BEAST OF BOURNVILLE

WHITE GIRL

Every day is a good day to work hard, but today, fate will speak on the bright side", the principal gave his opening remark as he welcomed the new sets of students into Grahams for a briefing.

It was another day at Graham's and George was so so excited after seeing his friends ' Olivia and Robert '. William dropped George at school and straight away he headed for work.

George walked closely alongside Olivia and Robert along the walkway to Graham's. On approaching their classroom, they passed by the principal's office where he cited 'a junior'. With his mouth wide open and a weird smile on his face, he stopped and gazed at her pretty face almost as if he had seen a ghost from another realm.

"what's up", Robert shouldered him as Olivia stepped back to see what had caught the attention of their friend. “Oh! come on, she's still a junior and she's going to flip the other way before you say yes sir", Olivia and Robert laughed and they went to class for the morning session.

Later on that day, the bell rang ,'its break time ', Edward shouted, and he horridly unzipped his bag pack pulling out snacks in despair with a hungry smile. "yum Yum!" he exclaimed.

Meanwhile, George and Robert shrugged in disgust as Matt winked at Edward. Matt and Edward were pals in opposition to George , Robert and Olivia.

Time and again they would clash in arguments and during sports because Matt felt intimidated by George's Reflex during the rugby games and mountain climbing.

“Daddy's boy", Olivia would make a gesture at Matt with a funny look on her face whenever he lost in a game or an argument. Matt had put it upon himself to be in competition with George and his clique of friends.

Later at noon, it was time for community service and juniors were meant to do all the hard labor, including the cleanups, before heading back for lectures.

George excused himself from class as soon as he observed the juniors moving out, he wanted to see her. " Boy she's as white as snow" he thought out loud.

Every other guy in Graham's then always walked up to make friends with her but she turned them down.

George hesitated for a while because he always felt that she didn't even accept Matt. So he continued his simple life just looking at what he could barely own.

"Hello dear”, George finally waved at her while she was tilling the soil in the garden, then she slowly raised her face to see who was talking. His friends had pushed him to come say hi to her with a thumbs up. They smiled at him from the corridor and they turned back to get to class.

At this time, George had sneaked from class to come see her. "Am George, ‘he paused and cleared his throat' George Thomas ‘,he continued’, hope you don't mind me giving you a hand ”. He smiled like he was confused about what to say .

“That would be kind of you", she replied and picked up the hoe to continue tilling the soil in the farmyard. They were clearing the school farm in the backyard. “but I didn't get your name " he continued as she walked away. “Emily , Emily Edison'' she replied, turned back, and gave him a hot smile.

George was already looking like his heart had melted an Aso rock. He stood there moping sheepishly until she walked out of his sight, then he realized himself and went to class.

“George, where have you been? ”, the math teacher asked, with a suspicious gaze. George got agitated and said he was in the bathroom ‘scratching his head'. Immediately, everybody in class burst out in laughter as he went to take his seat.

“ Before the interruption, the algorithm is...”, the math teacher continued, while George continued smiling as he kept hearing Emily's voice over and over again.

After closure, on their way home, Robert and Olivia kept making fun of George's attitude until William came by to pick him up.

“Olivia stop", George pushed her softly and they ran around with Robert following, laughing and playing like kids doing a jamboree. “ Hurry up George, we're running late, your aunt will get worried", William beckoned to George. Quickly he stopped, “ bye see you guys tomorrow", he waved at Robert and Olivia as he ran to the car. Then William drove him home.

It's Thursday and sports day, everyone will come out for sports. Jenny and her clique of friends were the top girls at school.

“ Hello George'', she winked at him,"hi Jenny'' he said quickly, as he walked out on her, she got mad and went back to her friends looking fierce and angry . George ignored her because she had been that way since his first day in secondary school .

“Everyone, line up", coach Garry urged the Legends Rugby players. As George jogged in, “hey boy, you're late again, hurry up and join the winning team", coach Garry continued.

George took the front line and as soon as the whistle blew, the ball was passed to him, “run! Run!", his team players beckoned him as Jasper, a player from the Bolt, braced him and took the ball.

"oh! No", George's team mates exclaimed. He lost the ball for the fifth time in one game. “Focus boy", coach Garry encouraged him, “a captain never draws back", he continued.

George was the captain of the legends and he had won medals for the team, even in the interschool sports, but now he seemed to have been distracted like a hero locked in his mind.

As the whistle blew again, it was the last round and George stood in a good position when he heard a voice like a light tone of strings. He could recognize the voice.

“Come on George, you can do this ", Emily cheered him up and, as though he had been charged like a horse, George ran with vigor as he dribbled his way through to the finish line.

“yeeeerh", everyone cheered as his team mates ran to him and raised him up, they'd won the match. “ That was a good game out there ", Emily smiled as she patted his back.

“Oh thanks, would you mind having a drink later this evening ” George asked , “where?”, she replied. Sheat Wellington's lounge”, he continued with a happy look. Meanwhile, Robert and Olivia were with the other teammates celebrating.

“Evening aunt", George saluted his aunt Cindy as he walked into the house smiling .. ". What's it with the smile”, she asked while preparing dinner. He horridly went upstairs to freshen up, looking so modest, “ see you later aunt”, he ran off.

Wellington's lounge is a nice place for a first date. George sat there, waiting for Emily when she walked in majestically with a pretty look. They both smiled at each other as he stood up to move the chair for her to sit.

“welcome to Wellington’s", the waitress saluted them as she brought out the list of items, " Welcome please", they both replied and took their orders.

On the eve of the date, they took a stroll, laughed and held hands as George walked her home. “ Hope you have a good night ”, he bowed, as she gently raised him back up and kissed him. “Goodnight", she replied, before she went inside. George stood there, staring in awe and had just got his first kiss.