To Love A Pauper

Sandra confronted Jessica

Sandra briskly and angrily walk into the classroom. She sat aggressively and bent over her desk with her face down. Clara was calling behind her till she also entered into the classroom and found her leaning over her desk. Clara gently walk to Sandra's desk and sit with her. She look carefully at her and found out that she was crying.

"You just need to calm down," Clara muttered gently.

Sandra was silent as she kept on with the sobbing.

"You were not even the one that was humiliated," Clara added.

"What is the different, you were humiliated for my sake. If Donald have refused to talk to you because you told him about Alex and i, then, he wouldn't even want to see me at all," Sandra lamented.

"Its okay, i believe that all these will over some days," Clara consoled.

"Sit upright and clean your face, don't worry too much because I know he loves you still" Clara said with confidence.

Sandra slowly lift up her head and begin to clean her face. Clara help her with an handkerchief.

"Thank you so much Clara. Am also sorry for the humiliation," Sandra said.

Donald and Sandra spent the rest of the time in school that day in awkwardness. Donald turned many times to look at Sandra's direction and Sandra also look at him; most times, their eyes collide and Donald would be quick to withdraw his face. After school dismissal, Donald picked his bag and start going home. Jessica also follow him immediately.

"Donald, where do you live?" Jessica asked Donald immediately she caught up with him.

Donald was silent about the question as she keep walking with his face down.

"Donald, i she your girlfriend?" Jessica asked.

"Jessica, i think i don't want to talk now" Donald replied.

Donald try to out-walk Jessica but She rushed and catch up with him.

"Am sorry Donald" Jessica speak from behind as Donald nodded.

***

Mrs Susan was sitting under a tree shade, reading news paper when her phone rang. Its an unknown number calling.

"Hello! How am I talking with," Mrs Susan asked immediately she answer the call.

"Am Juliana" Juliana introduced.

"How are you Juliana" she said.

"Good day ma'am" Juliana greeted.

"How are you doing today" Mrs Susan said.

"Am fine ma! I want you to give me some money for my school uniform and some other things needed for the school" Juliana requested.

"How much can do for all you need to buy" Mrs Susan asked.

"About 20,000$ will do" Juliana replied

"Text me an account number and I will effect the transfer immediately" Mrs Susan said.

"OK ma" Juliana said as she hung up the call.

Not quiet long, Juliana text her an account number and Mrs Susan send the money.

***

Its another day in the school; its actually Friday. Donald came to the school and found Jessica already sitting on their desk. He majestically walked to the desk. "Good morning Donald" Jessica greeted

"Hey! How are you doing" Donald asked.

"Am fine and you"

"Am cool" Donald answered

"You have started contriving the habit of late coming" Jessica said immediately Donald took his sit.

"Really? Am not a late comer, some coincidences forslows me some days" Donald defended.

As they were talking, Sandra, Clara and Alex came into the class and immediately the smiles on the face of Donald siezed. Donald became a bit nervous and tensed. Immediately he saw them coming in, he took his eyes from them to avoid eye contact with Sandra. Jessica noticed the mood of Donald.

"Donald, you are moody again" Jessica said but Donald kept silence for sometime.

"I will wish to know what usually keep you moody almost all the time because the way you look immediately you see..."

"Good morning sir!" the students greeted in chorus thereby preventing Jessica from completing her speech.

Clara and Sandra could be seen looking at Jessica in a way that clearly shows that they hate Jessica. Jessica noticed the way they were looking at her and she smiles sarcastically while she inclines her head left and right with her tongue stocked out in a mocking manner. Sandra's anger was kindle and she was actually burning like an incense.

After they took their sits and Mr Caleb the mathematics teacher has started teaching, Sandra tore a piece of paper and write thus: 'I am going to confront Jessica by myself today, I will ask her why she is flirting with Donald'. She gently passed the book to Clara who was sitting at her back.

Clara looked at the piece of paper for sometime not knowing how to actually advice Sandra. She turned the back of the paper and also write: 'you can but you have to do it in a way that it will not generate much attention. Hope you understand'. She also passed the paper to Sandra. Sandra read it and then kept it in her back.

Its break time, Donald went and sit in his usual place (under a tree in the school compound) and he was reading the mathematics they were taught earlier when Jessica came to him. "Donald, you need to help me with the topic we were taught in mathematics earlier today. I do not understand Mr Caleb please" Jessica said as she sit on the log of wood under the tree with Donald.

"Jessica, you were not listening to Mr Caleb when he was teaching" Donald fired back.

"I was attentive, just that I do not have the kind of Pythagoras' brain" she said as she squeeze her face jokingly.

"I would not help you because you desperately refused to listen to Mr Caleb" Donald responded as he focuses on his note book.

"Please Donald" Jessica said in a slothful manner

Donald look up at her and asked her to bring her book. She quickly gave Donald her book and drew closer to him as Donald elaborate the trigonometric theory they were being thought earlier.

Sandra was looking at them from afar and she was waiting patiently for them to finish so she could approach Jessica.

Break time was over and Sandra waited until Donald entered into the classroom and she rushed and intercept Jessica. Sandra blocked her with a fierce face. Sandra was looking straightly into Jessica's eyes. "Why the hell are you flirting with Donald?" Sandra asked with her two hands folded across her chest.