African Christmas Holiday

sat with her two best friends, Bola and Titi. They had been waiting eagerly for her t

nce. "I can't imagine leaving Lagos during Chri

admitted. "But you know what? It didn't matte

"Different how? I mean, what do y

," she said, and the three girls burst into laughter.

he open window. Her notebook lay in front of her, its pages blank but full of possibilities. She tapped her pen against her chin, thinki