My mind as a teenager
episode 47
How wrong was I? He c@m£ into the clas-s
that afternoon in the pretence of giving us
tutorials on the upcoming mock exam. I
refused to look at him,I starred squarely at
his hands instead.
I was alre-ady familiar with the t©pic so I just
kept singing in my mind(anything that will
just st©p me from looking at his face). The
boring hours of frustration ended one hour
later.
We greeted him and he st©pped at the door.
Kelvin: I asked someone to see me in the
office this afternoon. I better not get there
before her.
The clas-s all turned to my direction. I locked
my locker and followed the trail he left
behind.
We both got to the staffroom together and I
waited for him to open the door. He walked in
and I decided that the meeting was going to
be a professional discussion.
Me: Excuse me sir,plea-se may I come in?
Kelvin; Yes baby.
Come in.
I nodded in sarcasm and walked in. I stood
directly opposite him
Kelvin; Sit down
Me: Thank you sir.
Kelvin; Let me start by apologising for the
caning. I shouldn’t have. You’re one of my
bright students and I wasn’t even supposed
to ask you to do the corrections all by
yourself. I just wanted to give you the
supposed attention so you won’t be
distracted by our relationsh!p.
Me: Its okay Sir. You shouldn’t apologise to
me. I’m your student and I have no right to
get angry whenever I’m caned by a teacher.
Kelvin: Come on st©p being professional
here. You’re not just my student,you’re my
girl.
Me: I’m your student sir. Whatever that
comes after that shouldn’t be and. . . . . .
Kelvin; Wait. Is it what I’m thinking?
Me: I don’t know what you’re thinking Sir. All
I’m saying is that I want to be treated like
every other student. I don’t want the
preferential treatment or a mean one either. I
want to be able to look up during your
lessons. I wa. . . . .
Kelvin; Sshh!!!!!!!
He stood up,walked to the door and bolted it.
He c@m£ back and sat on t©p of the table
very close to me.
Kelvin; I’m sorry. I’m truly sorry.
He held my shoulders lovingly
Kelvin; I’ll never hurt you again. I promise
you that. You don’t un-derstand how much I
love you. Forgive my shortcomings plea-se.
For the first time that afternoon,I looked at
him.
He was so emotional but I decided to
maintain my stand.
Me: How long will it last? You just want me
for the period that I’m here. You’ll get married
to someone of your age br@cket. So its not
important to try to convince me plea-se.
Kelvin; What are you saying? I’ll wait for you.
You should un-derstand that I can’t hurt you
on purpose. We had to put on an act so
those girls won’t suspect anything. We. . .
The bell rang out signalling end of prep. I
stood up and straightened my go-wn;
Me: Forgive me sir. I can’t continue with this.
I’m sorry.
I walked out without letting him say another
word.
We wrote mock successfully before the mid
term break. The ss3 girls didn’t go home for
the break because waec started immediately.
After the mid term break, Kelvin dropped his
resignation later. I was hurt but I just had to
accept it. We wrote waec and before the end
of the term,we finished and were asked to go
home,to come back third term for neco.
TBC
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