THE UNION novel Chapter 10

Two years later, Ngozi is on her way to school she felt very troubled cause she just moved to another school, no one ever liked her at her former they would always call her "Igbo dumb girl" cause she was one of the few Igbo in her school. Ngozi uniform was ironed and she hoped for the best as a normal kid would, she goes to the back seat and settles there, no one was seating beside her until three other girls sitting in the front walk up to her. Ngozi stared at them in admiration, they wore accessories with their uniforms.

"Are you okay?" The black skinned girl in the middle talks very calmly and concerned. Ngozi stammers a bit, she felt unsecured she only wore her green and white uniform with a typical black sandal.

"I'm fine." She gulps, the girl standing on the left grabs Ngozi hand and drags her out of her chair.

"Then come and sit with us in the front." The girl says, Ngozi nervously chuckles and was feeling a bit better, she brought out her amulet she was keeping in her pocket and wears it around her neck.

Getting to school, Ngozi goes to sit beside the girls they made sure to take her with them anywhere she goes so she won't feel alone, they genuinely cared about her. After settling in the classroom, a young light skinned boy called Chris walks in and sits beside Ngozi, he admired her amulet and tries to touch it.

"Your amulet is nice." He says as he moves his hand close to the amulet, Ngozi hits his hand with hers and tells him to back off.

"That's not nice at all." Ngozi says, they both shake hands.

"I'm Chris." He smiles. Ngozi chuckles happy she is already making friends.

"I'm Ngozi."

Ngozi, Chris and the girls suddenly became a group, they did everything together and everyone knew them. Ngozi knew more about herself as she continued hanging out with them, she joined a female football team and participated in other sports. She lived her fullest life and have never felt this kind of happiness in her life.

Two years later, one particular day Ngozi gets back from school exicted she passed her maths test while most didn't do well. She walks into a 3bedroom bungalow house, her father Samson a huge man sits on a chair watching tv.