The Dormitory (A Sequel) - Episode 5

 

"Why are you always acting scared? The last time you walked in with Mrs. Coker, you were looking really timid and when she left, you didn't talk to anyone," a girl at the upper bunk said. Few laughed at her taunts, while others didn't.

"That's my friend. Don't make a fun of her . She is really cool," Ngozi retorted. Oyindamola ignored them and walked to her bunk. She sat, and turned to the right bunk. The girl on the lower bunk beside her had been staring at her in a creepy way. Oyindamola removed her eyes from her gaze. When you are done staring at me, you'll stop. It's like you haven't seen someone in your life before, she thought to herself.

"Why have you been looking at her? It's like you both fit each other. Since you entered, you have never talked with anyone. Except looking like a fool," the girl at the left bunk jabbed at her after she had noticed her staring at Oyindamola.

"Please, leave her alone. They are perfect match for each other. Acting like fools. At least this one that entered is only calm but the other one, I can't deal," the girl at the upper bunk said while she lowered her head down to observe them.

"Please, shut up. You are too lousy for my liking

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. Stop making a fool of yourself by trying to sound intimidating," Oyindamola matched up to her. Some cheered her up for matching up to her, while others watched to be entertained. Her name was Yewande, and she was the bully of the room. She was bigger than all of them. She bullied everybody till they succumbed to her orders. But she was of great help to them. She helped them match up to their senior females whenever they come to bully them. They respected her and nicknamed her Queen of the Arrows. She joined All Girls' College in J.S.S two and after helping their class to confront their senior and they came out victorious. She nicknamed her class Arrow and after then, they started calling her the Queen of the Arrows.

"It's me, Queen of the Arrows you are talking to. Just know you are already on my bad book and need to be dealt with. But I can forgive you because you are new in this school and you don't know me. But that can be done when you apologise." Silence followed.

"Just apologise," Ngozi said facing Oyindamola.

"I am sorry," she said with an unrepentant face. Everywhere became raucous once again. When some people heard the noise that emanated from the sound of a heel, the whole room became calm after they were all notified. They knew it would be there matron Mrs. Coker.

Everywhere was calm in an unusual way. Oyindamola turned to the girl at her right, "hey, you have been staring at me all these while. Seems you are calm. Are you new in this school?"

She responded with a nod.

"Same here. Ngozi who is sleeping right there is my only friend as of now," she said pointing at Ngozi. Most of the people in the room had slept. Oyindamola looked around. It was remaining only her, her new found friend and three other girls at the other end that chattered with themselves, that were still fast awake.

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. She couldn't guess if others at the upper bunk had all slept.

"My name is Oyindamola."

"I am Sheila," she said in a low voice.

"Sheila?" The name sounds cool and familiar. Oyindamola tried to wrap her head around where she heard the name first. One of my aunt? No. Where? Relative? I can't recollect, she thought to herself.

"What? You don't like the name?"

"I do. I think I have heard someone with the similar name. I was trying to recollect. But it's nothing. You are cool," Oyindamola said, bade her goodnight and tucked herself into the bedspread as she slept off.

"Sheila! Sheila!! Sheila!!! Sheila!!!! Sheila!!!!!!!!!" A voice yelled and trailed off. Oyindamola saw herself in her mother's kitchen while she spined in a clockwise motion at the slithering of the wind.

"No!!!" She yelled and woke up immediately, and an image flashed at the door of their room, she screeched awakening her roommates and Mrs. Coker who ran out from her room, banged the door and a student opened while she switched on the light. Oyindamola sat on her bed panting, while beam of sweats covered all over her face.