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Bevy fell sick the next day and the entire school was somehow aware of this, she had vomited during assembly, her temperature had skyrocketed and everyone was a buzz. Mofe stood by me, telling me everything in details; everyone was talking about her illness, rumours said she was pregnant, others said her sickness was linked with her crying fit during her presentation some days ago or was it yesterday?
"She isn't pregnant", Manny said in the group.
"Why? Did you pull out early?", Jesse, one of the "rough" boys said. Mofe was responsible for categorising. Rough, wannabe-bad boys, etc
"Shut the fuck up, Fam".
No one laughs or sneers, we are all engulfed in the screaming silence of the rumours at Ogan. Bevy
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