Life On Campus

Episode 3

“Ehn! Ehehehehe! Betty you won’t kill me! You
mean
you were attacked by G-gal’s clique? Mi ole wa
ku
ooo,Olorun mi o”:@ Edith yelled at Betty who was
shivering all over.
“ThankGod for your life, sho gbo! And who did
you
say was your saviour?” she continued. “one Jay-
Jay like that..”Betty whimpered
“gba! Do you know who is G-gal and who Jay-jay
is in
the university? Just thank God for your life o”
Edith
screamed again.
Betty got to know from her yelling friend some
facts
about G-gal and Jay-Jay. Jay-Jay is a 300 level
medical student in the school,
he is well respected by students and lecturers due
to
his “high-tech” brain. He also is the gang leader
of a
cult,and his cult is the most powerful in the
school,even other cults respect him. One suprising
fact is that despite his indulgence in cultist
activities; he still manages to be the best student
in his
department.
G-gal has been in school for five years
now,though
she offered a four yrs course,she still has some
courses to settle before graduation. She is the
gang
leader of the female cultists int he school. “What
am I gonna do now?” Betty asked,not minding
the quiver in her voice.
“My dear just forget about Emeka Jonas” Edith
flipped.
Betty gaped at her, different thoughts flowing
through her ming,”why? Why should I?”Betty
asked quitely
“Because he is gonna cause you trouble!” Edith
snapped
” and if you won’t forget him…face your troubles
alone” Edith continued” meanwhile Good night”
Edith
said lying down on her bed. Betty sighed,she lay
down too,hugged her pillow and
wept,she missed her mum. Emeka lay down on
his fluffy carpet listening to his
friends;They were arguing on football issues
“i swear C.Ronaldo fine pass Ozil” Chuks said.
“You even dey compare? Mtcheww, e be like say
your
eye blind, I take garri wey i drink this morning
swear
say Ozil fine pass” Chisom replied “You dey use
garri swear? Me i use Adamu’s shayi
and bread swear” Chuks retorted
Chisom was about to voice his own opinion when
Emeka raised his hands
“Hey! Calm down guys,stop arguing who fine
pass,lets
talk about who is the best scorer…” “ooooooh! Tell
this mumu for me o”Chuks said
mocking at chisom
“ogini! Who be mumu? How many goals Ronaldo
score
for Man.U?” chisom snapped…
And on the arguement went till Emeka’s phone
rang.
He ran towards his bedroom”Hello?” “Hy, please
can you meet me at coke village now?
The twin statue to be precise” Betty replied
urgently.
“ok, just five minutes and I’l be there”
“thanks see ya then”betty said ending the call.
He stared at his phone,he wondered what was
wrong. “Guys,I’m going out”Emeka said picking
his car keys
“where you dey go?” Chisom queried
“to see Betty i guess” Chuks chuckled
“Bye” Emeka said no minding their questions

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He saw her standing beside the statue, she
looked worried.”Hy”
“Hy” she replied
“hope I’m not late?”
“no you are not”she did not smile. “we need to
talk”
“okay,lets sit down”
“I don’t feel like,lets keep standing” she said
quickly “okay…” he was worried now
She rehearsed the previous night’s episode for
him.
“I’m sorry..but i don’t who G-gal is” he told her
looking concerned.
“Are you trying to tell me…”she stopped cos her
voice was rising. She turned to leave “Please
don’t go” He held her arm.
“I won’t lie to you…you’re my best friend”he
continued and she rolled her eyes.
“Please,” he pleaded and she wondered why he
was
pleading with her.
“i value our friendship alot, and…”his voice trailed
off.
“aiit, its just that i value my life too, or do have
any
intentions apart from we being just friends?”Betty
said quitely
Emeka’s heart missed a beat, He is not gonna tell
her
now, he could feel her eyes searching him, he is
gonna wait till later, soon,when she is in a good
mood
“No” he said in a low voice.
“Good”came her reply “still friends” she added
hugging him
“Yea, best friends” He replied,thanking God for the
hug
she smiled,”hmmn, so have you gat anything to
do?”
“no”
“okay, can you help me with some assignment,
you
did MTH1301?” She asked
“Yea,,,dat was my favourite course”he replied
smiling “Thanks”
“oh please! What are best friends for?!” he
chuckled,taking her hands.
And they walked towards
a buka.
“time’s up” the invigilator shouted.
Betty raised up her paper in unision with her
coursemates,they just finished writting a test. The
invigilator went round collecting the papers,after
he
was done,he left without a word. The hall became
rowdy as all of them started conversing with
friends.
“keep quiet!” the class rep boomed, and they all
did,seeing a lecturer standing before them.
They all
respect the lecturer, he takes no nonsense.
” who is Betty Amah, Registration number Sci/09/
BCH/8223?” the lecturer asked almost
squealing,due to his tiny voice.
Betty shuddered as she stood up,she knew Mr
Adams-the lecturer won’t do this for nothing.
“see me in my office after the class”He squealed
again.
She slumped into her seat,she hardly listened to
what he was teaching, she was miles away in the
land of imaginations…perhaps she failed her test
or
some lecturers too her case to him or her script
got
missing,or he didn’t see her assignment booklet,
perhaps she wrote rubbish or…..
She was sweating profusely,even the fan couldn’t
help. God please help me,I need you now
Lord,She
thought.
She sighed as he ended the lectures and left. She
stood up immediately and followed him.
She stood for about ten mins by his door
muttering
some prayers. She knocked slightly,no answer,
she knocked again
“come in”
“time’s up” the invigilator shouted.
Betty raised up her paper in unision with her
coursemates,they just finished writting a test. The
invigilator went round collecting the papers,after
he
was done,he left without a word. The hall became
rowdy as all of them started conversing with
friends.
“keep quiet!” the class rep boomed, and they all
did,seeing a lecturer standing before them.
They all
respect the lecturer, he takes no nonsense.
” who is Betty Amah, Registration number Sci/09/
BCH/8223?” the lecturer asked almost
squealing,due to his tiny voice.
Betty shuddered as she stood up,she knew Mr
Adams-the lecturer won’t do this for nothing.
“see me in my office after the class”He squealed
again.
She slumped into her seat,she hardly listened to
what he was teaching, she was miles away in the
land of imaginations…perhaps she failed her test
or
some lecturers too her case to him or her script
got
missing,or he didn’t see her assignment booklet,
perhaps she wrote rubbish or…..
She was sweating profusely,even the fan couldn’t
help. God please help me,I need you now
Lord,She
thought.
She sighed as he ended the lectures and left. She
stood up immediately and followed him.
She stood for about ten mins by his door
muttering
some prayers. She knocked slightly,no answer,
she knocked again
“come in” Betty’s legs became so weak that she
wondered if
they could carry her.
“Good afternoon sir!” she said weakly; flexing her
knees in unision.
“uhmmm” Mr Adams grunted. “Sit down” he
gestured
towards a chair. She perched on the chair facing
him,her eyes and ears
expectant.
“So you are Betty Amah.” He began.
“yes sir” Betty shifted uneasily on her seat. “uhm!”
he grunted looking up. “I’ve heard alot about
your beauty; and I now believe what I’ve heard,
you
are more pretty than people described you to be.”
he
added grinning sheepishly. What does he want;
Betty’s heart raced,he definitely
did not call her to tell her she beautiful. “You
see…I want to host you at my guest house”He
said finally. “I…sir…I’m sorry,I don’t understand”
Betty
replied,lips quivering “Don’t play games with me
Betty, you know what i’m
driving at” Mr Adams said impatiently. “And I
know you’ve heard about me, I don’t play
childish games, people don’t turn down my
requests”
He added with a frown. “I need not remind you
that you are offering my
course, a core course. You have a choice,- either
a
night at the guest house or a continuous failure
in my
course” He continued. “Sir please,…”Betty is close
to tears now. “Please
sir,have mercy on me, I can’t do it..please” she
went
on her knees. “What can’t you do?”He sneered.
“Sir please…I’m like a daughter to you, don’t do
this
to me. I beg you in the name of God” Betty
choked in
between tears.
“What nonsense!” Mr Adams snapped.”leave my
office now! And mind you, you have 24hrs to
think
about it, I need you tomorrow night. Offer closed
by
8pm tomorrow,and you’l have to carry over my
course” He added with a note of finality. “Sir
please…” “Leave my office now!”He ordered and
she scampered
out of the office.

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Betty sat down under a shade, she was thinking a
thousand things at the same time. She wondered
where she had gone wrong, what has she done to
deserve this. “Is this my destiny or is it fate?” she
whispered to
herself “why must i suffer all these?” she asked
herself, tears
welling up her eyes.
Mr Adams must be heartless…he chose her of all
people “Me?” she said loudly with tears rolling
down
her cheeks, she wiped them off but they kept
coming.
Since all efforts to stop the tears seemed to be in
vain; she placed her head on her knees and
sobbed
silently. “Helloo?” she looked up startled,not
recognising the
speaker,she quickly wiped her face before looking
up
at him again. “Are you alright?” the speaker
asked. Whats sort of useless question is that “Yes
I am” she
replied standing up. “You don’t seem to be”the
speaker chuckled Rubbish! She thought, wetin
consign garri and
lipton,she hissed within her,but wait! She has
heard
that chuckling voice somewhere before, but
where?
She looked up at the speaker again and gasped
“Jay-Jay?” she asked almost in a whisper he
chuckled again “I thought you won’t recognise
me”. “I’m sorry..you know I’ve only met you
once,and it was
dark…anyway,thanks alot for that night.”Betty
replied. “Aiit. So whats going on? I’ve watched for
20 mins
now, you’ve been crying” He sounded business
like He seemed too interested to know what’s
going,this
guy like amebo”I…nothing really” she chirped “You
have to tell me”he said authoratively. “And if
you don’t, ama find out my own way.
Hope you know
what that means” He added with a stern look.
What kind of raw trouble is this? Heyye! What am
I
gonna do now, Betty fidgetted as she met his
steady
gaze. She spilled out everything to him. He
simply smiled
and asked her the name of the lecturer, she told
him. He let out a chuckle and said “come with
me”. She
hesitated.
He took her hand and pulled, and she followed
him.