John was a pupil at Lubengele primary school. He was in a grade ahead of me. He used to stay in RB Section. RB Section was a Mine Compound on the eastern direction from our School stretching between the Council houses and Kamenza Township. John had a brother called Frank who was a class mate to Dorothy, a twin sister to Eustina kalaswa I came to know John in a hash way through his brother Frank,who would sometimes be in a company of those twins on their way home after school as their ways home were in the same direction.One day at break time, John's brother beat Dorothy the action which made Eustina to be annoyed. She told me and my friend Geshom about it and at knocking off time, and I confronted Frank and beat him. The following day John came into our class. The teacher was not there. He approached me where I was sitting at my desk. He quickly slapped me on my face twice and when I tried to stand up he pushed me back and I fell down. The other pupils started cheering and making noise. When I stood up so that I could fight him back, the teacher entered. We were both taken in front and punished us without explanation. The teacher whipped us for making troubles and disturbing others in class. My class mate consoling me as they took it that I was beaten. That action displeased me. I did not take that easily. When I knocked off from school that day, I looked for John he had already gone home as he was in a senior class and was knocking off an hour earlier than us. I then followed him at home and I found him outside his house and when he saw me, he knew what was going to follow. He came to me and a fight broke up. We fought for a long time before some elders came to separate us. I went home though I wanted to go back and fight him again but the elders who had separated us warned to beat me if I persisted Several days passed by and one day,on a Saturday,John and I met head on at one of the primary Schools where I had gone to watch the games as usual He was in the group of his friends. He grabbed my shirt and pulled me but this time I was ready for him. One good thing his friends did not interfere so we started fighting while his friends liked on and cheered. I don't know where I got the power from that day as I beat him like a child until he started breeding.When I saw him breeding, I ran away. John's friends chased me but they did not catch me.The next time John and I saw each other was at the shopping center but that time he did not do anything and I also passed by. We started seeing each other very often but each time we met, no one bothered the other. One day at the football ground when our school team lost on an unfair judgement, the fight broke between the two teams supporters. John and I found ourselves beating one boy from the other school as we were both from the same school. That case was reported to our headmaster who punished us by dig a hole and then refilling it. From there on, John and I became talking friends and not playing friends. Later on I came to know that John was a closer friend of Eustina's elder brother.
