Mary Davies
The door to the classroom opened and all eyes snapped towards the direction. Edward Jones stands at the door, surveying the class as if he was the King of the class.
His gaze finds me and he winked, he began to walk towards me in a slow pace and his stare was intense. I know I need to prepare myself and make up an excuse for not showing up in his room for some weeks now and also for avoiding him. Maybe he is like Hawk Andrews who doesn’t like getting stood up, who wants to be at the top of the game always, who enjoys putting girls like me down, by making sure we bend to their wills.
After seeing the sheet of paper he slid down my door this morning, I’ve been trying my best to stay away from him. Because I am sure he could do more than just getting me tied up and spanking me, like it was written on the piece of paper.
He stopped at his seat which was right in front of Aminat. Then he moved towards Aminat, placing a hand on her desk and the other hand on her chair, caging her.
I turned my eyes to him to find out he was already looking at me. For a nanosecond I saw Hawk Andrews face in him which made the blood running through my veins, pump loudly in my ears. His look was intense, domineering and intimidating.
“Don’t be jealous, I like only you.” He whispered. That made me scoff and roll my eyes.
“Have you guys heard about the rumors?” Someone in the class suddenly shouted.
“What rumor?” Xander asked, looking absolutely confused.
“This rumor.” The boy said, lifting up a paper with the picture of a faceless pregnant woman on it.
“About the pregnant girl?” Jemima asked.
“I told you all, there is someone pregnant in this class. And I am going to make sure of it, first of all we need to find who O D Eleven is. Are you sure you are not the one Alphonso?” Jemima asked, facing Alphonso.
“What do you mean, I am also as curious as you are.” Alphonso replied.
“If you know you are the Pregnant one, better speak up now!” Jemima said, standing up.
I kept mute, to be honest I was scared of being pointed out.
Only a second as passed and I felt the class go still. I could feel Edward Jones gaze burning through me. I shifted my gaze to him and he had this horror look on his face, then a look of anger replaced it sending a shrill right through me.
“I know you haven’t been able to tear your eyes off him since he stepped into the class, but don’t you think it’s getting too much.” Aminat whispered. Edward Jones gaze narrowed down, and he seems to be in a deep thought. I wish I could read whatever was going through his mind.
I began to feel sick, I had no idea of what to do. Maybe I should just let everyone know I was pregnant. I found it hard to concentrate or do anything else. I just needed a distraction, Xander seems to be carried away by something he was doing on his phone. I got up and peeped into Xander’s phone, he was chatting with a Carol.
“Who is Carol?” I whispered.
He immediately kept his phone before turning to me.
“My mum,” he replied, getting up all of a sudden.
I shrugged my shoulders as I watched him leave.
I sighed heavily as I sat back on my chair. It was not up to twenty minutes before Xander ran back to class.
“Someone is dead!” He shouted, that made everyone rush out. I followed behind, eager to know what happened and who exactly died. The rumors about a student dying every term as actually come to past. I shivered slightly as I slid down the hallway with the rest. We were halfway down the hallway when we heard the commotion. I see a crowd of students cramped together like they were watching a fight.
I hesitate a bit, I was not sure I wanted to know what happened, but my feet made me move forward on its own accord. The next thing I know, I was hurrying towards the crowds, shouldering my way and pushing through the crowds, to see what exactly was happening. I shoved past some familiar faces as I reached the front. My first glimpse was a teary eyes Justin who had blood all over him, he was shaking and he looked like someone who was in shock.
For a few minutes, I didn’t move. I couldn’t decipher what was happening, but seeing Justin the way he was made me scared. A strange feeling settled on me, it was like I was out of my body.
“Stay back everyone!” I heard a voice say and everyone moved back. The police were here already. A stretcher with a body on it was brought from the dressing room. I couldn’t catch a glimpse of the person because it was covered. But I heard Justin scream Juliet’s name.
Juliet Davies is dead.
******