ATTRACTA

"Get lost!" someone yelled at me as I tried to cross the road and I chastised myself for being so carefree about my surroundings to the extent of almost walking into a car. The streets of Lagos weren't those to play on. The whistles and shouts of "hey" and "hello" from the street thugs popularly referred to as "agberos" filled the air as I walked past.Some even had the effrontery and shamelessness to call me names such as "overload" and "heavy duty". It's not entirely their fault though, we can blame it on my sizeable butt. I ignored their calls and wolf whistles as I trotted down the alleyway. I sighed in relief as I realised I had passed them all without harassments. You might be wondering, what could the reason for my testimony be?, but I was a seventeen year old against a pack of wolves. Hard competition. My joy however didn't last long as I felt a hand grope my butt from

It'd been three days since I helped Ruby out without a thank you in return. Not like I cared but courtesy demanded. I was currently in my room completing a crossword puzzle book I got on my way to Aunty's house, I was glad I bought it.I was dragged out of puzzle land by the sound of my door opening to reveal the queen herself."What do you want?" I asked without looking up from my book.

The day went by in a blur,the teachers were so nice, I got to meet the infamous friends of Ella, Emmanuel her twin brother, Tunji the clown, James the foodie and Aisha the ticking bomb. Turned out Aisha and Ella were friends. They were all amazing people and I was glad to have them as friends.I was currently going round the school in search of Ruby so we could go home because I didn't know my way around this place. It's been about thirty minutes of me going round in circles and I was about giving up until I heard muffled voices coming from be

Weeks had gone by and the midterms were here. Joe actually did text me and we got talking. We were close friends right now but something doesn't quite add up, coupled with the fact that whenever I ask him to sit with I and my friends he always declines and sits with his set of friends. I don't blame him actually I also won't want to sit anywhere but with my friends so I dropped the offers.I was done writing the notes with the help of my friends, excluding Emmanuel, obviously.

It's been a couple of weeks since the kiss and I've done well at avoiding Emmanuel. Even at lunch I always looked away from his gaze. I guess he got the memo later on and backed off.Exams are coming up in a few days and I felt really nervous, these exams could make or break my progress in Belleview College, I wasn't going to let myself, Aunty and my parents down. The exam time table was out already and I've been studying hard.