6

The facade of the last term went rather smoothly, we were all preparing for the 50th anniversary of the school, it was meant to come after our exams ended, during the exam period, I caught Kara hollering and Mar was telling her not to be disturbed, I asked why and they both told me it was because the headteacher scolded them for not reading, tete-a-tete, that didn't make any sense but then, humans are diverse. I decided to advise them a little and left, not knowing it was for a different reason.

By the time the last week arrived, everyone was happy about the anniversary, different events were being carried out, the whole event ran through a week so everyone was expected to have utmost fun.

Unfortunately, this was not the same for me. On the first day, nothing much happened but on the second day, we were meant to go to the stadium to play football; this I wasn't aware of, everyone dressed in trousers or jeans but I put on a gown, an open-gown for that matter, not only did I not fit, I was also looked at, the headteacher then asked me if I was going to visit someone, then I knew something was up, it's not like I wore it intentionally. I just didn't get information about what to wear I asked my mum and she didn't know, she then told me to wear a gown. Soon after that, I caught people whispering right after looking at me. What were they talking about?

After the whole event, we drove back to school, it was not so bad since I still giggled and grinned a little but my day was about to be ruined. My teacher called for me!

Getting there, the first question he asked was who was I meeting with outside, I looked at him and wondered, meeting with?, while would I be meeting someone, I then replied no one, he then told me, he received a piece of news that I was used and then dumped by a certain someone who has lost interest in me and was now interested in Kara. I just stared at him blankly, none of the words he was saying that afternoon made any sense. First off, I wasn't the kind of person to be used, secondly, I was not even taken talk less of ditched so where was all this news coming from?

As if he read my mind, he told me a received a set of letters from some persons named Anaconda and that Kara has been receiving letters too, he also asked me if I received such letters and I said no, I didn't receive any letter, he then began to accuse me of being the mastermind of what happened in year 7, at this point, I began to boil. I demanded the letters but I wasn't given them. He told me " You don't need to see the letters, all you need to do is tell me the truth" "What truth, nothing happened, I don't meet with anyone, I don't receive letters, I have never been dumped and I am not the mastermind of what happened in the former class" all this I said withing myself, I was pained, I didn't deserve all this accusation, after a while, we both sat staring at each other, soon after he left.

But this wasn't all, my class teacher came in afterwards and began another round of interrogation, first she says her job is on the line right now because all this happened in her class without her knowledge. Then I looked at her with the eyes that know what it feels like, to not be in the know, to be fibbed to by your classmate. I didn't even know who to direct my anger to, I just hated everyone had that moment, I kept on reiterating this question, WHY ME?

After ranting about her job, she asked me to tell her if I met anyone without others knowing, this question, I thought for a while, the only time I met someone was when I was with Fromeo, this couldn't be what she was talking about, was it?

I replied no after a while and she fired back immediately that I was telling a lie, I looked at her immediately and told Her I wasn't, I was really mad, How could everyone keep accusing me, After she saw my reaction, she was nice to explain what was happening to me.

She said:

"The director of the school called a meeting some days ago that he received some letters, this was given to him by Asha(she was Sarah's mate), the letter went from Mar to her sister and then Asha, it was believed that Kara was getting some letters from a person called 'Anaconda'. Telling her how sorry he was to be with me and that he has used me and dumped me for her. That was the only thing I was told about the letter."

I wasn't shocked when I heard this. I noticed Mar and Kara had gotten quite close and Mar has decided to distance herself from me and Ahji. It was like an acted drama when we had a conversation, or would I rather "arguments". This also explained why Kara was crying earlier, but then again, how come I didn't know about this before it got out. Then it clicked, it got OUT, that was why the teachers asked funny questions and looked at me with those vile stares, they all looked at me like I was a tart.

I wasn't ashamed of this, but I was really sad, I spent almost a year trying to recover my prestige from the incident of last year and yet I received another fatal blow, from someone I couldn't even pinpoint. What was happening to me?. To end our conversation, I told her I didn't know what happened and I was deeply sorry for all I and my mates caused on the part of her job, saying that, I left the room.

I went to look for Babe, she was the only girl that hang out with Kara apart from Ahji and Mar, and from the look of it, she was much of a friend to Kara than Ahji, I needed to get answers. I couldn't just let things slide, I must get to the bottom of this. But there was a problem, Babe doesn't give information without collecting fixes, so I had to get something for her, I abandoned my quest for Babe and went to look for Yash, I knew I could easily get things from Yash and I did, Lucikly, he gave me one of Babe's favourite drink.

I dashed out and soon enough found babe." hey, can we talk," I asked her

About" she replied, looking elsewhere.

"About what was going on in class" then she said ok, I was surprised by this.

she then continued by saying, the only thing I can tell you is Mar has been telling us about things between you and Yash.

"What about it?" I asked

Then she said she couldn't tell me more, I smiled to myself despite the news and immediately brought out the drink, I waved it at her and told her it was all hers if she could tell me the rest, Her reaction was her as expected, he eyes widened and her pupils bulged, she shook her head readily and stretched out her hand as if to shake in agreement, this I looked at inspecting it while going around it. When she saw this she immediately withdrew her hand and quickly said," I just wanted to feel it, to make sure you are not teasing me." I then brought out the drink for her to feel, as soon as she touched it, she wanted to grab it, but I was faster, I snickered" Nice try"

So now tell me.

'"Mar said she saw You and Yash in the loo together"