027a - I've Got Your Back Part 1

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(027a - I've Got Your Back, Part 1)

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(Hilary Idara Eghosa)

"But wait though," Semeeha suddenly spoke, causing me to stop reading my book so that I could look at her. "Don't you guys think it's kind of strange that Kizito hasn't done anything to Jidenna by now?" She asked.

That question was so delicate, it was enough to get Dawn's eyes off her phone for one minute.

"I was thinking the exact same thing!" She chipped and I felt my eyes roll on their own as I turned to her, my lips quirking in a smirk.

"What time did you even have to think?" I asked her, teasingly. " You have been on the phone with Sochima all morning and you guys are in the same school... even in the same class!" I exclaimed, getting an eye roll back from her in response. Semeeha chuckled.

"If that's not madness, I don't know what is," The darker girl murmured, more to herself than the rest of us but still loud enough for Dawn and I to hear.

"Oh Shut up!" Dawn snapped, glaring at Semeeha, and went back to typing away on her phone. She paused and looked at us again.

"By the way, I haven't been on my phone with Sochima all morning. He's tutoring the JSS 1 class. Why I've been on my phone is because I'm researching some articles for my History Project. Unlike other subjects, that one isn't a test." She explained and I hummed, believing her.

It was easy to believe. Come to think of it, she wasn't smiling at her phone like someone shot her with an overdose of Cupid's arrow.

I chuckled at my own lame joke.

"History is boring," Semeeha dismissed what Dawn said with a wave of her hand, but the latter didn't even pay her any heed. "Back to what I was saying, Hilary," She turned to face me.

"Do you not think it's strange that Kizito is yet to deliver on his promise to MURDER Jidenna? 'Cos when he speaks like that, he doesn't bluff. He delivers and he delivers big!" She stated all facts, stretching her hands apart to emphasize the word big. I sighed, shrugging.

Surely, when I walked into school this morning, I was expecting to see our class wing walls stained with blood and probably Jidenna lying on the floor, half dead. As gory as it might sound, it was something Kizito could and would do. But to my surprise, the hallway was clear, classmates walking around before assembly and prefects taking their position.

Still, I decided to keep my fingers crossed, just in case. Because all through the weekend, even till this morning, I tried talking Kizito out of committing homicide but he left all my messages on read.

The first period came and went, and so did the second period, and the third, till it was time for break. The teachers were having a meeting with Sir Isaac so the periods after break were as good as free. Which was why Semeeha, Dawn and I were in the Senior Library trying to read for our upcoming test.

All this while, no sign of blood and guts on the floor or walls. But then, I wasn't sure whether it was a good thing or a bad thing because Kizito has been MIA all day. I knew he was in school but I haven't laid my eyes on him.

Made me feel like he was planning something.

I guess I should be scared.

Or maybe not?

"I'm not sure what to make of it, honestly," I told Semeeha, shrugging again. "I just hope whatever he is thinking of doing, or does, won't get him into trouble. He barely got off from Sir Isaac the last time." I said.

"He has been MIA all day and I'm getting concerned. Maybe he is just trying to cool off," Semeeha mused, picking up her phone from the table.

"Do you girls think he might lay off on Jidenna though?" She asked. I shrugged, wanting nothing more but to just read my book. Tutorials with Simi will start after school today and I need to be jacked up.

"Maybe his girlfriend found a way to pacify him," Dawn chipped, jotting down some things from her phone to her notebook.

I wasn't looking at Semeeha, but I could sense the frown that contorted on her face that very instant. I knew immediately that she was going to start saying something against Gigi Esho.

Here we go again, I rolled my eyes.

"You think Gigi Esho has the power to pacify Kizito?" Semeeha asked, sarcasm dripping from her voice. Then, she scoffed. "We have been his friends for close to six years and none of us have been able to stop Kizito when he's angry. Yet, you think some one-day-old girlfriend will be able to?" She scoffed again, and I looked at her, a slight frown marring my face.

The disdain on her face was so glaring and the frown on her face was so deep. But that wasn't what made me frown. It was the way she had called Gigi some one-day-old girlfriend for me. Kizito hasn't told us that they are official yet but the possibility of them being a clue was very clear. Semeeha was clearly not syked about it.

What's her deal? I couldn't help but wonder.

I get it, she doesn't like Gigi, but knowing that one of her best friends has feelings for the said girl... can't she just try to at least, tolerate Gigi?

"It's not about her being his girlfriend," Dawn began, putting her pen down and looking at Semeeha, who by the way, was still frowning.

"Can't you remember the last time Kizito almost murdered Jidenna? We were all there and we all tried to stop him. Did it work? No! Who was the person that came and was able to stop him?" She tapped her chin as if she was really thinking. Then she fakes a gasp and looked at Semeeha,

"That's right, it was Gigi. Deny it all you want, but we all know she can stop Kizito from being murderous. Being his girlfriend is just icing on the cake." Dawn concluded, flashing Semeeha a grin before going back to what she was doing before. The darker girl looked at me as if asking for a backup but all I did was shrug.

"I couldn't have said it any better than Dawn," I stated, causing her to roll her eyes while Dawn muttered a small thank you. "Her facts are accurate," I added. Semeeha scoffed for the third time.

"Whatever." Was all she said, picking her phone from the table again and started typing away on it.

Her books were lying there on the table and since we got here, she hasn't opened one. She was more bothered about where Kizito was and what he'd do. I can bet he was the one she was sending messages to right now.

I decided not to bother myself with Semeeha because she was a rather difficult person to understand. So, I just went back to reading my books.

English language, Check. Now, let's move to maths.

I mused to myself when I was done reading my English note, closed the book, and began to search the table for my maths note. I frowned when I realized it wasn't on the table with the rest of my books.

"What are you looking for?" Dawn asked me, noticing the way I kept checking through the books on the table. I sighed, giving up my search.

"My Mathematics notebook," I answered, then decided to make one last cross-check. "I was so certain I brought it with me from class," I added, finally giving up when I didn't find it.

"Maybe you forgot it in class," Semeeha said, not looking up from her phone. I didn't think she was paying attention to what I was saying. I guess she was.

I didn't want to go to class. That would mean being in the same space with Jidenna because I was sure he was still there. I couldn't stand being in the same space with him. I know I said I was going to act like he doesn't exist to me, but it was rather hard to when I keep feeling his gaze burning holes in my back.

Yes, Jidenna has been trying to get my attention. Calling or texting me wasn't an option since I blocked him everywhere. The only place he could access me was school and I've been trying to avoid him all day. There was nothing he could say, or do to salvage all the damage he has done.

But I had no choice but to go to class and get my Maths note. While chatting with Simi yesterday, he told me his weakness has always been calculations. Since my maths note wasn't here, I could have easily said I'd just treat physics or chemistry with him today and leave maths till later, but my physics and chemistry notes were also in the class.

I had no choice here. I had to go to class.

I shifted back my seat to create a space for me to stand, "I'll be right back," I told my friends, stood up, and made my way out of the library.

The senior library was an entirely different building away from the senior block. Though it was beside the senior block, it was a storey building like the rest of the school, with three floors. SS1 students took the ground floor just like their class, SS2 took the middle floor while SS3, the top floor.

What made it easy to access was that every class had a corridor attached between their wing and their section of the Library so there was no need exhausting ones self by ascending and descending staircases.

As I made a turn from the building and into the corridor that led to the SS3 wing, I began to hear a faint noise... sounding like they were hailing someone. When I got closer, I caught a glimpse of some of my set mates running towards a particular direction, the direction where the noise was coming from. And as I got closer, the noise got louder and louder.

What's going on?

I got to the hallway of the SS3 classes and saw a crowd gathering in front of a class. Goosebumps sprouted on my skin and my heart began to beat at an unimaginable pace. I stood rooted in that spot, classmates bypassing and bumping into me just because they were running towards that same direction of the class.

My Class!

I wasn't sure if I ran, or flew, or hyper jumped... I don't even know, but the next thing I knew, I was in front of the class trying to push past the crowd to get in. I had an inclining of what was going on, and when I saw Kizito and Jidenna's head from where I was standing, I knew I was right.

From where I stood, I could tell Kizito had Jidenna shoved against the wall, with a death grip around his neck. And from the way Jidenna's head was a little just above Kizito's, I knew the former's legs were hanging in the air.

Jesus Christ!

All this while, Our classmates just stood there, some watching the whole scenario like it was some movie, some capturing it on their phones, and others hailing Kizito. None of them had the balls to actually stop this thing from escalating. Thankfully, there was no bruise, or blood stains on Jidenna's face so I knew I got here just in time to stop the bloodshed.

Now, I understand why Kizito had been MIA. He was waiting for me, or Semeeha, or rather the both of us to leave class before carrying out his threat.

"Kizito!" I screamed, trying to stop him from doing anything drastic.

But Kizito didn't even act like anyone was calling him. He was so blinded and deafened with rage and I was sure he couldn't see or hear the crowd around him. Jidenna was struggling again Kizito, trying to put up a defense but it was no use. Kizito was too strong for him.

I tried to push through the crowd but they weren't letting me. Someone even jabbed me in the stomach and I had to bite my lower lip to stop from wincing as pain jolted through my body.

I kept trying to push my way through, but I had not even gotten past the entrance of the class. I knew it was just a matter of time before Kizito starts delivering blows and I had to get there in time.

But...

"Shift joor!" Some snapped at me and pushed me, hard.

I landed butt first to the floor outside the class, groaning at how hard I had landed. Feeling a sharp and painful sting on my right elbow, I looked at it and saw that I had injured myself, probably brushing my elbow against something as I was falling, something hard enough to draw blood.

Everyone around me had cleared the road for me to fall easily, none of them even offering to help me off my predicament. They didn't even as much as glance at me, all of them engrossed in the blood bath that was about to happen.

"Hilary,"

I looked in the direction where my name was being called from and saw Simi walking - no - running towards me. I knew he was just getting to the scene and didn't know what was going on.

"Are you okay?" He asked as soon as he got to me, taking a hold of my arm to help me up. I winced when he hoisted me up and he was quick to notice the injury on my elbow, "You're hurt." He stated, inspecting my arm.

"I'm fine," I told him and he looked at me, eyebrows raised in question because he obviously didn't believe me. I sighed, "I'm fine, Simi. Just help me stop Kizito from killing Jidenna!" I said.

"What?" He looked confused, so I pointed to the crowd. He looked towards the class and saw the crowd. From the expression on his face, it looked like he hasn't even noticed it before.

"The last thing I want is for Kizito to get into trouble and if he does anything to Jidenna, he will." I rapped on, causing Simi to look back at me, a rather conflicted looking smeared across his face. I wasn't sure what to make of it

"Please, get him out of there." I pleaded.

Simi held my gaze for a moment, and from the way he looked, with the expression on his face, it seemed like he was having some sort of internal battle with himself. I couldn't place where it was coming from.

But before I could make sense of it, he made his way into the class, and when I saw that our classmates were automatically making way for him, I followed closely behind him till we got to the front.

He wasted no time in pulling both boys apart, with no struggle whatsoever. That definitely earned a whole lot of reaction from everyone standing around.

"Knock it off," He called out, his voice echoing through the suddenly quiet classroom, staring right at a glaring Kizito who looked obviously pissed off that he was being stopped. The latter was clearly not going to back out easily as he began to struggle against Simi.

I was scared, knowing that Simi didn't stand a chance if Kizito broke free.

"Get your hands off me, Jordan!" He growled out, calling Simi's surname in a way that made me wince slightly. That sparked up a murmur among everyone.

"Hey!" Simi growled back, his voice harder and stronger... deeper. The intensity startled everyone in the room, including me. I even slightly flinched at how sharp his tone was.

"Get your head together! You cannot hurt him and you know damn well why. You lay a finger on him and you are finished!" He told Kizito, looking at him in the eyes as if a way of passing a hidden message I couldn't even decipher. But that wasn't what stunned me.

Simi was successfully holding Kizito Alade-Martins... Crestview's Hunk and star quarterback, the biggest guy in school at arm's length, a good distance away from Jidenna without breaking as much as a sweat. Simi had managed to subdue the strongest guy in all of Crestview without popping a vein.

Wow! Was all I could think of while massaging the skin around my injury to ease the pain, my eyes on the trio.

On Simisola.

He lightly shoved Kizito, looking in my direction. "Get him out of here," He said.

It took me a second to realize that he was actually looking past me and to someone behind me, talking to another person. I looked back in time to see Gigi Esho walking into the class. I had no idea when she had come even.

"Are you okay?" She asked me when she got close to me, glancing at my bloody elbow. I nodded, mustering a small smile.

"I'm fine," I told her.

She nodded at me before walking past to where Kizito was and whispered something into his ear. Nobody heard what she said but whatever it was that she said was enough to get Kizito physically relaxed. I saw him heave a deep sigh and his shoulder relax and I was sure I wasn't the only one that noticed the change.

Gigi took his hands and led him out of the classroom.

Jidenna looked like he was just able to breathe properly, visibly looking relieved. He was putting up a hard guy front but the truth is that he was scared, terrified even. He made to walk away but Simi held him back, causing everyone to be confused, including me.

Kizito was out of the class so Jidenna was safe. Not that I care.

"He's gone. Let me go." Jidenna said, struggling to release himself from Simi's hold but failed. It didn't even look like Simi was holding him tight.

"I can't," Simi replied, a rather impassive expression on his face. Jidenna looked at me but I averted my gaze from him and looked at Simi, whose eyes were already on me.

He sighed and looked back at Jidenna.

"Kizito is not off this block," He began, and immediately, I understood what he meant. "If I let you go, he'll literally smell you and will come for you. He should be within a five-mile radius from you before you start roaming free." He explained, though in the most bored tone ever, like he was doing this against his better judgment.

What Simi said was absolutely correct. Just because we got here in time to stop the bloodshed doesn't mean Jidenna will keep getting lucky. Putting a good distance between the both of them was the best thing to do so for now, Jidenna couldn't leave the class.

I wasn't even doing this for Jidenna. I was doing it for Kizito. If he wasn't at the risk of getting into trouble, I would have left him. Jidenna can die for all I care.

"But I can't..." Jidenna began to argue, and I fought the urge to hiss. Simi in turn rolled his eyes and cut the rest of his words off.

"Stay still and stop whining like a..."

An aggressive burst into the classroom cut Simi's words off. I turned around just in time to see Tekena Tamuno forcefully pushing through the crowd that was still gathered in front of the classroom. When he got to where Simi, Jidenna, and I were standing, he stopped and looked between the three of us, an ugly frown smeared across his face.

Perfect Timing. Note my sarcasm.

He must have heard that Kizito had his best friend and with the way he

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