Five years ago,795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16rrm70wW4
February 13th, 2010.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUpWLZHOvs
Mpunde Girls Secondary School,795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fPN5w4kOs
Zambia.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdlLrdkadI
I gasped for air as I 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerBEz7QC8o
quickly sat up on my bed, holding my burning throat and feeling my lungs795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWa2N6GjQe
ache as air quickly flooded in. For a moment, I thought I was drowning 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv15AJSwUBE
in water, but I was actually taking in air. I coughed out a little and 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKOIo6plUb
opened my eyes. The lights in the dorm were all turned on and the bunker795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFptYi93Iq
beds were all empty. For a moment, I panicked as I quickly got out of 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6QUF7RFU7
bed on the bunker bed below, looking around the dorm. There was no one 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3yYczpCy0
and I felt scared and worried. I quickly looked out of the window and I 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEO8Kqm3z3R
realised that the sun was rising up from the east. I couldn’t help but 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJJWwk9IBH
sigh in relief, but then again, I realised that I was running late and 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWunIzurAl
my dorm mates were obviously hitting the showers in the ablution. And I 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMRMB9AeMk
was the only one left in the dorm.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVJShFulrX
I quickly grabbed my 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hNZ4L7s2t
toothbrush, toothpaste, my bath towel and cloth. Quickly slipped my feet795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WSmbpntMv
into my bath slippers and when I turned around the corner of my bunker 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaNRXQ37xy
bed to grab my bucket, I realised it wasn’t there. I sighed, this time 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniph4rBUXr
in frustration.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCoGE5tuW3
Obviously because I knew795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPCE6TJhhl
who took it. If it wasn’t my bunker mate, then it was probably one of 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBoyMxPXJe
the dorm mates. In my nightdress, I rushed out of the dorm and headed 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAYlCg9fFZ
for the ablution. The ablution was one place where I found it so 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWIJt9Cn4l
repulsive to be in. Despite it being cleaned every day, it was always a 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ273pXJqYfP
surprise how it gets messed up and flooded afterwards. When I mean 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0bRNNSM59
messed up, I mean the toilets is one thing you wouldn’t like to see 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmE8zx3dEou
first after you eat a meal. For a moment, I wonder if we really are 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43cCHMuy70
girls or sometimes we act like boys who like to leave a mess. We are 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FxJe7XPUn
“GIRLS” for crying out loud. And as far as I know, we need to take care 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEQIA2MWEL
of ourselves and the environment around us. Looks like being in boarding795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSyCosv5kN
school, you get to know that sometimes things aren’t always what you 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb17UJ0liBL
thought it ought to be.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9ywtRSbi1
On either side of the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcif7aXOF9
ablution were the shower side and the toilet side. In between was a 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvN0zNS6gYY
passage where people could move around and line up their buckets to get 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwwm5xD9OJ
into the shower cubicles. When it gets flooded, it’s pretty hard to move795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TybSI30gM
around and many people have slipped and fallen. Trust me; it’s not a 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3w2RxTUke
pretty sight when you see someone falling on their back into the water, 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hodNe8Z1x
which was probably dirty. Luckily for me, that hasn’t happened, yet. I 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoE1gbe6Dp8
wasn’t pushing my luck on that one. One day, I would probably fall and 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvODnmokwh
hopefully I wouldn’t break my bones in the process. At the far end of 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TdrbeV54z
the ablution were sinks where you can go and brush your teeth and wash 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvt7FxszSzB
your face. And by the corner was a store room where we kept the cleaning795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq65ZNnjtY
materials for the ablution.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcbvvzrNIw
I stood by the door of 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZo7CqkAC12
the ablution, and as usual, there were queues of buckets all lined up, 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2tyl7zc85
their owners standing beside them waiting for the shower cubicles to be 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrgDI6M0dR
vacant. I looked around for my bunker mate and I couldn’t see her on any795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SIHyXi6EP
of the queues. I considered her to be in the shower and so I went by 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtg2qe5v1eL
the sink to brush my teeth. The ablution was flooded again and so as 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGTJIAX3fo
always I had to be careful, taking a step at a time.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRIyGDek1U
When I finally got to 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKQfdQAItS
the sinks, all in one peace, I suddenly felt a jolt of pain in my head 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgac6U9R8eD
as though I was just struck by lightning. It felt more like a migraine 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5v7JHcz0v
and I held my head, almost screaming out in pain. I saw a dark image 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsymBJrwaD
flash before my eyes and for a moment, I thought the lights went off and795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVdBQkm8kK
come back on. But when I looked around everything around the ablution 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsPk6w1mZO
seemed to be normal. Usually when the power cuts, we girls like to 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8A3ET84EWN
scream, a lot, except for a few of us who are already used to the dark. 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrY4WVda7e
This time, that wasn’t the case. Everything seemed normal and I felt 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQB1At6fsL
maybe I was being delirious.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27uv8higt2
“Hey, Diana, are you okay?”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNnoYiaIBE
I turned to the last 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXRPtr2u5n
shower cubicle which was closer to the sinks, and there wrapped up in a 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7SAq8CEv2
pink towel stood my bunker mate, Christine. And just as I expected, she 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2jzspkBKy
was holding my bucket. She slowly walked over to me, trying to avoid the795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4X22jy32q
dirty ablution water from flowing into her bath slippers.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWSbCBB2ev
“Are you okay? It looks like you just saw a ghost,” Christine had a worrying look on her face.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9XFXJ7Z7J
“No, I’m fine, just a little ache in the head, that’s all,” I replied, trying to act normal when I really wasn’t.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNx3ZNBCasX
“You had me worried, I thought you saw something like a ghost.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBqDHVx7kd
“You know I don’t believe in such things as the ghosts that haunt people around school.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ634Y8qrWfx
“Well, you better believe. One day it might just visit you,” Christine said that with a laugh. All I did was scowl back at her.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQx3cH98yYC
“What happened to you 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHwllYAWnh
today, anyway? You’re usually the first to wake up when the morning bell795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIM70K9nji
rings. But today you slept like a rock,” Christine added on, this time 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ALQJqmyP0
there was a concerned tone in her voice.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXicJjULi0
It hadn’t occurred to me795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddj9Sj9tGm
that I had never heard the morning bell in the first place. I was 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7YUGgCPV6
always the early bird and I was never a heavy sleeper. I was always 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHsMVxluhi
sensitive with whatever sounds I get to hear. But today, I hadn’t even 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOBIBXOJTN
heard my own dorm mates’ footsteps as they always rush out and into the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZu8lmlyqn
dorm.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5juhPpjCQj
“I guess today just wasn’t my day,” I replied, shrugging my shoulders.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXYU5IFHRS
“Well, you better hurry 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8kfLhSDJv
up then,” said Christine, handling the bucket over to me, “you don’t 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaI5sK515j7
want to be caught by the prefects when it’s time to clean up the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOOzjNoISf
ablution. And that’s not how you want to start the day.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JfcFyfFBd
I scowled again as I 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYIwODofF8
took the bucket away from Christine. As I mentioned earlier, the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0N1keeNhW
ablution always get cleaned. And we the pupils clean it with the senior 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWACeYkPW5W
prefects as our supervisors. At 6:30 AM, everyone should vacate the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdmpYKPIXG
ablutions so that the assigned group of pupils put to clean up the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQ3vnyPYm2
ablution should do their work. If you’re caught still in the showers, 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGdkDcrmtU
you would obviously have to join in the cleaning process. And that 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zWWvAqerL
proves to be twice as difficult when you know you’re also assigned to 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXR6QYmGfZ
another area to clean in school. As soon as I finished brushing my 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIgVlYrzFd
teeth, I quickly got out of the ablution to fetch water by a nearby tap.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93ovOnOu90
Most of the showers never worked in the ablution, henceforth, fetching 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23QH6r4ccY
water outside.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnprbzZhulh
Luckily, for me, there was no queue and I did things as fast as I could.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsZwcEFEki
Afterwards, I went back into the ablution and quickly found a vacant cubicle.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPbaNgaYsW
After getting cleaned 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafzRrrXTMY
up, I wore my beige school uniform, clean white stockings and I had my 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfg9VMUHQK
black shoes, neatly clean and polished. I looked at myself in the mirror795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTS2yn66ZGF
and made sure my short afro hair was neatly combed. I had cut my long 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70TDglvS8Z
hair a year ago before coming to this missionary school. As usual, one 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoeurxpzs2
of the rules was not to come with long hair, especially if was it was 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aoqi9VYYG
permed. They strongly insisted on natural hair. I had to cut my hair 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFnxw7dJ8R
when I was going into grade 8 and I felt it was pretty unfair. But after795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22fMIZRVfb
that year, I kind of got used to it. Surly they were just trying to 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAe8pDGXafh
promote equality amongst us, but there were a lot of things I never 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4jXA3SPwz
found amusing in this school.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKagiYCKnZw
Mpunde Girls Secondary 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC3P4qyV0P
School, a Catholic school run by the Hand Maid Sisters. Located in the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxx23dbyqSR
Central Province of Zambia in the town of Kabwe, but pretty much away 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNlL3NgUy6
from civilisation. When I say that, I mean the school is located far 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCyO0BRsGc
away from town and deep into the bush. It’s located in the farthest 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyk1p25u18
rural part of Kabwe.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWD5rhdrYAg
When I first came to 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1hGs3II60
this school to write an aptitude test to go into grade 8, I was greeted 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRL2IhZENlP
by the lovely surroundings of the school. The lawns of the school were 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQDk3x84Xx
properly well cared for, and there were beautiful flowers everywhere. A 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmF7sDUgDg
beautiful Catholic church was situated right outside the school grounds,795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfAFvLj9Hx
meant for the local people that lived around that area and for us 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MOaSADARM
pupils. The attractive colours painted in different Catholic symbols, 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9g4bSavSr
inside and outside the walls of the church were astonishing to look at. 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzfO6fjTPt
It looked more like art in my eyes.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPHwsTwfTd
At that moment, I 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yPgZAPIZz
thought things were going to get better in my life. The school was 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3ntXmaf82
beautiful and the Catholic sisters and teachers who introduced 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6rCSE2XXt
themselves to us girls and our parents, seemed so kind. And I was 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9psrvxYakJ
Catholic, so attending mass wasn’t much of a big deal. I thought I was 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Jndv5vYEG
going to love this place and make it more like my second home. But 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NJEOfDGqf
things weren’t the case when I got to know the school a whole lot 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYgiFblcyI
better. I remember a certain friend of mine back home tell me that,795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgVxFhZatd
most Catholic girl schools in Zambia were highly recommended because 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebfRFn1Wbt
the Sisters were strict and pupils are disciplined. As far as I had 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6va5aqAbo
known, most Sisters were meant to be kind and loving, not strict and 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmbM1IhL0G
mean. It looked like I had been stuck in oblivion for quite a while in 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpu8tegRDzt
my life, that when I got to know what my friend truly meant, it was like795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ807KB8cVdJ
a hammer blow to the head. One's thing for sure, I didn’t like this 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIt3WWiCaod
school. Every time we begun a new term, I would pray for the three 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5PzKiLzjG
months to pass by quickly. Whenever I came back home, it felt like I had795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBgxbjrfz0
just come back from a beat-down, and as usual, losing the match every 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2ppZY314X
time.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoFMoHur72
The school was strict 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAtlDQg1Uo
and on point with their rules, I felt like a minion under their control.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUOvei56d2
Any little offense you make, they will take you as an offender. They 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97FkLj1lqD
were strict with how you kept the rooms and the surrounding areas clean.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGBpYgpuxq
If they found that nothing was clean or things were out of place, 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fW7Xr0hyc
whether in the dorms or in the surrounding areas, either one of the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPsNuFWq9o
sisters or one of the teachers on duty, would call the pupils assigned 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLcfC4fDTK
to cleaning the area or the dorm, out of class to go back and do their 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtv6AonVwDN
work properly. And by the end of the day they are given a punishment, 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncbxty4J7H
which was usually to weed the garden, clean the poultry shack or sweep 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldall0fK0i
up the leaves in the orchard. To me, that’s like working twice as hard 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjIvjfi8gv
as you usually do on a daily basis. There was nothing you could do about795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWX6334ThOL
that anyway. That wasn’t the only that ticked me off sometimes. Most 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Mo25g8DBl
prefects were mean and complete jerks towards us. It’s even much worse 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoI3gVyBmWG
when you were in a lower grade. That meant more work, and if things 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGqMap4bII
weren’t done right, punishment in the worst way, cleaning up the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSSShIcqFU
disgusting ablution or weeding the entire garden, with your hands. And 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcsEELmOMu
they always had a special day to punish offenders. If you know you were 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9W5apAoMB3
late for classes or attending meals and your name was written in any of 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcF06AT8j0Q
the prefect’s books, just know you will find yourself on the offender’s 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1qWAb3ymY
list which is always stuck on Thursdays. That means after classes on 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83ngroewIH
Thursdays, the first thing you would want to see first is if you’re on 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVWuVc3j3X
the offender’s list. If you aren’t, then it’s just a time to relax. If 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UA08d9KgA
you are on the list, get ready to thoroughly clean up the whole school, 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmVo7xVggR
you aren’t going to get off that list so easily if you didn’t work. 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPr6iB0f73Z
You’ll just find yourself on the other week’s offenders list.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaHwIHtZVg
Enough about what ticks 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiaqhCaDO7
me off in this place. It was 7:00 AM and that meant it was time to get 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9N4zKZYfBJ
to work. The way we were allocated to our places of work is according to795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteiNrHcsZA
dorms. There are 10 dorms in school. The size of the dorm also depends 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJ9uEKMNGl
where you’re allocated to work. For example, the second biggest dorm 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLqOykcuoQ
called Dolores, which I’m in, usually worked in big places like the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKT0eompo4
orchard. And smaller dorms like Xavier A, usually worked in smaller 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfrEUka0zO
areas like the kitchen area or the ablutions.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1LVqpmGtD
It was time to go to the795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1y9PXM7pbi
orchard, and as usual, we were always greeted by the sight of leaves 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiINaeUThHR
everywhere in the morning. Most of the time, people would usually sweep 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmIOFWIq4G
up the leaves with a rake, but here, we would use brooms made up for the795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbOFzsSDPz
strongest tree branches. It was more than enough to sweep up the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2nFKJRhEi
leaves. So, we got to work with the brooms. Since there weren’t enough 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTrWdr7RyO
brooms, most of us had to wait until one finishes her potion and gave it795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2icqedAxh
you. I was one of those waiting today and I stood under a tree. 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOkzWUswyp
Christine came up to stand beside me. Our dorm prefect, Chileshe, stood 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVfHrJz3CE
in front of us, doing her duty, to supervise.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3UwUxJMWw
“Hey, are you going to tell me why you couldn’t wake up today?” Christine asked, nudging her elbow to my side.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUO5StERmdh
“I don’t know,” I replied. “And you are such a bad bunker mate. You couldn’t even wake me up.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZ7zZiULsR
“Huh?” Christine looked confused as she looked at me. “I tried to wake you up, but you were as still as a rock.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh6VFycirZ
I now stared back at Christine with a frown. “Are you sure? I didn’t hear you at all.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7w0PB52NzL
“Not only did I call out to you, but I shook you too. You didn’t even budge at all. It was like you were dead or something.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpM15cwJEOW
I shook my head. This 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHYCiO24pX
was ridiculous and Christine was taking it like it was one big deal. If 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvs7EzgpPST
she was going to start talking about ghosts again, like she usually 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8P9I2lU9qC
does, I didn’t know what I would do to her that would land me in serious795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHBnSApcJX
trouble.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWoRLcluRK
“Christine, all that just happened to me today. It’s not like it’s going to happen again,” I said.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8kSBWqf4i
“Diana, you had me worried,” said Christine. “What if you didn’t wake up?”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7B5ije3Tlj
“But I woke up, didn’t I?”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCj2ykOr9z
“Somehow I feel that there is something you aren’t telling me.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GRQZ5Hbvn
I grew startled by what 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPnIFWWcj9
Christine said. I was just about to ask what she meant by that when 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMw2aaXcwy
Amanda came back from sweeping her potion and Christine was quick enough795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8G4ZL0rRM
to get the broom before anyone else. I could feel that Christine was 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIy0zFBBzaV
really mad at me and the confusing part about it was why she was taking 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCcy9JEPTe
all of this seriously. If I wanted an answer, I was so not ready to get a795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWX7oXOzsxh
ridiculous one from Christine. She was so superstitious about things 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡia5iOFosKV
and I wasn’t coping with all of that ever since I first came to school 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XzCMLDlH2
and learnt mysterious things that I wasn’t even willing to know.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEiz1DYlLf
Amanda came to stand 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3t3KF4igp8
beside me as we watched Christine head towards her portion of the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbAu6ADsnL
orchard. I drew out a breath of air. Amanda who had a bunker bed right 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlLOCxgVZY
next to Christine’s and mine, looked over at me. By the look on her 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EzYFrRf3h
face, I could tell she knew what Christine and I were arguing about. I 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡec8m2QPc5O
wasn’t even ready to hear what she had to say. Hearing from Christine 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6rJMoPNwk
was more than enough.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAqMC7kvzB
“I wouldn’t be so mad at Christine if I were you,” said Amanda.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAilO1VK9w4
“I’m not mad at her,” I said, “I just feel that she is making a mountain out of a mole hill.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuzjsIhheX
Amanda folded her arms 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfL7R26fE1
across her chest and leaned in closer to me so that people wouldn’t hear795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2cZHhpmX8
us. “I was there when Christine tried to wake you up. You didn’t even 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkIE5TaPcC
move an inch. You just laid there. And you looked, I don’t know, dead.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9LIYROw1w
As far as I had known 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKy16VTyQE
Amanda, she was one person who always aired out her honest opinions 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXNO5WKME0
about things and she was one who wouldn’t even lie. She was quite 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwDIInFLsT
terrible at it if you ask me. I knew what she was telling me right now 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlUYyH3oQ4
was the truth. I swallowed, still finding it hard to believe what Amanda795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9scSTuXsQ
had just told me.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGQWRFnz6o
“If I was like that, why795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcT6dO4z9uH
didn’t you call the nurse or inform one of the prefects?” I turned to 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfKDoYjkPh
face Amanda, her brown innocent eyes staring back at me.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GW7OoG7cT
“Christine was scared 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6pQUujeGy
when she couldn’t wake you. She almost freaked out and I told her that 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wyLQqat2F
you would be fine, that you were just in a deep sleep. I told her to 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUwDcRjTLc
leave the dorm and that I would watch over you until you woke up. We 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeIAAI3xHP
didn’t want to attract any attention among the dorm mates until we were 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacIpYL4QsN
sure you were okay.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkzEhHBjEn
“Where were you when I woke up? I didn’t see you and the whole dorm was empty.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUKcnZ93fe
“I was standing by the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNX7PMdrXj
door of the dorm when you woke up. And to be honest, you woke up in the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kvRFT8GeC
weirdest way possible. It was like you were given CPR and was suddenly 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR36EXbBx6N
revived.”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaqwP82VPn
Now that Amanda had 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyMHQju33d
mentioned it, I did wake up in the weirdest way today. I felt like 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKD9OyxTGTY
someone had pumped in water into my nostrils when it was actually air. I795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElKoQFJy78
could still remember my throat burn and I held it again without even 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Vf33IkLqK
realising it. I looked up at Amanda and she gave me a sad smile.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1xUijKJW6
“And you told Christine?” I asked when I obviously knew the answer.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTKhdqtkOO
“You know I couldn’t lie795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdCLp2TE8o
to her. She was worried and she has every right to. And so was I. What 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrMJtXF3gT
if you never did wake up? Have you ever thought of what would have 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMTb4Hgdmb
happened if you had died in your sleep?”795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEf8mPVDyY8
I took in Amanda’s 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bGVrUXMnO
questions into consideration and I looked at Christine who was busy at 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHCP9rY9iD
work. It was obvious that she was avoiding me. I swallowed hard and 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JBFi2njqI
stared off in a distance. All Christine was trying to do was help me out795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tNoNMBp29
and I was acting like a complete jerk. But she couldn’t blame me for 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzniAYgpMmX
it. I didn’t even know what had happened to me in the first place.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrITkc68eXC
It was now my turn to go795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WDNgj1Rkc
and sweep as I took the broom from my fellow dorm mate, Chilufya who 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTifMlH4HL
was a grade ahead of me. I went to my portion under a few guava trees. 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtEIU24kgu
Before I could bend down to start sweeping, a sudden wave of pain gushed795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbrrytWxSQ
down upon my head. The pain was so unbearable, that I almost screamed 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaj3eHGkARz
aloud as I held my head.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbDJSP3ndq
As I looked around the 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD63IAeOtH6
place, everything seemed blurry. I tried blinking my eyes a few times to795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu90Hb6J0Tn
refocus my sight, but that didn’t seem to work. I leaned onto a tree 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpurXtU4JKr
for support and I soon felt a jolt of dizziness and I felt like I would 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUftok9td6K
throw up at any moment. Soon, voices of concern surrounded me and I felt795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLDCcR5HbR
a warm familiar hand hold my shoulder. I saw Christine looking at me 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZI3U3fESKw
and with our other dorm mates surrounding me.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVAADJwmxY
My vision was still 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYrRMlSThN
blurry and my head ached like hell. What was even worse was the fact 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eutfuXQ9R
that everyone was talking and I couldn’t get a thing they said, not even795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZReQaibzOH
Christine who was right next to me. I felt so confused that I was 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SGkkcqd7y
afraid of running mad with all the noise. I looked around and I noticed 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3waYoyKHT
that my vision was getting worse. I could notice a few of my dorm mates’795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDe6AnENc5
faces including the dorm prefect, Chileshe. I saw Amanda at the far end795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh96aJqrTX5
of the crowd, looking scared. And I noticed someone standing right 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHcrr6uPBC
behind her.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyHDK0ot1F
At that moment, my 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACErk1rR3T
vision cleared when I saw the tall person who was standing behind 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyXwOUGkPC
Amanda. I felt a burning sensation run through my body, but I was 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPEUt0NgwA
sensible enough not to scream. I continued to look at the tall figure 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASPQpqO02N
and out of nowhere, a flood of images rushed through my head in a quick 795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt63wFcmZ8
flash.795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZgWyBRDUP
Right before I could figure out what had just happened; I was falling into a pit of darkness, right into oblivion.
795Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNqdxnnpdA
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