Chapter 14

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"Ayden!. Come solve question II on the board for us." Mr Gori,our mathematics teacher, yelled out all of a sudden, glaring at the said boy. I turned my head to where Ayden was and understood why the man was glaring. Ayden paused,his eyes wide and his cheeks puffed up,a biscuit wrapper on his desk.

I snorted. This boy.

"Sor?" He answered with his mouth full. Mr Gori's glare intensified.

The old man is always in a bad mood. Sheesh.

"Get up!." Mr Gori commanded. Everyone flinched at his harsh tone,some glaring afterwards.

What crawled up his ass and died?

Ayden stuffed the biscuit wrapper into his bag and sprang up, taking his mathematics textbook along with him to the front of the class. I tore my gaze from him and placed it on Aliyah,just in time to catch her attention.

I sent her the look I had been giving her since this morning and she finally caved in with a sigh. She whispered something to the girl next to her and got up, picking her textbook and notebook and walking over. I smiled triumphantly, doing the same. I blew her a kiss and she rolled her eyes at me, giving me the middle finger.

"I owe you a drink." I said to her,then hurry over to take her place right next to the new girl, before Mr Gori would notice the movement.

I had no idea know what attracted me to her. I just loved teasing her. Morenike Oseni was the second coolest girl I knew (Kinfe being the first). She was just so laid back,and so easy to talk to.

She was also the second girl to ever not be affected by my flirting. She laughed or rolled her eyes instead of blushing or flirting back. I like her. She makes me want to know more about her.

I slid in the seat next to hers,a goofy smile on my face. " Knock knock."

She rolled her eyes, refusing to look at me." Go away."

"You're supposed to say, who's there?." I told her. She turned and glared at me.

Such pretty eyes she has.

"I choose what I want to say,and I say go away."

"Come on. Just play along. Say, who's there?." I said, pouting. She sighed.

"Goddamn. Fine!. Who's there?."

"Candice."

"Candice who?."

"Candice be love I feel for you?."

"Mtcheww." She hissed, facing forward once again. I laughed.

"Tell me that wasn't smooth."

She hissed again." Smooth ni kan ni. It's not smooth,it's rough!." My lips tugged up into a smirk and she glared. "Shut up."

"What are you doing?!." Mr Gori's obnoxiously loud voice snapped. Poor Ayden looked terrified as hell. His eyes were wide once again,and the hand he was using to hold the temporary marker was shaking

"S-solving the question, sir...?."

"You're solving rubbish!. Where did you see 2 from?,and how the hell did you get that answer you're writing on the board?!. All you know how to do is kiss girls and cause a menace! There's nothing in that brain of yours, is there?!." Me Gori bellowed. My eyebrows knitted together and my body boiled with anger

Who the hell does this man think he is to talk to my friend like that?

Just because you're sad doesn't mean you get to make everyone else around you sad as well!

"With all due respect sir." All eyes fell on Alyshia Jackson, Ayden's (extremely quiet and reserved) twin. She looked pissed.Beyond pissed. "You can't say such thing to a person. That's awful...and extremely painful."

"Oh shut up! Aren't you two the same thing? Empty heads!. I come to class and stress myself out- I shout and shout,and I try my absolute best to teach you people,and you can't even solve simple simultaneous equation?. You're all aware that you're writing your WAEC soon. With all this attitude of yours, you're all sure to fail!-"

"God forbid!." The whole class chorused.

"Sir,I don't like how you're talking to us at all." Ashantay Makena said, frowning.

"There's no need to vent your frustrations on us." Monalisa eyed him.

"And what you said about Ayden was beyond awful!. How can you say such a thing to a person?." Kinfe continued.

"It's not our fault your wife isn't giving you some coochie." Aaron mumbled. Despite it meaning to be hushed,I was pretty sure the whole class heard it. His voice was no where close to being quiet. The tension in the room reduced a bit as we all sniggered at his statement.

Mr Gori looked like he was going to blow up soon.

"What did you say?!."

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"Andrei,I swear to God!- touch me again and I'll bite that hand of yours off!."

Ten minutes later, we were all inside the school's basketball court, sitting on the floor in a big, round circle. Aliyah on my left, and Morenike on my right (I may or may not have placed myself in between the two of them). Kamiye was next to Aliyah, Andrei and Kinfe after him, then Chidera,and Nifemi after him. Then Haleema and Aaron at the further end. It went on like that until we were all sitting in a circle, under the mild hot sun.

I kept my gaze on Ayden, raising an eyebrow to ask if he was okay. Ever since the incident in class, he had been really quiet.

And Ayden Jackson didn't DO quiet.

Ayden mouthed "I'm alright", just as Ashantay Makena got up from where she was sitting, next to Monalisa, and placed herself next to Ayden. The two exchanged a few words,and then she was kissing him on the cheek and placing her head on his shoulder.

Woahh. Since when did this start?.

I was itching for some gossip,but the nigga didn't even spare me a glance. His eyes were wandering around the court as he slowly wrapped his arm around her waist. He was looking everywhere but me!

Bruh,one way or the other, I'll get the gist I want.

"That man has serious anger issues." Morenike said from beside me. My friends and I chuckled.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it."

"Get used to what?." Kinfe said back almost immediately. " That man has been teaching me maths for almost four years now and his daily mood swings and madness still scares the crap out of me."

Chidera started laughing, making everyone turn their heads towards him." Remember the time in Jss3 that he'd always carry that broken mop stick to class and use to threaten us?."

"Wasn't that Mr Okpara?." Nifemi asked.

"No, Mr Okpara carried a tree branch." I replied.

Morenike's face screwed up." What is wrong with the teachers in this school?!." She exclaimed,and everyone laughed.

"They were all after our lives,man."

"I mean,we were goats."

"Greatest of all time, right?."

"No. Domesticated goats. Stubborn,wild ones." Kamiye deadpanned.

"We still are." Aaron chimed in.

"By 'we',you mean you boys." Haleema tilted her head. "Cos' we girls aren't the ones rebeling or pranking teachers."

"Correct." Aliyah agreed. We boys only smirked in response.

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I was supposed to be over the moon, because I got to hold hands with the beauty goddess while walking home today,but the moment I walked into my father's compound,every ounce of excitement sank,and sadness clouded my heart.

My smile dropped as I walked towards the front door,and my frown deepened with the sight in front of me.

My dad and his mistress. They were both on the couch, facing the TV. Dad's hand was rubbing his mistress' stomach as he whispered to her. The witch wouldn't stop giggling.

I scowled at the two of them. I hate my life.