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ST.ROCKS BOYS: CHAPTER 9

A Deadly Day

In, out, In, out, Greg tried to breathe as they hid behind the building that offered them a clear view of the House of Pain.

“Wait, how do we make it across? Those seniors will surely see us and punish us even before we get a chance for revenge” Greg asked, as he wiped the sweat away from his face, the sunny day adding to his apprehension.

“I don’t know but let’s just wait. We can’t afford to go back now” Jide said breathlessly and for the first time he was afraid of moving forward with their revenge plan.
While Jide and Greg hid behind the wall waiting to put their plan in motion, the rest of the school were cheering and jubilating as students from various schools participated in debates and other performances that were the highlight of Social day. The large hall was filled to capacity not just with ST.Rocks students but also with pupils from other esteemed schools in Minner town. The atmosphere was charged with cheer and celebration.

And it was hard for him to be out here in the sun away from all that fun… away from Emilia. This could have been his chance with her, Jide thought to himself, squinting his eyes because of the brightness of the sun as he scanned to see if the seniors were still in the House of Pain.

“No” he shook his head, he couldn’t have possibly had any chance with her not when Senior Don had his eyes on her and when she obviously liked Greg. He glared at Greg as he suddenly remembered how Emilia had ignored him. However, Greg was oblivious to Jide’s watchful gaze and had no idea about the intense jealousy Jide felt towards him.

“Are you sure we can do this? I think we have gone too far! We should not do this, it is too risky!” Greg lamented as he crouched on the floor.

“Just shut up! We can do this! There’s no turning back. And we will finally succeed, everyone will praise us even without knowing we planned this. Just be calm.” He chided Greg whose light-skinned face was red with doubts and fear.

“Look they are leaving already! They are leaving!” Jide said in excitement, tapping Jide to get up from the floor.

“Once they are out we will go over to that fence and signal for your cousin’s guy to climb in. We will describe which seniors we want him to target. Senior Don is tying a scarf on his wrist, so it would be easy to identify him. Greg, do you hear me? Snap out of your fear and act like a true ST.Rocks boy!” Jide screamed at him.

Greg sat up immediately and wore a hard look on his face. Steadying his breathing, he joined Jide as they made their way slowly in broad day light to let the notorious Zuki into their school.

Social Day was the only day students from various schools were permitted to dress in both mufti and uniforms and stream through the wide-open ST. Rocks gate. It was the only day when the gate was unlocked, unlike on all other days it remained firmly shut, secured with a giant padlock.

But today anyone could walk in without raising suspicions. So, once Zuki and his boys were inside, they could mingle easily and get the job done. And after that they would escape from the high fence using the short ladder Jide and Greg had brought for them, if they were lucky.
As they raced to where they had the ladder hidden close to the wall, the only words that screamed in Greg’s mind were “What if they were caught?”

They would probably be punished and suspended for letting notorious cultists into their school. He scanned the vast empty space between the House of Pain and the school fence, but there was no one in sight.

“My guy! I don miss you. So na here you de hide?” Zuki spoke slowly, his half-closed eyes wandering over Greg’s ST. Rocks uniform, as he jumped down the ladder.

“St. Rocks boy! I de feel you!” He hailed Greg, slapping him on his head as five more boys got down from the fence and joined them.

“So who be this?” He asked, suddenly noticing Jide who was watching him with fear in his eyes.

“My name na Jide Akintola” Jide blurted out of fear. It was obvious he was standing before someone even more dangerous than senior Don. The way Zuki spoke and carried himself said that much.

“Eh, Akintola… e be like say I know you. You de stay for that big house for Marina Junction” Zuki, said as he studied him and Jide’s eye widened as he wondered how Zuki knew his home.

“Zuki abeg no time, we need to leave before someone sees us.” Greg said, his gaze darting around in fear.

“No de fear, I de here. You see those boys, una no go recognize them after today. And I go tell them say na because of you, my guy, I come disfigure them”

“No abeg, no tell me abeg!” Greg pleaded.

“Eh?” Zuki’s intense gaze locked onto Greg, causing him to gulp in fear.

“Make we go de go. Let’s do this, guys!” Zuki commanded, and they all marched towards the entrance of the hall where the Social day was taking place. Meanwhile, Jide and Greg returned to where they came from. It seemed as if they had never met the boys, and that’s the way they intended to keep it.

Greg observed Zuki as he walked like a zombie, while his followers strutted behind him with their chests puffed out. He hoped they could try and blend in until evening when the plan would work perfectly.

“Hey, it wasn’t that bad. This will work. I cannot wait to see those wicked seniors in pain.” Jide slapped his back playfully.

“Yeah, I guess” He feigned a smile as they both adjusted their uniforms. They walked into the hall, joining the others for Social day as if they hadn’t planned the greatest hit on their seniors.
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“Can I talk to you outside?” Senior Don asked Emilia, his gaze trailing over her curvy figure as she waited backstage for her turn to present.

“No, I can’t talk to you. I am about to go on stage. So, please maybe another time.”Emilia replied dryly, without even glancing in his direction. Who did he think he was, asking her to step outside at such a crucial moment? She rolled her eyes at him as he watched her.

Senior Don was taken aback, wondering why Emilia was trying to make a fool of him. Did she not realize that she was speaking to a senior?

“I said I want to talk to you” He repeated.

“I wish I can but I have to go” Emilia walked away because no boy had the right to command her. Not even a senior at ST. Rocks. There was only one boy she wanted to see now and it was Greg. And he was nowhere to be found, she said as she watched the large number of students seated in the hall, from the high stage.

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It was 6 o’clock in the evening, and while most of the well-behaved and frightened students had retired to their rooms and schools, students like Emilia, Jessica, Amy, and a significant number of others still hung around the hall, enjoying their only free day to socialize with others. Standing near the exit door, the three girls were a bit apprehensive because they knew it wasn’t a good time to be in the hall. But Emilia refused to leave until she spoke to Greg.

The hall, which had been filled with the booming sound of debates and loud clapping a few hours ago, was now shaking with loud noise as students partied hard. Despite being approached by numerous students to dance, Emilia had no interest in dancing with anyone. Her eyes finally settled on Greg, who was speaking to his friends, and Amy’s eyes followed hers. The only reason she and her friends were still enduring the steamy, noisy atmosphere of the hall was because of Greg.

Purposefully, Emilia strode to where Greg stood, determined to speak with him. She noticed that he was about to walk away when he saw her, but she called out his name and followed him, leaving him no choice but to stop and turn to her.

“Hey, are you avoiding me?”

Greg swallowed hard because he was indeed running away from her since Senior Don had warned him off her.

“I am just looking for someone to hang out with before social day is finally over! You promised to hang out with me, did you not?” Emilia asked a bit angry she was beginning to like Greg a bit too much. She ran her hands through her braids while she ignored all the other boys around.

“But social day is over. Why are you still here? You shouldn’t be here, Emilia. Things could get dead…” Greg tried to say but Jide shot him a deadly look that made him shut up.

“I mean we would soon be leaving. It is getting dark.”

“I don’t care. Let’s go to that corner and talk. Come on!” Emilia said, playfully dragging Greg along. Jide watched with anger building up inside him, but he wasn’t the only one. Senior Don also seethed with rage as he saw Emilia pull Greg away. How dare this junior reject him for some clueless newcomer like Greg? His pride was wounded.

With a sudden desire to show Emilia just how powerful he was as a senior, Senior Don bounced towards them from the opposite end of the hall where he had been standing to teach Greg a lesson. But at the same time, Jide discreetly signaled to Zuki and his boys who had been waiting for him to help them identify Senior Don before he sneaked off through the back door.

Greg saw both Senior Don and Zuki’s boy headed towards his direction and no one told him to disengage from his conversation with Emilia and find his way back to his hostel.

“Go to your hostel now!” He managed to say as he saw the Zuki and his boys walking marching faster to block senior Don. It was about to go down and he didn’t want to be caught in the middle of it. As he escaped through the back door to safety the last thing he saw was Emilia’s frightened face.

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