It seemed like Dotun had been making her moves on Derek, well, not that it was new; but this time she really went at it.
Janet was surprised when she saw Derek down the hall, that wasn't the surprising part, it was when he actually walked over to her with a small awkward smile and said hello. Janet didn't even know what to say, she didn't expect him to actually walk all the way to her!"What's up?" He asked, showing her one of his scarce smiles; he awkwardly ran his hands against the back of his neck. It had been three days since she and Derek had their almost kiss. When she went home that day, the smile almost tore her face.She kept on cheesing and giggling about it to Juliet; the help/her gist partner. Janet couldn't believe that they were so close to kissing, she even saw him lean in. Did that mean he wanted to kiss her as bad as she did? Janet bit her lip at the thought, unknown to her that Derek's gaze followed down to her lips."You do that a lot." Derek nOne second.Two seconds.They didn't pull away, Derek's eyes widened as if the realization had hit him; Janet just stared, backing away from the scene slowly, wondering if he'd kiss Dotun back. Her heart felt like it was being squeezed in her chest, her lips quivered at the thought of him actually giving in to the kiss - so she ran.She didn't even care if they heard the school bag on the table she had accidentally knock down fall to the ground, Janet just ran, making her way back to the class. Her eyes felt heavy, she felt sick to the stomach; all she could do was put on a fake smile and walk back into the noisy classroom.She should have said no when Dotun asked her if she could talk to Derek."She's back." Yinka declared, looking over at Janet, from just a look alone, anyone could see that Janet wasn't in the mood for jokes - even if she had a smile on her face, her eyes told a different story."Haha yeah." Janet sai
-"Senior Janet, please it was my mommy that was delaying me." One of the juniors cried out in annoyance, clutching his bag with tears almost welling up in his lower eyelid. Ada hissed, fed up with the boys behavior; Janet knew Ada was about to say something mean, so Janet stepped in - still in a good mood from what had happened on Saturday."Don't worry, just go. Don't sha come late again." She pardoned, giving the boy a sweet smile. "Ah nawa oh, this one you're just letting them get away with it, and don't think I haven't noticed that permanent grin on your face." Ada pointed out once the boy had ran to his class, then up the stairs to attend the assembly."What do you mean?" Janet hummed, playing clueless. Ada was right, ever since Friday, she'd had a grin on her face, her mood was touching the sky. Even on a Monday, Janet was still on cloud nine. "Guy yarn me nah, what went down at the party?" Ada groaned, wanting to know what...or who got her best friend so
"Damn this sucks."Ada sighed, picking on her teeth. It had been one entire week since Janet had been called to the principals office, one entire week of Janet being absent from school. Ada has tried to text and call, but it didn't even go through. She was beyond worried for her friend, she tried going over to Janet's house but Ada's was against it - saying Janet needed time to herself.Everyone misses you, I freaking miss my best friend gee, please text me back.Ada typed, sending another message to Janet before sneaking her phone back into her locker. It was true, everyone felt the absence of the ever loved head girl. When Tiwa heard about what had happened, even he seemed down. Not to talk about Derek. Ada had never seen him so worried.Once again, the message she sent had only one tick, which meant that her phone was off or it just wasn't going through. Talk to me dammit, Ada scolded I'm her head. She remembered when Janet
Janet leaned into his arms, laying her head on his shoulders as she inhaled his scent. She loved how he scooped her up, not to mention the fact that she was still straddled on his lap like a baby. Janet found herself snuggling deeper into him, her heart going at a thousand miles per hour.It felt so surreal - losing Juliet. It hurt Janet so much, her heart clenched at just the thought of going home to no Juliet, at the thought of having no one to talk to her when her mother was busy. Janet was an only child, but she never felt that way with Juliet, now she really did. The burial was quick, Juliet's mother came in from the village, looking even more horrible than Janet did. She cried her eyes out. For the first time, Janet saw Juliet's boyfriend...or sugar daddy. She didn't know how he heard about the news, but he did. He sat at the back of the hall the entire time, in all black.She remembered him because Juliet had shown her a picture once or twice. Juliet. Janet fe
"Janet, I hope you're still on track with your school works?"The principal asked with a soft yet stern tone, folding her arms as she leaned in from her leather chair. Janet inwardly groaned at the question, feeling awkward as she stood in her office along with Ada, Tiwa and Ebere.Ebere was the assistant head boy, who also happened to be one of the guys Janet dated when she was in junior school. He was tall, broad shoulders, well defined jaw, grey eyes. Ebere was an albino. He gave her a look when the principal said that, pity clouding his vibrant iris; even if Ebere was dating a girl called Susan in SS3C, he still cared about Janet deeply. More like a brother and sister bond."Yes ma." Her cracked voice echoed through the cold office, she almost cringed at how high pitches it sounded. They were all lined up in front of her office, which meant that she had something to tell them."Good." Janet didn't like the awkwardness of hearing her own voice in the sil
What Kareem had said to Janet didn't leave her mind, she still got chills just from thinking about it. As much as she tried to decipher the words, she knew that she wouldn't be able to. Who were the so called dangerous guys keeping an eye on him? Was Derek in trouble and he didn't even know it? She grew more worried as she dug deeper into her mind.The hours they spent at the museum was a drag, Mr Wesley urged them to write on the artifacts that they clearly didn't give two about. Janet glanced at Kareem a few times, trying to tell if he was playing a prank on her or just being salty. But when Kareem looked her way, he still had that warning look on his face."This one you've been thinking hard, I hope all is well." Ada asked in a worried expression, nudging Janet when she didn't respond. "Oh, nothing oh. It's just one nonsense Kareem said." Janet shrugged off with a nervous laughter. She could only hope that it was nonsense."Kareem ke? What did he say?" Janet didn't
"Exactly! It was just so creepy and when he came back he seemed pissed off."Janet continued over the phone, kicking the pair of sock off her feet as she laid on her bed, explaining what had happened at the beach with Derek. She still wondered who that guy was and why Derek told her to go; kind of like he didn't want that guy to see her."Maybe he was jealous?" Ada asked confused, shuffles sounding from her side of the line. "Nah, I don't think so." Janet mumbled with a faint blush on her cheeks. He couldn't possibly be jealous...could he? "Sure..." Ada drew out with a chuckle. "So, did anything happen between you and Ope...again?" Janet hummed playfully, squinting her eyes and listening intently."In his dreams, he was acting so possessive, I mean that guy is so confusing! One minute he's cold and saying that I love the guys attention and the next he's being so cute!" Ada ranted through the phone, taking a deep frustrated huff when she was done. "He even
Derek looked almost lifeless on the ground, his shirt now soaked; Janet could see the red liquid begin to drip down to Daniel's tiles. Her eyes widened at the sight, she felt goosebumps on her skin, her stomach crunched at the way his blood leaked out of him. Obinna and Ope hastily got up from the floor, pushing Janet away as they rushed towards him."Guy! What the hell?!" Obinna shrieked, immediately lifting his shirt up. When he did, the once quiet room became noisy. The sight was eye opening.It was a horizontal stab wound, all bloody and poorly stitched up to the point that the stitches were beginning to rip. The only thing that could make such an injury was a knife, she didn't even want to know how deep it was."Oh my..." Janet whispered as the tears welled up in her eyes. Her hands began to shake at how much blood he was loosing, her mouth quivering as she said prayed for him.Prayed that it looked much worse than it was."What the heck did you d
Hey! Thanks for coming this far! Don't forget to like!!!"My brilliant girl!" Janet's dad cheesed, using his hands to pat on her shoulders. She just giggled at this, blushing at her parents praise. The results were given to them before they went on midterm break and Janet's parents were quite proud of her result to be honest. She looked down at her it with a wide smile. Mathematics: A1English: A1Chemistry: A1Physics: A1Biology: A1Catering and Craft: A1ICT: A1Further Maths: B2Diction: A1The only grade that had made a dent on her clean record was Further maths, she cringed every time she heard that subject. "So, you people are on break until when?" Her mom asked, taking her script an
Yinka watched in horror.She watched as Janet scrambled out of the corner, giggling profusely with Derek walking right beside her. Freaking Derek. She heard the rumors about the head girl finally having a boyfriend after so long but she didn't expect it to be him. Him! Yinka clenched her fist at the sight, the way that nonsense boy's lips curled up as he looked down at Janet. Ew. Yinka gagged. So Janet was into hooligans now?Yinka couldn't look away from both of them, she couldn't bring herself to call them a couple. She noticed that Janet shyly pulled down her skirt, nudging Derek on his arms as he teased her or something. Hold up, pulled down her skirt?Yinka scoffed. What had happened to the Janet she once knew? She didn't want her to become like Ada, opening her legs to any boy that showed her the tiniest of affection. No! Janet wasn't like that! Janet was her role model, not...not some Derek loving...heck she couldn't even come up with an
Bagam bagam bagam.Janet's heart thudded so hard she thought she was having a heart attack, her mouth went dry and her nerves sky rocketed. Janet stared longingly at the man who just had a disappointed scorn on his face, he arched his brow expectantly, awaiting her response. She looked down, clearing her throat. What could she possibly say that would make sense?I don't know how it got there? Sir I just saw it under my locker because it grew some wings and implicated me? Whatever excuse she thought of just made her sound dumber, Janet knew someone set her up; but right now, the way the color drained from her face made her seem like the culprit.Oh God deliver me.She prayed to herself as she hesitatingly stood on her feet. The teacher grimaced at her sluggish actions."I said bring out everything in your locker or I will do it for you."The man said again, word by word. The venom laced his voice. By now, the class had gone pin dro
The day had finally come - or rather the dreaded week. Midterm examinations. The week students actually picked up their books, cramming their life's out. Janet would have been frantically cramming as well, even though she had read. But right now, she was still on cloud nine.Derek kept his promise, he texted her when he could, which was after she had gone home. She didn't want to tell him about her encounter with Pedro, she wasn't even sure if it was the same Pedro or just a creep trying to get her number. They spoke through out the day. Heck she didn't even remember what they spoke about, she just recalled giggling and chatting with him over the phone until her parents called her down for some family time. She still found a way to sneak in a text or two.She was obsessed with what they had going on."Omo this one that people want to put their head into the book gon sef. I've tire." Shalom exclaimed in annoyance, crossing her hands as she yawned. Ada hummed in r
Derek looked almost lifeless on the ground, his shirt now soaked; Janet could see the red liquid begin to drip down to Daniel's tiles. Her eyes widened at the sight, she felt goosebumps on her skin, her stomach crunched at the way his blood leaked out of him. Obinna and Ope hastily got up from the floor, pushing Janet away as they rushed towards him."Guy! What the hell?!" Obinna shrieked, immediately lifting his shirt up. When he did, the once quiet room became noisy. The sight was eye opening.It was a horizontal stab wound, all bloody and poorly stitched up to the point that the stitches were beginning to rip. The only thing that could make such an injury was a knife, she didn't even want to know how deep it was."Oh my..." Janet whispered as the tears welled up in her eyes. Her hands began to shake at how much blood he was loosing, her mouth quivering as she said prayed for him.Prayed that it looked much worse than it was."What the heck did you d
"Exactly! It was just so creepy and when he came back he seemed pissed off."Janet continued over the phone, kicking the pair of sock off her feet as she laid on her bed, explaining what had happened at the beach with Derek. She still wondered who that guy was and why Derek told her to go; kind of like he didn't want that guy to see her."Maybe he was jealous?" Ada asked confused, shuffles sounding from her side of the line. "Nah, I don't think so." Janet mumbled with a faint blush on her cheeks. He couldn't possibly be jealous...could he? "Sure..." Ada drew out with a chuckle. "So, did anything happen between you and Ope...again?" Janet hummed playfully, squinting her eyes and listening intently."In his dreams, he was acting so possessive, I mean that guy is so confusing! One minute he's cold and saying that I love the guys attention and the next he's being so cute!" Ada ranted through the phone, taking a deep frustrated huff when she was done. "He even
What Kareem had said to Janet didn't leave her mind, she still got chills just from thinking about it. As much as she tried to decipher the words, she knew that she wouldn't be able to. Who were the so called dangerous guys keeping an eye on him? Was Derek in trouble and he didn't even know it? She grew more worried as she dug deeper into her mind.The hours they spent at the museum was a drag, Mr Wesley urged them to write on the artifacts that they clearly didn't give two about. Janet glanced at Kareem a few times, trying to tell if he was playing a prank on her or just being salty. But when Kareem looked her way, he still had that warning look on his face."This one you've been thinking hard, I hope all is well." Ada asked in a worried expression, nudging Janet when she didn't respond. "Oh, nothing oh. It's just one nonsense Kareem said." Janet shrugged off with a nervous laughter. She could only hope that it was nonsense."Kareem ke? What did he say?" Janet didn't
"Janet, I hope you're still on track with your school works?"The principal asked with a soft yet stern tone, folding her arms as she leaned in from her leather chair. Janet inwardly groaned at the question, feeling awkward as she stood in her office along with Ada, Tiwa and Ebere.Ebere was the assistant head boy, who also happened to be one of the guys Janet dated when she was in junior school. He was tall, broad shoulders, well defined jaw, grey eyes. Ebere was an albino. He gave her a look when the principal said that, pity clouding his vibrant iris; even if Ebere was dating a girl called Susan in SS3C, he still cared about Janet deeply. More like a brother and sister bond."Yes ma." Her cracked voice echoed through the cold office, she almost cringed at how high pitches it sounded. They were all lined up in front of her office, which meant that she had something to tell them."Good." Janet didn't like the awkwardness of hearing her own voice in the sil
Janet leaned into his arms, laying her head on his shoulders as she inhaled his scent. She loved how he scooped her up, not to mention the fact that she was still straddled on his lap like a baby. Janet found herself snuggling deeper into him, her heart going at a thousand miles per hour.It felt so surreal - losing Juliet. It hurt Janet so much, her heart clenched at just the thought of going home to no Juliet, at the thought of having no one to talk to her when her mother was busy. Janet was an only child, but she never felt that way with Juliet, now she really did. The burial was quick, Juliet's mother came in from the village, looking even more horrible than Janet did. She cried her eyes out. For the first time, Janet saw Juliet's boyfriend...or sugar daddy. She didn't know how he heard about the news, but he did. He sat at the back of the hall the entire time, in all black.She remembered him because Juliet had shown her a picture once or twice. Juliet. Janet fe