Chapter 1
Standing in front of Drew Hill School, all memories from last year came instantly. I don’t want this year to be filled with dramas but what can you do if you are friends with drama queens?
Anyway, Drew Hill School is a school filled with only girls. The formers were French people. No wonder we still learn French till 6th grade and I remember nothing. Anyway, when this school started, it used to include boys too but I don’t know what makes them separate us. The boys’ version of Drew Hill School called River Hills School. These two schools are like brother and sister schools but whatever.
But also having only girls in this school is good... meaning there is no boy drama!
“BEKAAAAA!!!!!!”
I turned around a get attacked by Katherine with a big fat hug.
Katherine has brown eyes, brown skin, black hair, not to forget that it is short, but she does anything for it to grow and freckles on her face.
“Hey,” I said, hugging her back.
“How was your summer? Mine was cool like supper cool. Me and my family...” I was half-listening and nodding so that she won’t know that I am half-listening. We walked in and I see Betty, Beatrice, Bella, Tessa, Taylor, and Rebecca having a small circle and talking.
“BOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!”
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” Ok... that was the first time I have ever heard Betty with a high-pitched voice. Betty chased after Katherine while the rest of us laughed.
“Hey, guys?” I ask getting a Hi or Hey back. They got back to what they were talking, and I became a mouse who doesn’t know how to escape.
Leaving them, I walked to my new classroom, which is 12A. I read names. There are Katherine, Taylor, Hayley, and Rebecca. Meaning, there will be a less drama in this class.
Feeling relieved, I was about to walk away when a familiar name caught my attention. Sara Timberlake. She transferred to school when we were in 4th grade. Shrugging, I walked away. New students were looking shy and all about the new surrounding. I held a laugh when I remembered mine. That day, I clung to my sister’s side.
We got into the class and read the school’s rules and regulations like we did last year. We do this every single year and no one was listening.
Once it we finished doing that, our homeroom teacher got out of class. The moment he got out, the room got filled with chatter.
“By the way Beka, I seriously became a huge fan of Blackpink and-”
“No one can bite Beka with that. We all know that.” Rebecca said with a tight smile.
“Says who?”
“Says us.”
“Ow, so you are human? Didn’t know.”
Out of the blue, Rebecca clapped and said, “for once your head worked. We should have a celebration.” We all laughed while Katherine made a grumpy face. “oh I forgot... BEKA!!!”
Jesus Christ.
She is much louder than me in a very high-pitched voice. But I am in no place to complain cause I am like that.
“Do you have to yell when I am right next to you?!”
“Easy down, girl, easy,” she said.
“I am not a dog for you to say that,” I said that scrolling.
“You are”
“A dog,” I finished her sentence for her, smirking.
“Glad you know who you are, Beka I am so glad”
wait a minute... if you finish a sentence for someone, doesn’t that mean they directed it to the person who started it?
“Would you stop talking about yourself? It’s annoying.”
“Whatever... anyway meet Audrey she is new here”
OH. MY. GOD. She knows I am an awkward person, and she is introducing me to someone new? I am going to kill her later.
I put on a tight smile and said, “Beka Victoria Knight and you are...”
“Audrey Waters”
“you Indian? Cause you look like one”
She laughed and said “Yeah but only half”
Now, what should I say? “Um... from which school did you come?”
“Mission School”
“Really? There is a school called that?” I asked.
“Yeah, why did you ask?”
“I am just amazed,” I said, my lips forming a straight line.
Audrey has White tanned skin, black long hair, and brown eyes... cause here we all have brown eyes except for a guy called Matthew. He is my least favorite teacher. His eyes are blue and green combined. Such a wonderful color for a wicked man... what a waste.
Thank god Audrey is not an awkward person like I am. We were talking like we know each other for years when someone entered the class.
The class immediately got silent, wondering who that person is. I have never seen this guy before... maybe he is a new teacher.
“Hello students?” he asked excitedly.
He will never be excited if he knows us well...
I laughed to myself.
“Good Morning Teacher...” we trailed off since we don’t know his name.
He walked to the stage and said something that I can’t even pronounce.
“My name is Kimbamboi Kapkorir”
“Huh?” Ok, we won’t be able to say that. We kept on repeating this for one good minute until he gave up and said “Just call me Silas”
“Sure”
“Ok”
“Well then”
“Okay...”
“So, from where do you think I came from?” he asked.
People raised their hands. “Nigeria”
“Kenya”
“South Africa”
“Uganda”
How could they not see his bracelet? It has a flag of Jamaica and I am so sure that he is Jamaican.
I raised my hand and said “Jamaica” he stare at this bracelet and laughed. I just shrugged.
“Well, good assumption there,” he pointed at me and said, “I am from Kenya”
Shit.
Thank god I didn’t say I was sure... well, at least out loud
“you were sure that he was Jamaican, right?” Rebecca asked, holding her laughter back.
“Nope... I just assumed cause of his bracelet.”
“Then what are you embarrassed about?” Damn it! Why does she have to know me well?
“Who said I am embarrassed? I am NOT embarrassed,” I said pretending that I didn’t care.
“Then why are you blushing?”
I touched my cheeks at the moment that slipped out of her mouth. “It is just hot here”
She checked her phone and said, “It is 11 degrees centigrade here how is that hot?”
“Zip it, would you? I don’t even know how I am going to spend this year with you”
“It is not only this year... we have 5 years including this year.”
“You and I might not go to the same college... who knows?”
She gave me a look and said “we both know that we will.”
“I said we might,” I said, emphasizing might. Right then I realized that the teacher is no longer talking, he is looking at us with an amazing look.
“Well, that is one good argument I have ever heard” I hold the urge to roll my eyes on that sentence. “Going back to what I was saying, I Taught-”
Just then someone got into the class, scrambling. And that person is Sara.
“SARAH!!!” guess who said that... of course it is Katherine.
Sarah takes a sit behind me and Rebecca, which is beside Katherine. The moment he got out of the class, she asked Sara’s questions.
“Do you remember me?”
“Hell yeah... how could I forget a dumbass like you?” she said, and we all laughed while Katherine whined.
“Ok whatever... what about Rebecca?” Sara shook her head and Rebecca does not react.
“What about Beka?”
“I only remember her sister Bethany and that was because she used to be famous in school playing volleyball but I just realized that you two look nothing alike. ”
I gave her a fake hurt look while resting my hand on my chest and said, ” As for the similarity, well there is something wrong with your eyes... do you know how many people tells us that we are like carbon copies? How come? I am not a person who you could easily forget!”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Just ignore her,” Rebecca answered Katherine.
“Yeah... we should... and she would go to her TOLIET” they both burst out laughing while Sara looks confused and I sure have an annoying look that makes them laugh even more.
“What was that?”
“It is a long story... anyway, Once upon a time-”
“Two years ago, when we were in 10th grade, Katherine teased me so much for no reason and I left her there talking and went to the Volleyball court. So apparently she was teasing me about the toilet and she thought I went to the toilet... which led her to check if I was there crying or singing but instead I was sitting somewhere close to the toilet and I was watching her check.” I said that by cutting Katherine off.
“And why was she teasing you with that?” Sara asked with a serious face that I am sure will not stay long.
“Because when they call, I used to talk to them in the freaking toilet for more privacy,” I answered.
The moment I finished that, she joined them. I don’t even know how THAT is funny.
Later we were talking about random things. “What do you say about the test for coffee, Auder?” Katherine asked.
Ok, that was weird but go with the flow. “Audrey,” I corrected.
“But I like Auder more...” she pouted. “Anyway, just answer the question”
“Testy,” Katherine burst out laughing for the second time today. I rolled my eyes, knowing that she was thinking of something dirty.
“Te-s-ty?” Katherine asked between her laughter.
“Yeah... what’s the problem with that?” Little innocent didn’t know how Kathrine’s mind works.
“The problem is with her mind, not your words,” I said.
“Oh, come on, Beka... just tell her,” Katherine said.
“What is that about?”
“Just zip it, Katherine!!”
immediately Audrey made a face, they made me burst out laughing too.
“You guys are disgusting...” she said.
“Honey, I told you to ignore it, but you insisted,” I said with laughter.
