneeling on that huge curved table and Arthur was standing. Doggy style abi I don't know oh.

Me don't know those types of things. You know I'm still just a virgin, I don't engage in such unholy things to be knowing their names."

Doggy style...

"Finally finally, Arthur walked out and his eyes almost exploded as he saw me. It was so funny, he gave one funny greeting like that and left,. Fumbling with his belt and muttering about ghosts in this school as he walked away. He's so cute.

Patty walked out and I started laughing, her face was red and her school skirt was hunched up, she had small blood on her skirt. It's like she was on her period that day, because I don't think she was a virgin."

Wow, this girl was a snake.

I was scowling at her in my head as she continued.

"You know fair girls and their skin, she had hand marks on her laps and everywhere. She also looked shocked to see me. I asked her for my pen and she said it was in class, her voice was sounding like someone who'd been crying! She was now trying to hide this lame limp she had. " Belema laughed.

Wow, you can't trust this girl with a secret. Not at all, because they literally could count as 'friends' but look how quick she was to talk bad about her.. really really quick and especially to me, everyone knew Arthur liked me.

It was like to humble me, she'd thrown her friend overboard to show me I was nothing special if he was still having sex with people even after 'liking' me

"And me I needed to confirm more things, so when she was bathing I checked her back and butt Oboy (Oh my!) Everywhere was red, scratches everywhere. Hand prints. That boy's a beast sha. " Belema paused.

Rooney was definitely opposite.

"If you check her back you'll still see the scratches and everything. "

I nodded at her as she stared at me as if waiting for me to contradict her.

So, according to him, he likes me. But then two weeks after resuming school he's 'shagged' a girl already?

Hmn. Maybe her story was faked up to get a reaction from me.

"Do you think she'll bathe tonight? "Jasmine asked suddenly jumping down.

"I doubt. What do you want to do? " Belema asked.

"Confirm your words, Arthur's ended his fuckstyle the day he told us he liked Munachi. He's loyal and won't cheat!-"

"-We're not dating Jass. "

"Not yet, you're not. Okay, I trust Arthur. I know you believe this story but I don't okay. Arthur really likes you and I'm sure he won't just screw a random girl when he has you in mind. I know I promised not to pester you about Arthur or pair y'all up.

And I'm doing that, just that I know Arthur isn't like that and this is just a random prank. Arthur won't do that.." The door opened and we all stared up expecting to see Patricia but two girls walked in.

"Jasmine calm down. " I muttered.

"Yeah calm down! He's a guy and all guys cheat-" I just had to interrupt Belema.

"-We are not dating. You can't cheat on someone you're not dating." I gave her a blank expression,if she wants a reaction she won't get it...at least not from me.

"Even better for him okay! He's not tied to anyone and he can fuck who he wants, don't take offense to it."

"I'm not angry! I don't care! " My voice raised a few baritones.

Why was things spiralling out of control, I never said I was angry? Why do people keep assuming things for me?!

I didn't feel a deep pounding in my chest during her fable.

I was neutral because I didn't care.. Because I didn't like him!

"But Arthur cares! And they're lying against him. He loves you Munachi-"

"-Loved her okay! Just a week of her snubbing him and he moved on. Shows you how great his love was. He doesn't like her anymore so she should move on oh! Move on!" Belema yelled and her voice took a different tone, a tone that implied she was concealing something.

An emotion? The truth?

I stared at her trying to decode her.

"Stop okay?! Stop! Munachi doesn't like him and he doesn't like her too anymore. Let's move on okay?" Silvana said loudly and her voice had everyone's head turning and then the door opened again.

Patricia walked in, slightly leaving the door ajar.

She stopped when she noticed we were all staring at her.

Then she scowled at Belema.

"What is it? Aproko, you've already spoilt my name so what is it? Monitoring spirit looking for who to gossip about! What is it? " Patricia suddenly yelled.

And our door opened again, two SS2's graders walked.. I recognized one as Patricia's sister.

No one liked SS2's but these two were manageable at least, they didn't seek attention. Or maybe cause one of them was related to our set they were calm with us... Red house girls.

"Patty stop now! I told you to ignore her. Those people she's gossiping you with hope they know she's done worst. " her older sister said and walked her to her locker.

"Hope they're all virgins. Holier than thous. I'm sure they're all.. Hypocrites." the other SS2's grader said and Jasmine glared at her.

"Don't know why some people assume other girls are whores like them. Somebody can't be pure again oh. " Jasmine muttered loudly.

Guess, Jasmine didn't like her.

I stared at Patricia and she had tears in her eyes.

This story didn't look fake anymore.
I didn't know these two girls well but I knew Patricia had a good history of some sort.

"I gave him my virginity! And she was right, he used and dumped me!" She wailed into her sister arms and I felt bad for her.

But I chose to ignore her... Wicked I know but she didn't call me to get involved. So why would I interfere in personal matters?

Seemed like I wasn't the only one who felt bad, but someone took action.

Belema walked towards the three girls halting a few steps behind them.

Yes! She better settle with her.

I looked away from them and yawned.

"What's the difference between Arthur and Rooney?" I muttered then sat properly on my bed and Jasmine was immediately beside me.

"Arthur's history is worst than Rooney's. While Rooney was still here, there was a whole lot of similarities between them.

Only difference back then to me was their complexion.

They both were rotten.

But Arthur was more of the guy to be caught regularly making out in the hallways... No sex though but intense groping and kissing and what you call it? Dry humping?

Guess that soiled his name.

I'd caught him twice.. Then we weren't that close, so how'd it affect me?

While Rooney was the guy who'd not ever been caught kissing a girl or touching her in public but would take her to a toilet and just have sex with her.

I'd caught him more than twice, he had a weird liking for 8th grade floor's girls toilet ... Though before you two started dating.

And those who'd caught him... Added more to his rude reputation he already had before Arthur came.

To me I'll say they're identical but, one came with viewer discretion and another without. " Silvana answered before throwing her head back and landing on the bed.

Jasmine muttered.

"Same here. Just that to me, I think Rooney was like too brash and rude but he calmed down 9th grade and reduced his... Sleeping around stuff and Arthur increased his own and started being rude.. Cause of his dad's stuff...And threw her head back.

"I still like Rooney. " now it was my turn to mutter and throw my head back.

"We know. " they both chorused.

I chuckled.

"Do you think Arthur's over me? "

"Yep." they both chorused again.

"That's good right? "

"Yes." only Silvana replied.

"Now you can only be friends with him... " Silvana said and a weird uncomfortable silence followed.

"You've both friend zoned each other. " Jasmine said.

"Well that's sad. " I blurted out truthfully, closing my eyes to sleep.

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A/N

Any thoughts on who'd grabbed Munachi earlier on?