I got to school on September 14 for the new session bubbling like a happy child, well I hope to see Rachael. She has not yet made her final decision regarding completing her secondary school here at Beatitude. She has not yet completed her GCE examination and she is not having any of her papers today so she should be in school today right?   I got to my new class and selected the perfect place, the rear is good to set up two seats for Rachael and me. The assembly bell rang and I could only see a few of my classmates who did not do the GCE(GENERAL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION) in the class, Rachael was absent that day.&

  "This one you are smiling at, did you win an award?", my dad asked.  "Good afternoon dad", I said, prostrating to greet him.  "Afternoon, I have been noticing you from outside the shop, your look shows that you are super excited, what is happening?", he asked      Can't Nigerian parents just stop this? I am excited because I have a reason to be happy. Should I just tell him 'Dad, I have a crush on one of my best friends, my other bestie told her that I have a crush on her, now I feel happy because she reacted reasonably to the news', I thought  " Dad, I am presently 16 years and I have a lot of things to be happy about. For example, I will be graduating very soon, I have good friends that are looking after me", I said hoping it would just end.  He nodded and set to leave, I heaved a sigh of relief and closed my eyes.  "I just hope it is not about one of your friends, remind me of her name

  I woke up the next morning suddenly feeling something cold on my forehead. I opened my eyes slowly as I saw my mum wearing a worried expression. 'What happened? Why did I feel weak yesternight?'   "I don't know what your problem is, always reading every time to the extent that you developed a fever", my mum said and a drop of tears fell from my eyes. If only she knew I have been developing feelings for boys the same well I developed one for a girl.  "I'm sorry mum, I only slept around 11 pm after reading a book, I never knew It would result in fever this morning", I said feeling guilty for stressing my mum.

   My heart raced as my eyes scanned his facial expressions but I could not draw out that he was lying. He is telling the truth, no way, I'm freaking out.  "What? You stole it?" my voice quivered as my eyes opened wide bewildered by the reply I got from him.   He stood straight, looking at me confidently as my face crept into a frown.  "Ha! I got you. I love that look on your face", he said.   My muscle relaxed as I felt stupid for falling for his brainless tricks. I glared at him as he quickly apologiz

 #FLASHBACK     My family and I were sitting at the dining table for dinner on a Friday night 2hen my dad mentioned that I should inform him when the application for JAMB examinations is available. The JAMB form has been available for close to a week, which I obviously did not inform my dad about.   The thought of writing that examination, which was a very important criteria for higher education, only left a bitter taste at the back of my tongue. My sixth sense no doubt kept wandering about the consequences of gaining admission into the university. I felt shivers down my body, especially with one of the decisions I made recently.