Chapter 2: Another day at school

"Ring ring ring" Emily is woken up by the sound of her alarm. She stretches her hand to her bedside drawer as she grabs her phone to turn off the alarm. She then gets up from bed sluggishly due to fatigue which can be seen all over her. She yawns and stretches before slowly opening her eyes. Emily then says her prayers which is an important part of her morning routine, accompanied by a short exercise before she begins to prepare for school

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Few minutes later, Emily was all set and ready for school. She stares at the mirror, all dressed in her school uniform which was a short checked black skirt which she paired with some long tights, a pair of black coveredflats , a white sleeve with a red brooch between the collars and a suit which has a beautiful crochet design on the badge that boldy spelt out "Queens high" . Emily is 16 years old, dark in complexion , 5'4 in height, has long nappy hair, golden brown eyes, which shined brightly at the slightest ray of sunlight. She is a bit curvy and looks more matured than her age. She is an exceptionally beautiful girl. Emily attended Queens high, one of the best secondary schools in the country, which was nicknamed as "the school for the rich" due to it's high standards, expensive tuition fees and more importantly the status of the students who went there. Emily is an excellent student, she is in ss 3 . Her parents aren't extremely wealthy, they were both into a joint business which was quite profitable as they were in the average economic class . Emily got into Queens high, due to a partial scholarship which she had earned from a states competition which she emerged winner. This partial scholarship meant that she'd only have to pay half of the tuition fees.

Emily then wraps her natural twists in a bun, which she then fastens with a red scrunchie, she applies some lip balm , stares at the mirror for few seconds before grabbing her backpack and heads down stairs.

Emily gets to the kitchen where she makes a quick sandwich which she wrapped and kept inside her bag. She picks up her phone from the kitchen counter to check the time. It was already 6:53am " shootI'm gonna be late " she said to her self, while gathering her things to leave. Before leaving, she rushes back to the guest room to check up on her mom, only to fine a note on the bed. She picks the note and reads it's content "I'm off to work early, please take a cab to school, I sent some money to your account, also get lunch, I may not come home today either, take care of yourself " Emily looks unfazed after reading the note as stuff like this were no longer new to her. She squeezed the note then rushes out, shuts the door and went to school.

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Emily is super late to school as it was already 8:00am and classes had already began. She runs swiftly to class. Reaching the door, she takes a pause to Catch her breath, before knocking on the class room door then entering. The lessons paused and all the attention is on her. "It seems I'm late to your class miss oscar" Mr adewale the strict physics teacher who addressed every student by their last name said with sarcasm"I'm sorry sir, I was caught in traffic" she replied with her head slightly bowed "must I remind you that this is an institution of discipline" he speaks sternly "no sir" she replies with her head still bowed "Even if you are an excellent student, you can't come to school when ever you like " he adds. Emily stands there silently with her head bowed for few seconds before replying .'im sorry sir, it will never happen again " She speaks in a lowly tone. "you'll clean the auditorium this friday after assembly, that should teach you to come to school early" he speaks sternly "now take a sit" he added before making a hand gesture towrads the class then turns to face the maker board to resume teaching. Emily walks quickly to her seat as low giggles escaped different corners of the class "good for her" "because she's smart she thinks she can do what ever she wants" they mummured "she's even sweating like a pig " some girls behind her mocked "she's stinking the whole class with her filthy" they added. Emily couldn't care less about their remarks, she simply wiped the sweat from her forehead with a small pink cloth she kept in her bag and payed attention to the teacher in front of the class.

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Classes are over and it's lunch time. Emily is sitting at a table in the canteen alone as usual, munching on the sandwich that she had packed earlier and some chocolate milk which she had purchased from the school store. Suddenly a group of girls walks up to her, they seem to be some of the girls who mocked her earlier in class "hey pig" one of them said, her name was Sofie. Sofie was a tall, dark, skinny girl with short hair and brown eyes, her parents were wealthy so she was an entitled prat who was arrogant and rude like most of the students that attended the school. "Pig I'm talking to you" she said but Emily didn't give her any attention. She proceeds to knock her sandwich off her hand to the floor. Emily turns her attention to her "what was that for" she said surprised with a hint of anger in her tone "so the pig talks" she said proudly while two other girls which accompanied her giggled "that should teach you never to ignore me" she added with her arms on her tiny waist. Emily stares at Sophie amused by her actions, wondering what was the problem now, she had been used to her usual banter so she ignored once again, Sophie was about to pick up her box of chocolate milk, suddenly "Felix is coming, Felix is coming" a girl rushed into the canteen, screaming in excitement, Sophie quickly turned her attention to the entrance. Not long after, a tall, dark skinned boy with braided hair, brown eyes, pink lips and exceptional facial features accompanied with a nice masculine physique appears. He was the definition of "handsome" . As he walked in, all the girls present there began to scream in a high pitched voice while flapping their hands vigorously like excited chickens . Sophie turned to her friends "how's my lip gloss" she said, trying to put her hair in place "it would take more than lip gloss to fix that face" Emily said giving off a slight giggle "what did you say " Sophie asked angrily, turning to Emily, Sophie seemed ready for drama. On noticing this, "she's not worth it, Felix is here" one of her friends said while holding her back. On hearing those words, Sophie takes a deep breath and calmed down "enjoy cleaning the auditorium pig" she said and laughed slightly "oink oink " she mocked before walking towards Felix's table, who was already surrounded by students especially girls. Emily gave off a sigh before picking up the sandwich on the floor to dispose it properly 'what a waste" she said sadly before trashing it.

Moments later, recess was over. The bell rings and students troup in to their class rooms . Few minutes after, the biology teacher , Mrs bayo, walks in with the test sheets from a previous test. The teacher greets the class before walking round to distribute the sheets, while she reads everyone's score out loud "Benjamin ade 9/20", Anthony Richard 12/20" , "felix Emmanuel 2/20" "I don't even know how a student can score that low " she said with a hint of disappointment in her tone "issac billard 17/20" "ali usman 16/20" and as usual "emily oscar a perfect score 20/20" "keep it up " she said with a proud expression. The atmosphere suddenly felt chilly as Emily heard mummurs from different corners , accompanied with eyes that felt like they peirced her skin. "Well she's poor, what else does she have except her books" a girl spoke from behind her but that wasn't exactly true, Emily's parents were well to do and average class but I guess that was poor to the other over privileged students.

Time skip

Classes are over and the students begin to exit the class , Emily packs her stuff before heading towards the class exit but she was stopped by Mrs bayo "please wait" Mrs bayo said as she walks closer to Emily. "Good job on your grades" the teacher said to Emily "thank you" she replied with a slight smile on her Face. There was a bit of awkward silence as Emily waited for the teacher to tell why she stopped her "humm Emily I was wondering if you could help tutor a student who was lagging behind " mrs bayo speaks "as one of our top students, you should be up to it" miss bayo added "emmm ma " emily speaks with uncertinty on her face. On noticing this, "don't worry Emily, I spoke to the principal and he approved of it" miss bayo added but Emily still looked unwilling therefore stayed silent. "You would also be given extra credit for this, your partial scholarship will be covered completely, you would also be given a letter of recommendation to any university you'd like" miss bayo said convincingly. Emily looked surprised and in disbelief, all the benefits that followed this task led her to wonder who the student she was going to tutor was . "Who exactly am I tutoring" Emily asked " a very special student" miss bayo replied with a smile on her face . Emily still shows the uncertain expression on her face and before she could give an answer "don't worry miss Oscar, think about it and give me your answers by Monday" miss bayo speaks "that would be all" she added with a smile on her face . "Emily nods her head in affirmations before taking her leave.