Munachi Odumba

"... So you're saying you guys didn't do Saturday inspection this morning? "

Elizzy, our class captain was standing in front of the class, talking to Philip in an extremely loud voice..

But not like she was the only one speaking loudly everyone in our class was chatting in loud tones.

No classes today meant no teachers. No teachers meant. No reason to be quiet.

"No oh. Why would we? " he replied and I toned them out.

Today we were all going home and Emerald Academy didn't skip Friday sanitation yesterday.

Which didn't make sense to me, no one in my hostel was staying back this midterm so why make us clean our hostel?

No one was going to stay in there!

And now it turns out the boys didn't even do theirs.

"Muna. So do you know who's picking you up today? " Jasmine asked, she was sitting beside me since Silvana was with Nonso, Williams was absent too.

"No. I don't. "

"How do you plan on coming to senior Fejiro's party? " she probed.

"Flight? I'm sure wherever I'm at, a flight tic-" Miss Loni walked in, suddenly ending the dialogue with Jasmine, with Blossom strutting besides her. Blossom was our assistant class rep, she had her arms wrapped around each other and the space between her hands and her chest was filled with report cards.

"Hey guys!" Miss Loni exclaimed, waving her right hand excitedly at us.

She was standing in front of the class wearing a fitted white blouse with a knee-length skirt. Her sleeves were rolled up her elbows.

Her body looked super amazing in them..

She has a really lucky man.  She wasn't just kind and soft spoken, she was also extremely beautiful.

"Hi miss Loni. " Silvana waved too, distancing her self a bit from Nonso.

Miss Laura smiled.

"So I'm with your report cards. I'm so proud of you all! No one with a D! " she grinned and we all started clapping.

"... And the unfortunate C's all came from one subject... See, this is the disappointing part, most of you had C's in Physics. Why? " Blossom drew a plastic chair to Miss Lonin and our form teacher sat down.

She smiled at us all and nodded her head in encouragement.

"I've never learnt physics before! " Bami.

"Yeah, it's like advance basic science with more.. Sciency stuff. I never liked basic science! " Alexis.

"I swear, ma. It's confusing die. Basic Tech is also in there. " Ola.

"We don't even need it in life! "Ayo.

"As in eh! Only Maths and English is useful self. " Tessa.

"Shaybe! English to communicate and Maths... Simplified maths self to calculate our money! " Silvana aired her opinion and I smiled.

They did have a point.

"Yeah, our money. My money is your money. " Nonso said... Then dropped a wet kiss on her lips.

Which my best friend gladly returned.

I couldn't help but tilt my head to quirk at them.

Is our form mistress suddenly invisible?

"Ahem? " Elizzy quirked at them too, placing her hand on her hip.

And eyed Silvana.

Hian.

Miss Loni still had a smile.

"Love nnwatiiti(Young love) couple goals!" Her lips moved upwards.

Miss Lonin treated us all like her little siblings, and we respected her the way we all respected our older siblings—I had none but well, I treat her like the older  sister I never had.

She was just a form teacher too anyways, so there was no need for her to be hyper strict on us.

"Um.. So! Okay, moving on!" Miss Loni added while clapping, she'd snapped back from her smirking gaze.

It felt like she'd just had a flashback in her head, one that made her blush.

"You all need Physics, no knowledge is ever wasted. " She continued her advice.

"You're all going home right? To my knowledge no kid of mine is staying is school right? "

We all nodded.

Miss Loni had picked up this habit of calling us kids... Calling us her kids.

"Get your parents to hire a private tutor to guide you in physics at least or just enroll in public lessons. Yes, including those who did well in that subject. You all need all the help you can get to set a good foundation..."

"... Foundation? We're not building a house are we?"

Infamous Arthur walked into our class, he picked up this accent that made his statement sound funny.

And that made more than half of the class laugh, made all the girls laugh.. While some guys just chuckled.

His eyes connected with mine and I looked away quickly.

"Arthur... Shouldn't you be in your class right now?" Our form teacher asked politely.

"I should, I could, I would.. But yet, I'm not. I'm here to visit the best form mistress in this school. " Arthur stood behind her.

And the height difference made her stand up.

He looked like a giant towering over her.

"Well the best form mistress is currently busy. And unless you're here to assist me in handing these report cards then you better get a seat or walk out the door. " She stared up at him, she'd gotten a pair of glasses now so she pretty much completed that..

Mia K look.

I was now friends with Nonso, he was rubbing off on me gradually.

"When did you become so rude? " Arthur asked placing his hand over his chest and feigning hurt.

"When you made this class your second class. " she smiled at him and he bit his lower lip.

"I mean, oh my Arthur, you're constantly here all the time. " she was exaggerating.

Arthur only actually walked in here once every week and last week he didn't come here at all.

"Oh really? " he smirked at her, his eyes fixed deeply on her lips or... Exposed half-cleavage.

He licked his lower lip. Miss Lonin was very oblivious to his gaze.

"Yes, I'm starting to think you have a girlfriend in here. Pray tell, external class students need my permission to court my girls. "she told Arthur while wiggling her eyebrows playfully.

I stared at him and in a half second glance, his eyes met mine.

Nonso coughed and he suddenly stared at him.

They both maintained eye contact.

Until.

Williams walked in.

"You?! " he yelled and we all quirked our brows at him, including Arthur who he yelled at.

"Me?" Arthur asked, dramatically hitting his chest with his left palm.

"Yea you. I've been searching this whole school for ya. "

"Why? "

"'Cause-" Williams couldn't complete his sentence, Kenelum poked his head into our class.

"-Dike, your mom's downstairs. " his head popped out.

It was almost funny how Williams was different from most guys in our set, the difference was clear as day with what just happened.

Arthur and his gang were straight forward guys, Williams ran round circles.

"That's what I was about'ah say! " Williams turned back and walked out.

"Bye Laura. See you in a week. " He bent low to peck her cheek.

He walked out, adjusting his collars as he left.

Why's he leaving so early?

"Woah. Parents are already in. Blossom and Elizzy, assist me in passing this along. " Miss Loni said straightening her frame.

Elizzy gave a groan.

Then obeyed.

In five minutes everyone had long thin notes on their desks.

Our report cards.

"You have two minutes to go through your scores. Most form teachers don't permit this. So hurry up and pass it back. " Miss Loni said,

She was right, you weren't allowed to see your report card scores until your parents sign you out.

Jasmine flipped open her book and a smile played on her lips.

"I got a B in physics. I thought I'd get a C. First C.A usually seem so easy to write but then scores come out disappointing... "Jasmine continued talking while I concentrated on the thin book in front of me.

Contemplating whether to open it or not.

Open it!

I want who ever's picking me up to see it first

You don't know who that's going to be!

Dad's usually free on Saturdays,

What if he's on a business trip?

Mom?

Would she really actually care about my result?

What if I got a C?

Physics test questions weren't exactly flowers with nice scents, they were flowers without nice scents but extra thorns.

It'll ruin my 'A's' and my report card would go... 'AhhhhhSi'

I don't want to see that!

Dad won't be disappointed. I know I still have second test and exam to make up for it.

But Mom... Would scowl at me and laugh.

She's changed... She won't laugh.

Sure she won't.

"... You're not listening, again! " Jasmine shook me and brought back my attention.

"Sorry, what? "

"I said, open yours! " she exclaimed.

I shook my head.

"Why not? "  She asked me.

"I don't want to see it. " I muttered silently, she slapped her teeth with her tongue and palmed her forehead.

Grabbing my report card, she opened it and moved away from me. I didn't want to see it and she was curious.

We both understood each other.

"Don't smile, don't frown. Just return it back. " I told her and tried to focus on Miss Loni who was now seated and was quickly tapping the screen of her phone.

She obeyed and dropped it back in its former position. Then stood up to walk out.

She had this funny look as she was moving, walking like a pregnant penguin, her two palms pressing together her cheeks in an attempt to conceal her face from everyone. She walked out and let out a loud shriek and I shuddered.

I didn't get a C.

Jasmine had this habit of obeying instructions and finding loopholes in rules just so she could disobey.

I flipped open my card because now I had no need to continue with this since her gleeful shriek meant I didn't fail.

Why would she rejoice over my failure?

Unless she'd failed and I failed too...

Or we got the same low scores-

I did that too. We all rejoiced over each other's bad grades when we scored the same low scores.

A... I got an A!

My eyes widened and I placed a stupid grin on my face.

Jasmine walked in and Silvana quickly sat on my right while Jasmine sat on my left.

We all stared at my report card.

"Ogbeni, why you no wait na(Dude, why didn't you wait?)" Jasmine asked in full pigin and Silvana and I both laughed at how awkward she sounded.

I mean, tiny voices weren't meant for broken English.

"Okay, times up everyone. " Miss Laura said placing her phone on the desk in front of her as she stood up.

"Again, congrats to all of you. Including those with C's, they're all good marks but do try to improve. " she said and proceeded to walk round the class collecting our report cards in the process.

Our form mistress is the best.

But I feel like I'm forgetting something.

... What'd Silvana get?

Silvana quickly placed her report card over mine and Jasmine and I stared at it eagerly.

A.

No one was surprised really, even with a boyfriend she wasn't dropping.

A perverted boyfriend, but none the less... She wasn't dropping.

"... Congrats. " I smiled at Silvana and we all handed our report cards to miss Loni.

I'd gotten all A's and so had Silvana...

We both got all A's... But Jasmine.

"Jazz... " Silvana started quietly.

I turned to look at Jasmine and she gasped, maybe her result finally hit her or something. "I can't believe this.. " She looked sad.

I suddenly felt sad too.

"You'll get better, just have to practice-" I tried to say.

She interrupted me.

"-I'm improving! From D's to B's... You girls are the best! " her half frown turned to a smile.

"See what I did there? I should go into acting, you guys looked like you were about to dash(Freely give) me condolences. "

"Shut up. What did that Williams get self? " Silvana asked.

"I know(How should I know?)" I asked in mini pigin.

" Leave the mumu(Moron) he's downstairs doing oversabi(Un-requested) work. "Jasmine said.

It's been a tradition... Ish, stuff.

Blue house boys usually waited downstairs for parents to come into the school building by the stairs or they just hung around the lobby and offered to help search for their wards...

Which was a stupid thing to do, especially since we were in school, I mean we have labelled classes!

If your child or ward is in 9th grade, you should know what arm of 9th grade they're in and if you know what arm they're in and you see 9TH GRADE A plastered above the door, you do not walk in and ask everyone present in the class if that class is arm A or B!

Like most parents did.

Doing that in the hostel was understandable in some ways.

You don't exactly always know what dorm your child is in.

Most times, your ward (s) could get shuffled to stay in a junior dorm as a dorm head, eg Williams.

So then you'll need assistance,

But that's even only going to be possible when parents are finally allowed to go into the hostel.

Most innocent naïve parents often paid these blue house boy to search and call their wards who in turn walk them to their class to sign.

"Sha(Well) business is booming for them. "Silvana smirked.

I looked back and Nonso was gone.

"Your man is off to work,hardworking guy, sisi(Girl) it's your turn to play your part, dress in some hot lingerie before he gets home so you can help relive some of his stress. " Jasmine smiled weirdly at us.

"I'm not married to him oh. Not that I'm saying it's a bad thing to wed him, getting married to him would be super cool but also extra mile, cause we might not even last a full section... "Silvana nudged at my rib.

I rolled my eyes.

".. Full section unlike Muna and Ron." Tyler.

We had lots of oversabi's(Gossips) in my class, tons of male oversabi's.

But this particular one sat behind us and on a column on our right.

"Who's Ron? " Miss Loni asked.

Just greeeeat!

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"If man could fly, I'll fly to the sun. Just so every eight minutes you'll see me in the sky and miss me more."

-Unknown