Teresa thoughts went back as she looked at her BCHF (Best Customers Hall of Fame), there he stood smiling bolding Clark Gibbons Peter consecutive winner for the past three years. At the party he kept on glancing at Airazor, even tried to talk to her but it was a foolish attempt to start a discussion with 'Nice weather we having'. Like… it was at night, what was he thinking…which weather. But he was cute and kind and funny. But her daughter seemed more taken by the other dude at the waste bin, If only Carlton hadn't gotten stuck under the table she would have seen the end of the clash. "Our BC came over last night, you should have seen him, he was so handsome even more in real life" Carlton said clashing her attention again "What's a BC?" Teresa asked her son "Best Customer, he's what you were looking at right" "Right" She said looking at Carlton. He was looking so much like his father.
Airazor stood halfway across the room, not yet noticed by anyone, just admiring her mother and brother – the two most important people in her life right now. A middle-aged man walked in, he was dark in complexion with a big belly that flapped as he moved heading straight to Teresa. Airazor noticed him in an instance it was Marvelous Mike, he looked scary. "Good morning Mike" Teresa greeted "The moved the date" Mike said without accepting the greeting "What!?" Teresa said slightly confused "Medellin Academy moved their resumption date" Mike said highly stressed as if he was bearing death news. "To when?" Teresa inquired "Three day's time" Mike said finally crumbling to the ground, Teresa helped him to a vacant chair "You shouldn't be stressed like this….here drink water" Teresa said giving Mike the water Carlton brought. It's how things were in Otegare, your problem is not you problem, it's the whole society's problem, Mike lived next door to the chicken restaurant, he was just sweet and caring, even though the doctor tells him to avoid stress, he takes great delight in carry others burden even when he shouldn't, he could feel real empathy and that makes him really caring. "What should we do, we haven't bought anything for her schooling" Mike asked after easing up. There was still a 'we' in his sentence. "I'll find a way" Teresa said. "No! We'll find a way" Mike said sitting up straight "No! you need to rest, I won't forgive myself if anything happens to you" Teresa said laying Mike back down. "You are right I am of no use to you" Mike said with a low disappointing tone. "I didn't mean it like that" Teresa said a little sorry. She turned to leave when Marvelous Mike did it again. "Hey! Dick! where James at!..... get him, not that get everyone, we need immediate help…our scholarship girl leaves the day after tomorrow and there is a lot of preparations to be done" Mike yelled. "Mike" Teresa said softly "As I said 'we'll find a way" Mike said holding Teresa's hand "And by the way, they just ate free food yesterday, they should pay up somehow". Everyone laughed. Tears rolled down Airazor's cheeks. Teresa looked up to her daughter. Mike followed her eyes to Airazor and beckoned on her to come. Airazor squat down beside him. "We're here for you, we gat you, remember this, you never in this alone, we are in this together and together we will win…..We love you so much….. this town proud of you so much….keep that in mind and make us proud" Mike advised her. She hugged Mike crying
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It was her last day at home, tomorrow would be different, tomorrow she would be different, from tomorrow she would be at MEDELLIN ACADEMY, her thoughts brightened but darkened immediately, she would be more than a mile away from her mother, she would be in a new school with new strange faces, she would be ALONE. Her mind went blank as she stood at a water park throwing stones into a fountain. Her minds then went on again......…
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Clark monitored at VIP as the walked down a broad street, with two days left until school VIP got more anxious as the day went by, he didn't show it or talk about it but he seldom speak again, probably lost in his thoughts. "School starts next tomorrow, any plans for our first day". VIP gave no response, just a sharp look. "Okay! Are you not excited to go to Medellin cause each time I mention anything about school you go turtle shell on me" he inquired. VIP looked back with a look that said That's what you want us to talk about. "Okay..fine" VIP said. He took a slight breath "It's not that I don't want to go to school it's that….." "I don't know…. I get this buggy feeling that Medellin High is going to be different from what we had experience in Middle School" VIP narrated finally putting his thoughts to words. He had to say something to VIP, anything positive would help …but what can he say when even he was thinking the same thing. "Well say something, aren't you going to go all Socrates on me" VIP asked. "Well it depends what do you want first Socrates or Ryan Reynolds". VIP went silent probably thinking of a good answer. "Making me choose is already a Socrates talk". They both laughed loudly.
"Well I think we will rock Medellin's high school just like we rocked it's middle school". "This our abnormalities…won't it make us outcasts" VIP asked calmly. "Nahhh, remember yourself, you were the bad boy of the school, the terror of the class…." Clark hailed him "I know I know" VIP said cutting him short. They both smiled and laughed. the terror of the class "Thanks for that" VIP said moments later "Sure no problem, I mean it's not like you get scared much often" Clark said jokingly "I did not get scared" "Scaredi bird say 'what' " "What" VIP said falling for the trick. "How could you fall for that" Clark laughed out loud at VIP and the both continued their stroll
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