Thirty three

When I got to the door leading to my class, I looked back to know if he was coming behind me but he wasn't. There was some other boy standing at his locker with him now, they were laughing and talking like they didn't have to be in class like everyone else.

I was about to go into the classroom when I saw Nick join Uche and the boy and they continued talking.

When I went in, Mr Ralph; our teacher, had his legs crossed on top of his desk while he sipped from his mug at intervals. I quietly found my way to my seat which was next to Casey to avoid getting any attention but some persons still stared at me as I made way to sit.

After I had taken my seat and arranged my books for math class on the desk in front of me, I saw Mr Ralph take his legs off the table. He cleared his throat loudly as he stood up from where he sat, keeping the mug on his desk.

After looking around briefly, he sighed loudly before he spoke;

"Why is everyone not here?" He asked the class as a whole but no one said anything, we just looked at each other.

I looked over to Uche's seat and the two seats behind his were empty and the one next to him was also unoccupied.

The class door opened and Uche came in, walking past the teacher and towards his seat. Nick also came in, following behind him was Kim and the boy who Uche was talking with just before I went into class.

"Our kings decide when they want to come to class, don't they?" Mr Ralph said sarcastically with a stern look at the group of boys where they sat before picking up a marker and turned to the marker board.

"Before I forget," Mr Ralph turned back to us,"Julie?" He called me. Why was he calling me, whyyyyyyy?!

"Sir." I answered trying to act like I didn't know the class was looking at me now.

"You are going to decide which school club you want to join later on today, okay."

"Okay."

"Yeah, you can ask your classmates about the existing clubs, they can help you through." He added and I nodded.

"Now let's continue..." He said, getting everyone's attention back to just him and the marker board he was writing on.

I turned my neck and looked in Uche's direction, he wasn't looking at the board as everyone was, he was looking back at me with a light smile but I didn't smile back, I just used my eyes to signal him to turn his attention to Mr Ralph but he shook his head slightly.

I thought he was just messing with me so I returned my attention to our teacher and turned back after a short while and he was still looking at me and his smile broadened when he noticed that I was surprised.

Was he seriously doing this?! Right now?! What if someone was watching him as he watched me. With this thought, I looked over at Nick and he was paying full attention to Mr Ralph...thank goodness.

"Stop." I whispered hoping he could read my lips from over there. He shook his head again, I guess he could read my lips.

"Seriously, stop." I found myself smiling now as I whispered again.

"Stop what?" I heard Casey ask.i forgot she was right next to

"Huh?" I asked back, buying myself time to think of what to tell her.

"You said stop, so I am asking; stop what?"

"Uhm, stop talking, Mr Ralph might hear us." I whispered to her and picked up my pen like I planned to write something.

She nodded and faced her books too, taking the opportunity, I turned in Uche's direction and he was now listening. I know I was just asking him to pay attention to what Mr Ralph was teaching but now that he was doing that, I felt like I wanted him to continue to look and smile.

The bell rang after more than forty-five minutes, finally we were done with math class.

"I want every one of you to come forward with your homeworks, so I can review them." Mr Ralph said after he rounded up math class.

Some persons started to murmur, making him(Mr Ralph) smirk for some reason. I guess he was happy that most of them didn't do the homework he gave.

"You guys didn't think I will forget, did you?" He laughed and I rolled my eyes.

The first few students at the front row on the left started to go over to his desk and leave their notebooks there. When it got to my turn, I was about to get up but Casey stood before me, snatching my notebook from me and piling it on top of hers.

"Don't worry, I will just submit yours along with mine." She smiled and started towards Mr Ralph's desk.

Normally, I should be annoyed over what she just did but I wasn't, probably because I didn't want to go submit my notebook by walking all the way to the front with everyone watching me, I was happy she did what she did.

"Thanks." I told her when she returned and I got an expected smile from her.

After everyone present in the classroom had to submitted their notebooks for their homework, Mr Ralph took his seat and brought out a magazine. He started to read the magazine while the class watched him quietly. He raised his head after a while, I think he just remembered that we were still in his class.

"Oh, you all can go for your music class. You can leave." He said and a majority of the class stood up all at once like they were waiting for him to say that.

"It's music class next?" I asked Casey.

"Yeah."

"How's the music class here?" I asked her.

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