LIKE STARS

Chapter Fifty Seven

"I did it!"

"I know"

"Oh my god! Imisi just broke Semiloore's winning score! This is magic!"

Imisi immediately removed the top she was wearing. Under the top was another top. Boldly inscribed on it was:

SEMILOORE
FIGHTING!

Everyone was surprised. Wasn't she her opponent? Then the screen started showing people wearing the same cloth. Semiloore's eyes widened when the screen showed Olivia, Samuel and a lot of people she didn't know wearing it.

Her eyes widened when the screen showed Oxford students wearing it and right beside them was her mom and Joe.

They were also wearing it. She turned to Imisi, "What's going on?"

Imisi smiled at her as she told her to look back. She looked back to see Kola and Juliannah also wearing it.

"You guys?... What's going on?"

"Seems like Semiloore has a huge fan base!"

"Semiloore, fighting!" Someone yelled and soon everyone was yelling the same thing.

"Its now our two-time champion turn. Hey fans, wish her the best"

Semiloore touched the bracelet in her hand lovingly. Although she couldn't see him in this huge crowd,the bracelet would replace him. She would imagined him holding her and giving her a cute smile.

She turned to the judge with her smile.
"I'm ready"

The hall went silent as she started answering the questions swiftly. Soon the timer was up and and looked at the huge screen anxiously until the score was revealed everyone held their breadth and then they went berserk as the score was showed.

300!
You must be joking!

"This is unbelievable!" The MC yelled into the microphone "She did it again! She broke her record again! She won again!"

The audience went berserk as Semiloore stared at the huge screen. People were hugging her but she just felt numb.

She actually did it!
She won again!
She did beat Hicol Lag.
She made Nathaniel proud!

She smelt a familiar scent as those hands wrapped his hands around her.

She turned to him "I did it!"

Nathaniel chuckled as he pulled her into a hug. Semiloore had tears on her face as the guards managed to shoo the audience back to their seats.

"I am so glad to inform you that the winner of this year's Cowbellpedia Maths Competition is Ajayi Oluwasemiloore! She's a two-time champion and with this year, she's a three-time champion. Ever since the history of Cowbellpedia; this has never happened before" the MC said while the audience clapped in excitement.

"Miss Semiloore, I am sure you have something to say"

Semiloore wiped the tears on her face as she collected the mic from the MC.

"What can I say? Where do I start from? I'll like to say a big thank you to my creator for making this possible. I mean we don't have such a good relationship and yet he helped me. To be sincere yesterday, I felt nervous. It had never happened before. I had never felt nervous before, maybe it was because the circumstances weren't the same but given the so many trust put in me, I had to put the nervousness aside"

"I want to say a big thank you to all Oxford SS2 students back. Thank you very much and I love you. Hey Imisi, thanks for treating me as your friend,you don't know how much that means to me. Christian, Joshua, Maria, John, Peter, Jerry and every other person, thanks for being such a great family"

"Hey Tamiloore,am sure you are live streaming. Too lazy to take a flight to see me for real bah? No matter how much I say it, its never going to be enough. Thank you. Thank you so much. For staying by me and urging me on. Anyone who has a twin sis like you is blessed by the heavens and me having that opportunity, I am blessed"

Everyone laughed slightly as Semiloore continued "Till today I wonder why God referred women as weaker vessels because my mom is not. I've never met a strong woman like her in my entire life. The one who places her children before herself. She loves us like God loves Jesus"

The camera focused on her mom who was dabbing her eyes with her handkerchief.

"I think the best creatures God created on this world are moms. They are the best. Mom, thanks for being there and thanks for being my mom"

The MC thought Semiloore was done but Imisi shooed him away. She eyed annoyingly "She's not done"

"Who else?"

Imisi just eyed him without replying.

Semiloore smiled a little as she looked at the crowd "I don't know if you've met anyone who understands you so well that before you say something he knows what you want to say. Just by your expression he knows what you are thinking. He trusts you without boundaries. He just understands you that even sometimes you think he's in your head. Hi boo, you might be wondering why am saying this here but am going to say it anyway. Thanks for being my best friend. Thanks for being my sister. Thank you for being my brother. Thanks for being everything. You taught me a lot of things that I can't even start saying. Just thank you. I want you to know I love you the mostest"

The audience burst into laughter and surprising the camera zoomed into Nathaniel's smiling face.

"For everyone wearing that top that I don't even know. Thank you for putting so much trust in me. Thank you for believing me. Thank you for your so much faith. I love you"

There was a standing ovation as she was given the trophy and a medal was wore around her neck.
Semiloore turned to the crowd and raised the trophy up while the audience started yelling.

At a certain distance,there was a man also clapping wearing the shirt with a sad smile on his face.