ASPIRATION PLEDGE

CHAPTER ONE (The school begins)

It was in January when the state minister

in charge of academics had announced the official start of

studies. The gate leading to the entrance at Texas high

school was opened wide like a crocodiles mouth

waiting for flies to land in it before the devour.

Dry leaves which fell off from the tree flew east to the west, the school trenches had been completely dry

since the previous term was in the Summer season.

Teachers sat in rows on a school bench while their record books were on top of the table. Mistress Jolly’s nake was like a mane and if you gazed at her from afar, you could think that she was an astronaut.

Among the teachers at the reception, she was the most loved teacher by the students. Regardless of the gender, she always associated with all students and they could share with her their grievances most of the time.

As a result of too much coldness, Yesse could not recognise Mistress Jolly from far since she

covered her self.

It seemed like the winter season was

approaching

Mistress Jolly: "Yesse, you are most welcome.

Let me hope you won't disappoint us academically this

year."She seemed joking as she was recording his

details.

Yesse;"Automatically I am gonna challenge the whole

Country."He replied.

He seemed too enthusiastic since

he was already seeing Quidite, Spadee and some other few students who were his best friends.

The warden escorted him to wards the hostel together with his belongings.At the entrance to their rooms, there were stairs which were too high and this made climbing to

the veranda very hard. At a certain moment, the students even complained to their leaders to go and find a solution to the threat but they instead paid a deaf ear. Some time back,one of the students

at that school had a fracture as a result of that.

Yesse reached at the doorway where he dropped all his belongings. Spadee Jumped off his decker like a wrestler on top of the cage. He hugged Yesse and also kissed him.

Spadee: "Neger," "am happy because you are back for our struggle as usual. I thought that that you f****d up your self in the village as usual but this time round I see some sorts of change

in you."He yelled at him.

Yesse : "s**t!!!"he whispered in a joking way. "Men this time round I decided to move with my PC."He added.

Spadee called Yesse "neger" because he was a n***o. Their friendship was far away better than real love. At times Spadee even acted as a mediator between

Yesse and Liana. This couple was known by the administration because Mistress Jolly even once found them in love, their shadows were reflected by a flash light seemingly at zero distance but Jolly

instead decided to flush off her phone. It was the next day when she decided to call them at her office where she gave them guidance

and counseling.

Students had already stayed at school for a fortnight. Jazz played at school during evening lessons and it was led by Quidit. He was a tall brown man who was ever in glasses. Because of his height, some of the new students even thought that he was a teacher. He was short-tempered and most of the students feared to associate with him. At least every week, he could appear at the disciplinary committee four times. All his dreams were to become a musician in the future.

The evening reached and the sun was almost dying off. They went for supper as usual at the dining hall.Yesse, Quidit, and Spadee were dining on the same table. The entrance to the dining hall could hit one with an aroma which made some of the students devour faster and go for the second round. Their soup was just reflecting the light in the room and the chicken stood on the plate like a quarry stone. Forty percent of their fees always went for diet while the remaining sixty percent was for academic purposes and other necessities.

Yesse: “Guys, I think I am not going for the evening classes.” He uttered this to the fellows while yawning.

Quidit: “Me too. The term is just at the start. I do wanna f**k up myself.”

Spade: “Hahahaha,” he burst into laughter. “You have started this term just as you planned for it before, are you going to take risks?” he asked.Yesse and Quidit gazed at him, signaling to him their plans as usual.

Spadee; “OK, I am gonna f**k up with you people,” he joined the conversation while chewing his gum. The three then went back to their hostel room. The light was switched off and then the room became as dark as the grave. Only small whispers and some arguments could be heard from the room. The faces of the three comrades could be reflected from afar as the PC light flashed on their faces. The school was made in such a way that survival was for the fittest. So, however much one loused around, he still had to work harder to achieve better grades, both in the theoretical part and course work which was taken as gold. Shouts of Messi and Ronaldo could be heard from the corner in the room. Yesse was saying that Ronaldo could make his night better, while the other two comrades insisted on Messi.

Spadee; “You see, I told you.You have now f****d up yourself. Quidit, didn't I tell him?” He boosted.

Quidit; “Of course you did, but we were shits to him.”He replied .

The two comrades left for their beds while the other schoolmates were just returning from the evening study. Yesse's face was full of misery, and this made some of his other roommates even envious. One who noticed him shouted at the doorway that it was a risk. This made Yesse grow into gloom.Soon everyone settled on his mattress,and once a noisy room became a silent one.

Nights and days passed as lessons and fun continued.It was a day early in the morning. The teacher gathered the students and informed them about the parents' visitation to school. The assembly ground was full of students, some wore jeans, t-shirts, whereas the majority were in Nike shoes. Mistress Jolly informed them about the performance on such a day. Quidite whispered to his other jazz team and they all burst into laughter .They know this was the right time for them to earn awards.

Soon the day reached, the school compound was covered in tents, chairs were arranged at every part of the school. Students sat in one side opposite their parents while the teachers were soon joining the students' tent. Mistress Jolly was the first to arrive and she was dressed in a sleeveless dress. She greeted the audience, thanking the parents for their arrival. She also appreciated the coordination amongst the three parties. Enthusiasm filled the whole area as the students prepared to start the performance.The dancing team were the first and it was led by Andre. Soon after, the jazz team then entered the stage and all the audience gaped at them, and it was led by Quidite. This time round, everyone expected fun. This was because Quidite was known for his once-ever international representation at Washington where he emerged among the best. Some of the observers by then even concluded that they got 5,000 dollars and so many other awards like clothes, shoes, and Samsung phones. After a short while of silence, guitars and keyboards started to play before Quidite joined

with a Nights passed and it was a day early in the morning. The teacher gathered the students and informed them about parents' visitation to school. The assembly ground was full of students, some wore jeans, t-shirts, whereas the majority were in Nike shoes. Mistress Jolly informed them about the performance on such a day. Quidite whispers to his other jazz team and they all burst into laughter.Soon the day reached, the school compound was covered in tents, chairs arranged for every part of the school. Students sat in one side opposite their parents while the teachers were soon joining the students' tent. Mistress Jolly was the first to arrive and she was dressed in a sleeveless dress. She greeted the audience, thanking the parents for their arrival. She also appreciated the coordination amongst the three parties. Enthusiasm filled the whole area as the students prepared to start the performance.The dancing team were the first and it was led by Andre. Soon after, the jazz team then entered the stage and all the audience gaped at them, and it was led by Quidite. This time round, everyone expected fun. This was because Quidite was known for his once-ever international representation at Washington where he emerged among the best. Some of the observers by then even concluded that they got 5,000 dollars and so many awards like clothes, shoes, and Samsung phones. After a short while of silence, guitars and keyboards started to play before Quidite joined

with a hushed tone.

"you're my reason here------""I love you----""

"you're my reason here-----""I gat you""

"you're my reason here----""1,2,3 lets go"

"Shout yes yes."Quidite ordered as the jazz continued and the crowd also joined in the singing.

"Yes noted yes loved"

"Yes noted yes missed"

"Yes noted we can't wait for the kiss and hugs".

The music continued and it took like thirty minutes. Soon after the entertainment, parents were then later allowed to interact with their children which made the compound look like bees at work in the hive. Yesse didn't notice the presence of his mother and he was almost getting vexed up. "She really didn't mean to come today, really?? and yet am broke, no stake". Yesse had all this as an aside. He then started his journey towards the entertainment hall. At this hall, most of the dependants who could not see their parents would sit inside there as they were watching some of the love stories as well as actions. He felt dizzy while he was climbing upstairs to the hall.

The narrow path was filled with artificial flowers and also some sorts of trees. "Jesse, Jesse, Jesse" a voice was heard from behind as Spadee was approaching towards him. man, you are needed at the reception.