WE ARE NOT ALL PERFECT
Tamara and Ada walks home together,they have been friends since basic two,Ada knows almost everything about Tamara. She knows that her friend likes Emmanuel, he knows too but he doesn't have such feelings for her.
The two girls were alone in the class,Tamara broke the silence between them and started a chat.
" Why didn't you write a poem"
" Because I didn't felt like,why did you? I thought both of us didn't like her,why did you write? She raised her brows and bite her lips but her round eyeball were daring. Tamara always followed Ada's advice, not because they were always right but because sometimes Ada can be frightening.
"Because I felt like,I felt something in my heart that I needed to pen down,didn't you feel anything? Tamara pushed her weaved hair that fell on her face from covering her eyes.
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A GOOD DREAM Ada knocks on the door,she entered after hearing a "come in" from inside the office. She walks straight to Lillian and hands her an envelope. Lillian stared at the envelope surprisingly. After giving her the envelope, Ada greeted Lillian. "Good morning ma". " Good morning,how was your night?" Ada ignored the question and Lillian asked again,Ada replied with a "it was fine" before she told Lillian what was inside the envelope. "That is my poem,it is very short but it links to something, some weird feelings I get. I AM sorry for yesterday." She stressed the am and said the apology as if someone had threatened to kill her if she didn't. Her mock politeness was very obvious. "I have submitted my poem,that means I can go for the trip Right" Lillian told her she could leave the office without answering her q
JOURNEY TO ARTJULIET IVIE Finally, a day that I'll finally get to leave my house. I told my dad and he gave me the go ahead,he didn't ask where to,he just gave me his permission. I wonder if he would allow his other daughter leave his house just like that without asking where her trip was and what it was all about. My Mom listened to music in the morning, early in the morning she woke up and played music. To me she was celebrating my departure, I wanted to tell her that it was just a two days trip. Can they at least pretend to care like the cook. "Good morning Julie""Good morning, I have told you that my name is Juliet,stop calling me Julie" the cook smiled before replying her. " I prepared fried egg and toast,just how you like them" he was right,I liked my toast crunchier and eggs spicy but I didn't say thank
FULL HOUSE Mr Kayode was outside, he sat on a chair,a supposed rocking chair but it stopped rocking a long time ago. "Good evening sir" Lillian greeted him with her knees bended almost touching the ground "Ah,young madam" That never gets old,right from the first day he saw her,the day that Mark humbly introduced her as his girlfriend to him,he insisted on calling her "young madam even though she asked him to call her by her name. " where are your students? " He asked holding onto his old cap,an old fashioned face cap. Since Lillian knew Mr kayode,whenever he was alone,he always held his cap close to himself. His hands were old and he could barely see without his eye glasses. He took a close look at her face trying to see her clearly. Lillian wondered why he still works when it's due time for him to rest. Well,silly,that
THE STORM INSIDEOn entering the bus Tamara pleaded with Ada to get a sit somewhere else. She had prepared the sit next to her for Emmanuel. Ada knew Emmanuel didn't have any feelings for her(quite obvious though),so she warned her against embarrassing herself. The only vacant seat was the one next to Jay. Daniel had forgotten his belt in the guesthouse so he went back to get it. When he returned, he saw Ada sitting next to Jay, he was so annoyed because he wasn't expected a change in the sitting arrangement. He was practically shooting daggers at Ada but Ada returned the gaze right back at him. Though Ada wasn't really excited about the trip, she didn't feel good going back home. Seeing her brother was something she wasn't ready for because of the feelings she had for him. Well, since she was sitting closed to Jay and Jay could hear her thoughts, he kept staring at her making her hyper uncomfortable. If only she knew he could hear her thoug
AFTER THE FIRE Leonard walked into the class with his bruised face,some of his classmates murmured about his bruises but none of them dared to ask him how he got them. Lance came in with his bruises too which caused more stares and back talks from the students. "What happened to your face?" Kunle asked lance "It's a minor accident" Lance told kunle "What accident? We dropped you and Leo at the front of your house." He said. "I fought with a warrior" Lance said and laughed. Juliet tried to be friendly and asked the guy who sat close to her about the bruises on his face. She would have felt bad if he snubbed her since Leo was rumoured to be a snubber. &nbs
THE PAST Ijeoma Chidubem I still regret it,I still regret betraying my my best friend. Rose was my very best friend, I shared a room with her in our university school day,she was very nice to me. Emeka was my friend too but we were on different levels,my father worked in his fathers company. My Mom was close to his mom but they were never friends. My mom always complained of how his mom belittles everyone just because of the money they had. I loved Emeka but the feeling was one sided,he only saw me as his friend. Emeka felt he was better than everyone, to him his ideas were the best and yet I still loved him. Rose saw a Job opportunity in my state,she told me about it and I advised her to come stay with me. She said it was okay if she didn't have the job but I insisted,telling her not to l
CORNROWS AND COLOGNESLILLIAN My hair was rough, I had carried my cornrows for three weeks,my hair smelt bad. It reminded me of the old days,days when I visited Jemima and sat on a stool for her to lose the weaving, she would complain that the attachment was too long. I remember how she would start the conversation. "Lillian,why don't you stop all these unnecessary things you add to your hair, relaxer kills hair" I would laugh and she would adjust my head before I replied. "Abeg,I cannot handle natural hair,it is too thick and difficult to comb" Jemima would laugh and her voice would echo. "That's why there is something like natural hair care products,for someone like you, it's very cheap" "Unlike you, my hair is short and empty" Jemima would hiss and say
SKIN CUTSAda Adichie Tamara visited my house with this reaction on her face that I couldn't understand. I was alone at home reading a book,it wasn't interesting,I was glad when I opened the door and saw Tamara. She smiled faintly before coming in. We went to my room to have our discussion as we always did. "I visited the Teacher's office for counseling" Tamara said before dropping her little bag on my bed. We both knew that no book can fit into the bag, it was just for fashion, crazy fashion. "Why did you, what did you have to discuss with her?" I asked smiling. "I wanted her help and somehow we discussed about you ". Tamara told me,she was waiting for my reaction but there was no need for me to get angry until I hear what she told the teacher about me.