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Nimah stopped to watch the students opening and closing their lockers and wondered if she could approach one of them to help her out. The thought of been ridiculed came to her mind and she changed her mind.

She thought of what to do for a while and gave up.

Should she just walk away and go back home?.

Home!.

It sounded weird to her, never for once has she considered anywhere her home and doubted if the Branz considered her as part of the family. She had better not get too comfortable yet because they might decide to sell her off too.

Even if she wanted to go back to the Branz, she had no idea on the exact place they lived. She wasn't good with differentiating things or places. Most times they all looked the same to her and even if she didn't fear getting lost, she had no idea on how to get back there.

Was she supposed to take the bus back?.

Tired and frustrated, she settled in the shiny metal she saw in front of her, heaving a sigh. If she had known things would have ended this way then she would have just stayed back.

She sighted Nathan from afar, in the midst of two other kids. They both looked sexy too. It was as though they were the most handsome friends on earth. She got up and quickly ran towards him to avoid losing him in the crowd again.

" Hi Nathan." She said almost inaudibly as she tried to catch her breath. She could see the scowl on his face and the way he looked at her with hatred.

" Do you know her Nathan?." One of his friends asked, pointing towards her direction.

" Come on guys, seriously you will ask me that." He replied and looked in her direction before bursting out in a big laughter.

" You know Nathan can't definitely know a chucko." The third one said and playfully pushed the second one's shoulder.

She watched as they laughed hysterically and wondered what they had seen.

Was this a bad time to ask him? Should she just walk away?.

As much ad she wanted to leave, she couldn't. He was the only one she knew here and Alicia had said he would help her out.

" Mom said you help me out." She said pleadingly.

" Guy, did she just mention your mom." Edward, the chubby one asked.

" Not mine.' He denied and sent her an angry glare. ' Let's go guys." He added and walked away, followed by the others. It was starting to piss him off that the stranger was acting all family.

Who was she to call his mom hers? and why was she hovering around him?.

He really had a lot to ask her but couldn't. He was too respected in the school to be seen with chuckos. Chucko was a term they used for the ugly ones.

Nimah watched as he walked away, mouth wide agape.

Did he just walk out on her? And leave her helpless?.

She felt a tear threatening to pop out of her left eye and sniffed air in to stop herself from breaking down. If Nathan could act cruel towards her then what would the others do.

She walked back to her new favourite spot and sat down, making invincible lines on the titled floor with the edge of her Black sandal.

Everything is in your bag.

Alicia's voice echoed in her head. She could remember she had said that to her the day she was informed.

Nimah picked up her bag and unzipped it, staring down at the documents in it. She brought them all out and filtered through it, trying to get some things out. She wasn't really a genius but she had been able to learn when she was a child. Also whenever her brother's tutor came around to help him learn, she would follow up from the basement.

She read through the documents and finally found the one she needed, the one that had her class on it.

One J.

Her new task was to find out where the classroom was and that would be another problem. The whole building was twice the size of her old community.

She knew she would eventually have to ask someone for help, she just couldn't do it alone.

But who would she ask? What was she to expect?.

She thought and placed her head on her laps, confused and tired.

" Ma'am are you okay?."

She heard someone say and looked up to see a Woman that looked like she was in her Forties, staring down at her.

" Hummm Good morning. " She replied and adjusted well. Her buttock was starting to ache from sitting there for too long. She could also feel the pressure to use the restroom and held it in.

" Good morning. I have been noticing you for a while now and you seem new to the place. Is everything okay?." She asked, wanting to help. She knew what it felt like to be a stranger in a new place, it was one dreadful experience. She could remember the day she had started school too and being an orphan raised by a foster mother with three kids, she had to come alone. Her foster mother was the busy time whom worked so hard to make sure they were all okay. She had spent up to three hours trying to sort out everything until her current friend walked up to help.

" Hummm actually I can't find my class." She replied weakly, hoping she would eventually get help.

" May I have a look?." She asked and stretched forth her hand to take in the document, glancing through it.

" Ohhh! Your class is just at the second floor. Take the elevator up and you will easily locate it." She said and handed it back to her, pointing in the direction of the elevator.

Nimah bowed down in respect and sent her a smile before picking her back and walking towards the elevator.

She waited for it to open and stepped in. It was her first time in an elevator and she was starting to feel uneasy. If she had known she was going to reject it, she would have asked to be directed towards the stairs.

She held the metal tight and squeezed her eyes close to stop herself from throwing up. She ignored the stares the others sent her. The moment it stopped at the first floor, she took a big sigh of relief and watched some go out and some come in. The door closed and she resumed her practice.

She stepped out of the elevator, staring at the big classrooms around her and inhaled a big breath. Finally she was free, at least for now until she had to go back home.

She finally found it and landed a soft knock on the closed door before stepping in.

" I see we have a newbie in our midst.' The Male teacher said and sent her a smile. ' Welcome."

The others had their gaze locked on her as they analyzed her from head to her toe. It made her so nervous.

" Can we meet you? I'm Mr Lukus, your biology teacher." He said.

Nimah lifted her gaze and stared at the others before looking down again.

You can do this Nimah.

She said to herself and squeezed her eyes and palms tight before letting them free.

" Ni....Nimah...I'm Nimah Br....." She said and stopped.

Who exactly was she? What's name was she to claim? Was it Arthur or Branz?.

She was confused and sad.

" Nimah....?." He said.

" Nimah Arthur." She replied. She had to claim that even though they didn't regard her as family. Whether sold off or not, she would always be Arthur.

" Okay Arthur. Take your seat behind Big Joe." He said and pointed in the direction of the Chubby kid whom raised up the second finger on his right hand. The kid was extremely fat and had glasses sitting on his big nose. He giggled softly as she walked pass him. He looked playful and happy to her.

" Hi, I'm Joe but people call me Big Joe cause I'm big.' He said and chuckled softly adjusting his glasses. ' Get it." He asked on seeing how quiet she was.

" Hmm hmm." She replied while sorting her desk out in a bid to get out of the conversation.

" Okay. I can see you are in a bad mood.' He said sadly. No one wanted to be friend with him in the whole of the school, not even the new kid. ' We can talk during lunch." He suggested, his sad mood lifted. He wanted to make friends with the new kid before she decided to join the others. It had been his prayer from days to get a new kid and it worked. He watched her as she kept mute, avoiding his gaze.

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