YungTemy:
Dedicated to BluntMadmoiselle

We are all students learning from life, each day and each experience helps to guide us towards either the right part or the wrong part depending on our volition. My first year in school wasn't all that rosy, infact it was a crazy experience, but I learnt alot though. ''No man is perfect'', I've made lots of mistakes and I'm still gonna make more probably tomorrow, I never can tell.
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2nd year in school.
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It was January the beginning of a new semester,The cold freezing hamattan weather had gotten to it's peak. It blew cold dry dust, one couldn't even see the next house. It was that bad.

I woke up very early in the morning, I was suppose to have a ''compulsory class'' by 9am. But I just laid on bed completely folded in my blanket like a ''mommy''.
''God, I love this feeling but why this man con fix class this kind time na'' I tot. My brother was busy snoring, I could tell he was really enjoying the cold hamattan weather. ''if Nigeria fit cold like this how America go con be''. This tot ran through my mind.
I went into the bathroom, took a bucket and went outside to fetch water. While I was about to draw water from the well using a fetcher, I saw this gorgeous African queen, coming towards my position to fetch water. ''argh! Who be this babe, see how she fine like Nadia Buhari'' i wondered. ''she dey come fetch water o make I compose, make I no go fall my hand''. We had no borehole that drilled water out in Ekp. Ekp is a very dry land, people say the land was curse by their Ancestor, but I don't know. so we had to call water tankers to help fill the well.
She greeted me and I did the same. ''sorry, may I know your name'' I asked. ''GOSH! I'm going too fast, I need to slow down a bit'' I tot. ''My name is precious'' she responded.
Me: precious? wao. No wonder you look so precious. My name is Temy. Happy New year and Happy Hamattan.
Precious: thanks, it's very cold out here and nice meeting you.
Me: are you new in this school?
Precious: yes I am, I just got admission and I stay with my sister, hope you know Mary?
Me: yesterday I know her.
Precious: she's my sister .
Me: wao, Na lie. You guys don't look alike. She's dark in complexion and you're light skinned. She's tall abit and you're short.
Precious: are you trying to insult me?
Me: nooo, I meant you're a shawty. Like.. S h o r t y. You get. I like cute shawties like you and this low cut fits you perfectly (I teased)
Precious: In your widest dream and thank you. Pls I want to fetch water. (She looked into the well and screamed), it's so deep.
Me: welcome to ekp. (I laughed) aje butter. Let me help you out.
Precious: thank you very much. You're God sent.
''see this babe, who be God sent. You no know say, na my first toasting strategy be that?'' I said inwardly. I began to fetch water for her. I filled her two bucket of water.
Precious: thank you very much. What's your name again?
Me: now now you've forgotten abi?
Precious: don't be angry, I have so much on my mind.
Me: are you pregnant or did your boyfriend leave you?.
Precious: I can see that you are a very trouble some boy. You joke too much.
Me: ok o. Bye bye ( deep within me, that ''Bye Bye'' wasnt intentional, I just wish she doesn't succum to the ''bye Bye''. I wanted her to stay.)
Precious: Tell me your name or I won't leave this place.
Me: (wao! That was close i tot) my name is Temy. Should I write it on a paper for you?
Precious: very funny. Thank you. See you later.

She took up her buckets and began to leave. I bid her farewell but, the size and mass of her behind, got me captivated. I just kept starring at it. ''is this real abi na ass pad'' I tot to myself. ''no this can't be real''. While I was busy judging her ass. The ''fetcher'' used in fetching the water dropped into the well. Gobe!!! My class was to start about an hour were do I get a bamboo or a long stick to get the fetcherout? I Tot.
I immediately rushed into the bathroom brushed my teeth and washed my face, hands and legs with sachet water and off I went to school.

******** I was so not comfortable that day.