“Alright! That’s it, I’ve had enough of you Nike and our new student, stand up”, wow!, I thought grimly, that was more like a roar. This man as I had earlier predicted is a smoker, even his attempt at a smile gets me all tensed. “This is all your fault”, I muttered to my partner … Continue reading Life in High School 4
“A penny for your thoughts?”, my bestie, Sophia Sunday asked with worry written all over her face. ” No, ten”, I replied with a grim face. “I’ve looked all over for you, almost gave up when I ran into tu-mama who said to check you here, what must have caused you to come sit in … Continue reading Life in High School 3
“You and this your warri tongue sef, even me wey come from warri dey grab your tail”, blessing blurted out obviously trying to break the silence that has settled on us like a cloak. Well, I enjoy silence, I don’t feel awkward about it, I just smiled at her remark, beside, what was I to … Continue reading Life in High School 2
“Make sure you bring my change ooo”, mamee called out to me as I gingerly lift my bag as though it contains faeces. “No matter the slow motion you do, you’ll go to school today unless you suddenly grow horns, mtcheeew, oniranu!….oooorrrrr”, she continued, stretching the ‘or’ so much I thought she wasn’t going to … Continue reading Life In High School
I am sorry this came so late, I had problem logging in, please do forgive me… I had patiently waited for three weeks trying not to act too good to her so she wouldn’t suspect a thing but she knew I was going to pay her back in her own ‘naira’. We had just returned … Continue reading Love In Our Own Way Part 2
LOVE IN OUR OWN WAY PART 1 It had seemed like we were enemies at the time, infact, we were sworn enemies- we still are. We never wanted to hear each other say a word, an outsider would find this amusing but that was not the case for Debby and Raphael Harrison, our parents. My … Continue reading Love In Our Own Way Part 1