PREGNANT AND REJECTED : EPISODE 1 – 10
By Precious Boluwatife Kolade
EPISODE 5
?VALERIE MATTEWS ?
We entered the class which was a bit rowdy and noisy. These kids have got no manner left in their veins.
I entered with Jeffrey and Jennifer. My eyes scanned the whole classroom. It was bigger than that of my former school.
My heart skipped a beat as soon as it made contact with Harris.
“You’ll sit next to me “. Jennifer said pulling my hand towards her desk.
Two chairs and two desk were in a row. She sat down on one of chairs closer to the window while I sat down on the one next to her.
“Good morning students”. A lady who seem to be in her mid thirties entered with a book . She walked majestically inside as we all stood up to greet .
“Good morning Miss Skylar”. We all stood up .
“Morning..She replied us and faced some girls
“Girls, kindly move to your seats”. She ordered the girls who surrounded THE FOUR as they scampered to their seats.
“Good,be seated…Harris,Dennis,Ricky and Drake , welcome back to school after that long break…I love the vibes you’re giving us concerning your music career”. She said smiling.
“You’re welcome”. They chorused smiling.
“We have a newcomer in our midst”. She smiled again directing her gaze at me .
Oh geezzz! I wasn’t really expecting this. My heart skipped a beat as all eyes were on me. I was lost until Jennifer pinched my laps.
“Huhhh”. I faced her
“Can you stand up and introduce yourself please”. She ordered
“Introduce yourself now”. Jennifer whispered.
“Ohh,okay”. I stood up nervously.
“I’m Valerie Matthews,treat me well”. I said and sat down.
“Awwwn, cute name for a cute girl”. She remarked throwing a bomb in the class as everyone began to murmur and stare at my face too.
“Thank you ma”. It was so embarrassing.
“Okay, you’re welcome to GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL”. She said and called the register. I knew all their names instantly, I’m someone that catch up easily .
Then we started lectures. It was Mathematics, my favorite subject.
She wrote bodly on the white board with her marker.
“ROOTS,INDICES AND SURDS” .
“We are all familiar with the square roots of various numbers such as ?4 = 2 , ?9 = 3 , ?36 = 6 etc. We must have done it during our first grade and the cube roots of numbers like ³?8 = 2 , ³?27 = 3 etc.
She spoke , writing on the board. I paid rapt attention to what she was saying at the same time I was watching everyone, especially the girls as they kept taking pictures of THE FOUR .
“Now, We’re moving to INDICES and I want us to look at the laws guarding it. I won’t write it but I’ll start calling people to answer my questions. We’ve been taught ?this stuff during grade 1 and the likes so we can’t have a problem answering it “.
“Do we?
“No ma”. We all chorused.
“Val? Jenny tapped me. She was with her phone.
“Huh, what? I whispered.
“My boyfriend”. She showed me a picture of a very cute guy who was on hoodie.
“Awwwn, he’s so cute”. I said. Indeed the guy is very cute .
I was still smiling at her phone when someone threw a paper at me. The whole class erupted with laughter.
Jeeeeez!
This is embarrassing.
Jennifer hid her phone instantly, everyone’s gaze was fixed on me once again.
“Valerie Matthews, get up”.
I looked up to face Miss Skylar whose face was fierce.
“Yes ma’am”. I stood up so Innocent.
“The only thing I hate when I’m teaching is to see students discussing about irrelevant thing while I’m in the class”.
She said.
“I’m sorry ma’am,it won’t happen again” . I said still avoiding her eyes.
“You’ll answer my first question because of that, be seated”. She said as I sat down.
“As I said earlier, who can tell me the laws of indices..tell me one, new girl”. She said referring to me.
“Excuse me?
“One of the laws of indices”. She said walking towards me as I stood up.
“a^m × a^n = a^m+n”. I said avoiding her eyes.
“Hmm,gimme two more, this time around..walk to the front and write it on the board”.
She folded her hands against her breast.
She handed me the marker as I walked away from my seat. This is so embarrassing.
I heard the girls whisper.
” she can never know it”.
” She’s dull”.
I’m gonna show them who their boss is.
“a^m/a^n = a^m-n
(a^m)n = a^mn= (a ^n)m .
I wrote it on the board and walked to my seat back.
“Girl…that was fascinating”. Jennifer whispered. I only smiled at her as we await Miss Skylar to say if I’m wrong or not.
“Wow…what an exquisite brilliancy, she got em’ . Who can help out with the rest? She said but no one raised up their hands .
“She got them all right,I never knew you were so brilliant. Give her a round of applause”. She said as few people clapped
“So who can help out with the rest? She said again then the voice walked into my ears.
“a^o = 1 “. He said as smiling. We all looked back at him.
Some girls were giving me de.ath glares and they were murmuring to each other. I felt disturbed but it’s alright.
I’m used to it.
“Drake…that very good of you, I love that…”. We all applauded him .
She asked few questions which only I , Jeffery and yes Drake were able to answer.
The bell rang ! ?
“Gosh,this boring class is over, thankfully I survived it”. Jennifer sulked taking her phone out of her bag as she pressed it.
“C’mon, maths is so easy as ABC”. I said packing my books in my bag.
“Huh? Easy for you to say right?
“Ahah…I and Jeffery can always lecture you if you want,I see Jeff is an erudite and yes… Drake”. I whispered his name and directed my gaze at him.
It seems he noticed and he winked at me.
“Did Drake just wink at you ? Jennifer squealed holding my hands.
“I guess he just did”. I squealed back smiling.
“Who is that girl? I looked at the direction of a slim girl with long hair. She had one strand of rainbow colored hair on her hair .
She combed it continuously , checking the glass and applying make up. She stood up with two other girls who seemed like her slaves .
She walked towards the four wiggling her waist to Harris as he pressed a kss on her lips.
I looked away.
“That girl? That’s Autumn, Autumn Dallas “.
“Hm…. Dallas? That name sounds familiar”.
“Yeah, she’s the only daughter of Frederick Dallas the owner of the biggest shareholding company in Canada”.
“Dallas and co?
“And many more”. Jenny added.
“I’ve heard my father talk about his company before, no wonder the name sounds familiar”.
“She’s a rich kid and yes, the girlfriend to every girl’s crush…Harris Grayson”.
“I knew it”. I said with disgust
“I’ll be right back, I wanna see a teacher in the staff room..wanna tag along? Jenny said.
“Nope, I’m fine..wanna solve some maths”. I smiled pointing at my mathematics textbook
“Stay clear off Autumn and her two puppets, they’re evil wenches, just don’t cross paths with them at all..so you won’t regret it…my phone is in my bag, look after it”. She said and left the class.
“Hey…nice move in the class”. Jeff called as I looked back and gave him a smile.
” Never knew you were very good in mathematics”.
“Ohhh, that’s my favorite “.
“Same here”. I said. Then someone came to him with a book asking him to solve an equation.
I wanted to face my table when my hand mistakenly tossed a book on the floor as I bent down to pick it.
I saw a shoe walking towards me.
I looked up to see the person standing in front of me smiling broadly.
PREGNANT AND REJECTED : EPISODE 1 – 10
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