Chapter 2: ME
When I and my twin brother got home my mom was already back from work and in the kitchen washing goat meat. [Oh no, she wants to cook soup.]
The thought brings my mood down because cooking will postpone my sweet reunion with my bed. We drop in to greet her, we're about to rush upstairs before she calls us back, [shit!], and we thought we could avoid the questions.
"Where are you guys rushing to? Won't you greet me properly and gist me about your day?" she comes out of the kitchen and sits down in the parlour so we have to sit down too.
I can't say I or my siblings are exactly close to my mother, we aren't too close with our dad either but it's better with him because flogging isn't his style.
I mean flogging a child for almost every little fuck up for years can have that effect, as we grew older we learned where and how to hide her canes so she doesn't find them and eventually she got tired of replacing it and gave up.
Well now we know how to behave so the flogging isn't necessary anymore. "So tell me now, how are you enjoying the school. Are they teaching well Are you understanding the lessons?", "Yes", we both chorus, then I add, "They teach well so it's easy to understand".
The trick to her questions is to give an answer that she would like and be satisfied with so the questioning ends faster, "Make sure you're asking questions if you don't understand anything oh, because we're paying a lot of money in that school for the both of you", we both mumble a few yes's' and agreements before she releases us to go change clothes.
I'm almost to my room when my elder brother, Chidi, comes out of his. "Oh, Ebbie you're back? Good now you can go and look for what I will eat, I'm hungry."
[This boy is not serious oh. Shey he cannot see that I'm still wearing uniform. He can't even say ''Ebbie welcome back, how was today?'' and all that small talk]. "Stay there now, you're not ready to eat", I reply before I go into my room.
Now lying down flat on my bed and looking around, I'm reminded that we're actually blessed with money. Sometimes with the way my mother behaves, it's as though money is tight.
She refuses to buy me or my twin a phone or a laptop because she says it's a distraction, its pure luck that I'm even allowed to braid my hair instead of a low-cut.
She loves books, school and reading, not that she does any reading herself though. I swear if you gave her a chance she would trade us, her kids, for books. We can't have any conversation without the topic of school coming up.
My full name is Ebere Emmanuella Eze; my family is Igbo by tribe. My twin brother's name is ebube Emmanuel Eze and of course he's taller than me.
It wasn't always like that but life favoured him more. We're the last of four, my elder brother, Chidi, the first and my sister, Nora, the second, she uses glasses like me. We're the glasses sisters! [Cringe.]
I change clothes quickly and head back downstairs to the kitchen to help with the cooking, Nora is already there, "How many hours just to change clothes", she says, "You should have come to help me then", she scoffs "See story", that makes me laugh.
She's not tall either, like an inch taller than me, life decided to ignore us in the height department. In 3 hours the food is done, dad is back from work and we are done eating.
I'm upstairs in my sister's room because there's nothing for me to do in mine with no phone, laptop or a TV. My parents agreed not to put any TV's upstairs because if they did that they wouldn't see us at all except when it's time to eat, cook or pray.
"So in your mind now you're going to a posh school. If you like fail, mummy won't let you hear the end of it", Nora says to me, "That's just what you want to hear, instead of you to encourage me", "Stay there and be waiting for encouragement, if you like don't read", I laugh at that.
She's done with secondary education and now awaiting admission for university. After a while I'm dozing so I go back to my room, take a bath and go to bed.
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It's been two days with the same daily routine; class, observe, make small talk
with Favour, home, repeat. It's Wednesday so we have club meetings today, although not all clubs are completely active yet.
The bell had just rung for break when a girl who I recognized as Favour's friend, Edith, from on Monday walks up to her seat behind me and sits down.
She's from art class, SS1C, same as my brother. Favour stands up, "Favour, where are you going?", Edith asks, "To the shop, I want to buy something", then she turns to me, "Emma do you want to go?," I hadn't seen the shop yet because there was no need....until now so in nod and stand up too, Edith does the same.
[That means she's coming too]. While we were walking Edith positions herself beside me, "so your name is Emmanuella too, you're my namesake", she says with a toothy smile.
she has the kind of smile that shows your full teeth even if you don't want to, I laugh, "Well it's a common name so I'm not even surprised", I chuckle, "True", she says then stares at me longer and then adds, "You're cute, right Favour?", Favour agrees. [This girl is weird.]
We're at the shop, Favour has already bought potato chips and yoghurt, and I bought potato chips and still had some leftover change. Edith turns to Favour, "Favour please do you have #200, I'll pay you back later", "You're seeing me that just used all my money, why didn't you ask since", she turns to me, "Emma please can i borrow from you?" she said she'd pay later so I'll just give her.
So I give her the money, she buys what she wants and we head back to class. Break is over and it's time for 3 back to back periods of physics before the next break. I like physics. I can stand it, unlike chemistry.
Mr. Biodun is the kind of teacher that interacts with his students to keep the class from being too boring, and hour and 30 minutes later the class is over.
I'm just about to rest my head on my desk to quietly enjoy the short break before the final two classes when a woman who teaches the junior classes calls my name from the door and asks me to follow her.
I'm still trying to guess what she wants with me when she stops a few feet away from
the administration block, Edith is already standing there. That explains the name
part.
The woman...I don't know her name yet...points at Edith and asks if I know her, "Yes, somehow, she's in my set", "okay. Did she borrow any money from you today?", the woman asks me, "Yes, #200", "Don't lie to me oh, if I find out you are you'll be suspended." she's angry.
Now I'm getting nervous because I haven't done anything wrong, I assure her that I'm not lying, I guess she doesn't believe because her next words stops my heart, "You know what? The both of you will explain yourselves to the disciplinary committee".
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