"Define Ration?" the Animal husbandry teacher asked and the whole class went silent, I don't understand why the school decided to make Animal husbandry our trade subject but I love the subject sha.

His eyes roamed around the class.
Precious, Khafilat who insisted we all call her Kaffy and Bella raised their hand in ecstasy as they jumped up. They were the ITKs in our class and were popularly called ADS patients; though they despised the name but as per se na we JANU Icons give them the name, it had no other option than to stick.

"Awon I too know... Ughhhh," Bimpe groaned and I smiled. 

He pointed at Longwire; the tallest and skinniest boy in our class, he was our class captain whose name we'd almost forgotten so far Longwire had been attached to him. Longwire looked back as if there was someone at his back while Bimpe and I giggled.

"You in purple cardigan, I don't know what you're looking for at the back ooo," the teacher complained and Longwire stood up reluctantly.

"Emm...Ration is ...emm...it's food," Longwire stuttered and the whole class bursted into laughter.

"How did you get to Pink?" Our teacher asked with anger laced in his tone.

" Sir?"

"He's one of those students from Brown who was lucky to get into our class," Bella explained and the whole class glared at her. Longwire dashed a scowl at her, but she wore a nonchalant look.

"This Bella is something else," Bimpe complained in annoyance.

" And it's not as if she's brilliant ooo," I added.

"No wonder, you still need to get accustomed to Pink, ask from your mates how they do here, something I just taught you two days ago, I'll forgive you today but next time you'll hate yourself, sit down joor, olodo oshi."

Longwire sat down quickly but not without eyeing Bella who smiled foolishly at him.

"Now class what is Ration?"

" Ration is the type and amount of feed given to an animal per day," everyone chorused except Bimpe and I.

" Good, now aunty," he pointed at Nnena who turned back to us and Bimpe eyed her quickly.

"Me?" she asked before looking back at us again and we frowned at her.

"Nooo, me, stupid girl, how many types of Ration do we have?" he queried and Nnena sprawled to her feet.

"As it is, after the definition of Ration, the..."

" Aunty, stop rambling and go straight to the point," Mr. Nelson roared, and we all bursted into laughter before I leaned closer to her and muttered.

" Two..no..three sir,"  she replied before turning back to us, she smiled at me and I ignored her.

"Have your seat," he ordered, and she did. Nnena turned to thank me but Bimpe and I were already conversing.

"Balanced ration, Maintenance ration and Production ration," Precious, Kaffy and Bella shouted in joy, though they hadn't been asked but they were suffering from ADS (Attention Deficiency Syndrome), it was a name we created ourselves for those 'notice me' in class.

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"Didn't you hear the warning bell?"  the senior prefect girl asked Bimpe and I as we walked majestically to our class while other students were running to class. We'd just left our usual spot and the others had gone to their classes.

One of the rules in JANU was to run quickly to your class immediately you hear the warning bell, but we, JANU Icons didn't heed to it, not like we could be punished though.

"Yes?" Bimpe questioned while eyeing the S.P girl who covered it with a smile.

"Just go to your class before any teachers sees you,"  the S.P girl advised with a smile, she dare not tell us any rubbish so far we were helping her currently, Bimpe was helping her write her speech.

We didn't respond her but rather sauntered to our class. It was after we entered the class that our Government teacher entered.

Other students didn't notice her presence as they still continued their noise while Bimpe and I kept on talking, it wasn't as if her class was always interesting before. All she did was give out notes and try explaining but her explanation was always boring and as such we do engage in different things, while others talk, some do sleep or even play games.

"What did I said about making noise?"  our government teacher shouted. Yeee my chest oo, this woman has started with her blunders again, she wasn't fluent at all, always shooting us and giving us heart attack from sentences.

The whole class screamed, "Gbam!" as the guys hit their hand on the table. It was one of those things we did when any teacher shot us.

"Outside everyone!" she yelled as her noise flared.

"Seems she's aware that we made jest of her," I said to Bimpe who nodded in accordance.

"Are you deaf?" She screamed and others scampered out of the class and assembled in front of the class.

"On your kneels!" she ordered belligerently, and we all obeyed.

"The way she's screaming yii, me I can't start picking the maggots coming from her lungs oo," Bimpe mocked.

"Even me gan, abi what happen?"

She walked into Brown class and came out with Mr. Adeyoyo; our class teacher.

"So you guys were mocking your teacher abi?" he questioned furiously.

" Noooooo."

" Keep quiet, you think you know everything abi, just because you're in Pink you believe you're on top of the world, isn't it?"

" No sir," others chanted except Bimpe and I of course.

Just then, one of the ADS patients,  Bella stood up and started rambling, " Sir, I know the people that shouted Gbam, they...." the other students cut Bella off midsentence with their noise.

"Shut up!" Mr. Adeyoyo roared and they obliged.

" Aunty Bella, who gave you the permission to talk?"

" Emm...sir"

" Keep quiet joor!" He brought out his cane that always followed him around and fear enveloped others at the sight of the cane.

"Now, you're receiving two strokes each and its according to your number in register,"  at the mention of this, the whole class started murmuring.

"No 1."

Bella sprawled to her feet in fear, she was already sweating furiously even though the weather was cool. She was someone who always disgraced herself whenever she was flogged.

"Oya aunty pull your skirt tightly, yó diè, faaaà kolé (push out your bum pull it tightly)" Mr. Adeyoyo ordered, that was his mantra.

Bella did as ordered as she started shaking like a tree being blown by wind.

"Stay put oo," Mr. Adeyoyo ordered and before anyone could say Jack, a stroke landed on Bella's buttocks, and she jumped up.

"Yeeeh, sir please, I'm not there o, my mummy ooo, sir please your mummy will not die, your daddy will not die, your wife and children will not have accident," she scratched her buttocks hardly as tears rolled down her cheeks and other students erupted into laughter.

"This girl won't stop disgracing herself," Bimpe uttered in annoyance.

" And she'll be doing as if her head is there, common cane, she can't chop,"  I ended the statement with a loud hiss which caught the attention of everyone.

"Who hissed?"  ' Ìyá Ibón'(sharp shooter) as she was fondly called by students bellowed and silence fell, everyone kept quiet as they looked at one another in fear.

"Who did it? If you don't talk, I'll add two more strokes," Mr. Adeyoyo shouted and at the sound of this, Precious shouted like the idiot she was, " It's Kikiope ooo"

Mr. Adeyoyo and 'Ìyá Ibón' turned to me and I  stood up calmly.

"Is it true?" Mr. Adeyoyo inquired.

"Yes sir, it's because Bella was squirming," I explained in a calm tone.

" Next time if you do that, you'll hate yourself," he warned and I went back to my kneels.

"He should have added two strokes to your cane," one foolish voice which I instantly recognized as my arch enemy's voice uttered, okay, she wasn't my arch enemy but my half sister, and we hated each other's guts.

"I believe you're not talking to me sha," I snapped my head to her and she eyed me.

"You always feel yourself, just because you've been representing the school in different competitions, you think you're above the world," she punctuated it with a hiss, what are we saying? What is this idiot saying?

Apparently, she was jealous, she'd always been jealous of me since she joined our school in SSS1 second term, at first I didn't hate her but when she started passing her boundary and above all trying to seduce Khalid, my hatred grew for her.

When Khalid who never had time for girls even though they always flocked him like butterflies started dating her, I loathed her, like of all beautiful girls out there, why the ugly, okay, she wasn't ugly 'cause she took after our dad and my dad wasn't ugly unlike me who looked so much like my mom; I had her fair and flawless skin, but why does he have to date the lousy, garrulous and useless girl ehn?

“ See, even if you start going to competitions from this moment right to your last day in this school, you will never get half my awards. You this dullard," I hissed like a breed of snake but it wasn't loud to the extent of gripping everyone's attention.

"Maybe it's by force for you to become a star abi I don't even understand your problem, no wonder your name appeared last on the list, I don't even understand why you're not in Brown," Bimpe added and her vein popped out while she glowered at us.

We both eyed her before turning to the front as Mr. Adeyoyo turned to Bella who was still crying profusely.

"Now aunty, come and take the remaining one."

" Ahhh, sir please, God will help you, all your heart desires, your chil...."

He cut her short," Stop wasting my time, come here now! " but Bella didn't obey.

He walked over to her but before the cane could touch her body, she ran away and that was how the hunt started, they started chasing each other as the whole class laughed loudly. Bella still needs to be in primary school.

Finally, he caught her by the collar of her top.

"Uncle please,"  she pleaded in tears.

"Who is your uncle?" And in a split second  the cane landed on her buttocks which in turn made her fall to the ground and she rolled her body in the sand.

"My mummy ooo,"  she shouted while scratching her buttocks and rolling on the floor, her skirt was already showing her thighs as she scratched her bum furiously, this display of hers made everyone laugh heartily.

"Number 2"

Nnena who was Abimbola's best friend and seat mate stepped to the front to receive her cane.

Till everyone got flogged, Bella kept on wailing as if she was sentenced to death.

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We all scampered out of the class immediately we heard the jingling of the bells. Happiness was written on all students face especially we Pink students who had been waiting for the bell before due to the fact that our last period had been a boring class, like Bimpe and I had been cursing the time keeper before he eventually rung the bell.

Biology class had been more than boring as the teacher had only dictated the note and when she explained, she was only reading the note out of her lesson note. All she did was read out and repeatedly say ' And that's it' as if nooo that 'And that's it' had already made the explanation clear. I'll surely drop that subject in SSS3.

"She was just reading the book today, abeg, who cannot read?" Bimpe mocked.

" I don't know ooo," I added in a fit of laughter, we were seated opposite Khalid and Kunmi, Doyin and Abifoluwa had gone to the hostel and AY wasn't around yet, we'd decided to go to our usual spot and spend some time there before he arrived.

"That woman is something else," Kunmi commented with his gaze still fixed on the phone.

"But our own Biology teacher is not like that," Khalid said, and we nodded in agreement. Another teacher taught the science and technical class Biology while the school management decided to allow the one who came out with a Pass teach the Arts and Commercial. Can you imagine? Yet, JANU college is still the best.

I started, "You know…" the appearance of Abimbola cut me short as she plopped into Khalid's laps. I just don't understand what Khalid saw in this stupid girl, maybe because they live side by side or due to her clinching clinching self.

I huffed before turning to Bimpe who winked at me before we both eyed the foolish girl.

"Hey babe," Khalid greeted with a smile and she grinned like someone who just won a lottery, she glanced at me and I eyed her contemptuously. Arindin buruku.

"I want to show you something," she said to him and I pursed my lips before looking at Kunmi whose eyes were already glued to his phone, he was one of those students who violated the school rule. One thing was that none of us liked Abimbola except Khalid of course.

"What?"

"Just follow me," she got up and dragged Khalid away before any of us could say anything, I glared at them till they were out of sight before turning to Bimpe.

"That girl just irritates me every time," Bimpe groused and Kunmi looked up from his phone.

"I don't even know why Khalid likes her," he commented.

"Only heaven knows," I added before my eyes caught Bella and one guy, SSS3 guy to be precise.

"Where are they going?" I questioned no one in particular and Bimpe trailed my gaze.

"Seems they're going to SSS3 Red but what are they going to do there?"

Kunmi placed his phone on the table before talking, "What else? Don't you know they are dating ni?"

Bimpe and I turned to him in astonishment. A small smile lit up his symmetrical face as he folded his hand under his coconut head.

"When did that happen?" I inquired.

"I think last week," he replied before picking up his phone again. How did I not know this? Emi odindin(A whole) Information Officer girl without a badge though, infact we JANU Icons were information officers, there was nothing going on in the school that we wouldn't know about.

Bimpe stood up and pulled me along, "Let's go and see what they're doing"

"Okay."

"I won't call you guys when AY comes ooo," Kunmi shouted behind us but we didn't turn back to him so far we knew he was only bluffing.

Bimpe and I tiptoed to SSS3 Red, and we stayed by the window which gave us a clear view of what was going on. The useless senior was pressing and squeezing Bella's breast like his life depended on it, he was pressing it with so much desperation and force that Bella kept on groaning, obviously, he was hurting her, but she didn't stop him, yet he was pressing her like piano. Won a fe te omo yii pa Leni(They'll press this child to death)

"If we want to behave badly now, we'll just collect Kunmi's phone and video them then post it on the school's group chat," I said to Bimpe who nodded.

"But this Bella is stupid sha, see the way that useless senior is ronjuing as if he wants to poop, oga gan oo," she snickered, and we both laughed while watching them.

"Well done," a voice mumbled behind us, and we both jumped before turning back.

"Khalid, are you okay?" I whisper yelled, and he smiled, that his dollar smile that always caught the attention of everyone.

"This is what you guys are looking at abi, don't you know you're too small for this?" he joked, and we rolled our eyes.

"As if you don't do it with Abimbola," I accused, and he scoffed.

"I can never do such, any way AY is around oo," he left before we could respond, Bimpe and I took another glance at Bella before leaving.

We left the school minutes later, Bimpe and I kept on talking about the scene we'd watched earlier while Khalid and Kunmi were trying to shut us up.

"Kikiope, you will not get down nii," AY said as he stopped in front of my house.

"No, I'm going to Khalid's place," I replied and Khalid snapped his head to the back.

"Why?"

"I have Biology assignment and you know I can't draw," I replied, and he sighed before turning to the front.

It wasn't long before we got to Khalid's place, as we alighted the car, my eyes made four with my step- mother, Abimbola's Mom, she was on the balcony with Abimbare, bimbo's twin brother in their house, she eyed me and I rolled my eyes before entering Khalid's compound.

"We have to eat first ooo," Khalid said as I dropped my bag on his bed, there was no one at home except the two of us, being the only child, he had no company and his parents were probably out of the country and his aunt would be at work.

"What do you have at home?"

"Anything but me ooo I want to drink Garri," he left the room before I could reply and I followed him to the kitchen before he arranged a cup of Garri, sugar, milk, groundnut and fried chicken in a tray, I decided to go for the same meal too.

While eating, we engaged in different discussions before going back to his room. He'd started helping me with my biology assignment while I did my maths assignment, just then, the door protested as it revealed the entrance of my arch enemy. The enemy thing was actually inherited from our mothers.

"What are you doing here?" Abimbola shouted and I rolled my eyes.

"Why do you love you barking? Are you from the family of dogs? This is my best friend's house so you can't ask me what I'm doing here," I retorted while saving my insults for later. Khalid and I had attended the same schools right from Nursery, and we were best of friends.

" We're from the same family," She hissed scathingly before joining Khalid, she kissed him and Khalid deepened the kiss, it was more than gross, anger coursed through me and I felt like throwing the T-square on the table at them.

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