JARED

Since we started this term, Fridays were meant for the inter-house sport practice.

I was in the blue house and we were having our practice at the field when Rihanna approached me, this time she wasn't with Kemisola.

"Hi," she greeted as she flashed me a huge grin.

"Hi," I responded.

"Emm...'ve been chosen as the queen," she smiled dreamily.

What's my business with that? Why are we even in the same house gan?

"Oh," I nodded while looking at my phone. None of my close friends were in my house and the only person I was familiar with there was Yimika who had gone for volleyball practice.

"You've been chosen as the King too"

My eyes brightened. When did this happen? Can you choose someone without the person's consent?

"Oh, I see," I sighted our house master and decided to approach him concerning the issue of me being King.

"Why are you following me?" I turned back.

She looked slightly embarrassed and covered it with a smile, "I'm heading to...," she looked around before pointing at the students matching, "there"

"Okay," I said before calling the attention of the Sports master. I asked him about what Rihanna had said earlier and he confirmed it, he then excused me to go the pool so far I was representing our house in swimming.

I left for the pool where I met Kenneth who was just coming out of the water, we exchanged pleasantries before I went to the changing room. Kenneth was in the Yellow house and he was representing his house in swimming, so we were more or less opponent.

Our coach arrived immediately I got out of the changing room, he called everyone of us that were to represent our house to order and spoke with everyone of us before ordering us to be in position.

There were five house in RGC, I didn't really associate with the other guys in the other house since they were in SS1 and SS3. The coach blew the whistle and we all dived into the water.

At the end, I came second with Kenneth coming first, I really had a lot to practice if I wanted my house to come first but nevertheless it was okay, Kenneth smiled triumphantly and mockingly at me and I scoffed.

After the practice, I decided to go back to the field though I didn't have anything to do there, my eyes caught  some girls entering the dance hall with ribbons and I decided to feed my eyes, I stayed at the entrance and I sighted Kiisha who was pirouetting, she looked beautiful in the ballet gown and was really good in what she was doing. I never knew she was a ballet dancer.

The sound from my phone cut my gaze from Kiisha, I turned to my phone and realized it was a message from Sharon.

Well, Sharon is a girl that lives in our estate, I'd met her during the last week of our first term holiday while I was moving around the estate in my bicycle one morning. She was jogging that morning in a black crop top and black jeggings that showed off her voluptuous shape.

She'd flashed me a cool smile and I'd greeted her before she told me to accompany her jog. I obliged and while jogging, we talked a lot and I learnt she was also in SS2 in MERRY High school, we got along pretty well and I loved her company, we later exchanged numbers.

Later that night, she chatted me up on WhatsApp, two days later sha, she told me she liked me, me being me, I can't lose such a strikingly beautiful girl so I asked her out and she answered me that minute. Ever since then she visited my place whenever no one was around, I only knew her house but didn't visit her even once.

And, yeah, on Kiisha's birthday, I'd forced Sharon to leave my place before I went to Kiisha. Seeing Kiisha that day took my breath away but I tried reminding myself that I was only betting on her and nothing more.

Back to Sharon, we've been dating for a month now and all my relationships had never exceeded a month, I tried breaking up with Sharon but she hadn't given me the chance, she was just too clingy and overprotective.

I ignored her message and took another look at Kiisha who was no longer pirouetting but looking at their ballet mistress who was addressing them. I walked to the field and went to Joshua who was still practicing, they were to have the football match a day before the inter-house sport, it wasn't part of the program.

Barging into the room, my eyes widened in shock with my eyes almost popping out of its socket.

I'd caught Demolu and Boluwatife hiding the sausage, they raised their head to look at the person who came in and continued their nonsense after noticing I was the one. Quadri, Demolu and I shared a room and I never believed he could do what he was doing.

I took my headset and walked out of the room with surprise plastered all over me. All students were in the hall having socials and the noise had gotten too much that I decided to go into my room for my headset.

I'd believed Demolu would also be in the hall so far all guys were always eager for socials.

"Why do you look so surprised?" Quadri asked as I sat between him and Joshua.

"You can't believe what I just saw," I said.

"What?" they both asked curiously.

"You won't believe I caught Demolu and Boluwatife abed, the birds and the bees, as in, real adult entertainment," I explained.

Joshua and Quadri chuckled in unison and I looked at them in perplexity.

"Is that why you look so shocked?" Quadri inquired and I nodded.

"This isn't her first time, she practically knows every room in our hostel," Joshua mocked.

"But won't the hostel master catch them?"

Quadri and Joshua shared a look.

"That girl is so conniving and whereas it's during this period that she perpetrated her game, you know our hostel master is also in the hall so he can't know," Quadri explained.

"I'm really stuck for words," I shook my head.

"Just forget about that one, it isn't new jare," Quadri said with a  dismissive wave of his hand.

"Ehn, I've been meaning to ask you, you've been somehow close with Kiisha, is it what I'm thinking?" Joshua asked as he turned to look at Quadri who grinned without an humour.

I squeezed my face.

"What are you thinking?"

"You know na, maybe you've actually proved yourself, has she finally said yes to you?" Joshua said with a sheepish smile dancing on his lips.

I shook my head before chuckling.

"I'm still taking it slow slow but I assure you that my power bike can't go with you guys"

Quadri kissed his teeth, "That's how you'll be bragging, I know Kiisha can never accept"

I scoffed and rubbed my palms together.

"Well, the bet is still till the end of SS2 so you still have enough time," Joshua said.

I opened my mouth to talk but a voice obstructed me, "Hi"

We all looked up to see Aminat smiling at us. What's wrong with this one sha? Is it because I haven't scolded her about the fake rumour she was passing about us dating.

She tapped Joshua's shoulder and he stood up instantly to sit beside Quadri while she sat in his seat. Why did Joshua even stand up for her?

"Are you enjoying the socials?" she asked with a blithe smile.

"Yeah," and my phone rang, I looked at the caller and saw it was Sharon. Why is this girl calling me again?

"Won't you pick your call?" Aminat asked.

It rang again and I decided to pick it, I walked out of the hall and went to a silent place before picking the call.

Sharon talked with excitement as she gisted me about the happenings in her school, she wasn't a boarding student like me because her school allowed both day and boarding unlike RGC.

While she was nattering, I saw Demolu and Boluwatife trod into the hall, seems they've finished enjoying themselves. We talked for some minutes before she cut the call.

I went back to the hall, Aminat was still glued to the chair and I wondered what she was still doing.

"You're back? Who was it?" she asked in excitement. What's exciting her now? Let me just burst her bubble.

"My girlfriend"

She opened her mouth to talk but was speechless as she looked at me in shock. I looked away from her and turned to the stage where Boluwatife was called to the stage with a girl.

They started by dancing but it soon turned to a twerking show.

"Is your girlfriend in this school?"

Seems her voice has returned and why is she disturbing me from watching the amusing twerking show.

"Yeah"

"Is it Kiisha?"

I turned to her and smiled.

"No"

"Then who is she?" she half-shouted.

"She's in SS3," I lied smoothly and smiled internally.

Her face flushed as her lashes fluttered, she opened her mouth to talk but it only wavered. I smiled, it was nice taunting her.