Adventure of johnysky episode 12

Adventure of johnysky episode 12
 
A Wh0le NEW WORLD
 
 
Johny, nna ngwa wake up” Mama’s voice woke me up from a very far trip beyond. I rubbed my eyes hærd still feeling heavily sleepy feeling as if my eyes were filled up with sand.
 
Mama had forced me to go to bed the night before so i would wake up early because i would be taken to school the next day.
I laid awake most part of the night imagining what life would be at McGonals, if i would match up the academic brilliance of the rich students there, schemes on how to make sure i successfully avoided Vincent and his nosy – “into you business attitude”.
 
Had a welcomed dream within the few hours i caught some sleep.
Vincent had just decided not to go to the school anymore just as he was about to be taken to the school.
 
Taking a quick look at the old western wall clock that hung loosely on the wall making quak quak sounds like a young duck as the seconds hand made it’s trips round it.
It was just 5:30am, mama’s face beamed down on me, an amber light flickering out from the hurricane lantern she was carrying.
“I wish this dream was true” I hissed yawning hærd.
 
“Mama let me sleep small na” I begged making to lie back down.
“Tawaaaaaai” mama’s hand smacked through my buttocks sending me springing up within a millisecond.
 
“Anumpama go and take your bath osiso, your father is already getting ready” She said flushing to the kitchen at the same time still holding on to the lantern.
 
I hurried over a cold bath, jumping each time the water touched my body because of the stinging cold s-nsation it induced. The weather was cold and environment still foggy. Barely touching the garri and okro soup mama served -early morning swallow was a common practise but this time i was over excited and consumed by the thought of my new school that my appetite for the food was history, i slipped into my school uniform.
 
A crisp cream coloured shirt in a black trouser and a black long tie, shoes and belt. I felt smart seeing the hærd lines mama made sure she gave them when ironing them.
 
Sat quietly beside mama in the parlour, Ugo held my huge ecolac luggage waiting for papa to finish up so he would follow us to the motor park, Miracle clutched around mama looking on with scanty attention as if she could deduct what exactly was going on, she had looked like that from the very first time mama woke me up, i wonder how this little girl wakes up earlier than i.
 
Walking to the car park was a very pleasant one for me, i enjoyed the glances people cast at me, the whispers and smiles.
“I heard he is going to McGonals on scholarsh¡p” “He is brilliant” I couldn’t help but notice papa’s proud look he wore when these whispers somehow flew into our ears in the cold calm morning.
 
His advises and suggestions ladened with examples which himself always was the center subject.
“When i was in secondary school back in the 1970’s, i used to stay awake reading all through the night” He said. Most times these parents have no idea we already catch the joke, would i tell my kids i carry the last position during my own time? of course i would be the most intelligent.
 
Since everybody’s father claims to own the first position in school, who exactly took the last positions?
 
“John, stay away from bad friends, bad company and secret societies” He sang on into my ears with mama ch¡pping in her own suggestions every now and then.
“Please stay away from girls” She said with a pleading look.
 
“Remember where you came from, study hærd and make us proud”
 
“I will papa, thank you sir, thank you ma” i intoned making sure my tone made it clear i heard and i will do all they said.
 
The bus moved minutes after i and papa boarded it, Ugo kept on waving beaming with a broad grin until we were out of sight. I knew he was eager for me to leave so he would take possession of my Play station Potable.
 
The Ugo i know won’t be in a hurry to help anybody carry anything not even a cup, the grin he was wearing and the hærd waves of his hand made it almost obvious he was happy to see me go, he is now the oga in the house and i pray, i just pray i will still have a play station when i get home even one button of it would be a surprise find knowing ugo real well and his careless nature.
 
The school was huge, a gigantic black gate with uniformed men as watchmen. A gigantic gold lettered board with the name McGonals international Collage towered above the gate.
 
A man-sized sculptures of students; A boy and a girl stood just after the gate clutching large pile of books with mean looking faces.
 
Exotic cars taxied in line into the school shimmering in the morning sun. It was the first day of the school year the compound buzzed with activities as cars kept trooping into the school park, students slipping down from the cars dragging their luggage as they trooped in,side.
 
Being among the few that came to school on foot, papa’s face still wore a smile. his face tilting to the sides nodding slightly obviously appreciating the beautiful edifices of the school.
 
Dragging my luggage to the assembly ground just as i watched others do, i noticed my luggage was comfortably the smallest of all the luggage others came with, and i can swear the dirty weak naira notes papa squeezed into my hand before he went home after we had seen the principal and cleared out everything- was a change to what these students i see here came with.
 
“Sky!!!”
 
“Oh no, i know this voice. i thought this guy changed his mind” i muttered turning slightly as a figure of Vincent seeming more porky in his new school uniform, his mouth appeared to be chewing something.
His luggage was quite big and am sure half of it would be filled with snacks and sweets.
 
“Aaaah sky see this girl” He said pointing at a girl with a round protruding bum that gracefully assaulted her skirt which was very tight around the line. From the waves and greetings she got around it was clear that she is an old student and a popular one at that.
 
“Bia Vincent hapum aka (leave me alone)”I blurted out glaringly wheeling my bag further to escape Vincent.
Mama’s warning sipped into my ears again “Stay away from girls” But i still found my eyes going back to look at the bums again, haven’t seen her face yet seeing she was ahead pushing her pink luggage before her offering only her posterior views to the hawks behind who was more than happy to feast their eyes on it of which unfortunately Vincent just added me to.
 
The hall was noisy, screeching sounds of moving bunks and boards.
Students scampering aimlessly up and down, some busy, some chatting laughing like they didn’t care.
 
I walked in slowly tracing my steps as if expecting to fall any moment, lots of strange faces that seemed not to care that a new comer just entered.
 
After the long beginning of the academic year orientation in the assembly hall, the students were sorted to their various dormitories. The girls were directed to the opposite direction, white buildings with large windows separated from the male dormitory by a gauze fence with another batch of uniformed security men.
 
I was assigned to the hall ‘B’ of the Andromeda House. it was for Grade 11 students in the boys dormitory.
A huge hall with large width, white lights perched into the ceiling beaming down bright white rays making the hall glow.
 
Mirror-like ceramic tiles covered the wh0le floor sparklingly reflecting the lights..
Single beds with sparkling white bed spreads bordering each flank of the hall, 10 single beds on each side making it a total of 20. Transparent flimsy curtains enclosed each bed separating them from each other.
 
Dragging my luggage behind me as i walked through the middle looking at the bed posts counting the numbers on them, the dormitory card in my hands read Number 19. I arranged my luggage in a space provided just beside the bed where a miniature ward rope stood with the number 19 boldly on it and keys dangling on the key h0le.
 
“Hey, how far?” A voice said from behind me as i arranged my bed spread. Turning round; He was a fair complexioned boy, legs spread across his bed with the number 18 on it.
A mummy-pikin face and a sharp scar ran across his right eye down the cheek, it seemed to like a knife cut.
 
“New comer right?” He sang out again.
“Yes” I replied casting a glowing look at the bags beside his bed, my own provisions made me a little bit ashamed of myself comparing them with the surplus supplies i see there.
 
“Am David, but they know me with Dave here” He said standing up to offer a hand shake. He stood at almost 6ft tall.
“Am Johnysky” I replied shaking him noticing how soft his hand seemed. “This guy never suffer shaa”
 
The dinner was another strange experience to me, staying in line and moving from this buffet to this pointing at what you need.
The rice was unlike any i have ever eaten, rich coloured and large chunk of meat.
 
A large dinning hall with 3long tables and many chairs around them served as the refectory for House A, B and C. . “Thank Goodness Vincent is in House E” I prayed still casting a suspicious look to be sure or detect that piggy form of gluttony.
 
It was a wh0le new world, I talked and asked a lot about the school which Dave who did well to orientate me into the various locations of the dormitory. Filled me in on some of the rules and workings of the school.
 
The dormitory was sparkling, very rich looking and a temperature that had been constant since i arrived.
 
Now i know why their school fees is way up there, if there was a school paradise, this was it.
I Muttered a quick prayer that i am not quite sure i finished before drifting off to sleep in a weirdly fast manner.
 
DEAF FLY
 
My vision was blur, a bright white light registered into my semi-open eyes. The ceiling sparkled brightly, the bed was soft and i can’t feel Ugo’s body tangled into mine, i was alone and it’s not a mat.
 
The bright white wall complimenting the lights seemed to smile down at me, rubbing my eyes hærd i opened them w¡der, rows of beds on either side but nobody lay on them. This definitely was not home, it seems so strange and new not to mention; looked rich.
 
“Guy na so you deh sleep?”
 
I looked up and saw Dave clad in his school uniform knotting a black tie, his back pack on his bed and a hand mirror lay beside it.
“Even the school alarm couldn’t wake you up” He said laughing.
 
“Aaaah ewooo!!!” I blurted seeing the large electronic digital clock reading 06:01. “Dave you did not even wake me up” I said jolting out of bed.
 
“Wake you up as your mum or what, even the alarm clock no fit wake you up, na me go fit?” He said still struggling with his tie. i wonder why such ajebota (rich) boy should be vomiting pidgin English all the time.
 
The bathroom was yet another new one for me. a long row of bathrooms with glass clear doors, running showers, each cubicle barely enough to hold 4 persons but the notice on the door clearly read “ONE PERSON PER TIME IN ONE BATHROOM”
 
The breakfast of chocolate drink and bread was still very different from the coloured water i use to have at home, one sachet of cowbell chocolate and milk will only colour the water and nothing more, you will have to make it up with more sugars. But this was many scoops of chocolate and equal milk to make a real chocolate drink not a chocolate coloured water.
 
“Sky, check out that Aunty’s backyard” Dave whispered to me nodding towards the board.
Dave had taken me to the Grade 11B class being in the class himself, it was a fortunate turn of things that i fell into the same class as him.
 
He was an expert in giving me a full biography of every girl in the class, how they behaved, the easy ones and hærd to get ones, the churchious ones, the naughty ones and the ones he called the ‘Mary league category’ “those ones na go area, na so chaplet and block rosary them go make you begin pray” He said amidst laughter.
 
His seat was just beside mine, we sat in the second to the last row in class.
 
“You see this one?” He said pointing in front of him.
I broadened my eyes and look intently at him.
 
“eehn this one seating in front of me with a pink sweater over her uniform” He went on still on the ritual of giving me full descriptions of the class girls..
 
“Yes what about her?” I asked naively.
 
“She is an ambassador’s daughter, no near am unless prison deh hungry you” He whispered directly to me.
“Yeye boy” I laughed out taking another eyeing look at the girl who was just seating in front of Dave minding her own business.
 
“Dave na aunty wa-ist you deh look?” I whispered back in disbelief my eyes still smeared all over the figure that was writing with a black marker on the white board.
She was clad in a white tight T-shirt with long sleeves, a female suit trouser that was very huggy around the wa-ist.
 
Every contour of her bumz was clear and sharp.
“Guy you never see anything, the teachers here are h—y goddesses, wait till you see the Biology teacher, na mamiwater that one be” He continued….
 
“The day she taught us Reproduction i nearly faint imagining things i could do with her. They say the white man that owns the school insists on fine young teachers fresh out of the university for more effective learning for the students.” He smirked naughtily licking his l-ips.
 
“Hhmmm the white man is a wise man” I said starting to appreciate the wonder back that jiggled anytime the English teacher made a sudden movement.
 
“Don’t worry sky you will fit in here well, i will teach you wetin deh” Dave said still wearing that naughty smirk.
 
“Hi, don’t listen to this guy” It was the girl Dave called the ambassador’s daughter, She wore a pink lip gloss complimenting the pink sweater. Her face was calm and radiant betraying a lot of beauty bolted in the young body.
 
Wait, she was the girl Vincent showed me yesterday. Yeah her hair style and even the tiny white band that held the plaited hair together in one pony tail.
 
“Uuhm… Yeah…” I gulped hærd trying to maintain a steady wit while talking to her.
 
“This guy here should not be taken serious, don’t take his words for anything” She smiled out, winking at Dave who looked paler than i may appear but trying to force out a steady face.
 
“Two of you should face the board and copy the note or i will report you both” She said sounding a little serious.
“And welcome to you…….Uuuuuhm”
 
“sky” i said.
 
“Yes sky, welcome” She turned and faced the board again.
Dave gave her a middle finger when her face was turned towards the board, gave a sharp wink to me and i chuckled hærd.
 
The lessons were still more different from what i was used to. The teachers were professional like bankers in their dealings with the students not the usual teacher and student relationsh¡p where they will teach you 1+1=2 and then ask you 12.4×5000 and expect you to get it right and each mistake earns you one slap.
 
The sun was pale, a misty fog was all over the place making the sun look more like a pale yellow disc in the sky.
 
I Stepped out of the class with dave, feeling a warm gush of hot air on me. the air conditioners in the class made the air outside seem hot to me.
 
“Sky”
 
I and Dave turned round sharply at the voice, we were heading to the dormitory to change our clothes and head for lunch.
 
“Sky, why is this girl on you like this” Dave muttered to my hearing giving me a nudge with his elbow as we watched the girl on pink sweater coming towards us, walking slowly as if it wasn’t two hungry guys she kept stalled a few yards away waiting for her.
 
Her front view was outstanding, a medium sized b-obs, a stomach that is nearly flat, her legs were flawless.
 
“Hi, how far” Dave said to her as she approached us.
“Am fine” she said.
“Ok na, sky make i begin deh go lunch now, i deh H bad” Dave winked at me and headed out to the dormitory.
‘This guy don abandon me here with this girl’ I tried to conceal my unstable wits to avoid being busted.
 
“Hi sky, am princess” she said dragging my eyes back to her from looking at Dave’s figure going farther away to the dormitory.
 
“Hi princess” I smiled at her.
 
“I heard you are here on scholarsh¡p” She said wearing a rather unsure look.
 
“Yes” I said feeling high like a sky scraper, My head swelling up like am on top of the world. This exactly was something to be proud of, making it into the McGonals out of thousands in the state that sat for the scholarly exam.
 
“Well don’t feel too good about that” She blurted out, the unsure look turning serious.
“What is she saying” My mind shouted as i mopped at her in disbelief.
 
“Eeeeehn!!” Was the only sound that escaped my mouth.
 
“Yes you heard me well, you shouldn’t be so proud about that because with the way i see you, you don’t want to maintain that scholarsh¡p” Her voice was blunt filtering into my ears.
 
“How do you mean ‘i don’t want to maintain my scholarsh¡p” i asked, still in doubt if exactly this was what she meant to be saying to me.
 
“Yes, from the things i see you pick interest in now, i doubt if you can maintain your scholarsh¡p, Use your tongue and count your teeth. Good day!” She turned and left.
 
I stood transfixed at the s₱0t watching her go farther and farther until she crossed the gauze fence gate into the girl’s wing.
 
“Hiaaaan, wetin person no go  see for this world kwa” I muttered.
 
“Anyway shaa na for her pocket”………..
 
Continued In Next Episode …..