~Alya
I basically ran into Venos high once I stepped out of my limo, not even taking a backward glance.
I hastened my pace with each step I took, you would actually think I had something important to do or someone really special to see.
But neither was the case. In fact, I had no one to see. You could call it excitement of being in final year, but then you're wrong. Truth is, I honestly couldn't care less.
I just hated crowds and there was soon going to be one hell of a crowd, one of the reasons why I had arrived really early.
Rumors had it that Genevieve Chidi, daughter of popular singer, Demi Chidi and also a star herself, would start schooling in Venos and boy did she have a lot of fans, the school went crazy over the news you would wonder if it was the first time having a celebrity in the school.
In fact I couldn't count the number of stars in the school but then, there were always these wannabes who wouldn't miss an opportunity to be associated with one.
On a norms, I would be the least interested by her arrival, after all, she was two classes below me. I would have still been disinterested if she had been in the same class as me.
I wouldn't have even been so bothered by the crowd, but I couldn't risk a chance encounter especially in such a crowd.
Why? Because we were already familiar with each other, she even thinks of me as a friend, but I just take her as another one of those people in my life.
My mom was friends with her father and she used to visit a lot when I was still homeschooled until I decided to attend an actual school in my S. S. 1.
She was one of the few people I would mostly have around and the same was the case for her as she was also homeschooled.
The first thing she would probably do on seeing me would be to scream, not even minding the fact that we were in a crowd, and literally jump on me and that would definitely cause a lot of attention.
Firstly, how did we know each other? Cause our parents are friends. Then who the hell is my mom and how the hell did she get to be friends with Demi Chidi?!
Well, she's a movie star. I would say she had acted in a couple of blue films but that would probably be an understatement.
She was really famous although mostly because of the foreign films she had been starred in. She had over a hundred million followers on her Instagram account the last I checked.
So at least more than half the population of the school knew her. But then, I didn't want anyone to know I was associated with her let alone knowing that I was her daughter.
And since I never liked attention, she decided to keep me off social media. She still wouldn't have publicised me either way. Never for once had she ever mentioned having a daughter. Only people really close to her knew of my existence.
Not even the school was aware of that fact as my late aunt had taken charge of everything that had to do with my registration. The flashy cars I came in wouldn't even be a hint cause almost everybody in the school was from a fucking rich background.
But then it would be an explosion if anybody found out. I just had this feeling that a couple of backward people would keep judging me because of her and I wasn't such a fan of attention either so I would rather let the sleeping dog lie.
The school was pretty big so it took me quite a while to get to my class. When I arrived at the block, I sat down on the floor to catch my breath for a minute.
I didn't bother about my skirt getting dirty, firstly because it was black and then because the floors were definitely clean, probably even polished.
When I got my breath I dashed into my class. I was the only one there since it was still quite early. I took a seat at the back of the class and that would automatically be my seat for the rest of the term.
I picked out a story from my bag and started to read it. I read it until after the assembly period. By the time the first period was about to begin I heard a massive noise and I already knew what it would be about.
At that point more than half the class rushed out leaving only a few people, including me, in the class. Even the teen popstar in our set, Alesscia Evans, left the class with the rest. I wouldn't say she exactly rushed though.
She more of catwalked probably expecting people to clear the path for her as she walked through. And despite the hurry to see Genevieve, a way was still made for her. She probably felt like she was walking on a ramp as she left the class.
Poor her! She was lucky I wasn't one of those leaving the class cause there was no way I would even move out of the way let alone making a path for "her majesty".
The people left in the class were either sadists like myself, nerds who didn't want to leave their school work, or those who felt too big or rather were as disinterested as myself by the fact that there was yet another star in the school.
I bent my head on my locker and continued reading my story. Soon I heard someone tap on my desk. I raised up my head to meet a dark girl with large brown eyes staring at me.
I wasn't the kind of person to take note of the people I met but I actually remembered her name, Chiamaka Ugonabo.
We weren't friends though... actually, I didn't even have many friends in my class so I just looked up at her waiting for her to get done with her trash and leave.
"Can I sit here? " she asked gesturing towards the seat next to mine as if she actually needed my permission to do that.
I would have scoffed and ignored her but rather I muttered, "It's a free world" and went back to my book.
She muttered a "thank you" before seating down. She sat quietly for a while before she spoke up. "Can we talk_"
"No", I snapped almost before she even finished her sentence.
I was even shocked that she was not among those who left the class to meet Genevieve.
I mean, she was always with the crowd and always seeking attention so she should have been among the first people to leave.
"I don't know why people are even making such a fuss about Genevieve, I mean she is basically nothing. She isn't so famous either to get... "
Well, I stopped listening. She was basically talking to herself, she must have noticed that cause after about five minutes, she stopped talking.
Wow, took her that long to get a simple fact. She was silent for a while before asking, "Is that a Space wood series? "
That caught my attention and I raised my head from the book. "A what now? "
"A space wood series ", she repeated. "It's a military sci-fi where all the characters die in the end".
Wow! She just ruined the book in one sentence. I closed the book and tossed it in the trash bin in front of the class. It entered perfectly, not a surprise.
"Thanks", I remarked sarcastically with a fake smile on my face. I had been giving a lot of those smiles recently and I was honestly sick of it.
"You're welcome", she shrugged probably not taking note of the sarcasm and I actually thought she was smart.
The population of the class that had left had slowly filled back in so I guessed that Genevieve must have reached her class by now.
I picked up my Chemistry textbook and stood up to leave. "Where are you going? " Chiamaka asked me.
'None of your business'! I thought.
But I had this habit of saying the exact opposite of whatever I had in mind. I rather replied, "Library", and left the class. I paced around the hallway for a while.
Why the hell did Genevieve have to start schooling here? I thought her parents would never let her go to school so what the hell was she doing here?
It wasn't supposed to be a big deal but it was one hell of a deal for me. I was not so sure how we wouldn't meet when we were basically in the same school.
I mean it was optional for us to attend the assembly since we had major exams coming up although I had to attend on Wednesdays and Fridays since I was the Sports prefect.
I would just have to never attend anyway. I would just let the main sports prefect handle it. He had openly admitted to having a crush on me so it would not be so hard to get him to do me this simple favour. Besides, Genevieve wasn't interested in sports plus the school was very big. Chances are we wouldn't even meet until I leave the school, hopefully.
A tap on my back brought me back to Earth. I turned around to see Chiamaka.