Chapter 7

So a new student came in the middle of the school term, let's call him Clinton. His arrival was quite surprising because it was the middle of the school term. He entered the class with a big goofy smile on his little face which was surprising to me because most of the students enter school with a sad expression some even crying but he wasn't like that, it looked like he was excited to attend school.

During break time Clinton immediately went to Wilfred seat and started talking to him like they were friends which I later found out they were. I was shocked that the new kid knew Wilfred but it was later replaced with annoyances because he was always with Wilfred except during classes.

So I decided to observe him before I made my move,I distanced my self from Wilfred in order to observe them better and after a lot of observations and digging of information I found out that Clinton and Wilfred were actually childhood friends they always went to the same school mainly because when Wilfred changes school,Clinton follows him like a lackey following a boss.

So I started to interacting with Wilfred again in order to observe Clinton more closely. I found out that Clinton was a cheerful and bubbly type which was completely opposite of Wilfred.

I tried to deepen I and Wilfred relationship like how it was before but Clinton always seem to be present at every occasion.Cliton slowly started getting on my nerves but I didn't know how to deal with him because he and Wilfred were very close,even closer to Wilfred than I was.I always felt like the third wheel when ever I hanged out with Wilfred and the uninvited Cliton.

Wilfred attention was slowly diverted from me and I hated it.I didn't want him to pay attention to any one but me,I wanted to be the only one that occupied his attention and time . I just wanted it to return to how it was before Cliton showed up, when I occupied all his time and how he always wanted to get my own attention.

I regretted distancing my self away from him in order to dig some dirt on Cliton.My thoughts gradually became occupied with Wilfred,I imagined a lot of scenarios of us together just the two of us,no Cliton or any annoying classmates. I started coming up with plans to distance Cliton and Wilfred but later gave up after testing how close their relationship was instead I created plans to get more close to Wilfred which at that time I thought I was competing with Cliton for Wilfred attention but it was just my wishful thinking which was proved by how deep their friendship was.

I tried a lot of ways to get Wilfred attention like one time I brought a phone to school knowing fully well it was not allowed, then during break I led my classmates to a secluded place where they took turns playing games on the mobile phone but I purposely didn't invite Wilfred but gave Cliton a turn which made him grin foolish, poor boy didn't know he was being used. I saw how Wilfred was looking at me eagerly hoping he would be invited next after Cliton but I just turned my head like I didn't see his gazes, so break was finally over and we all went to our class with Wilfred gaze still on me.

I wanted all Wilfred attention and I thought making him jealous was the right step to take but he proved me so wrong because our relationship declined so much that we weren't talking that like how we used to,so I came up with another plan.

One day I ran to the teacher crying with my clothes messy like I rolled on the sand(which I did by myself in order to make my story more believable)I told her that Wilfred and his friends bullied me,I can't really remember the full story but I know that I made it sound so serious and look very bad.

So Wilfred,Cliton and one of my classmate was called by the teacher and was given a very long lecture while I stood behind the teacher with watery eyes and one or two tears occasionally dropping from them.Of course the poor boys were so stunned because they didn't even understand what was happening they were later punished by 3strokes of beating with a cane(During my school time beating with canes were allowed as one of the forms of punishment which was frequently used and was adopted by a lot of schools in my country but later, caning was reduced and only if your school wanted to adopted it would it be used and a lot of parents also complained because some teachers went a little bit overboard).

After this incident I and Wilfred friendship became so weak like a hair strand and one day he didn't come to school which was repeated for a week, I later heard from Cliton and the teacher that he traveled to another state.When I heard this news I was so shocked then I felt terribly bad because of the way we parted I wished over and over again that I could rewind time and stop my self from making that incident happen because I knew that I was partially one of the reasons Wilfred left.

As time went by I couldn't forget Wilfred I would sometimes dream about him and was always reminded about my actions towards him.That incident became one of the days I would never forget even if I don't really remember it as vividly as it happened I would always remember my terrible actions.