'shayo girl. I saw the way you were looking at jesse tho.' ah so rachel noticed too. Well, i guess i wasn't that tactic in hiding it.
'the fair one?' dami asked.
'Yes' rachel answered.
'ta! The boy is too fake jo. He looks like he is bleaching and his fake accent, thats the one you saw to stare at he looked like a white ape to me' they all laughed but that wasn't funny, i was quick to defend jesse. I didn't know why but i did.
'Dammy! Shut up there jo, he's not bleaching. Cant you tell when you see someone that's bleaching? And i dont think his accent is fake. Leave him alone. He's cute.'
'she's already tripping for him sha. See our little Aisha telling me to shut up. If i land you correct slap ehn' I had looked for Dami's trouble.
'dont mind her. Alhaja Aisha' rachel teased.
'stop calling me that!' i half screamed.
'you want to beat me?' Rachel kept on teasing me. 'No. Leave her. With her toothpick legs' Dami said.
'you people now want to fight in public? Me am going o.' Julie got up. 'where is this one going? Chill now? Lets go together.'
Well all through that day they picked on me. And then they started calling me mrs white ape. I went to bed happy, with Jesse's image locked in my memory. I thought i'ld dream about him that night but i didnt. All through the week, i kind of expected to bump into him somewhere in school but i never did. I soon got over my 7days crush on the unknown white ape. School went on, all the stress and tests and assignments and days you just dont want to do anything. School was boring for a few months till 'the month' came along. February. I wasn't a big fan of valentine. Past years, i spent my val days with my dad, we'ld eat chocolate and share jokes together. The whole school was tense. Boutiques had gone red. It was just another day to me. Well, february 14 came, i called my dad, we talked for a while. Rachel, Dami, and Julie had a party to attend. They invited me, i said no. I'ld just stay in the room and chill with mr. Felix (my teddy bear) the girls left. The hostel was so almost empty that night. Some girls were screaming outside though. I was in my room, playing John Legend on my i-pod wearing a big t-shirt and reading hamlet.. They never came back that night, i didnt expect them to. The potters would have locked the gates.
The hostel was filled up the next morning. The noise, the screaming was what woke me up. Amazingly, my girls came back with a lot of gifts, i was a tad jealous no gifts for me. They kept talking about the party and how much i missed. Julie got a wristwatch, and chocolates. She was disappointed, she wanted an ipad, well Dami got very nice shoes, and a jewelry box. It was so cute and i was so jealous. She screamed, she jumped she danced and Rachel told her to shut up. Rachel had been quiet, she was busy unpacking her bag which was quite filled up.
'so what did you get?' i asked her.
'uh. . . Am ipad, a blackberry and there's this other bag i dont know where it came from' i was so shocked.
'why aren't you screaming?' i asked her. 'stupid girl! She got what i wanted.' julie murmured angrily. 'dont hate now.' Dami muttered with a mouth full of chocolate.
'why would i be screaming?' Rachel hissed. She still looked worried and was struggling with a bag.
'if it was me i'ld scream my head off.' i said grabbing a chocolate from dami.
'well scream at this' rachel said throwing the bag at me.
'whats this noW?' I asked confused and staring blankly at the bag.
'i dont know. It has your name on it. It was with my gift'
'open it lets see' julie was already standing behind me peeping curiously. I was still turning the bag in my hand. My name was really on it. Who remembered me? Whats inside? I wondered.
'who sent it?' Dami asked. Still munching.
'iono it wasn't in my bag. Probably when we went to dance someone put it there. Are you going to open it or you want to keep turning it till a genie pops out?' rachel snorted at me.
'yes now, i want a genie to pop out. Who could have sent it?'
'its alhaji sule' julie joked. Grabbing the package from me.
'shut up and give it back' i tried to grab it from her but she was already opening it.
'wow look at this.' she pulled out a tiny stuffed pink bunny. 'am taking that,' rachel jumped up from her bed and grabbed it from Juliet.
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