The ground was hot from the constant heat caused by the sun,people moved up and down the streets, sweating as if they were running a marathon.
Cars honked occasionally,with many tr)tr) (private vehicle)mates shouting here and there.
Kwabena could be seen covering his all fall down haircut from sun as he moved with urgency.
The 16 year old boy moved robotically as he he was tired from the constant exposure from the sun
He always walks for about 25 minutes if he walks faster which he always do to take a public vehicle which goes to the place he resides.
He bumped into a sign board as he was looking down all that time.
His eyes were hurting from the sun rays.
He was so embarrassed that he looked left and right,back and straight to see if someone saw him.
And behold,he saw two girls just behind him looking straight at him,their cheeks puffing like balloon trying not to laugh.
But they burst out laughing when he turned around awkwardly to look at them.
He walked away in shame.
He had seen those two girls before.
Although Precious and Jane were not in the same class as him,they were in the same school and they also did the same course.
There was a long line in front of him when he got to the station.
Oh my God!
He cried in his head,but there was not a thing he could do so he went and stood at the back of the line.
8:00 PM was the time Kwabena got home.
He was so tired that he wanted nothing more than to jump on his bed and get a nap but his mother was there to question him.
He quickly answered all the questions,excused his mother with a run,opened the door and jumped on his bed.
His body which has been moving solely through his will became still,trembling with every movement.
His thoughts were now wandering to when he bumped his head on the sign board,consoling himself that they won't tell any other soul but he knew that by this time tomorrow, all their friends will come to know about that embarrassing incident.
He wanted to brush it off but he couldn't.
He was afraid of becoming the focus of attention tomorrow.
Kwabena decided to fake sickness tomorrow morning so that he will not go to school tomorrow.
His plan worked the next day as everyone knew he was prone to sickness as he gets sick almost every week.
Well, the next day he was cained as his Maths teacher did not like people absent on his class days.
Kwabena was embarrassed as he was the only one absent yesterday. He never liked being at the center of attention.
Worse is that his crush was watching him.
His crush Mary was sitting just infont of him.
Kwabena was someone who falls in love too easily.
The only requirement he has is the girl to be beautiful and being the first girl to talk to him in class.
So he has a crush in any new class he has been in.
He just took it as a joke though,as he knew that there's no way he can fall in love with more than 10 girls in his life because by the way things were going he would have more than ten crushes by the time he finishes university.
One of them was true love though.
Because he could feel his beating every time he see that girl and he would also get jealous every time there was a boy near her.
He was seated next to her in their JHS mock exams which earned them the nickname lovers.
His friends mentioned her name when ever they got an argument to which he also countered with a girl for everyone of his friends.
She never objected it but never agreed also.
He could only watch her go forever in regret as he could not confess to her because of his fears and even if he were to confess what
Good would dating bring to a 15 year boy.