Chapter 5 Journeys

"Since when do you have a complimentary card" i asked. We were still on the road going to my house and right now Nathan was the one driving. "My mom made them back in Nigeria" she replied. "That's wonderful" I complimented. "So, since when has Nathan been at your place," she asked. "Since Wednesday" I replied. "What's the reason behind it?" Pam asked. "Something happened back at his home" I said, looking at Nathan to see his reaction, but he didn't react. "Okay, I guess it is something I am not supposed to be aware of "she said, relaxing herself comfortably to her seat.

"Pam is not like it, is just that..." She cut me short before i could finish my sentence. "I understand Bell " She said immediately. She shut her eyes to sleep. * * * * * We arrived at my home 18 minutes later.Pamela was already asleep but i woke her up, and we offloaded her things together. Nathan wasn't in a good mood throughout that day . * * * * * Monday came and we had to go to school. We prepared for school and ate cereal . Pamela drove us to school. We got to school late because we didn't wake up on time. Everyone at school was surprised to see Pamela. We got into our class. The class got silent once we walked in ...and Mr Walking, the biology teacher, was in there. Pamela was his best student. And he stood there staring at us. "Pamela, welcome back to school" He said ." Now it's 10:47am and you guys are just arriving ?" He asked . "Well , we are..." Pamela cut me short. Well sir, we are so sorry, but i came back really late last night from Nigeria before i went to Bella's house. Our car had some issues, and we went to bed really late and also this morning our car had some little difficulties." All that she said was the truth, and she is perfect at convincing people no one can resist her beauty. "That's fine". He said" Take your seat and sit". "My ears are bleeding from the lies i just heard" said Mickey from the front. Mickey is a member of the cheerleading club, and she feels like Pamela is in competition with her because Pamela is the leader of the cheerleaders. "Ohhh! Do you want some pictures to see in that way, you can stop being sentimental", Pamela ditched. "Oooops!," Everyone echoed, which made Mickey really furious. There was chanting and murmuring in the class. "Will this class be quite like my mother's grave " My walking said in a low and sad tone. Everyone calmed down but Mickey and Pamela were still glaring at themselves. "And stop glaring mickey" Mr walking added. "But she is also glaring " Mickey said. "No I am not", Pam added. " If you still want the pictures, I have them here", Pamela added, showing off her phone on the air . "Stop that Pamela, " Audrey yelled. Audrey is a guy who likes both Chantel. Chantel is a spoken word leader, and she is an art student, so famous for her use of words. Everywhere went back to it's original form . As i was saying before i was interrupted , all of you will pair yourself in groups for your practicals. The topic you are meant to focus on is Reproduction in plants and animals. You will all share yourself in 2 groups, which group will have a moderator and an assistant moderator. I don't know how you want to do it but it will be done before summer. Now this carries 73% of your CGPA , so if you fuck up during this practical, your grade goes down ...with that he left the class. Chevon is the class moderator. He shared the class into two groups, plant and animal...he wrote the names (plant and animals) into pieces of paper and gave us to pick randomly . Nathan and I picked animals , Pamela picked plants ...she was furious because she wanted to be together with us in our group, so she went to Mr Walking's office but was later dismissed in disappointment. * * * * Lunch break came, and we went to the cafeteria. We didn't take much food because it wasn't long we came to school. "So Pamela, we have decided on what to do this summer " I said, taking out the paper from my bag. "You have had that in your bag this whole time?" Nathan asked. "Yeah , i kept it in my dairy" i replied. "May i ?' She asked, stretching her hands for the paper. "I am so loving and going to do this , this summer, right? " She asked . "Yeah, this summer" I replied. "I am so canceling all my appointments for these " she said " Besides, what is the reason behind this?" . "You and Nathan will obviously go to Harvard and Nathan feels guilty that i will be left out, so I did that so we can have all the fun this summer and worry later about exams ." I said, faking a smile. I will miss them so much. "Do you feel that way?"She asked. "Me? , pheww... No i don't" i replied. "We will always keep in touch , Skype, texting, calling. You shouldn't worry because we will be there for you "Pam comforted. " I know pam" i said . "Besides, Cambridge is a big university, and you will make new friends ", She said. "Nope, no one can take you and Nathan's place in my life" i said. "Sorry to interrupt , may i sit here?" Someone asked. "Yeah sure Rafael ", Pamela said. Nathan immediately stopped eating and gave Rafael a disguising look. I could feel Nathan's eyes piercing to Rafael's. "Hi Bella , Hi Nathan"Rafael waved. "Hello Rafael"i waved back. "So you like, huh?" I asked Pamela. "Yeah so much bell" she replied. " Guys, I am so sorry about what happened. The last time we met, i was on my phone while driving", Raphael said. "Wow, someone finally accepted that he is at fault". Nathan retorted. "I just thought i should come and apologize " Raphael said . " Thanks for letting me sit ,maybe my presence isn't needed ". He said and walked away. " Okay Nathan, that was so rude of you " i said . " What was that for? ?" Pamela and I asked in unison. "Whoo ..girl " we looked at each other in surprise, giving ourselves a high up because we said something in unison. " But seriously speaking, that wasn't nice of you" Pamela added. "The Dude is so full of himself " he said, lifting his shirt with his index finger. "Hahahah "I laughed and suddenly kept a serious face . " Does it look like we are joking" I asked. " i am sorry , okay", he said . "We weren't the ones you offended", Pamela said. * * * * * We finished eating and went back to class. We were having integrated science. The topic was so boring that i slept off. Besides, many people weren't focused on Mr Andrea's teaching , so is not as I would have pointed out... He left the class when he saw that so many people weren't concentrating. "Bell, wake up, rise and shine. Sleepy head is morning already". She teased her, "remember we have to go to school", she added. After some seconds, I blinked, but it was too sunny and there were faces around. Then I realized that she was teasing me. "Computer class is next to the lab" she said . I carried my bag , and because we didn't get there in time ...we had no choice than to sit at the back seat with Mickey and her crew of dumbasses . People were defiling the ethics of a computer lab. No eating , no smoking, No drinking, no spillage and so on... But today few people including mickey were eating and drinking while in the lab. Mickey accidentally threw her juice and it spilled over the computer which made four systems to go off because it was connected in series connection. And looking for who to break her face she put the blame on Pamela , saying that pamela was the one who reached out for her pen and spilled the juice. Pamela was frozen over what she just heard and she wasn't sitting close to mickey so how would she obviously pour her juice.