Love lies in Him chapter 2 - by Chijioke Emmanuel

TOLU’S POV “Emeka, what are you still doing in this house by this time. Aren’t you meant to be out of this house by now?” my mom began to shout from downstairs even before she got to my room. And there I was still on my bed, with my phone directly pointing to my face and my feet crossed in an ill-mannered style. She just barged into my room without knocking and kept this crossed look on her face and then continued with what she was saying; “Don’t you know that you would be starting a new school today and don’t you want to make a good impression of yourself”, she sighed and then she continued, “You know what me and your father passed through to get you into this new school, and as for a matter of fact, it’s the middle of the term and you are busy staying here acting like as if nothing ever happened, I don’t blame you, I blame myself and your dad for spoiling you”. At that point in time all she had said finally sank in deep into my mind after her last statement. I looked up and saw her and I felt a pity on her because my mom has done a lot for me and I was trying my best to show I was grateful but all I did never seemed enough for her. She just stood at the door and was already heaving loudly, I got out of bed and went straight to her and gave her a very tight huge and said into her ear; “I am very sorry for offending you, and I will make it up to you no matter what.” She pushed me back and looked at me sternly and walked out of my room. Now that she was gone, I switched on my water heater and my Bluetooth speaker and played my favourite track of Juice Wrld. I went into the bathroom, had a quick bath and did my dental care procedure. Got out of the bathroom, slipped into my new uniform that looked like a banker’s outfit. Got my cornrows into shape, neatly made and knotted my tie, did some poses at the mirror and said to myself some pep talk “I’d best keep what I said to myself”, left my room and locked the door behind me and walked downstairs. I had no time for breakfast, so I just slipped it into my backpack (although I knew I won’t eat it, just not to annoy mom). Speaking of mom, I saw her standing in front of the reception door to do her check-up on me to make sure I didn’t carry anything apart from the required school materials. ********* I finally got to school after a twenty-minutes silent drive with my driver. It was a really grand school to behold and the sight of it was breath-taking but it was nothing like my former school. I still missed my school and everyone but it was all in the past and I tried hard not to flashback. I quickly walked towards the HOD’s office but even with the speed I used, I still felt eyes peering into my neck but I shrugged of that feeling and continued my movement. And when I got to the receptionist office, I was directed by a young lady to wait for the principal while she went in to inform him that a I was looking him. She finally came out of his office and told me to go in and see him, that he was finally ready to see me. I got into his office and my mind told me to better maintain myself or I could lose the opportunity of studying in this school. Just in front of me sat a tiny or should I use the word petite, he silently got up from his sit and offered me a slight handshake, then he offered me a sit. He then began by saying: “And how are you doing” he began with a smile that I clearly knew was just a way of making me feel comfortable but it wasn’t working. “I am doing well, sir and thank you for the welcome” I replied in a nice manner “It is my pleasure. Your parents told me everything and it was quite concerning about what they said about you. I know it was all a mistake and that is why I and the board decided to give you a second chance. You this school allows student to do as they please but we are totally against student immorality” he paused for a second to catch his breath and he then continued “I saw what you wrote in your report and how the school commended you for your great performance but I just can’t break the laws of this school, so I am sorry to say this but you will be starting from your previous year and I hope this news doesn’t hurt you”. I was completely baffled by what he said but I had no other choice but to cooperate since this was the penalty I had to pay for the offence I committed. I just gave him an affirmative look and then he put his hand into his drawer and handed an envelope to me and then gestured for me to leave but before I left he told me to hand it to the receptionist and the rest would be handled from there. I quietly got out from the office but all what he had said to me felt like a dream because I would be re-doing a whole year over again. The receptionist was already waiting for me just outside and I handed her the letter and she looked at it and told me to follow her. We got out of the administrative and now we were heading for the staffs building. I was taking to the desk of my homeroom or classroom teacher and he was then handed the envelope and she left just me and my teacher alone. He quickly opened the letter and red through it then looked straight at me then back into the letter and back at me again then gave a slight nod. He got out of his chair and straight to a section occupied with PCs and took one out of it and began to ask for some of my personal details and he just inputted it into the PC and after a few question, he handed the PC to me and said it contained my personal details and it would be used for class activities and all necessary or emergency meeting would be sent to my student mail and then he gestured for me to follow him. We walked for about 5 minutes on an empty hallway until we got to the front of the door of my new class (a lousy one to be precise), and he walked ahead of me into the class and all of a sudden there was a complete decorum. He introduces me to the whole class and then gestured for me to do the remaining introduction. It was a short and simple introduction, that was when my eyes swept through the class and I saw her, I saw the person that is currently making me uncomfortable. *********** “What just happened?” I thought to myself, “Did I do anything wrong that she walked out on me before I could even introduce myself” I thought within myself. Still lost in my thought, a group of guys approached me and they looked like they were asking one another who was going to go first but before all their argument a guy came up to me and said; “Hi, I am Kingsley and you must be Tolu, the new transfer student” a light-skinned guy with tiny voice said “Yes, I am” I replied “This are my friends: James and John, the twins of our class, Austin and Kelechi” Kingsley said. “It is nice to meet you all” “So what department are you in” “I am an art student” I answered, thinking that would end the conversation in but that was not possible so I decided to flow with the discussion “What society would you love to join” one of the boys asked “Don’t have any choice on which to join” “Why is that?” he said with a squared face “Because I have not made my mind yet” “Ok, and uhm, we are having a school inter-house sport very soon, although it has not been announced, the sport prefect told me. So are you going to participate in the football competition” “I don’t know but I would see how things would fall out” “And I hope you don’t mind if I ask this question” “Go on” I answered “What made you join this school” John asked me “Just saw the advertisement on tv and decided I would love to spend my last year here” I answered. We spoke for a long time they even told me people I should avoid and Alexa was one of them, then I had a chuckle behind me and immediately the 4 friends left me and I turned around and saw a girl with some other girls at her back and she held out her hand in a princess style expecting me to kiss it but I just shook her hand and she gave me this flirty look. She later introduced herself as Chinwe and the rest to be Mitchell, Damilare, Naomi and Nancy. She said she was the Queen Bee of the class and I wouldn’t want to see her upset. Her and her train later moved and I quietly sank into my sit and wondered why the girl called Alexa avoided me but never mind I came here for something else. I was still pondering on my thought that I totally didn’t notice when the bell went off, but Alexa wasn’t yet in class (wait! Why am I getting anxious about her)? This is the beginning and thing are already getting interesting and ohh, I am going to live out the best of this but not over-live it so as not to redo my past mistake.

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