TRAUMA (Pains of Love) - Season 1 - Episode 10

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TRAUMA (Pains of Love) - Season 1 - Episode 10

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BECKY’S HOUSE
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I woke around 4:am in the morning and sat on my bed with my back leaning on the wall. I had a dream but woke up when the person had tried to kiss me. Surprisingly, I found myself smiling as I thought about the dream, then suddenly I remembered that the uniform I was suppose to wear to school wasn’t ironed and I couldn’t wear the one I wore the previous day coz I wore my uniform each for two days unlike some of my nursery school mates who had always argued that school uniform should be worn monday to wednesday before washing, then you wear the second one you have thursday and friday, an idea I disliked so much.

I glanced at the alarm clock on my bedside table and the time was 4:45am.

“Jeez!” I exclaimed and got of bed quickly and before doing any other thing, I entered the toilet to brush. After brushing, I went out of my room and walked to ironing room but met my mom who was ironing my school uniform.

“Goodmorning mom and thanks,” I smiled and hugged her from behind happily.
When I entered she was almost through which indicated she must have woken up so early. She switched off the wall socket in which the iron was plugged to and turned to face me.

“Becky, did you pray this morning?” she asked, staring at me directly in the eyes.

I smiled again, then turned and ran to my room. I didn’t wait to give her a reply coz I knew what’s next…
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At About 5:30am, I was already in the bathroom.

As I came out of the bathroom to dress up for school, I began praying again in my heart, asking God to lead me out of trouble that wednesday…
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By the time I went downstairs for breakfast, it was already 6:00am. I dropped my bag on the couch in the sitting room and then the front door opened and my uncle and cousins walked in. Their dressing needed no one to tell me they had gone out for the early morning exercise which had become part of us back then in New York.

I hung my handkerchief on my left shoulder and placed my hands akimbo. “You didn’t care to take me along?” I frowned.

“Sorry,” they said in unison.

“Tomorrow you will exercise with us,” My uncle added and touched my cheek, then climbed upstairs while I walked to the dining and sat down to eat coz I didn’t want to be late to school.

“Becky, sorry about last night,” Josh apologised from the sitting room.

“Forgive,” Nath added.

I smiled and stood up, then carried my plate of yam porridge to the sitting room. “I forgave you last night but you will have to appease me.”

“Okay fine, anything?” Nath said.

I took time to chew the food in my mouth before speaking, “You will arrange my room today and take me out for dinner later,” I requested.

“Ah!! That’s not fair na,” Josh frowned.

“Deal or no deal?”

Just then my mom descended the stairs and walked to the sitting room where she put the normal five hundred naira in my school bag while I stood up and moved to the dining room where I dropped the plate of unfinished food, drank water and removed a serviette to clean my mouth.

I walked back to the sitting room and carried my bag. “Bye everyone,” I smiled as I hugged them briefly and headed to the door.

“Becky, your room isn’t arranged,” Mom called out. I turned and glanced at my cousins, then ran out happily….
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On my way to school, I met David standing under the pear tree by the path way.
“Hi Dave, goodmorning,” I greeted cheefully and stretched out my hand to him which he held.

“Lets go, was waiting for you,” he smiled.

“You should have come to our house na.”

“I couldn’t.”

“Okay,” I sq££zed his hand playfully which he reciprocated and then we laughed…
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PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
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As David and I held hands and walked in through the gate, we sighted the head boy who stood under a shade close to the school gate, glaring at us. David cared less as we walked and even held my hands more tight than before…
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After the morning assembly, Queen joined us and we walked to the class together.
Soon, the Economics teacher came in but as he began to teach, a cry from behind stopped him which made the whole class turn to the direction of the voice. It was Peace.

“Hey! What’s your problem?” The economics teacher asked and walked up to her locker.

“I can’t find my lunch money,” Peace cried.

The economics teacher became angry and asked us to search our bags after Peace had told us the money was one thousand naira.

I searched my bag and surprisingly found extra one thousand naira note in my side bag but never knew how the money got there coz my mum had put only five hundred.

“Have any of you seen it?” the economics teacher asked while I held the money and began to shiver in fear…
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