Chapter 7 Teni

7. TENI

Chemistry is always a boring class for me , all eleven students offering chemistry are seated in the lab jotting as Mr Gerald's sharp loud voice drones on.I take up one test tube stand and fiddle with it ,I look up, right in front of me, sits Dave and of course Daniella is seated beside him. I want to puke right now. I look down at my white sneakers. Can this class be over soon? Just in time, Mr Gerald's checks his watch and the automated bell sounds. Thank goodness. He walks out in his tight suit trousers. And the class disperse. I sit on the lab table and arrange my hair. Dave and Daniella walk out, they should have advanced mathematics. I stare at my fingers trying to pretend that I didn't notice them pass by.

"Teni" Dammy calls from behind me.

"What?"

"What do you think we should do, I am bored"

" Let's go to the library, " I say as I jump down and Dammy follows.

It's a free period for us both ,the only science students who decided to stop advanced mathematics. We walk into the quiet library,the old albino lady ,who is the librarian, is fast asleep and snoring.

Dammy giggles, I try hard not to laugh.

"How about we take some pictures?" I bring out my phone while smirking.

Dammy gasped, "I thought you were going to return it?"

"Well I haven't"

My mum decided to seize my phone so I could concentrate on our final examinations. How stupid,and how weird? I am not that dumb, don't get the situation wrong,I have at least eight A's every term. But well I stole it from where she hid it.

We take a seat at the far end of the library.

I take out my phone and log into Chatty while Dammy searches for books to read in the fiction section shelf, some inches away from us.

I have about thirty messages, mostly from people I don't really know. I met most of them here as in the social media, Chatty, I am not really going to reply to them right now. I click on Priscilla's message,

Queen Priscy 👑💅: I hated this school but it just got better. This white guy Jake asked me out and he looks super cute.

I stare at the picture attached with the message, he does look cute , he looks a bit like a younger Leonardo De Caprio but taller and slimmer. I start to type

❤Tenny: wow he looks so cute gud one girl.....xoxo

I don't know what else to say. My eyes get a little moist. I look up at Dammy who is reading her novel contentedly with a contented look on her face ,just like the way she is content with her little life. Lovely,caring parents ,a nice modest home, her parents aren't divorced or strangulating each other. She might not be too good looking but her life is fine. My phone buzzes with a message from Priscilla, thanks;-). Life isn't fair, I deserve a good life, migrate to the UK, meet cute guys that look like Leonardo DiCaprio or better still Justin Beiber. Dammy looks up at me,

"Why do you look sad?"

"I don't, just mind your business"

I log out of Chatty and tap on the Picgram app. I begin to scroll through my picfeed,various Disney teenage stars ,teenage pop stars ,swimsuit models posing at beaches and luxurious and exotic sights. If I were a Disney star what would my life be like? Awesome, right? Too bad I am not, I live in a cubicle house and share the same room as my disgusting sister. I place my head on the table, and close my eyes Dave is kissing me,Daniella comes close but he shoves her away. And then we continue kissing passionately. I sleep off. About twenty minutes later,when I wake up, the old albino librarian is nagging at me, Dammy is cowering beside her.

"Leave this instant" she says and walks away. I sigh ,rise up and place my phone in my pocket.

"We have English in five minutes," Dammy says.

"Yh true..." I say wryly.

The last period before lunch was Physics. It was kind of exhausting in the lab. As we walk out of the lab, I and Dammy go to the toilet to freshen up. I take out my pocket lip gloss and regloss my lips and then arrange my braids ,I pout my lips at the mirror ,I look totally pretty, why won't Dave just realize it. Life is totally not fair. As we walk out ,we pass by a wall with the inscription ,we three rule. Priscilla, Dammy and I had written it, one day when we were bored. That was then, but for now ,I rule solely, alone it doesn't matter if my mum is a divorcee who got demoted at work ,struggling to fend for her daughters. I am Queen, queen alone. Two girls from Sss2 pass by ,they are giggling and smiling. They look quite pretty with their braids and girly hair clips. I walk into the lunch area, and there is pompous Melinda sitting on my seat, the girl whose mother owns the nicest car in school,the girl who cannot be my friend. Why did I even ask her? I walk toward her.

"How dare you?" I ask . She looks up at me, she looks so pretty, with her long braids, and nice skin and all, and the girly stuff she has on, she even has on a pink sneaker. Really?

"Teni..."

"Shut up ,and get up you don't sit without permission, that's what you should know ,new fish in the water" I say angrily, she thinks because her mum owns a nice car ,she could do anything, or because she has a pretty face? A bald boy passes by with a plate of spaghetti , as Melinda sluggishly tries to stand up ,I am so pissed ,I grab the plate of spaghetti and empty it on her. It feels so good,now her pretty face has been ruined. She looks at me,like she couldn't believe what I did and runs out. Daniella runs after her ,I glance at my right. Dave is looking at me like he wants to punch me ,but then he walks away after Daniella.

Why did I do that, that was a confirmation to Dave that I was just like Ursula. Now he will never like me. This is all Melinda's fault. I hate her ,her mum and their stupid car. Come to think of it ,what position does her mother or father hold at Peace? She dresses quite nice and the car is nice but she doesn't act or seem like a rich girl to me. Maybe her mother is a harlot and one of her rich boyfriends gave it to her. Women like that live in this city. I look down at Dammy who is cleaning the spaghetti mess up.

"I don't think I want to eat any longer" ,I am not really in a good mood to eat ,I feel too upset to eat. I walk out , take a bend and walk into the empty class, I sit on my chair. And rest my head, I want to cry ,tears are forming, my throat is constricting but I won't ,I can't Queen Bees don't cry.