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The story of my young life episode 5

Created by Valentine Valentine in The story of my young life 18 Jul 2019



Sequence 5
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Writer: OBILE GLORIA
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LEAH POV
The events of the day just filled my mind as I lay on my school mother’s bed that evening, I didn’t want to go to the dining that evening so I ran to my school mother’s corner in other to prevent being punished by other senior students.
Confusion filled my thought, one thing is for sure, I love Eric, could it be that his reason for cheating was because we weren’t intimate yet. But I thought sex is never a measure to prove love? or is the misery girl taking advantage of the fact that I’m not ready for sex and is using it to scheme her way into Eric’s heart?. It’s not as if I’m ready for sex anyway, well there is a saying that true love conquers it all, if I and Eric are meant to be then so be it. I will never engage in a fight with any girl because of a boy, never.
“Leah are you okay, you’ve been tossing on that bed ever since you lay on it, you look troubled, you can talk to me you know, I’m your school mother”
“I’m having stomach cramps, I think my period is about to start”
“are you sure, I’ve been observing you for some time now, all is definitely not well with you, tell me”
Awwwwwn, I think coming here was a bad decision, what do I tell her now. I was still trying to come up with something when her roommate Stella came in, she looks as if she had been crying
“Mara please I need to talk to you now”
I felt relived, Ah thank God, what a perfect escape.
“Leah please excuse us, for a while, any senior that sees you tell her you’re with me”
“ok”. I left her room, and went upstairs to our hall, no senior dare flog me or they will have my school mother to contend with, she was well respected among her mates, she was the hostel prefect.
VALENTINE POV
I waited and searched round the the dining but I couldn’t get a glimpse of her, finally I sighted Nitty, she must definitely know were Leah was. I moved towards her direction.
“nita, what’s up, we’re your friend”
“shebi I look like her bodyguard abi”
“no na, I need to see her it’s urgent”
“well, after she came back this evening looking as if the world crashed on her head, she went Straight to her school mother’s room, when it was time for dinning I went to call her but she said she wasn’t coming”
“I hope she’s ok”
“I don’t know, she refused to tell me anything, but I think her boyfriend came to school Today and I suspect it has something to do with him”
“OK, my regards to her, I’ll call her later at night ”
” no p.”
I felt guilty, I’ve really messed things up, why can’t I even control my anger, I know she must hate me now.
My plans for the day was ruined, I went back to the hostel feeling devastated.
LEAH POV
it was not quite long after I went back to my bunk, that students started coming back from dinning, nita, came in
“So you finally crawled out of you mummy’s bosom”
“abeg just go back to were you’re coming from biko, I was doing fine before you came”
“eh eh from your mind, you know say na opposite ”
” mtcheeeeew, you won’t believe what happened today”
I narrated everything that happened to her
“So you mean Val actually beat him up!,”
“I was shocked myself, but I was pissed”
“if you ask me I think the guy deserved what he got, he’s an unrepentant cheat”
“I think it’s the girl that’s throwing herself at him”
“babe forget that one, see I think you should forget about Eric, and move on with Val, this guy loves you, and you know it. Tell me, haven’t you ever wondered why he has refused to date all those numerous girls that are constantly throwing their self at him, he continues sticking to you even when you practicality friend zoned him, I think the guy has been holding this feeling for so long and he busted it out today”
“So are you now on Val’s side”
“I’m not siding with anyone, I’m only saying reality, one day you will remember these words of mine”
“prophetess, I hear you, anyway it’s Eric I love, I only see Val as a brother, and if he’s not satisfied with that then, he better stay away from me, I will not tolerate any form of obsession from anybody”
“open your eyes girl, don’t be decieved”
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VALENTINE POV
Walking back to the hostel that evening was one of the hardest times of my life, if only Leah understood how she makes me feel, I have come to love only two people in my life, my mother and Leah, i never really saw my dad, I was told that he died shortly after I was born and my mum never remarried, she single handedly brought me up without the assistance of my father’s people and it is amazing how she turned our financial fortune into this powerful empire she is controlling now. Many people really don’t know who I am and Leah is no exception, I guess they’ve never reasoned why I my surname was Johnson and tried to connect it with “The Johnsons” a shopping mall with branches all over the country and even branches internationally too. She nagged hell when I insisted on schooling in the country and even board, but I had my way at the end.
When I was in primary school up to Jss3, I had so many friends, fake people all trying to benefit from me, they had bad influence on me that I couldn’t take my studies seriously, I watched how broken my mother was when she saw how poorly I did in my junior waec, she even cried secretly in her room. That was when I vowed never to make her cry again, I disassociated from all those friends and when I changed to FGC. I decided to keep my real identity a secret.
I feel in love with Leah the very first day I stepped into SS1c class. I resumed late after two weeks of resumption, because my mom had travelled out of the country to establish a branch at Los Angeles , after much waiting I decided to go to school o my own.
A teacher I later learned his name to be Mr Briggs escorted me to my new class and they were already learning, after introducing me as a new student, the whole class roared in laughter at what I couldn’t fathom but only one girl felt pity for me. After class that day, she introduced herself to me as Leah, the class captain and even offered to lend me her notes and help me copy some.
We became good friends afterwards and she started helping me with topics I couldn’t understand, I noticed my grades improve and even my mom was impressed.
She asked to know the secret and I told her it was a friend in my school. Since then she has been curious to meet this friend of mine, I had it in mind that I would invite Leah over to my place once we vacate for the Section. I sincerely hope I’ve not ruined my chances of doing that with the mess I’ve just created.
When I got to my hostel, I noticed my locker was not locked, I remembered locking it before going to the dining, I checked and every thing was intact except that the corner I kept my books was a little bit scattered.
I didn’t have the strength to start worrying for anything so I just laid on my bed, thinking of ways to make things right with Leah.
I wouldn’t let my emotions make me loose her.
The friendship we shared brought me so much joy, and if I had to wait forever to realize that I’m the right guy for her, then so be it.
LEAH POV
Monday morning was finally here, it would be the first time my name would not be called among the best three at the assembly ground. I just wish I had a way of escaping the various questioning eyes that would turn to look at me when my name wouldn’t be heard as usual.
I vowed this was going to be the last I would ever let this happen, and I must retain my position as the overall best student at the speech and price giving day, I will give it my best shot.
I decided I wouldn’t cry or feel sad as it will only create more suspicion to me, so that morning I plastered a smile on my face and bounced majestically to the assembly ground.
At the end of the assembly I had course to celebrate, Anita made it to the first position closely followed by Valentinen and then Lucy, one of my class mate.
“for your mind ooh” I joked with Anita as we strolled to class “abeg, let me enjoy it while it lasts, I know I would be kicked back to my normal second position in the next CA” “God I’m so happy for my bestie, he made it for the first time, and even came out second, we need to celebrate this ooh, we’re is he sef”
“I thought you are still angry at him” “well for now, no because he made me proud as his personal coach”
Just then I sighted him coming. I noticed he wasn’t in a happy mood, I guess he was still feeling guilty for what happened.
“bestie what’s with this face now, you are supposed to be happy this morning, you finally made it to best three, see we need to celebrate this ooh, Bill on me” I noticed his mood brightened
“does it mean you are no longer mad at me”
“well, let’s live that aside for now, I’m so proud of you for this morning”
“I’m happy I made you happy, but please let me do the bill, as a sign of apologizing for my mess”
“no way, you can’t patronize me with free food from the canteen, maybe when we vacate you will take me out to a proper eaatry”
“like on a date? ” ” don’t start imagining things in your head young man” “yes madam”
We laughed together and walked into the class and my classmates were all gathered in front of the class looking at something, immediately I walked in I heard one person say, “here she comes” they all left the wall and my eyes caught something pasted on the wall. I looked at Valentine and he had his head bowed
I didn’t know what I was feeling at that moment, if it was anger or…….. I could just explode !!!!
Find out in the next sequence..

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