"Omg guys, I was on tiktok yesterday and I found out that this
man...um...um...Nelson Mandela died and.....", spoke Daisy in a hurry after she looked at a crumpled piece of paper just to remember the hero's name before she was cut short by Ayaan,the smartest student in class,"you Bimbo ...., history has it that our beloved hero Nelson Mandela was born on the 10th July, 1918 and died on the 5th December....2013....." she let it sink in and then she continued, "that means he died about...what...eleven years ago?", and then she slowly turned back to look at who had said the last part with her. Surprisingly it was a new face. "Yes and who are you....or let me rephrase my question, who do you think you are?....don't you know you shouldn't meddle in other people's business like that especially if you're new?", said Ayaan to the person with a new face who seemed to be a threat to her reign as the smartest student in her class . "You're one to talk" she replied and turned to her bag to look for what wasn't missing. Ayaan
didn't reply, she couldn't ....she knew better. Daisy butt back in "like I was saying guys as far as I'm concerned um ...neck... Nem...that man died yesterday, yes I have the final say and also...." She kept on talking about the videos she watched on tiktok from very late yesterday's night till very early this morning until someone picked a crumpled piece of paper on the floor beside her before the person said to her, "since you just looove speaking, why don't you tell us about what you scored in your maths test yesterday", Daisy was about to reply when she looked up and almost gasped, it was the person she liked most in the class. She almost screamed and ran out of the class but she kept her cool or shall I say maintained her steeze. She just went into her head and was dull for the rest of the day. " Micheal, you know that some people were actually entertained by what she was saying and since you made her stop, you should continue the talk", retorted Junior trying to defend Daisy. "Everyone's invited to my church on Sunday",shouted Grace from the corner of the class, distracting everyone from what they were doing after which she shared a Bible passage with them, " Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other
things, Matthew 6:33", she then shared the name of her church and the
address. The class was quiet when the teacher stepped in. Everyone was pondering the message including Aisha. She had heard about church before also from Grace usually she discarded such talk but then today was different, she felt the word was for her. She decided that she was going to try attending church. "Welcome to another history class, Students.... this week we'll be looking into some parts of Nigeria,... I've picked what we'll do in today's class but at the end of this class, I'll let you guys pick what part of Nigeria we'll discuss in our next class this week....but first...but first.... quiet down class ", shouted miss Buhle to the whole class as the were already discussing amongst themselves what they would talk about in their next class but they kept quiet when Miss. Buhle told them to. "We have a new student class....yes stand up girl and introduce your self to the class", Miss. Buhle was referring to the girl with the new face at the back of the class. She introduced herself as Amandia and explained that her pa got a promotion in another branch and so they had to move her to this school, she was welcomed and she joined the class. It was lunch time and Aisha was usually alone but strangely today someone tapped her on her shoulder lightly and said a shy,"hi..." She paused and waited for Aisha to look up at her before she continued speaking, "I'm the new student, Amandia .....I would love to go to lunch with you if you don't mind", Aisha wanted to decline rudely instead of giving her an excuse that would drive her away temporarily but on second thought she agreed to go to lunch with Amandia." Oh yeah, you just moved here ..... See usually I don't have lunch with people in school but....sure let's go", replied Aisha after which both of them walked into the cafeteria hand in
hand gisting about God knows what and giggling loudly. Ayaan was watching quietly as usual from one part of the cafeteria. She didn't think
she liked that relationship so she made up her mind to destroy it. "Hi girls... Hi Amanda, can I join you guys for lunch?", said Ayaan after
she walked over to their table, a fake smile plastered across her face. Amanda and Aisha stared at each other in shock thinking about what had happened earlier today but only Amandia had the courage to speak up and tell her a big, fat "No, you cannot, we don't let your kind of people sit with us". "And what exactly is my kind of people, idiot", Ayaan replied sharply. "I don't know, what exactly is your kind of people?", replied Amandia with an evil smile plastered across her face. The summary of this scene is that they got into a physical fight and nobody knows who hot who first. Aisha got implicated by association when they got in trouble for fighting even though she didn't get involved in the fight with them and she also got a little bit injured. Ayaan with her big sharp mouth kept saying,"ma'am, they started it.... No Amandia started, you know maybe she fights alot and maybe that's the real reason she transferred to our school in the middle of the term, just take a look at my bruises ma'am", she pointed at the bruises which were barely visible. "Well young ladies what do you have to say for yourselves?,huh...speak up", the principal finally spoke as she turned to look at both Amandia and Aisha. They were speechless but Aisha took the blame, she
said, "I started the fight but she...I mean Ayaan came to our table to look for trouble first, I'm sorry maam it won't happen again if you let us go with just a warning",both Ayaan and Amandia were shocked, Ayaan kept trying to convince the principal that the story wasn't true and the principal kept discarding her claims saying that Aisha already confessed. She was going to let them off the hook until Amandia said ,"ma'am please don't tell our parents". Bottom line the three of them got in trouble with their care takers. The three girls left the office sad after the principal called their care takers in their presence. Aisha was lost in thought imagining the worst case scenarios. Aisha and Amanda walked hand in hand and the soon parted ways with Ayaan. Amandia pulled Aisha closer and whispered to her while thy were alone, " why did you do that....I ...I mean you weren't even involved in any way.... You know she only met us because of me". Aisha just smiled and spoke softly back, "that what friends do, right?.... And besides you can't start on your fist day with that kind of reputation....ok? Everything Will be fine", she chuckled, held Amandia's hand and led her to their next class.After classes for the day Aisha escorted Amandia to her car, greeted the driver and waved Amandia goodbye, her siblings would soon meet her in school and after lessons, they would leave for home together as the schools were close to each other and home too. She knew she was in for a real treat when she got home that day plus an extra side of surprise maltreatment if her pa came back home drunk. She focused throughout her lessons though. Time for lessons were over and it was time to go home.