"Dalitso!You're here,"Hamiz shouts at me looking all happy for some reason.
"Yeah I am,"I smile,failing to hide it.
"Welcome back to prison,"he welcomes me humbly as he finishes it with a laugh.
As I am walking on the corridors,I can see heads turn to each other and murmur about my return,haaaa what a dramatic return,I feel like I am in a movie right now whereas I am the great queen of drama and I am returning back to my spotlight haha,such fantasies.
"Eheh,you're back?"Lizbeth asks me rhetorically.
Sometimes I just want to answer these people in a rude way I mean like no I'm not back,this is just a shadow that you're seeing right now.
"Yeah,"I answer her respectfully.
"The cash madam is back,"Bris says behind my back.
As I turn to look at him and give him a sassy look,he catches up with my pace.
"This place felt empty without you,"he says as he looks away and puts his hands in his pockets.
"Too cheesy,"I tell him.
He just lets out a laugh and then looks at me and laughs again,I wonder what's so funny here.
"What are you laughing at?"I ask.
"You look miserable man,"he says as he continues to laugh,how does misery make a fellow man laugh?
"Alot is going on in my head,"I answer as I step my foot in the class.
"Care to share,"he says as now he looks interested to hear what I have to say,serious mode activated!
Boys never cease to suprise me,one minute they are all cockoo and the next they are all normal and caring,so weird.
"Are you going to tell me or what?"He asks as he now raises his eyebrows at me,okay now really serious mode activated.
"Later,let me catch my breath from all that walking,"I say as I realise that my excuse is really lame.
He gives me the 'are you serious?' expression and I laugh.
"Girl,"he sassily starts,"you just walked from the gate to here,what's there to breath from?"He asks making a very valid point.
"Still walked,"I say.
"Ah,"he says as he shakes his head and puts his hands back in the pocket,"anyways catch up with you later man,I got things to do,"he says as pats my shoulders.
"Bye,"I say as I wave at him with a smile.
"Romance ndikutsogolo komwe??"A friend of his shouts while looking at me.
"Is there a problem with that?"He asks him as he turns to look at him.
I just choose to keep my self-dignity and quietly walk to my seat.
"Eheh dude you have to keep it low,"he answers him as he gestures.
"Find your own girl man,"he answers as he turns back to continue whatever he never started but planned to do.
"Yours looks interesting,"he answers.
Whatever these guys are talking about is definitely no longer about the silly comment he made,boys are so weird.
"Nah bro,this one is out of the line,out of bounds,"he smiles towards him as he tells him
"We shall see,"he says as he smiles back.
They both laugh after looking at each other confirming the fact that we girls keep in mind,boys are crazy.
"Desho!"Sharma exclamates as she walks towards the desk.
"Desho!"I exclamate back while smiling radiantly.
"You have come at an auspicious time,"her drama so begins.
"What serie did you watch yesterday?"I ask while chuckling.
"Jhanak,"she looks at me with a happy face.
"Don't tell me about it,"I try to pass.
"Just a little bit chabwino,"she tries to convince me.
"Operation failed,"I tell her.
"Whatever,you're missing out on a lot,"she says as she sits looking all disappointed.
"I'm cool with that,"I say as I lean on this hard desk.
"I hope you read,"she looks at me.
"Read what?"I ask,confused.
"Don't tell me you don't know,"she asks looking at me all suprised.
I just shake my head as I look at her sarcastically.
"Tomorrow we'll be writing a test,"she says.
"Eheh,how many times do we need to be tested?"I ask her expecting her to get the joke.
"Once or twice a week or let me just estimate,almost every day,"she answers me,she didn't get it.
*Sigh,I'm just coming out of the hospital and I just had to come back here to be tested,how many tests do I need to take in my life,don't answer me.
"Bio,"she tells me as she takes out a notebook to begin studying.
This explains why everybody has their notebooks sticking in their eyes.
"Did she particulary say a specific part that will come?"I ask.
"You know how she is,just go and read,MANEB doesn't tell you where the questions will come from?"She mimicks her.
"Teachers,"I say while shaking my head.
"She came on a benz,everybody literally was like what is a single woman with such expensive cars doing here?"She laughs.
"Working,"I answer.
"How can a teacher be so rich and she's a teacher?"She asks.
"That's mediocrisy,"I say as I frown.
"How much is her salary? And obviously for her age,she's very young and pretty much single,"she says as she shakes her head.
"She comes from a well-to-do family,"I tell her.
"How do you know? Have my skills been rubbing off of you?" She smiles weirdly as if she expects me to say yes and it would be the most happiest thing in her life, so interesting.
"No,I know her,"I finally tell her,something that I haven't really told anyone in this school before because I know what follows next the minute I explain the connection between her and myself.
"How?"She curiously looks at me.
*Sigh.
"Her dad is a great friend of my granny,"I tell her.
"Granny?"She rhetorically asks.
"Yeah my grandmother,we just call her granny,"I tell her.
"Mh rich kid alert!"She says as she looks away and grins.
"Iiiiii she prefers being called that,"I tell her as I don't want to pretty much pay attention to the rich kid stuff.
"Eheh you rich kids,the names you call your family members,so where is she?"She asks now looking so drawn away but the name granny,"let me guess,England? Canada? Miami?"
I just let out a tired laugh and look at her.
"She stays in Lilongwe,"I lie but seriously look like I'm telling the truth.
"What? No way?"She doesn't believe me.
"You don't believe me?I ask,"it's not like it's my money,I'm just a benefactor that's all,"I tell her.
"That's a lie,technically it's yours too I mean why do you even work hard? You have everything secured,"She says.
I think what she has brought up is something that is true however not in every case because the way my dad is,he would never in his life admire lazy people not to even talk about employing them in the name of family members. This explains why some of his family members are farmers in the village,they slacked off one time and that was it,my dad is my dad.
"You wouldn't understand,"I just try to end the conversation.
"I mean if you try to explain it,I would,"she says.
"You wouldn't and besides there are people here richer than my family so go ask them,"I tell her as I avoid eye contact.
"Oh please,"she rolls her eyes,"we have to book an appointment to talk to the pretty princesses,"she looks annoyed.
"Sorry man,"I answer without a tone of sincerity in my apology.
"I have to go now,"she says as she stands up.
"Where are you heading to?" I ask because this is time for classes not gists.
"Melinda had a gist,the teacher is not coming so I need to get gisting and I need my brain activated,I don't think I will understand what I wanted to read,"she sounds proud of it.
"You have a problem,"I clearly point out.
"I don't care,my ears are itching to hear this juicy gist and by the way,news has been spreading around that your bestie has a girl,"she says.
I look around and decide to say,"good for him."
Without any words,the expression itself just shows that she is shocked at the understanding that I simply don't care about baseless rumours.
"Let me go,"she says whilst walking away.
I just wave at her and to the books I go,trying to gain wisdom hahaha.
Phew! It is finally break time and man I am so hungry but before I go for a break,let me just confirm that these baseless rumours the news just informed me of are really baseless.
*Clears throat.
"Hie,"I dramatically sit down next to what I'd like to call,the subject of matter at hand.
"Eyyy,"he just takes a glance at me then back to copying notes he goes.
"What you writing?"I ask when I can clearly see what he's copying.
"Chem,"he answers as he still copies.
"So,"I try to start.
"Wamva chani?"He looks at me now but wow,that is one serious and tired look.
"I heard nothing,"I lie.
He just scoffs and goes back to his writing.
"So who is she?"I ask winking at him while smiling.
He looks at me while giving me a confused smile,"I am looking at her,"he says.
I turn to see and actually I realise it's me.
"What?"I ask as I frown.
"Yeah,"he says as he shakes his head.
"How?"I ask.
He laughs and puts his pen down.
"I'm lying,what did you hear?"He asks.
I just drop my jaw because he totally sounded like he knew what I meant by that.
"Girl I'm super busy right now,I ain't got the time to wait for your jaw to drop and to rise back up,speak,"he raises his eyebrows as he tells me.
"I heard you have a girlfriend,"I say as I start to think that it doesn't make sense but I still want to know anyways.
He laughs and looks away,raising my suspicion.
"And if it's true?"He asks while smirking.
What?? Words fail to come out as I am trying to understand what he means by that.
"What?"I ask dramatically.
"And if it's true?"He raises his eyebrows at me.