‘keem keeem keem‘ for once Casey detested the overly resonating sound of the school ‘bell’. He trotted off to class leaving her behind, he concluded she wasn’t going to give him a convincing answer like it was three years ago when he made this silly move on a social network, she had told him they couldn’t be best of friends since her female best friend at that time had a thing for him. He chose to forget all about them but her actions reiterated his feelings once more. At the close of term he somehow found themselves eating together and for once he felt like Peter Parker, he wondered what this could be, was she trying to lead him on? They took turns eating since there was only one spoon available, coming the third best student in class coupled with Maria sitting unusually close made him incognizant of his surroundings, but he came back when Maria gently stuck a spoonful of rice in his mouth… ‘I shouldn’t have bothered myself.’ he thought. For some reason the class teacher chose to not attend to his period leaving the class in it’s default position of noise making, Maria and her clique had walked in, all staring at him except her, he immediately knew she had told them, ‘defensive strategies, defensive strategies’ Bunmi would not shut up if she started talking. Surprisingly, no one uttered a word, they just smiled at him. Four o’clock could never have been faster, he harried home, praying she would forget about today, the introvert has ventured into uncharted territory.
Jedidiah-Jordan 