Chapter 1

  Break off

  Adrian could have ripped his shirt open . The happiness extravagantly helped itself with him , as he felt the victory of finishing o level take his mind out of this world . He looked outside as he stood at the lower resource of Smk where he had just sat for his final accounts paper and he felt pleased with himself as he put out his hand to feel the gentle touch of the rain .

  "Yes." He thought to himself , " The fourth phase has ended . His country's education system wasn't exactly good and favourable but he had held on anyway , through thick and thin he had finished though he knew many others had dropped out .

  "Nursery , primary and o-level are off the list , it's just four more for me ." He told Daniel as they picked up their luggage , the rest of the students , doing other optional subjects such as agriculture , art, french , home management and ict looked at them with envy .

  "You still have a long way to go you know , A level university, LDC even ACCA . " He reminded him.

  " I know but you should know an achievement is an achievement ." Adrian replied . Both of them laughed , of all the four school levels they had both done three but what mattered is that the last two they had done them together. The seven tiring years of primary school and the four years of O level living out the three of nursery they hadn't done together, the rest it had been them against the world. They had faced a lot of the ruthlessness of the teachers and the overwhelming subject papers that required so much attention in case you dedicated yourself .

  Adrian unlike Daniel had been a midioker , but Daniel had been an ace , thrashing every paper that came his way and this had given Adrian more pride to acknowledge him as his good friend . Adrian carried his luggage outside the school premises , his old rusty bulky brown metallic tin can for a case , his over loaded rack sack and his gigantic mattress , and went back inside to help Daniel with his . Adrian wasa bit gigantic with a slightly big chest and slightly big hands fit for a maturing teenager, with big eyes , a small mouth and a moderate noise . Daniel was rather moderate all throughout leaving him a bit shorter than Adrian , way more lighter than him with better quality hair too .

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  They carried all his luggage outside and stood as Adrian prepared to say goodbye for the next three to four months .

  " So this is it ?" Daniel asked .

  " I guess." Adrian said as he turned to look at the green campus of Smk they were leaving. A car pulled over in front of them and Daniel's auntie waved at them with Patrick who had also just finished his final paper already seated in the car . Adrian watched as they stashed the luggage in and hit the road . He remained standing as he looked at his long term friend go , twelve years down the road and he had not yet seen a better friend . He stopped a taxi and stashed his luggage in the boot and asked the driver to drive him home . The journey did not take long , he paid the fare and stood in front of the house tired. The tiring nights he had endured as a student preparing for the exams that he had just finished all came back rushing to him and he felt a strong urge to rest .

  The door opened and his mum walked out , a slightly brown woman slightly shorter than him , baring evidence of the inheritance of her eyes by Adrian dressed in a blue dress .

  " How was it ?" She asked .

  " Tiresome. " He answered .

  " What should we expect ?"

  " Only the worst." Adrian answered trying to sound contented .

  "But hope for the best ." She added . He carried his luggage in doors and made his way to his bedroom then fell on his bed .

  "That is done ." He said to himself and drifted away into a beautiful hard-earned peaceful slumber .