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CHAPTER TWO

Peter’s POV

I left the lecture Hall in an elated mood since I defied all odds to successfully attend the class and was included in the attendance for the first time. Few yards away from the Hall I met my hostel mate, Silas who was at the relaxation center.

I walked up to him and asked why he failed to call me before leaving that morning. “ my guy no vex abeg, me self wake late I no remember to call you”(don’t be offended, I also woke late, so I barely had time to call you). He replied, I was not satisfied with that response and asked that he get me something to eat before he would be forgiven. “ you self you too like food abeg” (you are a glutton), he said grinning. ‘ see this one, why you dey smile like goat way see salt lick, shey na because of food you de whine me like say u self no like Food’ ( why are you smiling sheepishly? You are also guilty, so we are both Gluttons) I replied him

We soon left the faculty, and took the tarred road that led to the fast food, We continued walking in silent and was close to the fast food when he broke the silence, “ so your girlfriend reserved a seat for you today” Who do you mean I inquired That fair lady you sat with during Lecture. He said, We all know her around the faculty she’s so full of her self, always thinking that others are inferior to her.

Do you know that I even approached her earlier and inquired if there was space but she responded that it was already occupied, she’s so rude even though she is a sight to behold, silas retorted bitterly.

By this time we were already at the Fast food, the Door was opened for us by the security We placed order of fried rice with soft drinks, after collecting them, we located a free table and sat to eat. Silas kept asking me what magical spell I casted that made me found favor with the “Popular snob on campus”, but I hushed him ‘ no dey talk as you dey eat I no get money to carry your body go village if you die’ ( kindly observe table manners) “ if I die here I go drag you join me na atleast make we go cruise for the other side” ( if I die I will take you along since you are my friend).

We had almost finished eating when the Door opened and the mysterious lady at the Hall walked in with Her Friend. Back in class she was sitting so I couldn’t really assess her, but at that moment it was as though the entire world stopped for a minute, nothing mattered more than the lady who just walked in. the whole scene played in a slow motion in my head.

She was really fair and her skin was glowing, it can be used in the dark as a form of illumination, she was tall for a lady though I was much taller than her, but on the average, she was definitely above my shoulder level and should stop just at my jaw. She wore a pink gown with a matching jacket.

The gown revealed her curves, she had a killer behind, one that would make a guy look back whenever she pass. I kept staring her, she came with her friend who sat close to her in class. They paid for a meal and asked that it should be packaged as a takeaway for them.

I really don’t know why but unlike me I beckon on him, when he saw me he was taken aback and I blushed really hard. I was trying so hard to compose my self, because I just kept having butterfly feelings in my stomach and my blush was so obvious.

He came in and sat in between myself and Erica, my roomie. I was deep in thoughts and didn’t hear what he was saying, his countenance changed since he had the impression that I purposely ignored him.

Before I could apologize for that the Lecturer entered, Oh! why did he have to come back now I thought , he only came to take attendance for the day. After penning down my name and matriculation number, I looked to see if I will see my prince charming but couldn’t find him, Erica dragged me outside, urging that we pay a visit to the eatery I left reluctantly wondering where he disappeared to .

Stella’s POV
It was another Monday and as usual we had the “Devil incarnate” Dr Hassan, I really hated His Class. Am not a Biochemistry Student, but we in Microbiology department had to offer Enzymology which was the course of Dr Hassan as an Elective course in 300 level.

I always wondered why the management made it compulsory that we offer that elective course, for the past 4 weeks I‘ve been attending, I can’t seem to fathom what he keeps saying. I was only attending the class to be included in his so dreaded “List of life” so that I would be eligible to write his exams.

On that particular day, I was so reluctant to attend thanks to the night party I attended, I came back to the Hostel by 2 am and was still sleepy when my roommate Erica, woke me to get ready for class. I looked at the time and it was already six in the morning, I had barely slept.

I sluggishly had my bath and only applied white powder and red lip stick. We got to the Lecture Hall early and secured seats. I placed my bag on the seat between myself and Erica, as I didn’t want any inconvenience. The Lecturer came in shortly and had to leave immediately. I wished that he would become engaged and cancel the class so that I can go back Home to sleep. I decided to listen to music since I was already getting bored and the Hall became noisy due to many clattering from students.

Students started to sneak inside since the man was not around. I noticed one who was really cute, he kept looking in all direction for a seat. He was dark skinned, slim and tall about 6 ft 1 inch tall. He wore a patterned long sleeve and a Black Chinos trouser.

He looked frustrated as he couldn’t find any vacant seat and had a pitiful face, he had the exact look as a little puppy seeking for its owner. He was walking towards my direction since he settled to stand at the back.

Continuation

I didn’t answer him but carried on since I was already running late, until he shouted “ you don forget your change oo” That was when it dawned on me that I had given him #500 instead of #100. I thanked him immensely and ran as though I was been chased by a mad dog.



I checked my time and I saw that it was already 8:10 am, at that point I felt like crying, how am I supposed to cope if I miss 6 of Dr Hassan’s class! . I walked to the campus shuttle Bus stop and luckily there was a bus waiting for just one passenger. I paid and entered, I kept praying silently for a miracle to happen so I don’t miss the class. The bus stopped at the Faculty of Natural Science, I alighted and walked to the Department of Biochemistry and just as I expected I sighted Dr Hassan’s Prado Jeep at the Faculty’s Parking Lot, which meant that he was already around would probably be in class already.

I walked to the departmental Lecture Hall and was surprised to hear noise coming from there, as I got close I saw the side doors opened and entered not minding the consequence of my action. To my complete amazement, the Hall was devoid of any lecturer but the course code was boldly written on the board. I scanned through if I could see any place to sit, but couldn’t find any since the class was crowded which was rather surprising, since I heard that his class was always scanty, because most people can’t make it to class before him and would have the doors shut to them.

I concluded on joining those standing and was walking towards the back of the Hall when I heard a soft melodious voice “come over here there is space” I looked over to where I heard the voice and was stunned for a minute, the melodious voice was from a lady, that was nothing short of perfection. She was light skinned with a very beautiful face, she had an ebony wig on her head with an airpod on her left ear.

I walked in a brisk manner to where she was sitting and she took her handbag that was on the seat and gestured that I entered, I was then sandwiched by her at the extreme and another lady by the right. I thanked her for her kind gesture and asked after the Lecturer but was surprised when she didn’t respond to me. I asked the lady by the right who told me that Dr Hassan came into the class as usual but received a call by the Dean of Students immediately he entered and had to harken to his call.

Within a short while the lecturer entered and was surprised to meet the hall filled with Students, he frowned and asked those standing to immediately vacate the Hall, I was really glad that I was already seated else I would have joined those leaving the class. The lecture was very brief for reason best known to the Lecturer. He asked the course representative to carry out the usual head count before passing the attendance sheet, I was so happy that I was able to write my name on one of his attendance list.

I tried to see if I could locate my savior and thanked her once again but I discovered that she had mysteriously disappeared I shrugged my shoulder and left since I had no more Lecture for that day.

***CHAPTER ONE***

Peter’s POV (point of view)

I woke up that Monday morning, stretched myself on the Bed and yawned in a tired manner. I had the strong desire to remain in bed all through the day, but remembered that it was Monday morning already, I hate Mondays with passion.

I wished that there were no lectures on Mondays, I was really reluctant to stand, when I suddenly remembered that we always had Dr Hassan by 8am, he always come to class and lock the door immediately it was five minutes past eight (8:05). I looked at the time and discovered that it was already 7:40am. I sprang from the Bed in a flash and dashed into the bathroom, I cursed my course mate Silas who stayed in the same hostel with me for failing to wake me.

Dr Hassan’s class wasn’t one to joke with. The man is extremely strict with his attendance as he always instruct the course rep to carry out a head count before passing the attendance sheet, after the class he ensures that the names on the list corresponds to the initial number counted. He collates the information from these attendance sheets and produce a list of those to write his exam, once your name is not included in his list which he popularly called the “list of life”, then writing the exam is a futile effort as you would definitely carry it over to the next session.

I had a hurried bath and in no time I was set to leave, I checked the time and it was 7:50am meaning I had about 15 minutes left. I locked my door and moved quickly towards the main road, as luck would have it I saw a free bike and flagged it down. Campus gate I told him and hopped on without even bothering to haggle the price. I kept praying silently that I should be allowed to enter the class since I had already missed 5 of Dr Hassan classes, so I couldn’t afford to miss any other.

The Bike seemed to be moving at snail speed much to my displeasure. ‘ Oga do quick na, why you just dey move like say dem dey push your bike’ ( pls hurry up, you are too slow), I told him.

“See if you no wan go again better come down” the man angrily responded ( if you are not comfortable with my present speed kindly alight).

I kept glancing nervously at my watch throughout the journey to the campus gate, after what was like forever we finally arrived at the campus gate. I quickly paid him the usual #100 fee and started going, but he called me back,......

PROLOGUE:

She was one of the most attractive girl on campus, one sort by virtually all the guys. She turned all
offer down as she was not a fan of Campus relationship, all this was about to change when she met
him, he seemed to be the perfect match for her, no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn’t stop
thinking of him, seemed as though she was suddenly struck hard by Cupid, as her heart kept
yearning for him. All seemed to go fine until, the test of true love came, find out if their love was
able to withstand the challenge………….

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