6__Getting used to the situation

"Really, a banner like me to draw for you a sketch, you want to fail? "I tried my best not to draw anything for her, i mean it was not part of the treatment anyway.

"Can you leave the ground so that we can proceed?" oh good Lord, that art guy was just on my neck now leaving me with nothing to do except drawing her the sketch of whatever she wanted.

"OK am going to draw it but don't blame me if you fail " i wanted to use my last hope to make her stop this idea.

"What does me failing got to do with you? you will draw it and i want it to be fine, try to make it look nice." Just after telling me she grabbed me by the arm and dragged me outside the class.

"Here, sit down and draw what others are drawing, make it look nice. don't you dare play any tricks in front of me or you will understand the situation you are in right now" she gestured me to sit and point at the image in front of the classroom.

It was a green bucket and inside of it was a towel which slipped a bit out of the bucket left hanging to the ground. Near it was a purple soap dish with a sponge inside also slipped out a little but was still inside the soap dish, on the other side of the soap dish was a piece of stop just opposite to the sponge.

'You've got to be kidding me' I used to learn art with my bro at home but not this kind of definition art, someone must tell that the items drawn are used to take a bath. It was a simple sketch but I didn't dare to ask for the toning. It would have been easy if colours were allowed but by the looks of it, someone had to do this work with just a pencil and rubber, no additional materials.

After passing the materials, she sat just besides me waiting for me to start. If she just knew how i loved her scent and hated her personality, I don't think she would be sitting besides me.

"Will you draw or just look at the book like its new to your eyes " this girl was just so rude.

I decided to concentrate on the image before me despite me not wanting to draw it for her, i still liked it being my first image in high school, i wanted it to look perfect just like what i would have drawn in my book.

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I was emersed in the drawing forgetting what time it was even I never witnessed students moving out for lunch as I was so taken by the conclusion of this image, I knew it was not perfect but according to what I thought, it was quite satisfying on my side. It was my first hard picture anyway so I did not have to be so disappointed maybe next time better. It was not my art book so I should care less.

The sketch was done and I was so amazed with my talent, it made me feel proud of myself and I wished it was mine so dat i could do the toning too but unluckily it was hers. 'wait where did this witch go' I started looking around remembering that I had someone supervising me at the back.

There she was looking at the image with eyes that never left it, I failed to understand whether she liked it or not but all i wanted to do now was to go get her lunch.

"Here i'm done, I will go get you lunch. " I walked outside without waiting for her reply. She just looked at him leaving before putting on a devilish smile.

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"excuse me, can I have a break out card,I want to get some food outside " i told Mr Bazibu but the reality was that I wasn't going out just for her food. My uniform needed some fitting so I wanted a tailor.

"we are having restaurants in the school, what kind of food do you want outside?." He asked waiting for a reasonable reply.

"That girl wants food from outside of the school so I have to go out"

He wrote me a green break out card and then handed it to me but i didn't look at it at all. Going straight to the dormitory, I had to pick up my uniform before going to the main gate.

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Giving out the green card to the gateman, he looked at it intently before handing it over to me.

"you're a lucky guy! you even got a whole term green card receipt from Bazibu himself with a stamp too. But you don't need to take so long out there, you must be here before lunch." He explained to me before he opened the gate and sent me off.

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On reaching the town, i was told by Job that it was called Manja the place where our school was located in Kiwangala so maybe this town i just entered was called Manaja. I had to first look for the tailor's shop before doing anything so i asked around and I was directed to a small stall built of timber. 'This is truly a village' i thought. Entering the shop i found an old woman who was peacefully sitting on a stool reading something which looked like a Bible but had no covers. I removed the uniform from my bag and placed it on a nearby table before explaining the instructions to her.

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Inside the school some minutes after Ken leaving, in a room with a label at the top of the door "form two" was now filled with a number of students all O'level standing besides a desk looking at a very beautiful girl painting her sketch.

Habibah was so pleased by the sketch that Ken drawn for her, 'with my painting skills, no one will win a mark higher than mine' she smiled. As time went by, the photo was already done as many students were looking at it with admiration and some felt like holding it for ounce but none of them even tried to mess with Shab's stuff.

'Why isn't he coming back yet' Habibah have been waiting for Ken, 'not at all!..., i'm supposed to wait for my lunch, why should i wait for a jerk like him' she convinced herself.

"Won't you come with us to the restaurant for lunch? " one of her friends Momo asked.

"Nop, someone is getting me lunch so you guys can have it first " she replied still wondering why Ken wasn't coming back.

'Where did he go? ' was she worried about him! No it cant be because back then she wanted him to get arrested, yeah it served him right because why did he have to slap. her infront of the students.

Waiting for another half an hour, lunch was up and still Ken was no where to be seen. Instead of sitting here, i should visit Bazibu maybe he knows where this fool went.

Reaching Bazibu's office, thank God the deputy is around. I knocked on the door before entering.

Bazibu was sitting on his table chair as usual but at times, he never looked at me when i came knowing I always brought trouble to him but this time, it was weird because he looked at me with a questioning look on his face. 'why does he have to look at me like that?'

"Good afternoon, sir, do you have any idea about where i can find Ken? " i tried to sound polite though this was nothing like me even if I wanted something from someone.

'Oh damn, now he is looking at me with more complicated looks but still saying nothing! what is he up to?'

"He had to bring me lunch but he is not back yet, so did you send him off to some where? " I tried to explain, I really failed to understand why Bazibu was playing mute right now!

Bazibu was now looking at something at my back still saying nothing so i wanted to have a look. I turned around meeting Ken standing at door way with his hands crossed behind his back.

"I have been waiting for you the whole of lunch time, where have you been? " she scolded him right away before him saying anything.

" I told you that I went to get you lunch, are you still hungry or I should eat them myself " I really didn't think this girl will fail to eat lunch because she was waiting for something i was buying for her, it was not like her so i cared less about coming back early. Oh maybe she thought i was a true house boy of hers.

I had to shop a lot of stuff with some of my cash in order to have escorts for her breakfast, Escorts outside were cheaper than those inside of the school. I also bought these many escorts just to be able to get time for my studies not just time for baby sitting.

"If you wont eat, i'm leaving" i bought her food, she still wanted me to plead for her to eat it. it was a joke.

"you...!" she blurted out but he was already gone.

Moving outside she started following him leaving Bazibu who was still with a weird look on his face.

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