CHAPTER 4

When we got to the hostel gate we saw senior Vera standing by the gate as if waiting patiently for someone, I could have been less worried but the way she repositioned when she saw me, you should have seen it, it was like an hungry lion getting ready to pounce on its prey. Googles turned to me and said, " Hey Angel, is that not glue at the gate, hope we are safe? " , I looked at her and replied, "I can't see no glues but I'm very sure it's senior Vera I'm seeing."

" Yes she is glue. "

" What? "

" Hear her name now, Vera, ALOE VERA, what's that thing inside an aloe vera called?"

" It's called gel, hmn, gel, not glue. "

"But I changed it to glue because she always sticking around you like a glue, what is she looking for now, doesn't she even know that you are now in senior level and that she should be looking for another junior female student who is likely to get the attention of the boys, I don't even understand these seniors anymore, have they come to school to learn or chase after boys and bully beautiful junior student? That's probably why none of them have been able to represent the school in external competitions,what a shame ! Senior Dasola and her friends are the only genuine female seniors we have, well it's really true birds of a feather flock together. " I looked at her and said, " So what's the correlation between what you just finished saying now and the matter on ground."

" What's the matter on ground? "

" Can't you see senior Vera at the gate, see, she's even still looking at us, seems like she won't leave that place if we don't go, wait, is she really waiting for me? She must have come for revenge, now only God knows what she is going to do. "

" Wow, you really worry a lot, she can't do nothing, see there are people there, she would not dare try nonsense with you. "

"What if they are together? "

" Girl you worry a lot ! See now it's five minutes to four, you don't want us to miss our siesta let's go there's nothing and if there is, we'll face it head on. " She said and patted my back. We started moving towards the hostel's gate, as we were moving towards the gate, senior Vera was staring at us as if monitoring our every step. We got to the gate and passed her, she didn't do or say anything, what? We continued moving towards the hostel and she wasn't even following us, " wow! " I exclaimed. "See? I told you that there was nothing to worry about. " I looked at Googles and asked, So why was she now staring at us as we were moving towards the gate as if she was waiting for us to get to where she was standing. " , " How am I supposed to know? It's not like I'm a mind reader. " She replied curtly, " Well, I gotta go, have a nice time with your new found sister, byeee.... , " I hissed and walked away, I knew she was trying to tease me I don't know who dashed me sister, whether it was she. Now I was going back to the hostel to meet, according to senior Julius " THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER." how I wish I could call her that to her face. I continued walking towards my room, I greeted other students as I was going to my room or to rightly put it, ' OUR ROOM ' , I didn't even think of what might happen when I got into the room, whether senior Vivian would have gone back to her normal self or whatever, I just didn't think of anything like that, I couldn't. I got to the entrance of the room, held the door knob and was ready to open the door, then my heart started beating fast , I placed my hand on my chest, "Hey heart." I muttered, " Why are are you beating so fast, are you afraid of something or someone, don't worry you gat me and I gat you, we are together in this okay we will not fall, we will stand, we will defeat the enemies, yeah , yeah, let's do...., "

" Who are you talking with? " Senior Vivian asked, I was so lost talking to myself that I didn't know the door had been opened and that senior Vivian was right in front of me.

"Erm, yes?" I didn't know exactly what to say so I just pretended I didn't hear what she said. She asked me again, " Who are you talking to, because I was hearing someone's voice from inside and it sounded like the person was speaking with someone but I got out and found only you so I was wondering who you were speaking with. "

"Well ,I was not talking with anybody, I was only talking to myself, erm, I was erm, cheering myself up and encouraging myself." I replied her. " Please excuse me. " I said and went inside the room, she entered too and sat on her bed, I dropped my bag and changed from my school uniform into the hostel wear then I laid on my bed to take a short nap, the siesta time was from 4 pm to 4:50 pm , though siesta time was almost over, I still rested with the little time I had.

The room was silent , none of us was saying anything to each other or should I say senior Vivian was saying nothing to me because what do I want to be discussing with her, she might say now that she has allowed me to be her sister for a day I now think I can speak with her any how, and I don't want trouble, no, I have a very gentle soul, a trouble free one at that.

When siesta time was over we all stepped out to clean the hostel surrounding. The thing is, at Rosebud, no matter how VIP your parents are, as long as you are a student of the school and you are within the school, you follow the school rules. For senior students, we were all placed on schedule which means most of the things we did were according to the hostel's schedule, remember all senior students were assigned to live in the boarding house. So we all went out for cleaning. I was assigned to clean the balcony of the second floor, coincidentally, Googles was also assigned to clean the same place, so like that we hooked up again.

" Madam Googles. " I greeted.

" Miss Googles. " She corrected.

" Madam Googles, Miss Googles, what difference does it make, the both address one person." I said. She shook her head in disagreement and said, " The way you say it matters a lot, when you say madam Googles,it sounds as if you are addressing an old woman trying to be charismatic, but when you say Miss Googles or just Googles then you give the impression that you are addressing an intelligentsia you understand? "

" Yes Madam Googles. " I gave a slight bow.

" What the..., "

" What? "

"I just corrected you now and you just repeated the same mistake, are you sure you are the best student of this school? "

" Hmn? "

"Gosh! You know you can really be annoying at time and then I wonder what type of weird human being you are. "

"Well I also wonder what type of weird human being you are. " I thought to myself and laughed out loud.

" What's funny, why are you laughing now, what I said wasn't funny. "

" Well, I wasn't laughing at what you said. "

" Then why were you laughing? "

" My thoughts! "

" What about that? "

" When you said you wonder at times what type of a weird human being I was, I was also thinking in my heart that at times I also wonder what type of weird human being you are for example chasing after butterflies today and grasshoppers tomorrow. " As I made that statement, we both bursted in laughter, we laughed and laughed till we remembered that we had not done any work and that even got us laughing the more. We became serious when we saw the hostel mistress coming so that she would not separate us. As we were cleaning the balcony, we were talking and chatting and playing at the same, time it's really fun to have someone like Googles as a friend but lucky me , I had her not just as a friend but also she was my best friend, yeah Gracia aka Googles was my bestie. I really loved her a lot because since my first day at Rose bud, she had always been fighting for me and she made friends with me out of pure love and not just because of my beauty. She will forever be my best friend. We finished cleaning and went to the refuse site to dispose the trash. We were done cleaning for the day. We left the refuse site and made towards our room again, as we were going I heard someone call my name from behind, " Angel! " I turned to see who it was and to my utmost surprise, it was senior Vera.