KIISHA

It's been three days now and Jared didn't talk to me, I was really missing his voice but I just can't go to him. Call it pride or whatever, I can't beg him and whereas he's my opponent so he should be in my enemy zone and not friendship zone. During the extra class, he'd greet Idiat and ignored me, even during our study periods, whenever I say anything, he just keeps quiet and turns to the other guys or Idiat.

In class now, if he isn't talking to his friends, then he'll talk to Kiiti or Aminat. Can you imagine? Aminat of all person and that one has been smiling all over the school while eyeing me whenever we meet, the idiot is even passing rumors that they were dating, not like I care but I just don't believe Jared would stoop so low to date someone like Aminat but I can't blame him sha.

Even during lunch or dinner, he doesn't talk to me, even though we sit opposite each other, he tried so hard not to allow our eyes meet, he's always laughing and talking with my girlfriends and it's making me feel left out and bad, did I do anything wrong?

"You're not doing it right, Kiisha, you're to add a drop and not excess," Jared said belligerently. So now he calls me Kiisha and not Riff or Aanuoluwakiisha and it's really piercing me.

"What?"

"You're not doing it right, if you can't do it well, just tell me instead of doing nonsense," he snapped and all eyes turned to us.

We were in the chemistry lab having practical and we were still partners.

A piercing shot of anger coursed through me, "Do it yourself then," I said angrily as the conical flask slipped from my hand and shattered into pieces, thank goodness it didn't contain acid.

"Ouch," I shouted in pain, turns out the pieces of the broken glass were on my leg and had cut me.

"Are you okay?" Jared asked in concern and I wondered if he was possessed or something.

"You're hurt," our teacher said on sighting my leg that was now bleeding, I bent down in pain.

"Let me take you to the clinic," Jared offered and I nodded, the pain didn't allow me to choose.

In a twinkle of an eye, Jared carried me in bridal style and walked out of the class as the whole class murmured, I curled my hands around his neck as I tried to look anywhere but his face, I felt safe in his hand and didn't utter a word till we got to the clinic.

"What happened?" Nurse Titi asked but when she sighted my bleeding leg, she ordered Jared to drop me on a bed as she rushed in to get the stuffs she'll use for the treatment.

Throughout the treatment Jared stayed with me.

"Will you like to take some rest or go back to class?" Nurse Titi asked immediately she finished bandaging my leg.

"I'll just go to class," I said as I tried standing up, Jared came to my side and helped me up.

"Okay, be careful oo, and come back after closing," Nurse Titi said with a smile. She was a very jovial person and the only nurse the students liked, the other nurse was always frowning as if we were the one that made her husband divorced her.

Jared placed his hand on my waist and I flinched a bit before getting accustomed to it.

"I'm sorry," Jared said and I wondered if he was possessed. I looked at him in surprise and he smiled, his dimples appeared and I looked away quickly.

"I'm sorry too," wait, did that just come out of my mouth?

"I guess we're on good terms now," he flashed me a cool smile and I returned the smile as we headed to the lab, all the steps I took, he helped me.

"You're back?" our teacher asked in astonishment immediately she sighted us.

"Yes ma," Jared responded before helping me as we went back to our seat.

"So who broke the conical flask between the two of you?" she asked as soon as we got to our seat.

"Me," Jared and I said in unison before we turned to look at each other and erupted into laughter.

"Well, since the both of you broke it, you know the rules, you're to come with two conical flasks each," she said. Well, that was the rule in the lab, if you break anything you bring double.

"But ma, we can't leave the school premises, how will we get it?" Jared questioned. That's even true.

"You're to come with it after the mid-term break," she said before looking back at the board.

Jared did the experiment alone while I only sat down and watched him, though I tried helping but he declined.

It's been a week since the accident and my leg has healed, we were all  studying at the Royal Garden, it was where we do study apart from the prep  hall during the weekends when the library was closed.

"Are you really dating Ambrose?"

Where is that voice coming from? Idiat and I raised our head from the past question as we sighted Zion, Kemisola and Rihanna beside the long wooden chair, several wooden chair were dispersed around the garden and the students do use it as an advantage so far they'd turned the Royal Garden to the love arena in the night.

"What sort of question is that?" Zion asked trying to sound calm, she was sitting in the middle of the duo, apparently she'd been dragged here.

Kemisola eyed her contemptuously.

"Answer me now while I'm being nice," Kemisola warned.

"Rihanna and Kemisola don't want to learn at all, I must video this shit to show Ambrose," Demolu said as he brought out his phone from his back pocket.

Zion tittered and Kemisola boiled in fury, Rihanna pulled Zion's braid in annoyance.

"Hope this people won't disturb our study now?" Jared complained and Joshua stood up, apparently he wanted to approach them but Yimika drew him back.

"Let's watch the show after all our break is in two minutes, so let's just enjoy the break with their show," Yimika said and Joshua nodded before sitting down.

"Let go of my hair if you want me to talk," Zion warned and Rihanna obeyed.

"Now spill!," Kemisola shouted.

"This is getting interesting," Demolu said quietly while recording.

"Why would you ask me such a stupid question, you are the one who got yourself into this mess," Zion said with a mocking smile lingering on her lips.

"What do you mean?" Kemisola asked while burning hot.

"Well, you should ask your boyfriend, no, ex-boyfriend so far he dumped you at the cafeteria," she mocked and Rihanna slapped her.

Palm to cheek, Zion smiled and we wondered if she was insane.

"If Ambrose doesn't like me anymore, he wouldn't stoop so low to go for a gutter creature like you"

Zion scoffed and dropped her hand on her laps.

"Gutter creature you say?" she smiled before continuing, "Well, if an educated man dies without knowing what killed his father, he is a fool"

Kemisola looked confused and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I think you know what killed you now, I think I'll accept Ambrose proposal," she smiled before standing up.

"You wouldn't do such," Kemisola stood up and grabbed Zion's hostel wear in annoyance, she locked her chest and slapped her.

"Did ...," before she could complete the sentence, Rihanna slapped her and Kemisola tore her cloth.

"Oh..,oh, oh," Demolu chanted while recording the scene, Kemisola pushed Zion to the ground and descended on her while Rihanna joined her.

"They'll kill this girl oo," Joshua said.

I stood up abruptly and Idiat followed as we walked towards the wrestlers.

Zion was now half naked with her hair disheveled, nose bleeding and bruises all over her body, I dragged Rihanna away in anger while Idiat dragged Kemisola.

"What do you think you're doing?" I yelled.

Kemisola and Rihanna who were breathing heavily glanced at each other.

"Are you okay?" Rihanna shouted but I ignored her and went to Zion who was seriously bruised. Idiat and I helped her up.

"What do you think you're doing?" Kemisola asked with so much hostility.

"Water, are you blind or what?" I shouted and Ambrose appeared alongside their male gang.

I turned to look at Demolu who was now approaching us with a smile, seems he'd sent the video to Ambrose.

"Kemi, I've warned you several times and this is the height of it," Ambrose shouted.

"Ambrose, do you realize you're talking to us like this in front of all this wretched fools?" Rihanna screamed with authority.

Ambrose brushed it off and walked to us, he took hold of Zion's hand before carrying her bridal style out of the garden with the other guys at his tail, that act made me remember few days ago but I quickly waved it off.

Rihanna and Kemisola glared at us, hissed scathingly and walked out of the garden.

"Now the show is over," Yimika announced with a clap.

"Our break is over then," Joshua added.

"Let's get back to work," Jared said and we all sat down.