THE GHOST BOY AND THE FEMALE TEACHER.
(Episode 2)
I paused, looking at him puzzled. He talked slowly, one word at a time like someone who was seeing vision and his voice was calmly, intriguing, compassion like someone who seriously needed a help.
"Are you serious right now?" I asked still standing close to the board.
"Believe me aunty, I'm very serious" He answered
"Please come closer! I don't bite. Even if I bite, I won't bite you because I'm in love with you"
I widened my eyes "You are in love with me?" I chuckled "That's too deep and shouldn't be coming from a boy of your age"
"Believe me or not, but I tell you I'm in love with you" He affirmed. "I fell in love with you the very first time I saw you. That was the day you came for your interview and teaching test, I was sitting outside behind the computer lab feeling depressed, when you came to me and gently asked what my problem was. You held my hand, softly raised me up and smiled at me and that single act of your gentle kindness, lightened up my world. That day, I prayed to the deity to grant you this employment"
I quickly flashback to the day I came for my teaching interview and I remembered seeing and talking to a lonely and depressed boy.
I looked at the boy before me closely. He was the one I had talked to that day. What a small world! I reckoned and thinking to myself that my little help and smile was about getting me stucked up with a strange boy.
"I know you think I'm insane, all students and teachers detest me because they think I'm insane and because I don't talk often like a normal kid. The truth is, I'm not a normal kid." He said.
I widened my eyes again. "You are not a normal kid?"
"Well, I used to be until something happened to me leaving me with the chance of fulfilling the one thing I have always wished for, and when I saw you earlier today, I knew you are the one who will grant my wish"
I cleared my eyes to be sure I wasn't dreaming, but I was obviously awake. I scanned the boy from head to toes with my eyes, checking if I could see a symptom of an imbecility or something like that but the boy before me, whom I was seeing clearly with my two eyes doesn't seem like one who something could be wrong with. He was neatly dressed, had a nice haircut, he was very handsome, fair and gently like a richman's kid. Infact, he has the feature of the kind of men I easily crush on, just that he is just a boy
What if this is a set-up? A voice asked in my head. No! I have to focus on what brought me to this school I told myself and turned to the board.
"Please copy down the scheme of work" I said and started to write on the board.
"I know what is going on in your min, but I am seriously not insane. Please believe me aunty help me out, I beg you" He said, sounding so serious.
I turned and looked at him again.
"If you are that serious, meet me during break now is time to learn" I told him and continued writing on the board.
"Nobody listens to me I don't have much time on this earth" He started sobbing.
To be continued.....
I paused, looking at him puzzled. He talked slowly, one word at a time like someone who was seeing vision and his voice was calmly, intriguing, compassion like someone who seriously needed a help.
"Are you serious right now?" I asked still standing close to the board.
"Believe me aunty, I'm very serious" He answered
"Please come closer! I don't bite. Even if I bite, I won't bite you because I'm in love with you"
I widened my eyes "You are in love with me?" I chuckled "That's too deep and shouldn't be coming from a boy of your age"
"Believe me or not, but I tell you I'm in love with you" He affirmed. "I fell in love with you the very first time I saw you. That was the day you came for your interview and teaching test, I was sitting outside behind the computer lab feeling depressed, when you came to me and gently asked what my problem was. You held my hand, softly raised me up and smiled at me and that single act of your gentle kindness, lightened up my world. That day, I prayed to the deity to grant you this employment"
I quickly flashback to the day I came for my teaching interview and I remembered seeing and talking to a lonely and depressed boy.
I looked at the boy before me closely. He was the one I had talked to that day. What a small world! I reckoned and thinking to myself that my little help and smile was about getting me stucked up with a strange boy.
"I know you think I'm insane, all students and teachers detest me because they think I'm insane and because I don't talk often like a normal kid. The truth is, I'm not a normal kid." He said.
I widened my eyes again. "You are not a normal kid?"
"Well, I used to be until something happened to me leaving me with the chance of fulfilling the one thing I have always wished for, and when I saw you earlier today, I knew you are the one who will grant my wish"
I cleared my eyes to be sure I wasn't dreaming, but I was obviously awake. I scanned the boy from head to toes with my eyes, checking if I could see a symptom of an imbecility or something like that but the boy before me, whom I was seeing clearly with my two eyes doesn't seem like one who something could be wrong with. He was neatly dressed, had a nice haircut, he was very handsome, fair and gently like a richman's kid. Infact, he has the feature of the kind of men I easily crush on, just that he is just a boy
What if this is a set-up? A voice asked in my head. No! I have to focus on what brought me to this school I told myself and turned to the board.
"Please copy down the scheme of work" I said and started to write on the board.
"I know what is going on in your min, but I am seriously not insane. Please believe me aunty help me out, I beg you" He said, sounding so serious.
I turned and looked at him again.
"If you are that serious, meet me during break now is time to learn" I told him and continued writing on the board.
"Nobody listens to me I don't have much time on this earth" He started sobbing.
To be continued.....
