Must Read: It Is Teenage Love

Episode 6 years ago

Must Read: It Is Teenage Love

“so where should we go?” she asked.

“Ikolaba grammar school.” segun suggested.

“Do you have friends there?” she asked.

“Yeah.” he replied.

“But, am afraid o.” she said.

“Why?” he asked.

“Emma is writing his exams there.” she warned.

“Forget about him, nothing will go wrong.” he
assured.

“Okay.” she replied.

They got to the main road and boarded a bike and
off they went to Ikolaba. They got to the front gate
of the school and segun brought out his phone and called Mike.

“Hello.” segun said immediately Mike picked the call.

“Hello. Where are you?” Mike asked.

“I’m in front of the gate.” segun answered.

“Okay. Am coming. What are you wearing?” Mike asked.

“You might not notice me but am with a girl dressed in a yellow gown top and a black leggings.” segun described.

“Nike abi?” Mike asked.

“Yeah.” Segun answered.

Segun dropped the call and turned to Nike. “He’ll soon be here.”

“Okay.” Nike replied.

“Let’s go somewhere he could easily pick us.”[B] Segun said.

They both walked towards a fig tree opposite the
gate, when they both sighted Emmanuel and six
other guys coming towards them.


[B]“Let get out of here.” Nike said fearfully.

“We are not going anywhere.” Segun said.

“Segun please don’t fight them.” she advised.

“I won’t. You know am outnumbered.” Segun said.

Emma and his boys Joined them in no time.

“Hey boy.” Emma greeted.

“How far.” Segun replied.

“What are you doing with the girl.” A member of the gang Tony asked.

“Which girl?” Segun asked.

“My girlfriend.” Emma said.

“Your girlfriend.” Segun asked irritatedly.

“Go down on your knees.” Tony commanded.

“Go down for what?” segun asked. Another member usman removed a dagger from his pocket and showed segun.

Segun was scared.

“Guys please, we can settle this peacefully.” he pleaded.

“Who are your guys?” Usman barked moving towards him but he moved back.

All these Nike was pleading with them and telling
Segun to obey them. To which they all paid less
attention to.

Segun studied the guys properly, they were all
dressed in red T-shhrts and black jean. Segun
sensed cultism.

Segun discovered they had attracted onlookers.

“Okay please lets leave this open space.” Segun said.

Immediately usman tried hitting him with the
dagger but segun was fast enough to hold him as he head butted him on the chest as he reeled in pain backwards.

The rest of the squad excluding Emmanuel attacked him as they pushed him to the ground and started hitting him. Olanike was begging Emmanuel not minding the onlookers.

“What’s going on there?” Micheal asked.

“Who are you?” Tony yelled.

“You dey craze. What are you doing to the boy?”

Akin a well built boy with thick voice asked angrily.

(he was also Segun’s friend).


Then the battle began, the two squads faced each
other, within a short period of time, it seems like
Segun’s team are leading because Emma’s team boys are begging for their lives before the school security men disengaged them.

Emma and his guys left in annoyance but not after
promising Segun a rematch. Segun sustained a
number of injuries as he was bleeding.

Having watched the whole drama Omolayo and
Jummy pushed their way out of the crowd as they
came to segun’s aid by applying some first aid
drugs on the wounds.

“Segun. Are you alright?” Omolayo asked.

“Yeah. Am okay.” segun replied.

“Let me help you with water.” Nike said as she tried removing a bottled water from her school bag.

“No, don’t bother yourself.” Omolayo said and looked at her murdrously before she hissed.

Segun and his friends walked round the school,
leaving Olanike, Jummy and Omolayo behind. By the time they arrived Olanike was nowhere to be found.

Segun dialled her number but his calls were
rejected.

He left ikolaba and went back to his centre only to
see Olanike alight from a bike. He ran to her but she walked into the school compound. There he met Caleb, his seatmate.

“Hey, shegzy.” Caleb greeted.

“How far.” he replied.

“What happened to you in Ikolaba?” Caleb asked.

“I’ll tell you later.” Segun told him as he ran past him in chase of Olanike.

“Bad news spread faster than good news.” he thought to himself.

Segun ran after Nike as she increeased her pace.

“Nike… Nike..,” he called as he ran.

She ignored him and entered the exam hall but took the other exit and got out again to the back of the hall. Segun entered the hall and couldn’t find her.

He asked the candidates in the hall but they all
claimed they saw no one.

He got out and began searching for her. He saw her afar, seated in a deserted part of the school. He ran towards her.

“Nike, what’s wrong with you?” he asked angrily.

“Did i tell you anything is wrong with me?” she replied.

He walked up to her and held her hand as she made to leave.

“Are you crying?” he asked got no answer.

Getting fed up of the whole situation.

“Okay, why did you leave Ikolaba without telling me?” he asked.

“Ask your cousin.” she replied.

“Omolayo! What did she do to you?” he asked as he made her to seat down.

“You need to see how she blasted me. Saying i am a Sluut who gets involved with cultist and then decided to put an innocent guy like you into trouble by forcing myself on you.” she explained.

“Am very sorry about that.” he apologised.

“It’s okay.” she said.

“Let’s get back to the hall, so we can settle down before the paper commences.” he advised.

“Okay.” she said as she stood up and followed him.

“Can yo do this paper on your own?” he asked.

“Yes. I’ll try.” she replied.

“Are you sure?” he asked.

“Yes.” she replied.

“Okay.”

“And am very sorry for all i put you through today.”
she apologised.

“Oh! It’s nothing.” he assured her.

They both entered the examination hall five minutes after the commencement of the paper.

“Where are you two coming from?” the invigillator asked.

“Sir, we don’t know the paper had already started.”
Segun replied.

“You are silly. Don’t you know the break is over?”
The man asked.

“Sir, its not yet 2.30pm. Which means the paper is not yet supposed to start.” He defended.

“Look at this boy. Bastard son of a thousand
fathers.” the man said.

“Point of corrections sir. I am not a bastard and you have no right to call me one.” he replied rudely.

In a blink of an eye the invigillator had slapped him.

He wanted to retaliate but Nike held him back.

“Segun don’t try it.” she warned.

“I am old enough to be your father. So don’t dare try rubbish with me.” the man warned.

“You can never be my father.” segun said angrily.

“please sir, we are very sorry for coming back late.
We thought the paper will start by 2.30. Nike
explained kneeling down.

“God bless you my daughter. I’ll allow you to write the paper for your sake.” he said as he gave them the objective question paper and the OMR sheet.

“Thank you sir.” Nike said.

Segun walked to his seat angrily and left Nike with
the old man.

Nike begged on segun’s for sometime before the invigillator told her to go.