I woke up on a Monday morning the sun was out I had a good night's rest it was a typical Monday morning except the holiday was over and I had to go to school arghhhh
Who doesn't love the idea of going to school after a few weeks of pure bliss
I took my bath, brushed my teeth ironed my school uniform and I was ready for school
I usually went by the school bus but occasionally my dad dropped me off at school.
“Kiara” My dad called
Speak of the devil
“Sir” I answered
“Come downstairs we need to leave so we won’t meet traffic” he replied
“Alright daddy I’m coming” I replied
As I got downstairs I greeted my mom and dad while I gently nudged my brother
My sister as usual ignored me
“Who cares” not me
My family is a family of 5 my Parents and my 2 siblings
We left the house together I and my brother to my dad's car to take us to school while my sister who is on her IT went with my mom to work she is an intern there.
I was in my own world while on the way to school
Fortunately, there was no traffic and in no time I saw a large blue gate “sky haven high school”
My brother and I got down from the car and waved my dad goodbye before making our way into the school
I am in my senior year (ss3) same as my brother we are twins not very identical though
I got into my new class having just been promoted to ss3. unfortunately, my brother was in another class but I didn’t worry much I patiently waited for my best friend Sophia to come.
Bzzzzzzz Bzzzzzz the siren rang suddenly rang signaling all students to assemble at the assembly ground
I guess I’ll see Sophia after the assembly I whispered to myself
The students hurriedly gathered at the assembly ground to avoid being punished on the first day of school
We sang the national anthem and then the school anthem the principal took the mic to address the students.
“Good morning students” Our principal Mrs. Adebayo roared through the microphone
“Good morning ma” Few of us chorused
Seems I wasn’t the only one who wasn’t happy to be here
She welcomed us back to school and gave a few announcements then dismissed us to our classes
I got to my classroom still wondering where Sophia was when someone closed my eyes and I instantly smiled knowing only one person could do that.
“Sophia” I screamed happily and gave her a hug I have certainly missed her
We only spoke on the phone since the holiday started
She traveled to the village with her family during the holiday
“Kiara baby how far na I have missed you,” Sophia said
“I have missed you too” I replied
We were in the middle of our pleasantries when we heard a loud screeching
There was a commotion outside we all ran outside our various classrooms to know what had happened
There was a little crowd covering someone up
“You all give him space leave him alone” A teacher screamed
He is asthmatic and he was having an attack
“Buchi look at me,” The teacher said
She needed to keep him conscious so he would be able to use the inhaler which I learned was on its way from the sickbay already
Photo by Luci
In no time at all the inhaler got here and it was handed over to him by the teacher and he was able to use it.
We all heaved a sigh of relief because that was a major crisis that was avoided and slowly and reluctantly we all had to go back to our various classrooms to start the first class of the day.
The first period was maths
I hate maths I mean who doesn't, calculating a bunch of numbers I won’t use in the real world
“Kiara” Kiara” Sophia called
Sophia was also my seat partner
Fun right
“Yes Sophia” I answered
“You have added weight o , you really enjoyed your holiday,” she said
“I chuckled” see who is talking have you seen your self you added too and you look good. What's your secret?” I replied
“Being lazy and my grandparents stuffing me with food all the time I guess” she said with a little laugh
God, I have missed this girl
Now I don’t regret coming to school today
We talked throughout the maths class and all other classes and soon it was time to eat. we walked out of class together to go find my brother so we could go to the cafeteria to get something to eat
photo by wokandapix
We found him at a table with his friends, as usual, they were arguing
At what this time I wondered
“Messi is the greatest of all time nobody comes closer “I heard my brother scream
“That’s a lie Ronaldo is the greatest of all time he has more goals than Messi” A friend of his screamed back at him
“That's the only thing he has that Messi doesn't and he isn’t even passing him with up to 50 goals despite having A 2 year lead in the football world on Messi” My brother replied
“Xavier” I called
Xavier is my brother's name
“Kiara howfa go and get your food I already kept a seat for you and Sophia here ” he replied and went back to arguing
“He is so fine,” Sophia said to me while we were in line to get our food
I just laughed it off because I know they both have a thing for each other but are just too scared to talk about it
I got the jollof rice and meat same with Sophia but instead of sitting with my brother and his friends we sat alone because they are probably going to argue throughout the whole break period
Soon break was over and we went to our classrooms and continued our lessons
In no time school was over
We didn’t do much today
It being our first day back to school was probably the reason
“Honk honk” Sophia's mom honked her car to signal Sophia
Photo by Ольга Волковицкая
“Good afternoon ma” my brother and I greeted
“How are you ejima,” Sophia's mom said
“We are fine ma” we replied
“Greet your parents for me okay,” she said
“Yes ma” we replied
We bid them goodbye and left for our school bus to take us home.
Long after I had taken my bath and eaten after getting home I took out my diary and wrote a few things that happened today
Especially the asthma attack
I guess today wasn’t bad I was glad to have gone to school. I didn’t realize how much I had missed those four walls of pure pain
And this was how my first day back at school went.
