Twelve

The bell rang, finally school was over. I closed the textbook In front of me even though Mr Ralph was still talking.

"Make sure to collect your test papers from my desk before you leave." Mr Ralph said once he was done with the day's last subject.

My classmates headed to his desk and were collecting the script they used in writing the test. I didn't want to go get mine, I knew I scored poorly.

I tried my best but mannnn, does that teacher know how to set hard questions. I solved the few whose formulas I could remember and the rest, I just picked random answers to them so I could guess how low my test score would be.

Nick was laughing with his friends as usual, Uche was leaning on the wall next to all of them. I don't know what Nick said but he smiled and the others started laughing. I decided to go over there.

"We are not going home yet?" I asked Nick when I got there.

"We were actually planning on going to Kim's house." He replied.

"Can I talk to you here?" I dragged Kim away from his friends."What do you mean you are planning on going to Kim's, I can't go home by myself."

"Come with us."

"No." The only reason I agreed to go the first time was because of Uche. Just before I talked to Nick, I heard them discussing about how they were gonna take a short cut and not pass through 'Nick's' house.

"Fine, when we leave the school, I'll show you the way home, then you can go alone."

"No, I don't want to get lost." l really didn't want to get lost. Nick sighed and looked at me.

He looked back at his friends, they were going to the front of the class to collect their test scripts. Uche walked up to us.

"Let's go." He said.

"She can't go home alone, she doesn't know her way around yet." Nick told him and he looked at me.

"You are not going with us?" Uche asked me and I almost said yes, with him directly looking at me, but gladly I didn't, I just shook my head."So what now?"He directed his question to his best friend this time.

"I honestly don't know, I might have to walk her home."

"Walk me home? What am I, your little sister?"

"Well you don't know the way home."

"Yeah, like you would know your way around after staying a day, somewhere new." I retorted. No one said anything for some seconds after what I said.

"We are the only ones in class guys, we should go." Uche said and I looked around, he was right. Nick didn't react to what he said, I think he was trying to decide between going to Kim's and showing me home, he really didn't have a choice here.

"You said you weren't sure you were coming now, are you going home first." He asked Uche.

"Yeah, my dad asked me to do something after school, but Why, to show her to our block?"

"Yeah?"

"If she's okay going with just me?" Nick looked at me for consent as soon as Uche said that. Of course I was okay with going with just him, but I wasn't going to agree with it immediately, I didn't want to show how much I was happy about it.

"Wellll....okay, let's go." I said leading the way, I wanted to take my script before them, so they didn't see my grade, especially Uche.

"Thanks man." I heard Nick.

"yeah, might still drop by at Kim's, depends on when I finish." Uche replied walking behind me.

"I will take it that you haven't been learning with us on our previous topics." Mr Ralph said handing me my test paper." You better do better on the main test."

I looked at my paper, I was right, I got a C. Quickly folding it, I put it in my jean pocket before Uche came to where I stood. Mr Ralph gave his to him and he headed for the door, I followed suit.

He threw his script in the almost full waste bin just outside our class, I glanced at it as I walked past it.

"Uche, you changed your mind?" Kim asked once we both stepped outside, I guess they were waiting for he and Nick.

"Yeah." Uche answered still walking with me.

After we had both walked for a while without saying anything, I thought I should thank him for agreeing to do what he was doing.

"Thanks." I said and he looked at me.

"For?"

"You don't have to do this everyday, I mean...I would soon know my way around." I said not wanting to say 'for showing me the way back home.'

"I would actually pay to do this everyday." He said looking forward.

"Hmmn?" I asked even though I heard him, I wanted him to repeat it but he didn't, he just smiled. If he knew how I loved when he smiled.

"Why did you throw your script, so I could see you got an A?" I asked again and he chuckled.

"Nahhh."

"Then why?"

"It's basically thrash now, it's not useful, not like it's our main test, so no need to keep it."

"Oh."

"Did you know about the test?" He asked this time.

I took some time, thinking if I should be honest about knowing or just say no, because knowing about it wasn't useful, I still didn't study and I got a C on the test anyways.

"No." I lied.

"Really?Casey didn't tell you?"

"She did but it was already late to go through my books."

"So why did you insist on writing the test?" He stopped walking.

"I..uhm...I just wanted to write, to test myself."I found myself struggling with my words with him standing and looking at me directly like that.

"Or you just wanted to show off?" He winked and I smiled.

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