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The Secret
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2026-11-03 19:26:05
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WORLD BETWEEN US Our little secret
I woke up on Saturday morning with a smile I couldn't explain away. Actually, I could explain it. His name was Lucas Franklin. And he was my love. The thought alone made me pull my blanket over my face like a little girl hiding from the world. I had spent years watching other girls receive flowers, exchange love letters, and whisper about boys in the school corridors. I had always listened from a distance, pretending those things didn't interest me. Now I understood why they smiled at their phones for no reason. My phone buzzed beside my pillow. Lucas: Good morning, my love. I pressed my lips together, trying not to smile too widely. Me: Good morning. Lucas: Did you dream about me? Me: Unfortunately, yes. Lucas: Eiish. I'm already haunting your dreams? Me: Don't flatter yourself. Lucas: Too late. I'm smiling already. I shook my head, laughing quietly so I wouldn't wake Mma. Another message arrived. Lucas: Can I see you today? My smile slowly faded. Saturday was diff
WORLD BETWEEN US The decision
By Wednesday, Lucas Franklin had become a problem I couldn't solve.Not because he was cruel or because he made me uncomfortable, but because he was becoming someone I looked forward to seeing.And that was dangerous.He started saving me a seat in the library during free periods. Sometimes he'd bring an extra packet of chips from the tuck shop, claiming he had bought too much. Other times, he'd walk beside me after class, talking about everything from rugby to the ridiculous things Refilwe said when she thought nobody was listening.He actually made me laugh,and that was the worst part.I had spent so much time convincing myself that boys like Lucas didn't notice girls like me that I had forgotten what it felt like to enjoy someone's company without worrying about what they wanted in return."You're smiling again," Olerato observed one afternoon.I immediately straightened my face. "I'm not.""Keitu, your cheeks are practically announcing it."Refilwe burst out laughing."Ha! Our gir
WORLD BETWEEN US The Secret
At break, Refilwe cornered me beside the tuck shop.“Right, Talk now.”she said pulling me by hand.“There’s nothing to talk about.”“Lucas Franklin has spoken to you three times this week, and now you look like somebody has announced your wedding without asking you. There is definitely something to talk about.”Olerato handed me her packet of crisps.“You don’t have to tell us everything,” she said gently. “But don’t pretend you’re fine when you’re not.”I looked at them, my two best friends, the people who knew me better than anyone at Carrollton Academy.Yet there was one truth I had never trusted myself enough to tell them,that I lived behind the school hall.I slept on a thin mattress while they went home to proper bedrooms. I woke before sunrise to hide the evidence of my existence. I had built my entire school life around making sure nobody discovered how close poverty lived to the classrooms where we studied.And now Lucas Franklin, of all people, had stepped into the secret I
WORLD BETWEEN US Mother's warning
"Does your father know you're interested in the cleaner's daughter, Lucas?"Mma's question hung in our little room like smoke.Lucas stood beside the doorway, his hands resting in his pockets. His expensive school blazer looked out of place against our cracked walls, and his polished shoes seemed completely out of place beside Mma's old plastic slippers.For a moment, he said nothing.I wished he would answer quickly. I wished he would say something clever enough to make Mma smile or something sensible enough to convince her that his presence meant nothing.Instead, he looked at me.And somehow, that made everything worse."Mma," I muttered, "he just brought the documents.""I can see that, Keitu."Her eyes remained on Lucas.He cleared his throat."My father knows I came here to deliver the papers.""That wasn't my question."Lucas hesitated."No, Ma'am."Mma nodded slowly, as though she had expected that answer."Then perhaps you should be careful about what you want, young man.""M
WORLD BETWEEN US He Kept Coming
I stood in the empty classroom, listening to Lucas's footsteps fade down the corridor.I should have forgotten about him the moment I left Room 4 ,but Instead, I kept thinking about the way he'd looked at me, as though I was more than the cleaning lady's daughter.I didn't know it yet, but Lucas Franklin had just stepped into my carefully hidden world and nothing would ever be the same.I told myself he was just being polite. That was all I thought about as he just waited for the rain to stop, spoken to me and left. It meant nothing.Boys like him didn't suddenly become interested in girls like me.At least, that was what I wanted to believe.Wednesday morning arrived too quickly.When I woke up at 4:30, Lucas's words were already running through my mind.Because it's your life, Keitu it is only you that should decide who knows about it.I folded my mattress, tucked it behind Mma's bed and helped her prepare for work. By 6:45, I was entering through the main gate, pretending I've come
WORLD BETWEEN US Backroom Girl
My name is Keitumetse, but at Carrollton Academy, most people know me as the cleaning lady's daughter.I'm seventeen, in Grade 12, and I live in a small backroom behind the school hall in Malwela. Not many people know that. Most learners assume I take a taxi from Nakazane every morning, just like everyone else. They don't know my bed is barely ten steps away from the Grade 12 classrooms or that my school uniform hangs from a nail beside my mother's mop.My mother, Mmathapelo, has been cleaning Carrollton Academy for eight years. When the school needed someone to stay behind and lock up at night, they offered her the little backroom behind the hall.It's not much. One small window, an old kettle, one mattress for Mma and a thin mattress for me on the floor. We don't have much privacy, but we've learned to make do with what we have.There is only one rule in our little home.Don't embarrass the school.So, over the years, I've learned how to be invisible.Every morning, I wake up at 4:3
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