The Fight

It's recess hours. School students can be seen walking the corridors of the school. The school cafeteria is filled with students grabbing their lunch. The classrooms is left rowdy as a few students engage in one game or the other in the absence of their teachers.

The school grounds are not left out as small groups of students are found in every corner. Engaging in small gossips or some recreational activity.

At a far end from the school building, close to the field, under a huge mango tree, Audrey, Brenda and Bambi are engaged in endless chatter.

"Drey you mean to say that Vincent has been calling you none stop and also left you a bunch of text messages? Seems like he wants the both of you to get back together". Bambi said.

"Uhm hm... Yesterday he left...how many was it again.... Yes, he left 15 missed calls on my phone". Audrey stated.

"15? Girl! are you sure you didn't take his kidney?" Brenda asked in sarcasm.

"No, I think she stole his heart away" Bambi added with a chuckle and the girls laughed.

"So on a serious note Drey, are you going to start dating Vincent again? I mean, the both of you made quite a good looking couple. The two head prefects of H.I.S. It created quite a sensation". Brenda stated.

"Yeah you are right. It was quite a sensation. Everyone was talking about it....sighs.....but I think I'll just focus my time and energy on the upcoming *WAEC examination and entering the university of Oxford" Audrey added in excitement.

"Oxford.....really?" Brenda asked

"Yes. Dad said to choose between Oxford and Harvard" Audrey said

"And you chose Oxford? You do know Harvard is better right" Brenda started

"Argh....who cares. We will be in the same school" Bambi screamed in excitement.

Just then four girls approached them. "Oh look what we have here. If it isn't Vincent's ex, the little black witch and the crazy woman's daughter" Vera stated with a smirk in her lips. The three minions she had with her laughed tauntingly. "Vera Okotie don't you have anything better to do than annoy us. Don't tell me you've ran out of boyfriends to snatch" Audrey stated as she stood up from the tree stump she was previously sitting on.

"Well actually, annoying you losers is a new found hobby of mine and considering snatching boyfriends, I was only interested is snatching one....yours" Vera said with her brows raised. Audrey grits her teeth in anger but keeps it in. As the school prefect, she can't be seen engaging in a brawl. If not, she would have definitely put this bitch in her place long ago.

"Vera take these mindless flies with you and get the hell out of here. No one wants to see your disgusting face" Bambi yelled in anger.

"Who are you calling a mindless fly" Sonia stepped towards Bambi "Look at you, a mad woman's daughter. You know they say insanity can be hereditary. Perhaps this is a sign of early madness". Bambi raged "take that back you owl".

Sonia had really large bulging eyeballs with a broad face.

"Bambi calm down. Vera leave this place at once. Stop making trouble. Get a life for God's sake " Audrey held Bambi's shoulder

"And who are you to order me around. Just because you are the head girl doesn't mean you get to talk shit to me" Vera yelled in anger.

"We were having a very peaceful conversation before the four of you came here and started taunting us. So just leave" Brenda added

"What are you going to do if we don't leave" Sonia hissed. Audrey stared at the four of them. It was clearly obvious that they where simply here to make trouble. "We should just leave Bambi, Brenda come on let's go" Audrey pull her friends along.

Watching the three girls leave the shade, Vera smirked "Sonia guess who I saw across the street while coming to school yesterday" Vera raised her voice intentionally. "I saw Bambi mother eating from the trash like the crazy woman she is. Her clothes close were so dirty and torn. Her hair was a mess. Damn she is a total mess" the four girls laughed. "She looked so disgusting" Vera added with a chuckle.

"NOW YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR" Bambi charged towards Vera and gave her a hot slap across the face. "DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK ILL OF MY MOTHER. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS CRAZY" Bambi screamed as she pulled Vera's hair with all her might. As the two girls struggled, Sonia and the other two girls attacked Bambi from behind. Hitting her and tugging her clothes with force. Seeing this, without thinking twice Audrey and Brenda pulled the three girls and started thrashing them furiously. Unlike Bambi, Audrey and Brenda where absolutely feisty. Seeing Vera having the upper hand as she and Bambi fought, Audrey kicked the girl she fighting with in her stomach and rushed toward Bambi to assist her. The girl she was fighting with fell on her bottom and broke in tears. By this time other students had already surrounded them watching the fight progress without bothering to stop them or call for a teacher.

The fight raged on and the students cheered.

"Fight !, fight !!, fight !!!"

Audrey tackled Vera until her back was on the floor. Vera tried to fight back and push her off but Audrey was not having any of it. This girl has annoyed her long enough. She seduced her boyfriend and has been taunting her non-stop, provoking her at her every slight opportunity. Audrey pinned Vera's hands under her knees and pried her mouth open. "Today we will settle old scores" as Vera continued to resist Audrey feed her with everything she could lay hands on on the ground.

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Principal's office

"Miss Adelodun" Mrs Ike the principal called. "I am very disappointed in you. How can a head prefect be engaged in a school brawl, a school fight. Just look at you" the principal stated in anger as she adjusted her glasses. The seven girls looked absolutely wild. Their clothes where all dirty. Sonia's clothes where torn. Some of them were missing missing an earring. Of all of them Vera looked worse. Her face was swollen and the back of her hands bruised.

"Do you know how embarrassing that is? You are supposed to lead by example" the principal added.

Audrey bit her lower lip and bowed her head "I am deeply sorry for my misconduct principal. My friends and I are sorry we let Vera and her friends provoke us into a fight".

"Who provoked who? Principal they started it" Vera lied with ease

"That's a lie. We where on our own when the four of them approached us ma. Besides we are not the kind of students who go making trouble everywhere" Brenda defended as she glared down at Vera.

"So we are the trouble makers eh..."

"Enough both of you".

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*West African Examination Council.