Chapter 1: The Beginning

I look at my reflection in the mirror satisfied. It was actually my first day at KQ high school. I was already in my school uniform, blue printed skit and a white short sleeves shirt with a little blue lining on the hands. My long hair which was recently tinted black was beautifully combed down covering the baobab’s tattoos on my back shoulder. A round eye glasses was sitting on my nose somehow covering my artificial brown eyeballs. A mini backpack containing a few books and some of my personal surfs was resting on my back. I look at my reflection again in the mirror and was satisfied but also displeased with my new look in spite of that I got no other choice for this was what I was born for.

“Yes, I’m good to go now.” I was about leaving when I remember the baobab’s ring resting on my right fifth finger was still on it position. I took it off, put it in my little desk beside the large mirror and walked out of the room.

I climb on her bike, put my bag in the bike carrier and ride to school.

I got to school late. It didn’t bother me much because it was actually my first day. I went to the admission office and submitted my transfer letter to the authorities and I was directed to my class.

I found my way to my new class. A notice was on the wall starting the class I was directed to. Standing outside the door, I notices inside was a nuisance. I exhale slowing and open the door to the class. Immediately I steps in, I step on a banana peel on the floor and it slip my foot and landed me on the floor on my butt.

For some second, the students were frizzed in silence. Then the silence suddenly turns into painfully teasing laughter’s.

I manage to stand up on my feet in infamy. “This is definitely a bad omen. First time working into my new mission and this is happening.” I thought.

I look ahead and saw an empty desk. I begin walking to the empty desk ahead of me. I was about sitting down when a guy stop me.

“Hey, get your dumb butt off my girlfriend desk.”

“Sorry.” I apologized and the class explodes into an additional terrible laughter.

I went to another empty desk and this time I asked for permission if I could sit there but a voice reply me abrasively. “Hell no, bitch, backed off.”

I turn to look at him and he gives me his middle finger. I tried my best to keep calm. I was actually the type that doesn’t take shit from anybody. I just wanted to complete my assignment in this fucking school and return back to my usual lifestyle.

“There is a space here.” A voice from the back desk said and I walk to the desk. Before I got there, I was amazed by who I saw sitting next before the free desk.

Skylar De Silver, the only son of DE SILVER international. My most wanted. I stood at once looking at him. He seems not to notice as he was busy with his phone.

“HEY new girl, the desk is over here.” I voice said.

“Oh yeah, over there.” I went to the chair, sit down and then turn to Skylar.

“I can’t believe he’s sitting right in my front. This obviously mean, mission accomplish in a minute. I started thinking of how to get him quicker. This will make my assignment here to be done faster than I even image so I can leave this motherfucking school.” I thought.

I was still deeply concentrating in my thought when a voice bought me back to reality.

“Hey new girl.”

I turned to him. It was the guy that shows me to the desk. “Hi.”

“You seem to be lost, are you good?”

“Yeah, sure I’m good.”

“Okay. By the way, I’m Liam David and you’re?”

“I’m Keisha and thanks for letting me sit here.”

“You’re welcome. You know him?”

“Who? Him?”

He nodded his head.

“Yeah”

“Yeah, I guessed right. Who doesn’t know the only son of DE SILVER, one of the wealthiest men in the country? Well expect me I guessed.” Liam asked and answered himself, looking at me and maybe waiting for me to ask him why he said “expect him”, but I wasn’t even ready to start a conversation with him.

“Aren’t you going to ask me why? He asked after waiting for some second without me to saying something.

“I guess that up to you to say.”

“Well, I got to know him when I was transferred here from California.”

I nodded my head, turn back to Skylar and continue concentrating on how to finish with my assignment if possible right now but Liam on the other hand was interrupting me badly.

“Sorry about what happen earlier.

‘It’s fine. Do you by any chances knows who put that banana peels on the floor?

“Nope”

Just then, Mrs. Maya the class head teacher walks into the class. They all comforted themselves as they saw her entered.

She stood at the front of the class without saying a word for a while and then she saw Keisha.

“Good morning students. We have a new transferred student today. Please step out and introduced yourself to us.”

I walked to the front of the class majestically facing the student. “Hello, I’m Keisha Baobab.”

“That’s all?”

I nodded my head.

“Okay, go back to your seat.” Mrs. Maya instructed and I went back to my seat.

“Guys please take care of her. Okay let commence. But…, before will commence to today topic, let revise on our previous topic. So can someone tell me what our previous topic was all about?”

“Ma’am,” Liam called rising up his hand.

“Yes Liam”

“fishery”

“Thank you. Can anybody explain that?”

“Ma’am” Liam called again.

“No not you. Anybody else want to try? The class was in total silent.”

Then, a sound was made by a girl. Mrs. Maya turn to her.

“Alice can you help us.”

Alice rolls her eyes. “I got no ideal ma’am.”

“No idea. Okay, Eve? Eleanor? No ideal too? And nobody else can explain that.

“Ma’am,” I called rising of my hand.

“Yes. Oh, the new student. Okay, let hear from you.”

"Fishery simply means the act or skills of fishing"

“Good. You didn’t say where you were transferred from.”

“Queen’s high, in United Kingdom.”

Just then, the school closing bell rings. Without wasting time the students run out of the classroom. Mrs. Maya took her books and walk out of the class too.

“So you are from united kingdom.” Liam asked.

“Yeah”

“Why did your transferred here?”

“My family relocated here.”

“Oh, okay, so….

Then I saw skylark leaving the class. I have to follow him. I pick up my bag and left without waiting for Liam to complete his damn sentence.