Chapter 1 (New year , Old me)
RIng! Ring!
Ring! Ring!
"Ugh!" I say in a tired and annoyed voice with my eyes closed. This is literally the worst day ever.
Ring! Ring!
"Lord, why me?" I say to myself while opening my eyes to turn of the alarm only to close them again so that I could get one last drop of my sleep. I hate first days and worst but exciting part. It's the first day of a new academic year. I know bummer right?
"MAYA! I'm pretty sure you've heard the alarm , TSOHA!(WAKE UP!). My Mom shouting over her lungs from another room so that I can hear her. "Okay,okay , no need to shout, ma. " I say in a tired voice doubting if she heard me , not even attempting to wake up. For me waking up is a really hard task so I have to be ready mentally first. AND emotionally. Being drawn of your sleep needs serious therapy.
All of this just for you EMIRATES and other flight institutions , but mostly EMIRATES. You know I'm just so drawn to it, its aircraft and all. I can't actually wait to become a pilot and sour the skies. And the aim is to achieve just that and to also study at EMIRATES. Literally a dream come true.
"Maya tsoha mane.(Maya wake up). " I hear my Mom say while shaking me lightly. I can't believe I almost dozed off again.
I open my eyes slightly adjusting them to the light in the room. Turning to look at my mom with her blackish hair braided and brown eyes slightly open like mine. By the look on her face I can tell she's already pissed off. This women is so not a morning person.
"Okay," I say getting up approaching to hug her "but Ma I'm tired. "I continue to say. "Maya stop being dramatic. You literally slept off during the holidays. So just go bath , get in your school uniform then go to school. You're in Grade 11 remember 'closer to the dream'. " she says quoting my words with a soft expression while hugging me back. "Yeah" I say letting go of her going to the bathroom with the speed of a patient snail. Very slow if you ask me.
I bath then go to my room to get my school uniform. Since it's the first day , I decide to wear the dark blue trousers , my ironed white school shirt with the blue tie that has the school badge on it. To finish the look I put on my white school jersey with a badge on the left side with blue and gold all over the edges. It's very cute if it suites you but only with trousers our school skirts are a nightmare, straight out of a horror movie. Like there's no way I'd wear that on a normal day , unless they give me money like millions. But that's the worst skirt I've ever seen.
Anyways, I go to the kitchen , eat my breakfast while scrolling on my phone since I'm the only one who still goes to school around here. So everyone is still asleep except my Mom she's preparing to go to work ,well she has a caravan. Basically meaning she sells home cooked food. But let me tell you , sometimes the money flows in well but sometimes not so good that's why I hate businesses.
Talking about my family I have two older sisters, the eldest one is Nomalanga (Noma) ,she's married and currently at home. She came during the festive holidays now she doesn't want to leave. She works with something that has to do with computers I forgot what and has two cute baby boys who are literally my life.
Then the second born Thandeka (Thandi) is in university currently studying IT so they haven't opened yet since it's January , lucky her right. So we are only girls here and best part I'm the last born.
My dad works at a security company at this place I forgot he's like the manager or something. So he doesn't live with us due to his work. But we do visit him now and again, my sisters are the ones who visit regularly. As you can see my family is a low to middle class family.
Enough about my family I still have to go to school. I look at the time to see that it's 6:50am. Freaking out because I should've left the house like 5 minutes ago but here I am. I snatch my bag from the sofa while taking one last glance at myself on the mirror then go spriting out of the house.
I go to the spot where me and my friend Katlego(Kat) usually wait for each other. But on some days I have to go drag her our of the house because she's either late or doesn't want to go to school. And I'm way too shy to be walking on my own to school.
Walking from here to school takes about 1 hour so being late by 5 minutes means we are calling death upon us because my principal is hella strict. I guess I'm still the same.
I the arrive at the spot , under the tree, to see Kat approaching. I act as if I've been here earlier than her. Folding my arms looking at her with the most serious face I could master. She then walks faster mouthing 'Im sorry' before she could get closer to me. Me being me "It's been 5 minutes Kat , you're late." She has a guilty face before she looked suspiciously at me "Wait a minute, we don't take our phones to school so how would you know how long you've been here?"
Yeah in my school phones are not allowed in the premises unless it's private -where you wear your casual clothes- or your parents reported. But it's written in the school policy no phone. Only God knows how I survive.
While we were on that I decided to change the conversation hugging her tightly "I missed you so much" I exclaimed knowing how she hated hugs. "I missed you too , but no hugging" she said pulling away from the hug. Then we started laughing and filling each other in on everything we did during the holidays.
We take one last corner to see big the sign of Inkanyezi Technical High School. Yeah, it's a technical school meaning it only has technical subjects namely Pure/Technical maths , Physical/Technical science, Trade(Power Systems/Constructions/Welding) , EGD -its low-key compulsory-, English FAL, Sesotho HL and Life Orientation. And me who likes to test life choose the hardest subjects being Pure maths and physical sciences, power systems is easy.
As we step in further inside the school we are welcomed by the smell of freshly cut grass , chatters of pupils. Not so long after Kats classmate take her away from me. I hate them , not because of anything else but they always steal my friend from me. I'm talking about four years of friendship here you gatta be seriously fooling me if you wouldn't get jealous of them.
Ignoring that , I start to scan through the crowd looking for Amahle(Mahle) my 'class friend' but we've become close and talked more. So I kinda started considering her my friend-friend, if you understand.
I get in the crowd looking for her accidentally hitting into something strong. GOD don't tell me it's a door those things give you a serious bruise and a free headache. But it can't be I'm probably overreacting right. "Maya" Ohhh no now I wish it was a door , "Maya" I know that voice pretty good to know I don't want to open my eyes right now. "Maya" , Lord did I really have to bump into him.
I slowly open my eyes to confirm and yeah it was him , "Siya" I blurt out forcing a smile on my face cause I'm not happy to see him. "Lucky I got to see your beautiful face this morning might brighten my day., my Mrs" he says with a smile. "Maybe, my Mr" I say going with the flow not wanting to sound weird or childish.
I look up at him to see his dull brown eyes looking at me with his perfectly shaped lips that up in a smile. Wondering how will I really keep myself from those lips, i mean from the way they look a bit pink on the bottom come on. His angular shaped face, I bet it took a lot of skill to shape a face like that with a caramel skin tone not light but not dark. Huh, Siya.
The thing with Siya is , complicated. He was what you'd call a fling of December. Regularly flirting over the phone and all , now I really regret it. I mean , I know how to flirt online not in real life. But I don't know what I was expecting I mean we were in the same class last year and there's a HIGH, pretty high, possibly that this year it's still the same.
"So how have you been?" He asks with the very same charming smile. "Huh?" I ask a bit confused since we talked through out the holidays so obviously I've been falling for him. Okayy I seriously need therapy , let's just say I forgot how I have been. But you can't blame me if you where in my position you wouldn't be any better believe me. Lord help me out of this one.
"BITCH!" I hear Mahler's high pitched voice say as she runs towards me attacking me in a hug and I realised I really missed her. "Hey bitch" I say back then Siya clears his throat so that we can notice him around. "Hey Siya, how have you been twin.", uhm they are not twins but they share a birthday so yeah mAhle has been saying that are twins in disguise, "Good Mahle and I'm still not your twin." Siya says , I don't know why he doesn't like that really.
"Sorry , I'll be taking my friend now thanks for keeping her company. " Mahle says pulling me away from Siya. Such a life saver right. Then the bell rings telling us to all go to the assembly point so that we can hear the message for the year and they'll also tell us which classes we are in.
Some part of me can't believe that I'm really in Grade 11 and another part tells me this Grade is going to come with its own story line in my life.
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Note: I'd just like to say thanks if you gave the story a Chance it means a lot and I know that the beginning is a little cringy okayy. But please understand I'm not very good at beginnings I mean I didn't even know when my life began.
All I'm saying is that I'm bad a writing beginnings so bare with me here I'm 16 so read more of it please don't be turned down by the very bad begging.
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