Chapter 51

Semiloore snuggled closer to Nathaniel as the bus drove along the empty streets in the early morning. They were going to Lagos. Even Mr Williams was snoring slightly at the back. They had decided to take a few students along. In the bus were Semiloore, Nathaniel, Christian, Peter, Timi, Rebecca and Olamide.

The bus had come to pick them as early as 2am in the morning in other to get to Lagos quickly. The competition starts at 10am but still they wanted to be there on time.

All of them were asleep and since the bus was big and spacious, they all slept comfortably.

Nathaniel wrapped his hands tighter round her as he continued sleeping. 

When the sky had began to clear, they started waking up one by one.

"Where are we?"

"Whoa! This man practically sped throughout the journey"

"No wonder I joined it"

"Why?"

"I think we are in Lagos state already"

"Whoa!"

"What's the time?"

"6:23"

"Whoa! That was quire fast"

"What do you mean by that was quite fast? We've been on the road since 2am. Do you expect us to still be at Ilesha right now? We've been close to four hours now. How far is Akure to Lagos. We weren't going to Jos"

Christian burst into laughter as Rebecca folded her arms and looked outside.

"Ugh!" Olamide murmured.

"Guys, look the sun is rising"

Semiloore instantly brought out her phone and recorded it. It was truly a beautiful sight.

"I do really want to see those Hicol jerks" Rebecca said scoffing.

"What do you think? What if any of those spoilt kids actually crossed her path?"

"I don't know"

Rebecca scoffed "They don't need to cross my paths. I am going to cause trouble"

"Huh?"

"Am going there to cause trouble"

Peter chuckled. If Rebecca was going there to cause trouble then there really was trouble.

Akintola Rebecca was one of the prettiest girls on SS2 block. If a list of top twenty most pretty girls, she'll fall in the category. However, Rebecca words and her face weren't the same. She could insult you till you wanted to punch the life out of her. Compared to Semiloore, her insults were ugly and heavy while Semiloore's insults always hit the right spot.

"We can always cause trouble together"

"Let's get breakfast" Mr Williams said as the bus drove into the busy streets of Lagos. They stopped at a restaurant and stepped in. They sat down and each other for what they wanted.

"Are you okay?" Rebecca asked

"Me?" Semiloore asked

Rebecca nodded as she sipped her water.

"Yes, why?"

"The so much hatred you have for this people. When you see them again, will you be fine? They treated you like an outcast. Even in a way, some outcasts are treated way better than that"

Nathaniel glanced at the pretty girl sitting beside him. He had being meaning to ask her the same questions too.

Semiloore smiled a little "I have you guys"

"I heard the geo political zones selection are always very tough"

"Hmm"

"About 20 schools should be in attendance"

"How many are picked to go for the finals?"

"Three schools"

"So at the finals, only eighteen schools will be in attendance"

"Yeah"

"Are you guys here for the competition?" the waiter asked

"Yes"

"You guys really look smart. I wish you best of luck"

"Add some prayers" Christian replied as the man gave a cheerful smile, bowed and left.

"Let's go"

The bus drove into the venue soon afterwards and there were a lot of students and buses there already.

"You guys use this hall?"

"Yes"

"Whoa!"

"This is huge"

"I mean do we have a hall as huge as this back home"

"What do you mean?"

"Isn't Dome huge?"

"You are right"

"I think Dome is slightly larger" Semiloore added

"Huh?"

"The hall can contain up to 5, 000-6, 000 people while DOME can contain over 7, 000"

"Is that so?"

"Hmmmm"

"Whoa! I didn't expect to see this many students here"

"Many of them are friendly. You all will make friends quite fast" Semiloore replied with a grin

"Why?"

"I brought most of the good looking students in our class"

"You think am good looking?" Olamide asked.

Semiloore laughed "Of course. You have a drop dead gorgeous smile"

"Thank you"

"Hii"

Some students had come over.

"Hi" Christian replied

"My name is Favour, a student of May Flower International school. These are my friends. Nice to meet you"

"Christian. Nice to meet you too"

"Is this your first time getting to this stage? I've never seen you around here before"

"Its our first"

"Whoa!!! You guys must have worked your asses out" one of the girls replied obviously trying to put them off

"Who said we worked our asses out?" Rebecca asked glaring at the girl "Our seniors have been representing us till now they hadn't achieved anything. So we went for a change. We came instead of them and here we are. We sleep all night and have a few hours of practice"

"Whoa!"

"You guys must be really cool then"

"And smart too"

"I really wish you guys best of luck"

"We wish you guys the same. You should go and practice now"

As the girls walked away, they had frown on their faces.

"What was that about?"

One of them chuckled "Its their first time getting here and they are already so pompous"

"What's wrong with them?"

"Bunch of idiots"

"You guys obviously didn't see the guy standing at the back earlier"

"I saw him"

"You did"

"He's so cute"

"I felt like I wanted to faint"

"I didn't see him"

"Do you want to go and look again?"

"No"

"We'll see him in the hall"

"Why were you hiding your face earlier?"

Semiloore turned and pouted.

"They'll recognize me. Am saving the surprise for those bastards"

"I'll like to see the expression on their faces"

Semiloore stared at the faint sight of the girls back before shaking her head.

"She hadn't even changed at all"

"You know them?"

"Of course"

"The girl who talked about working our asses off is Tutu"

"Huh?"

"Owolabi Adetutu, ranked number seven most fastest"

"Most fastest?"

"Yes"

"Whoa!"

"But I really don't know how her cerebrum works"

"What do you mean?"

"How can somehow be so brilliant and be so stupid at the same time? Sometimes I wonder if any of her ancestors was a monkey"

Nathaniel was the first to burst into laughter before others joined.

"What do you mean a monkey?"

"Monkeys are smart and stupid"

Nathaniel burst into laughter again.

"Am really sure one of them was" Semiloore added before the group coursed into laughter again.

Nathaniel held his stomach as he laughed. Before now hearing her insult people annoyed him and irritated him but now things were different. Even he could almost say he enjoyed  listening to her insulting people. Of course the dumb ones.

"Since Hicol Lag doesn't have you anymore, who is going to represent them?"

Semiloore smile disappeared as she checked her wristwatch.

"You'll see. The siren is gonna go off in twelve minutes. In five minutes, I'll make a U-turn and walk towards the hall, everyone would recognize me and sure words will reach their ears and they'll come see for themselves"

"Olamide please remember to put on your camera to take a video"

"Why?"

"I'll post it on her IG and twitter page"

They all burst into laughter again. Semiloore walked up to Nathaniel as she wrapped her hands round his lean waist while the latter played with her hair.

"Are you ready?"

"For the competition or to deal with those bitches?"

"The bitches first"

"Sure"

"Okay then"

"I don't know why. Whenever I hug you or hold you like this;all my worries just disappear. I feel safe"

"You should"

Semiloore stared up at Nathaniel as he glanced around.

A month ago if someone told her she would be holding Oladele Nathaniel like this right now, she would have given such a person the award of best joker of the century. But here she was holding him like her life depended on it.