#24

[I'm aware I missed day. So here's what was supposed to go up yesterday. Enjoy]

I come with arms: a machete, a rocket-propelled grenade, and a flare gun. I take pleasure with my new found facts to quiz Anna on her so called experiences around the world. I let out a growling laugh: Anna is both doomed and helpless.

I wait patiently at school. And one by one my classmates, who yesterday were hypnotized by her luring speech about her past, came and gathered around me. And then she came: Anna, the girl with a split tongue . . . well, not literally. But she had that type of character.

“Anna!” I called out, “What’s the capital of Namibia?”

“Windhoek.” She replied matter-of-factly.

“Who’s its president?”

“Pohamba.” She said turning her quizzical mouth in a smile. “Cool name for a president, huh?”

And it was true, it said so on Wikipedia.

“Fine, where’s Namibia located anyway? What continent?”

“South Africa! Why are you so interested anyways?”

“Yesterday you said it was in South America. Now you changed your answer.”

“That’s because it is in South Africa. I messed up yesterday, I got confused. After going to so many countries you lose track of where everything is. I hardly own anything at home – my parents say it’s not worth keeping anything that’s not portable.”

“How can you forget where you lived?!” I was incredulous. She was covering up her tracks. I was going to pin her down, one way or another.

“We were only there for a week. I never said I lived there.”

“B..b..b..but . . .”

My other classmates started giving me strange accusatory glares. I did not feel comfortable; not at all. One by one they left me. I felt sorry for myself. I let my eyes fall to my feet and starting rubbing one shoe against the other. Then I felt a push on my back. It was Anna.

“Come on Sam. Let’s get to class before we’re marked as tardy.” She was as cheerful as ever and she didn’t even seem to mind my rude behavior. I felt more relaxed. “Oh, Sue told me about this game that you guys have got going. Want to tell me more about it?” And that’s how our friendship started.