A Fight For You – Episode 3
A Fight For You
(The Black Girl)
By Hossana Isaac O.
(Hossy ? High School Series)
Chapter 3
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Unugwa
My new driver dropped me at the School’s parking lot. I took a step forward and looked back at another car that just drove in. That quiet girl in my class came out, she saw me, gave me a glare then closed the door. I stood still to see her next reaction, she passed right in front of me with her bag and books clutched to her chest. I cracked, she must be the school witch
I then began to walk further. I heard someone running and calling my name. I looked back and saw Loretta running to me
I smiled at her, she’s really nice. She kept me company yesterday and kept showing me around. Today, she promised she was going to tell me about the significant people in the school and I’m looking forward to that, just to know who is who and how to act towards them
She got in front of me panting
Lorette : good… good morning
I smiled and brought out a bottle of water from my lunch bag, I still carry food to school because I enjoy my mom’s food more than any other.
I handed the bottle to her
Me: good morning
Loretta: oh thank you so much
She took the bottle and took down a gulp
Me: I love your hairstyle
She was wearing a French braid with her natural hair, I always admired the style but too bad I can’t do it. My hair isn’t that long
Loretta: thanks. Ohh I saw you had a little encounter of Agnes. The mean girl
Me: the short girl
She nodded and we began to walk towards the school
Loretta : she’s the meanest and deadliest girl in this school. She doesn’t have any friends and she hardly talks ,whenever she talks then she’s nagging
Me: that’s awful
Lorette : and it’s so weird that she has a crush on Daniel
Me: who’s Daniel?
Loretta: he’s the…
She was cut short by a group of female junior students who screamed. We looked at their direction and they were pointing at me. They ran to me
Girl1: uh hiii. I’m Nuella
Girl2: I’m Lucia
Girl3: I’m Suzan
Girl1: please we wanna have a selfie with you.. Please
Me: uhn sure.. You can
Girl2: yay!
They gathered round me and we took a selfie together, then each girl took a turn to snap with me
Girl3: gosh I’m so happy, it’s my first time seeing a black person. Wow, you’re so different. Your skin is so different
Me: uh thank you….
I smiled
Girls: bye…
They happily went away
Loretta : wow, they love you
Me: I never knew black people were so appreciated here
Loretta: come on, let’s get to class
She held my hand and we hurried in, I could sight students looking at me from all directions. And it’s awkward
Loretta: oh my gosh
Me: what?
Loretta: it’s Paula, she owes me. I’m coming…
She ran off
Me: wait…
She didn’t hear me, she went off to meet the girl
Me: uh I’ll just wait for her in class
I turned around and took a step without even looking, I clashed with a guy and I screamed because I got frightened
Guy: hey watch your steps
I looked up at the tall, masculine boy
Me: ohh… Sorry…
Guy: a black person, in this school? Hmm, that’s new
He walked away and I looked after him, I didn’t even get to see his face totally. But he’s really muscular and he has black hair. I shrugged and entered the class
I sighed when I saw another guy seated with his hand hanging out on the second chair beside his
He’s not as muscular as the other guy, neither is he as tall but I like his face. He’s cute and he seems to be in deep thought
I gently walked by the wall to the back of the class and sat on the last chair by the corner. I sighed softly and brought out my phone, I haven’t even switched it on since morning
I turned the phone on and saw Anibe’s picture as my wallpaper. I chuckled and went to my gallery
When did he take these pictures with my phone?
Anibe, the best thing that happened to me. He’s my number one boo and lover. I can tell him anything and he tells me almost everything, sometimes he’s the only one who I can relate with.
I went online and chatted him up
?why did you use your picture as my wallpaper?
I went through some other messages and dropped the phone. That guy was still sitting and thinking the same way I met him, he’s so oblivious of his environment that he hasn’t even noticed he’s not alone.
I kept looking at his back and how he was sitting like a statue. This guy is really fresh, so cute
Lorette entered the class and gasped when she saw him
Loretta : oh my goodness, Andy you’re back to school? Welcome back
He gently lifted his head and looked at her, I could see that he smiled
Guy: hey, Loretta. It’s nice to see you again
Awwn, his voice is so angelic. He could be a successful playboy with that voice, just like Anibe
She sat on his desk
Lorette : how’s your photography going?
Guy: cool
Agnes entered the class and sat down on the same seat she sat yesterday. She didn’t speak to anyone. Another student entered and went to a seat
Lorette : I’ll see you later
He nodded and she came to me and sat beside me
She began to arrange her books and more students kept coming in, some were stealing glances at me and I pretended like I didn’t even know
The class was already filled up and a teacher walked in, we stood up and greeted then sat down. Then the teacher paid respect to me
Teacher: how are you doing today Unugwa? I hope you’re enjoying the school
Me: yes I am ma’am. Thank you
It was then that guy looked back at me, his eyes met mine and I could see that he was surprised. I looked at my fingers then raised my head when I was sure that he wasn’t looking
The teacher began to teach Mathematics and I listened attentively because I wanted to know if she could teach it well. I love maths though it’s not my favorite subject. Biology is
Teacher: …. So what next should we do?
Students: collect like terms
Teacher: then 4ab will sum up with 2ab and 10ab which is equal to 12 plus 1. Is that right class?
Students: yes
Teacher: so who can get our final answer for us
Just then, a tall muscular guy walked in with his left hand in his pocket. He created a distraction and every one looked at him
Isn’t this the guy I bumped into? It has got to be him
Lorette : (in whispers) Unugwa, that’s Daniel. The second richest guy in the whole school.
Me: wow. I bumped into him the other time
Lorette : really? And he didn’t ki*ll you
Me: no
Teacher: find a seat Daniel
He sighed and walked to a seat, he sat down and opened the bag on the desk. I looked at him and he looked at me, I quickly looked away.
After the Maths teacher, came the English teacher then the Biology teacher before recess time
Lorette: it’s finally recess. Come on let’s go to the cafeteria
She pulled me up and we walked to the cafeteria together
Me: tell me about that guy I saw you speaking with earlier
Lorette: he’s my cousin. We were born in this country but he wasn’t trained here. He loves photography a lot and he’s always carrying his camera everywhere
Me: he’s really good looking
Lorette : yeah. He’s the cutest in class
Me: now tell me about Daniel, that guy who walked in
Lorette: Daniel is the second richest in the school after Andy. He’s a boxer that’s why he’s really muscular.
Me: Andy is your cousin?
Lorette : yes. Andy hates Daniel and Daniel hates Andy too, no one knows why
I sighed
Me: that’s serious
We entered the cafeteria and bought some food, I wanted to pay for it but the caterer wouldn’t take the money. He said it’s his gift to me
I thanked him and we moved to the nearest table. It was then I remembered that I brought my own food
Me: oh jeez, I forgot that I brought my lunch from home
Lorette: you still bring lunch from home?
Me: yeah, I love my mom’s food
I brought out my lunch and set it
Me: seems we have double today.
Lorette : looks delicious
She picked a vegetable and ate
Me: you like vegetables?
Lorette : yeah, it’s good for health. Much more better than junk food
Me: I know that
I took a veggie burger and ate some. I didn’t really like it but I didn’t want her to know
Just then Daniel and one other guy walked in, he looked like a boss with his hands in his pockets. Agnes came out from behind him
Agnes: Daniel.. What’s wrong with you?
He sighed and looked at her
Daniel: can you please just let me be?
Agnes: I haven’t seen you for a long time. I just want to say hi
Daniel: well HI too
He walked away with that guy beside him. Agnes scoffed and walked to the counter, a girl was coming with a drink and as you would have already imagined, they bumped into each other and the drink spilled on both of them
Agnes screamed and glared at her, the girl began to apologize. The next thing we saw was an angry Agnes raising her hand, she gave the girl a thunderous slap and pushed her away. She took her bag and walked out of the hall
The innocent girl was on the floor crying, I felt pity for her. Her friends came and helped her out
Lorette: Queen Agnes is at it again
Me: she’s really mean
Lorette : this school is so full of drama
Me: I can see that
After school closed, I went home straight even though Loretta begged me to follow her to the mall.
As soon as I got to my room, I met Anibe on my bed
Anibe: hey sis
Me: hey, what are you doing here
Anibe: waiting for you
Me: why?
He sat up
Anibe : I need your help, there’s this girl that I asked out, she says she doesn’t trust me. So in other to trust me, she wants to be friends with any of my family member
I sighed
Me: I’m not doing it
Anibe: please you have to, come on.
I removed my suit
Me: I’m not
He began to dial a number while I removed my shoes
Anibe: hello, Demi. How are you…. Okay my sister wants to speak with you
My eyes widened. He faced me and stood up. I was shaking my head signifying no but he kept the phone on my ear
I glared at him
hello Demi
hi, how are you?
I’m fine and you
I’m doing good
my brother told me lots of good things about you. And you sound really nice, I wish I could see you in person
Anibe smiled at me but I frowned at him
wow, that would be nice. I’ll create time for us to see
thank you, bye Demi
bye
Anibe removed the phone from my ear and winked at me then left my room. I sighed and sat down What a brother!
Daniel
I got home and met my dad seeing a black man off to his car, I paused and looked at them. This is the second time I’m seeing a black person in one day
They sighted me and I went to them and greeted. My dad introduced me as his son and heir then introduced the black man as CEO something. I can’t recall the name because I’ve never heard it before. I went to the kitchen and poured myself a drink, I was still there when my dad summoned me to his room upstairs, I went there and met him
Dad: sit down
I sat on his sofa
Dad: that man you saw me with is CEO Achimugu, he is the CEO of AUC
Me: that foreign company?
Dad: yes. You’re quite aware of the success of the company and how it is now the richest and most resourceful company in this side
I nodded
Dad: good, our company needs his partnership. I have tried to make him choose our company over the other companies but I decided to make sure he chooses ours by creating a friendship that’s why I invited him over. But then, when he saw your uniform, he confessed that his daughter attends your school. So Daniel, in other to make things work smoothly, you’ll have to make friends with his daughter and find your way into her family. If possible, make her fall in love with you
I chuckled and looked down. My dad never seizes to amaze me. How can he say I should make a foreigner fall in love with me. Dad of all people, who doesn’t take nonsense telling me to make a girl fall for me. Well, he can do anything for his business to grow and be more successful than Andy’s father’s company
Dad: this is no joke Daniel. It’s business strategy. So when you get to school tomorrow, make sure you make that girl your friend and invite her here someday
He picked his tablet
Dad: did I make myself clear?
Me: yes
He nodded and signalled for me to go, I stood up and walked out of the room. Immediately I closed his door, I scoffed
Me, make a black girl fall in love with me? Impossible! I don’t even have time to look at a girl now
The only time I have is for boxing
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To be continued
Written by Hossy
