GONE TOO SOON

SWEET MEMORIES

They later assembled for evening games. "Today we are going to be competing in running, boys vs girls. Let's see who will become the winners , now everyone pair up .'' Mr Toshi said. " Rio and Clara , on your marks, get ready, set, Go !" Madam Terra shouted. '' go,go Clara you've got this, Clara, Clara , Clara ," the crowd cheered merrily. the boys cheering for Rio while the girls cheered for Clara. The moment was very fun.

The students cheered at the top of their voices as they competed with each other. '' Now that is what i call competition, you have done a good job guys , and in every competition we must have a winner, today winner award , goes to the boys , clap for them guys , " he said. The boys shouted as they ran round and round singing victory songs waving their hands on the air as others removed their shirts flying them in the air. "That's enough, you guys can take an entire night celebrating a little victory. Now i want everyone in their camps and no coming out until i permit you early in the morning for our morning run, are we together ?" asked madam Terra . "yes , " they replied as everyone went to their camps. "Goodnight Nova , and dream with me please, " Levi said to her. " You can never change Levi, anyway good night , i will dream with you, '' Nova said returning the joke.

The second night at Eco farm was peaceful and quiet . No one to wake them up with the annoying morning bells. No punishments for oversleeping . Here everything is running smoothly with lots of fun games and other interesting activities. " I can't believe this is out last trip together as a class and soon we will do our final year exam and part ways for good. Maybe from here we will never meet with some of our classmates , i hate that ," Zari told Levi during the morning run. " Yeah and that is why you should enjoy every moment , don't hold grudges with anyone , always forgive and forget you never know when you breathe your last , '' During lunch time Levi spotted Nova seated alone reading a book .

He seized the opportunity and decided to make a move . ( I love this girl, i really do but how to i say that to her, i do i tell her that , God please , show me a way ) he thought to himself. "Nova , hi do you mind if i join you ? " Yeah sure , have a sit ," she said as they both busted into laughter. " What seat ? '' asked Levi laughing . '' About the bucket list on the notice board last week , did you mean it, i mean did you mean what you wrote there Nova ?" he asked curiously. . "Yes i meant everything. I have always wanted to do that but seriously i don't know who hanged that paper there people can be very mischievous this days, " she said shying away from him. " Well since we have come here to have fun , i want to help you with them. and it starts tomorrow ." he said. " You really don't have to do that , i will figure how to do it myself , don't stress yourself at all, " she replied. "Nope, nope, we are not gonna argue about that, i will help you and that final ," he commanded .

"Levi, stop where are you taking me , leave my hand ,'' Nova shouted. "Chill , have some chills girl, just follow me quietly, " Levi said . H drugged her through the maize plantations to a cleared land which was being prepared for cultivation. the land had been cultivated using tractors and the soil was loose . They stumbled through it and stopped at the middle. "There you go, the sun will be rising any moment from now." he said spreading his hand and placed it around her neck. He took a deep breathe stared at her for a moment and said," You know this your bucket list is crazy. Who has ever thought that one day i would be standing here watching sunrise . This is magical, just have a look at those golden rays emerging from those clouds , Nova ," All that time Nova was just admiring him. Her eyes moved from his eyes through his nose and resting on the lips.

"Thank you Levi, i don't regret being your friend ," Nova said holding his hand. They turned and faced each other. Eyes locked. Bodies moved closer and closer and the lips touched, then the kiss that took ages. " Oh my God, I can get you a room for 10% discount guys. For only 20 thousand shillings i arrange a room for you immediately." Idris the class hustler said. " Idris i swear if i catch you , i will break your neck ," Levi said running after him. Idris slipped and fell down . "Are you hurt, sorry i didn't mean to make you fall Idris ," Levi said catching up with him breathing heavily from running. He dropped down to the ground near Idris pulling his leg to observe the injury.

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"I'ts not that serious man, its just a scratch you gonna be fine,"

he said . Suddenly Idris' phone rang . He took it from his pocket stared at the person calling and clicked . ''Oooh, not again , " he cried bitterly. " Hello auntie, i know you have been taking good care of me since my parents died and i am very grateful for that. But i just can't drop from school please auntie. I'm in my final year just that my hustle is not paying ,hello,hello, she hanged up on me ," Idris cried butterfly wiping tears from his eyes. '' Its okay man, don't cry everything will be fine. " Levi consoled him. Idris could not control his tears and just kept crying . " You don't understand Levi, i have been selling gadgets to get money to pay my school fees but then its not paying. Now i will be compelled to quit schooling . Even the principal threatened to send me home by next week if i don't do something about it." he wept. " Just be positive everything will be cool, " Levi said.

They stood up and walked chatting . The other students were waiting for them to begin the daily research. " hurry up you two, don't keep us here waiting ," said madam Terra . The students sat down to listen to that days research . The research was based on the maize plantations . The students were to do a research on maize from land preparation, cultivation, pest control till harvesting to storage. '' Sorry Nova for what happened in the morning. I didn't mean to leave like that, i wanted to deal with Idris first,'' said Levi. " No its okay i understand ," she replied. ''In the evening lets meet there again for the sunset watch. "All right guys , today the Eco farm management has given us apples for free. We decided to use them for our today fun games. Now pair up , boys vs girls . The first one to finish eating the apple wins. Once you finish eating tap the next one in line .

The games ended and the winners were awarded. Later that night, Mr Toshi was seated alone under a mango tree and seemed to be lost in thoughts. He scratched his head from time to time. Levi saw him and decided to have a word with him. Levi was the kind of person who liked to share others problem with him. " Mr Tosh is everything okay, you seem restless ,'' he said to him. " I'm fine Levi , just family crisis here and there. '' he said.