Chapter 1
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"I can't believe it's over."I stood there waiting for the bus impatiently carrying my bags.This was the last ride with those barbarians; I thought.The last five years were hell and I just got my ticket out.I thought out loud.The watchman looked at me in a curious manner that displayed keen interest.
"What are you blabbering about kid.So what? You are done here, but it's more like out of the frying pan and into the fire for you"
"What do you mean sir?"I asked courteously.
"You'll have to find that out for yourself. Do your own research" he says as he walked back to his station.
I looked back at the tall magnificent buildings that aligned themselves in a rectangular quadrangle.The tall one at the center was the administration block.On the right was the dormitories and on the left were the classes.
Most people from the outside world looked at the buildings with awe and amazement.Little did they know what sort of experiences one had to undergo here.There was no communication between them and us until the end of the semester.This communication was seen as a "barrier" to academic excellence hence restricted at all cost despite other institutions embracing it as an idea exchange pathway.
Looking back at those buildings brought about memories that I wanted erased in vain.From the first day of my admission, I've learnt a lot and not just the education they offered but also about how miserable this life turns people into.Upto now I have never known the purpose of life,why is is it so mechanical?It feels like a system is in place that most average people have to pass through.I shrugged.
It's awful to those who never get the chance to pass through this system or the ones who pass it and fail.They are seen as "misfits"by society and I feel like it's wrong.Basically highschool life determines what sort of life you would want to go to.
I was brought back to reality by a feminine voice calling out to me that was diluted by the voices of chanting students.
"Vade! Vade!"
"Rain? when did u get here?"
"Just get in the car before your friends ruin my paint"
Rain is my best friend but in the eyes of many she's a celebrity; a successful artist who already has six golden albums and made a thousand shows internationally at the age of twenty one.Her father is an ambitious billionaire but Rain made her own fortune and refused to be helped by her father in building up her career.
" Any time now Vade" she said with a frown.
"Sorry my bad.." I said while struggling to get passed the students who had completely surrounded her Rolls Royce that was in the middle of her two other vehicles asking for her autograph.She had sunglasses on and was urging her fans to move while her security gaurds tried to pave a way for me.
I managed to survive the crowd and gett into the well furnished vehicle.
"I'm so sorry guys I have to go now. I love you all keep on supporting me"
"We love you Rain!" shouted one of the girls in the crowd.
"Why did he choose that dickhead though?"one guy asked.
"Hey! Be nice."Rain intervened.
"Can we just go now!"
The vehicles sped off after and Rain smiled warmly at me.I examined her face.She had long thick naturally curly black hair that hanged a little bit below her shoulders.Her oval shaped hazel eyes complimented her hair.Her short nose and perfectly shaped mouth completed her look.I failed to understand why someone like her would be my friend.
She's way out of my league.I would think.
"Why are u looking at me like that?"She asked with a slight frown.
"Nothing just admiring your beauty."
"Ouuu so they teach you to flirt with innocent girls these days huh."
"Are you really innocent?"
"It depends on what you depict 'innocent' to be.I mean I could be bad sometimes ,I don't know."
She smiled at me and I looked at the window.I was timid and I could say I had bad social skills due to various reasons from my upbringing.It affected me such a way that I failed to maintain eye contact with the person I'm talking to and when pay too much attention to me,I failed to bring out the words I want and end up embarrassing myself.
I was so much lost in my own thoughts that I didn't even realize Rain had changed her outfit.
"Vade are you zoning out again?"she asked
"Huh...when did you change?"
"About ten minutes ago."
"Ooh...You look really nice.What's the occasion?"
"I really think you should see a doctor or something concerning your 'problem'"
"What problem I am fine.Don't worry about me."
She looked at me with unconvinced eyes and rolled them about sarcastically.
"Anyway next Wednesday I'm gonna have a concert in Italy and you are coming with me right?"
"Do I have to? I'm just done with highschool and I need a break."
"Yes you do, you have a whole week before Wednesday and besides it's gonna be my biggest concert of all .You have to be there because it will be also be a special day for us."
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