Not Ready For A Round Two

Ify stood up from the bed after Ify had gone into the bathroom. She brought out her cooperate wear as well. She was also going to be defending her project today. And she was going to do hers before Lanre since her name comes before Lanre’s. She ironed her shirt while Lanre was still in the bathroom. She felt lucky because of the power supply that was available that morning.

Ify went into the bathroom after Lanre had come out. Lanre noticed what Ify had done, she had ironed her shirt. She wondered if Ify also had her project defense the same day as her. It was at this point that she recalled that both their surnames’ initials is “O”. She had almost forgotten. Well that means Ify would be defending before her. Lanre dressed up and was ready to leave when Ify came out of the bathroom.

“Lanre, please wait for me!” Ify said to Lanre. Lanre bit her lip with her eyes tightly shut. She was struggling with the right word to reply Ify with.

“I’m not your class Ify. I am not a rich kid like you”. Lanre said to Ify. Then she walked out. Ify had actually say that to her, “You are not even my class”. That was what Ify had said to her.

Ify sighed. She was trying to relate with Lanre like friends do, but Lanre was acting up. She was evening bringing up things she said yesterday. It was no like she meant any of those things. She just wanted Lanre to know that she was wrong and apologize to her. But Lanre had slapped her instead. She did not see any reason why Lanre could have slapped her. Ify dressed up and left for school as well.

Meanwhile Lanre stood outside at the compound gate. She stood as of she was waiting for someone to come pick her up. And then when she noticed the gate open, and a young lady like her walked out wearing a blue shirt and a black skirt, she connect her headset to her phone via Bluetooth. Then she walked away, walking in the direction that led to school. Ify stood for a few seconds. She wondered why Lanre was still at the gate, decided to start walking immediately she came out. “Was she waiting for me?” Ify asked herself. But she could not give herself an answer even though the answer had seem obvious.

Lanre and Ify got to their departmental building with Lanre a few meters ahead of Ify. They settled down immediately they entered inside their classroom. That was where the project defense would be taking place. “Would you like to eat something?” Ify asked Lanre. But Lanre told her that she was okay and did not need anything, but she was hungry. The only reason why she had said she did not want anything from Ify was because Ify had boasted about helping her with things like this. And she was not ready for a round two.