The Habit

Chapter 17

Patrick quickly turned to look at chioma and mary jane.

"What are you girls doing here"? Patrick asked as he got up.

"Well we were passing by and we heard a sound coming from here" mary jane replied.

"Oh,okay I have to hurry to class now for the exam" Patrick said as he packed up his guiter in a case.

"My God" chioma said as she finally broke out of her shock),Patrick you have a fantastic voice.

"Thanks" Patrick replied (not looking at her until he walked out of the door.

"Do you guys have a fight?, why is he acting that way towards you" mary jane asked.

"Am also surprised,or wait, could it be yesterday that he was asking me what happened why I was crying but I never told him" chioma replied.

"Am not sure,maybe his just in a hurry that all,common let hurry back to class before we serve punishment" mary jane said as they quietly walked out of the door.

Back in class…

They were all revising their books in case they forget some things they had read,some unserious ones were busy going from seat to seat causing trouble, mary jane and chioma with some other students stopped talking and started reading their books while waiting for the teacher to come.

"Good morning class"(as Mr rueben walked in with his jump off trouser),good morning sir(they all replied).

"Take away your bags and books everyone and also do away with anything that can implicate you in this exam,if I catch any of you cheating I will fail the person" mr rueben said.

"Do away with any piece of paper beside you" he added.

While he was busy blabbing, they all dropped their bags outside and settled down on their seats,he shared their question sheets for economics and then he shared the answer sheets.

"you can start" mr rueben said as he started walking around.

10minites later…

Emeka started stretching and turning his neck around like giraffe, he looked around before touching the guy at his front, guy please number 1?(he whispered), the guy ignored him,guy please,he saw that the guy refused to answer him so he looked at the sheet of his seat mate(gabriel) as he has completed one page of his sheet now writing the next page.

Emeka quickly started copying him from the beginning to the very end, he stopped copying as Mr rueben entered their seat role, he quickly pretended to be writing as Mr rueben stopped at his seat and started looking at Gabriel work.

He stood there for over 2 minutes looking what he was writing without Gabriel noticing.

"SOME PEOPLE ARE ALREADY WRITING NONSENSE" (Mr rueben shouted) as the class bursted with laughter.

" Jesus Christ, I am dead,so this boy has been writting rubbish and am busy copying him"emeka said within himself

He looked at his face as gabriel continued what he was writing not listening to what the teacher was saying.

30minutes more(mr rueben shouted from where he sat),he got up and started sharing the objectives.

"Emeka why are you sweating like this" mr rueben asked as he got to his table.

"Sir it because of the cream I rubbed from home, it makes me sweat a lot" emeka replied.

"Now submit your theory all of you" mr rueben said.

Emeka quickly wrote down the rubbish Gabriel was writing and say a silent prayer for himself to get even if it just one mark.

He turned to look at chioma and mj as they were writing with confidence on their sheets without sweating and he was there sweating like Christmas goat.

"I have to start reading if I don’t want to fail,

I’ve been busy f**king all weekend when am supposed to be reading" emeka said within himself.

"I have to turn a new leaf,but I can’t stop having s*x,today I have to f**k theresa one more time, she can’t resist because she knows what I can do, I will f**k her maybe after school in that same library" emeka added.

After the first two papers completed, they all dashed out of the class for break but there is somewhere chioma need to go first.

"Mj can you keep a seat for me in the cafeteria?,I need to go somewhere" chioma said.

(as they walked down stairs)

"Okay don’t be long,before somebody else come and chance you" mary jane said.

Chioma quickly located the music room, she dont know why since the first day she realized that Patrick attends her school she wished to see him all the time and know him better.

She saw the door to the music room,pushed it open,peeped inside and saw no one inside.

"Oh f**k his not here" chioma said as she collapse on a chair beside a piano.

She once had a crush on emeka but after she discovered his bad side she lost interest on him and this new guy is beginning to drive her crazy.

"I have to quickly do an HIV test to ease me off this tension am having" she said within herself.

She turned the chair to face the piano, she used to sing when she was little but she never took it serious.

"Am not sure I will still have a good voice" chioma said.

"I stopped learning how to play keyboard from primary school but I could still remember some keys" she added as a song popped into her head and she started singing.

"you gotta get up?

you gotta get up and make a move?

nobody see what you going through?

you gotta get up baby?

baby you are strong?

you are wise?

you are worth beyond a thousand reasons" chioma was still singing.

Why?(came another voice).

She quickly turned and saw Patrick holding his guitar.

"For how long have you been standing there"?chioma asked.

"10 seconds ago,so what are you doing here?,I’ve never seen you in this place before" Patrick replied as he dragged a seat to sit beside her.

"Well ever since I saw you singing this morning I developed interest to sing" chioma said

"But you really need to work on your voice, you were singing like a choked cat" Patrick said.

"What?,that not my real voice you just heard trust me" chioma said.

"So who owns the voice?,your boyfriend'?patrick asked as he laughed.

" What do you mean boyfriend, I don’t have a boyfriend, am sure it your girlfriend that taught you to sing very good"chioma replied.

"Am single too" Patrick said as he started playing his guitar without singing.