Her First and Last

First Time

Opened her eyes after hearing

someone call her name for over

three times so loudly, she

wondered what was happening,

though at first, she was silent to

ensure it was not a dream.

The second time was for a

confirmation that it was really her

name and at the third mention she

jerked out of bed and ran

downstairs after tracing it to be the

source of the voice that woke her

up.

The voice came again for the

fourth time, "Sa...." Yes, Mum!, she

answered before her name was

pronounced fully to avoid the

action that may follow because it

will definetely not be pleasant.

"Yes, Mum", she said again to

ensure her Mum heard her.

Mrs. Evans turned and asked "why

are you still in bed, have you

forgotten you're supposed to start

your classes today? "

Omg, i almost forgot i was still a

student, Sarah thought and replied

"I'm sorry Mum, i would get to

preparation at once", she dared not

to say such thoughts aloud to her

Mum's hearing because her day

will be ruined by so much

strenuous activities that will make

her miss a meal and also sleep late

so she avoided it by just making it

a thought not a speech and ran

back to her room as fast as she

could.

Sarah Evans is a young girl of

about 16 years from a very decent,

though middle classed family, not

too rich, not too poor but have

enough for themselves and maybe

sometimes to spare for others, it

rarely happens, just only on

occassions or feastive seasons.

Well, Sarah finished her secondary

schooling last session and had to

change school to continue her

education which was furthering it

to the university level. She's

currently under a scholarship due

to her brilliance. Actually, Sarah

was always in the first position in

class, she was the smartest kid in

the class you could say and she

was also very much loved by the

teachers and parents, she's jovial

too and very respectful. With all

these qualities of hers, she was

usually told that she would attract

a good husband for herself, that's

quite true but she attracted

sponsors first. She was called a

blessing to her family because she

was the only child, her Mum wasn't

able to conceive again after her,

due to conditions in which she

gave birth to Sarah, i guess that's

why she's strict and loving at the

same time to her, Sarah was all she

had aside her husband, Mr. Evans.

Sarah was indeed lovable and this

really brought her favour different

times and one of them was the

scholarship.

It all happened on the graduation

day, during the award ceremony,

Sarah received like fifteen awards,

best in this, best in that, overall

best and the rest... she was highly

exceptional and these brought

both admiration and envy, friends,

supporters and enemies you could

say, she was loved and hated by

many.

On this day, many were present,

coming from different places, in

and out of the city because it was

a day and boarding school, Sarah

was a day student. After hearing

Sarah Evans up to seven times,

some were surprised, probably the

new parents, while others were

already expecting it because she

has been excellent for years.

Among those who were surprised

and watching in admiration was

Mr. Felix, and after the ceremony

he made enquiries about Sarah

and found out she had good

academic records and later got in

contact with the family and his

intention towards their daughter

was made known to them. No

conditions were attached because

he was quite wealthy and saw it as

a privilege to be part of the people

that contributed to ensuring that

great people like Sarah were not

limited because of finances, he

was a good man you could say.

And from then he took over the

bills and made Sarah go to a

private university, got her

accommodation and the feeding

was handled solely by her parents.

Sarah rushed downstairs and

headed straight to the dining for

breakfast and after that, she was

about leaving but was held back by

a grip and when she turned, she

got a tight hug from her Mum and

these words followed, "My darling,

you know i love you and want you

to always be the best, so go out

there and shine, remember it's your

first time so be smart and be a

good girl, make Mama proud, okay?"

Sarah just smiled back and nodded

in affirmation.