Rhema The drama room was empty, I was alone with Ibim and she was sat quietly playing with her fingers. "You have to talk to me". "I have nothing to tell you, Rhema. Imagine what happens when I tell you about it, about what you believe I heard. You become an accomplice for staying  silent". She had a point. I was desperate for information. "There's so much I want to add up, aren't you surprised the others who got subpoena. Why is Mustafa have a subpoena?""I don't know how to answer that""He was sleeping with Lola. Did you know that?"I waited for a nod, a response. "I should go", she said and stood. "Why don't you want to help me?" She stopped and turned to face me. "Lola was a sweet girl, she told me it was okay one time when I was crying in the bathroom". She said. "She was likeable, she was very pretty too and small and nosey. She was nosey, she wanted to know th

RHEMA I walked into the library and went straight to the place where Chidimma was waiting for me, I sat on the table with her in the lonely area and pulled out the food, I had bought out from the canteen."Thank you", she said taking her plate and started eating from it. I start eating mine in silence and scroll through my phone, abroko had made a facebook group and everyone was joining in, the group even had more members than the amount of students in Ogan, the extras would be siblings of students, parents, alumni and people from facebook who are just there for kicks and giggles. Not everyone was a fan of abroko, some people really hated her and called her a gossip. But the truth is we were all on the  group for gossip. Ogan thrived on gossip. "Why is nobody reporting this group?", Chidimma said with her mouth full of food. "Because everyone is lowkey thriving off the gossi

RHEMA"When will you start thinking about her mother?", I said angrily into  the voice note and then clicked on send. I watched it send and then the blue tick showed. I stared at it waiting for her to reply but she didn't as I had expected and I clicked my phone and watched the phone dim till it blacked out. "Yo, what's up?", Tochi asked as I started walking out of the boys'  bathroom. "I'm good, Fam. How's you?""Okay. Did you hear next week is hand over?""Guyy, I heard it. The whole school guy, no way not to hear". We're out of the bathroom now, walking towards the lunch hall. 

RHEMA  Uncle Chinedu's ankara trousers  were so stiff,  I could smell the starch from my the door as Chidimma and I entered into the Ms.Angeline' s office.  "Chi.. please you need to excuse us". Ms. Angeline said and Chidimma looked at me for consent, her eyes asked me if I was going and I when I nodded she left the room and sat in the waiting room and then we talked about Mom and Dad' latest tussle and that Mom had landed in the hospital, he flung her down the staircase and she hit her head. Abigail came back to a pool of blood at the foot of the staircase and none of the house helps were looking in her direction,  "she locked herself up in her room", he said and to continue "and when your Aunty Ada went there she didn't let her in till we told her about your mother". He looked at me and I just stared at the stain of coffee on Ms.Angeline's table. The stain was ugly and round like a rock , and for a second I wished I was a rock, stag

IBIM"I like the way, I'm feeling now", I sang as I opened the door to my room, all day in school I couldn't wait to come back and lay down and stare at the light bulb on my ceiling because it felt good to see it just exist. Lola had gone since Tochi and I left the room, I was grateful that she had gone to wherever she disappeared to it let me feel normal again. "Boo!!". I jumped and laying there was Lola. "You'll kill me this girl". "So did you talk to Tochi?""About what?". I asked looking back at the light bulb. It was the only thing I could see that was in my reality. "Nothing much". I said.