CHAPTER ONE: TIMOTHY

Don't be upset about the results you didn't get from the work you didn't do.

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It was 6. a.m when Timothy woke up to the sound of the alarm. Sitting on the bed and rubbing his eyes, he scanned through his hostel room before standing up and rushing to the general bathroom.

After a week on Campus, nobody needed to tell him that he had to get up early to bathe in other to meet up for classes.

"Thank God, I'm early.." He said while smiling widely showing his cute dimples.

After taking his bath, he wore his newly bought white shirt and black trousers and applied some powder on his face, and left the room.

It was his first day of lectures. After graduating from High School one year ago, he studied hard for the entrance examination into his dream school, Confidence University popularly called CoU. 

He remembered with a smile when he got a message on his phone that he had been accepted to study Pure and Applied Mathematics. His Parent was so ecstatic about the news that they quickly informed his teacher and mentor, Uncle Peter, about the news.

'Now that I have achieved my dream to study here, it doesn't just stop here', He thought happily. 

'I can peacefully do what I want without disturbance from my parents and siblings.'

"What am I thinking?", he broke out of his thoughts and realized he was still standing in front of his room.

He rushed out with his bag knowing he was going to be late for the first class. He increased his speed. 'phew…I can't believe I spent an hour standing in front of my room, He scolded himself and checked his wristwatch again.

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Luckily, he reached his lecture room on time before the lecturer arrived.

The first lecturer took some minutes to welcome us and introduce us to the course...

The lecturer stopped suddenly and pointed to me, 'What is a physical quantity?'. 

'Sir, I don't know', He muttered quietly.

"A Physical quantity is a quantity with measurable properties, examples are..." said a voice.

He turned around to have a look at the person talking, but his jaw dropped when he saw the person.

With his mouth open and agape,'' Oh….my God'' he exclaimed. She has a beautiful and intelligent face, maybe because she was putting on a glass — It is usually considered that people who wear glasses are intelligent. 'What is wrong with me?', he thought to himself.

Everyone applauded her after she had stopped talking. 

The class ended with an assignment to be submitted in the next class.

Timothy rushed out of the class to catch up with the Lady, on his way he noticed some male students chatting among themselves.

"Isn't she beautiful….?", one student said

"I know right…and she is intelligent too, that's also a plus for me", said another student

"Beautiful, intelligent, and well dressed, what else will I wish for?", one of them pondered.

He knew immediately who they were talking about. He tried catching up with the lady, only to find out she had disappeared.

Some many thoughts ran through his head.

"Aaahh... Timothy, why do you dull yourself nah? (Timothy, why were you not fast enough?),I hope I see this girl again" he said to himself.

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He returned to his hostel after completing his lectures for the day. His roommates were discussing a football match played yesterday.

He had three roommates, John and Peter are 100-level medical students, while Collins is a 100-level Philosophy student.

"My friend! keep quiet joor, your men no sabi play. see common goal wey dem for win"(My friend!! Keep quiet, your team can't play. They should have won!!)",Collins said

"Half loaf is better than none, My guy, we better pass una own, Shey no be last week Barca beat una team(My guy!! we are better than you, Barca beat your team last week)", John replied aggressively.

Peter laughed, "Abeg, Abeg!! Both of your teams are not in the top five on the list and you are still arguing".Half loaf kill you there".

He chuckled and went outside to get what to eat. When he returned he prayed before going to sleep.