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FERANMI YAWNED as the teacher distributed the exam papers. She pulled out her pen as an answer sheet landed on her desk. She filled in her details on the front page as she turned to the next page.

Till today ever since this exam had being written, no one knew the purpose or essence of writing it. It was made compulsory for teens within the ages of 14-18 years. Once you wrote the exam; that was all. You don't see the results or anything, the exam was pratically useless.

Another funny part was, each exam question paper  was different all over the country. You and someone else could never have the same questions. The question that lands in your hands belongs to only you and only you.

Feranmi  swirled her pen within her fingers as she occasionally wrote the answers to each question. Short hisses and chuckles could be heard all around the examination hall. Feranmi laughed as soon as she sighted a question.

What would you do if you wake up and your parents go missing?

Feranmi rolled her eyes as she wrote her answer. Her dad was a doctor, a well known one. If she woke up in the morning and didn't find him; of course he had gone to work. He probably had an emergency surgery or something like that. Her mom worked in bank, and was the director. Banks opened eerily early so that was perfectly normal.

Feranmi shook her head at the different weird questions in the answer booklet. Who the fuck asked a teenager her opinion on homicides?.  She scribbled down her answers as some students started submitting their answer booklets and were moving out of the hall.

Feranmi finished the hers too as she stood up and walked towards the invigilating head teacher and submitted hers. She walked outside the hall and stretched her hands. Her eyes thinned a little as she stared at the huge green field in a distance.

A long corridor stretched out by the side having other shorter corridors by the side leading to various classrooms and places in the school. The floor was plastered with cemented stylish bricks. Feranmi slipped her hands into the pocket of her jacket as she walked to her classroom.

She should have written the exam last year but she was sick and couldn't make it. So she had to write it this year. She walked into her classroom and went straight to her seat.

"Feranmi, how was the exam?" Joseph asked.

Feranmi tilted her head in a funny way, "Kinda weird" Feranmi replied.

"What kind of questions did they ask?" Tofunmi probed.

"Weird ones, my attitude in some impossible situations" Feranmi replied remembering one of the question asking what she would do if her school was attacked by terrorists. Her school was in the freaking South-West!

"Its always like that every year" someone in the class muttered.

"Like why the heck do we write the exam?" Another person asked.

"We don't see results or anything" a girl chipped in.

"Why are you guys fussing about it? Its not as if we have to read to write it. Its just some questions about the way we see things" A girl said walking inside with notebooks piled up in her hands. She was smacking her gum louding and chewing it like a pimp.

Unlike other students; her lips were glossed with shiny lip gloss. Her skirt hugged her body and showed her curves in the right places.

"Femi, Ige and Peter, Mrs Kosemani is calling you in her office" the girl as she turned to the guy behind her.

"Tobi please share the notes" the girl said as she strolled over to Feranmi.

"How was it?" She asked.

"Weird" Feranmi replied in a bored tone.

"How weird?" She asked again.

"200 over 100" Feranmi replied.

"Can you remember any of the questions?" She asked again.

"Ini, what's up? Why you wanna know that?" Feranmi asked.

"There's surely a purpose for writing this exam right?" Ini asked as Feranmi shrugged.

"Maybe" Feranmi replied.

"If there's no purpose, it was wouldn't be compulsory" Ini added as I glanced at her.

"I'm trying to find the purpose by the type of questions they ask" Ini replied.

"Really? A girl beside me was saying all she was asked was about herself. She said it was more like she was answering a question about herself. Someone else said he was asked to give a review on some American movie, I was asked some rather funny questions. Type is not the purpose, you should try why" Feranmi said.

"Why?" Ini repeated.

"The types differs and there's no connection, then shouldn't you try to check why we are being asked these questions" Feranmi replied.

Ini seemed to have fallen into her thoughts. Feranmi shook her head.

"No one knows why but I don't think you are gonna find out either ways"

"I'm just curious" Ini said.

"So I heard Snr Zach walked you home yesterday" Ini started crossing her legs as she did so.

"Yeah, he did" Feranmi replied.

"What did you guys talk about?" Ini asked excitedly.

"Nothing much, just school stuff" Feranmi replied.

"Don't you think you should accept him already" Ini said.

Feranmi glanced at her again "Really Ini? You know he just wants to get into my pants" Feranmi replied.

Ini shrugged "I'll open my legs widely if I were you" Ini replied as Feranmi laughed.

"That's right but am not you. He's handsome and hot alright but his character is a whole turn off" Feranmi said.

"Turns me on like hell" Ini replied with a grimace.

"That's because you like him" Feranmi replied.

"Why won't he look at me?" Ini whined.

"You are too good for him and besides you just want to fuck him too" Feranmi replied.

"What kind of guy do you like?" Ini asked.

"I don't have an exact type. Just be hot and have a nice character" Feranmi replied opening her Further Mathematics textbook.

"I heard Matthew fucked Queen in the class yesterday, a lot of people saw them" Ini said as Feranmi chuckled.

"She's gonna get an STD soon" Feranmi replied.

"I wished I saw" Ini said with a pout.

"I know" Feranmi added as her beautiful brows pulled together.

"I'm going over to Lanre's house so you might have to walk home alone" Ini said as Feranmi yawned.

"Remember to keep your pants on" Feranmi replied with a blank look.

"I'll try my best" Ini replied with a wink.

"Jeez... I don't see how you are better than Queen, at least everyone knows she's a slut but you are a bigger one" Feranmi said as Ini grinned.

"Whatever and I'm telling you one if the these days, I'm gonna be gagging on Snr Zach's dick" Ini whispered as Feranmi swatted her hand off.

"Don't go spilling profanities in my ears" Feranmi scolded as she continued solving questions in the textbook.

"How's the preparations coming up?" Ini asked as Feranmi shrugged.

"Just fine" Feranmi replied as she frowned slightly.

"I just don't know if they'll delve into Upper Further Maths" Feranmi added.

"The probability of that is low" Ini said.

"Yeah, I know but I've got a bad premonition about the competition" Feranmi replied.

"Look for Snr Kay and tell him" Ini said.

"I'll run into Snr Zach, I can't deal with him today" Feranmi muttered rubbing her forehead.

"Do you know how many guys I've chased you since we started SSS2?" Ini asked.

"Your point is?" Feranmi asked in reply opening to the back of the textbook to check for something.

"Date someone will you?" Ini asked with a pout.

"I will, if I will at least let me date someone I like" Feranmi replied.

"Shush.... What if the person doesn't like you? Just me like me" Ini replied with a wink as Feranmi burst into laughter.

"That's creepy" Feranmi said still laughing.

"Look, its not like I don't want to date any of these guys, I know most just want to get into my pants and I have seen sincerity and truth in some but I don't truly like any of them. It would be unfair to them if date them and use the way they feel about me against them" Feranmi added.

Ini pursed her lips and nodded "Awwn, you sound like you actually care about them. So in the whole of Preston International School, no guy has caught your fancy? " Ini asked

Feranmi shrugged "Not really, I don't remember getting attracted to any guy in particular" Feranmi replied.

The bell for closing was heard as the students started packing their bags.

"Inioluwa" a guy hollered at the door.

Ini winked at her best friend "See ya later" Ini said as she carried her bag and walked out of the class.

Feranmi watched as she walked out before releasing a sigh she didn't know she was holding. She quickly packed her school bag and walked out of the classroom.

"Feranmi!" Someone called as Feranmi turned and cursed under her breath.

"Going home already? I'll walk you" Zach said with a smile.

Feranmi offered him a polite smile too "That won't be needed Snr Zach but thanks for the offer" Feranmi replied as she turned and started walking off leaving the boy dazed on the corridor.

The moment Feranmi stepped out of the school gate, she reached into her school bag and brought out her MP3. Adjusting the settings and putting the songs on shuffle, she carefully placed it on her. As "Finesse" by Cardi B and Bruno Mars flowed into her ears, Feranmi's hands went to the volume button as she increased to the loudest.