It’s the usual day today; the streets are busy with people minding their own business moving about; children playing with their wired cars and the hawkers are already setting up their place, stacking them with their fruits and vegetables.

It’s been 2 full weeks since my last and final final exams, it still hasn’t sunk to me yet that I am now done with school.

“Mind if I join you?” He asks so casually, I shake my head and see him climb the big rock and sits next to me. “I have been meaning to tell you,” he says after he has settled down. “My brother found me a job at the mine; after the December holidays I’ll be gone.”

A huge smile spreads on my face “That’s wonderful news.” I say pushing him slightly with my shoulders.

We go quiet for a little while just listening to the buzzing of our little township. I sit back and sigh almost glad that at at least one of us will get to get out of this place.

I look around at all the mismatched shacks around us, the one place I have been around in all my life, with the possibility that I’ll never get out of here.