Whistles can be heard along the streets of Berkerley, then music blares this whole arena at once. Happy Kids High School does celebrate the first day in December, unlike Fame Hints high school. But, being sarcastic, we are very funny, why would we return to school on the 1st of December, the grade’d ended. I shrug my shoulders and sigh. I let my head rest on my laps, and Rose raises it up the next minute.
“What’s wrong with you, Sophia?” She asks, bemusingly. Swears, the attire she’s put on shows that she’s going to attend a party, and not school. One can wear mufties to school, fine, but not this kind of dressing with highly used make-up.
“Nothing, I’m fine.” I force a smile. “Aren’t we in school yet?” She looks at Jude and he replies her with smirks.
“Oh, okay.” I breathe out, and shut my eyes. Rose pecks me on my chin, and Jude stares back, leaving the steering as it is.
“Watch it, Alpha Jude! It’s only a peck…” She rolls her eyes at him, and clears her throat.
“We are finally in school.” Jude exclaims, and swerves left as we swiftly move into the school compound. Luckily, students are still loitering around and moping across the halls. Maybe they just came to play football, volleyball, and all other stuffs, I think. But as Jude turns the car key and the car stops, a bell jingles and that’s either to call the student’s attention for an assembly, or to shoo them back into their various classes. Either of the two, maybe I’m convenient with it.
“Come on, Sophia, let’s go.” She alights the car, and holds my hand tight. I’m not wearing the school uniform neither is Rose wearing, too. Other kids in this school wore what they choose to, too. Some students dressed how Rose dressed too and I become a little bit shocked, I can let it remain unnoticeable.
“Where are we going now?” I ask her, as she flings my hand upwards and downwards. I look behind me and see Jude still seated in the car and sending smiles with clapping of his palms to me.
“See…” I point at him. “What does that mean?”
“Screw that. We are going to meet Robert now.” We walk faster, and what shocks again is that, I expected the students to stare disdainfully or annoyingly at us but no, they don’t. Afterall, they are either on my type of attire or Rose’s.
“What are we doing with Rob?” I stop her midway of climbing up and knocking on his door.
“Just let’s go, okay?” She sighs, and tells me.
“Ah… um, okay. Promise you’ll stay there till we are done.” She rolls her eyes at me, and softly chuckles.
“Pinky promise.” She says and climbs up as she knocks on the door.
“Ring the doorbell instead, you peabrain.” He retorts from inside.
“Oh, Rose…” I shake my head and try to go back to Jude. “I don’t think…”
“You don’t think what?” She retorts. “Where are you going to?”
“To sit inside with Jude, maybe.”
“Come on, dude.” She grabs my hand and head inside as the door automatically opens. Oh my goodness, this place’s been refurbished.
“Wow. This is cute.” I comment, and Rose exclaims same comment.
“Why won’t it be? Tell me, where did you go for a whole three months?! Is that how to be serious with one’s life?” He barks at us. I shift back, and lean on the door.
“What are you trying to do? Hit us? You’d better go hit your fvckin’ ass.” She chuckles, and pulls one out of the seven swivel chairs. I lock the door tightly and pull one too. I sit beside her, and she gulps and speaks up. Robert has grown fresh and taller, he’s got beards too. Just within three months, that’s fantabulous.
“So, why did you head straight into my office?” He smacks his lips at me. I roll my eyes at him but he winks in return. I sigh, and stare at a different direction.
“Um, about the examination stuff… You know?” Rose stutters, and runs her fingers through her hair.
“And what about that?”
“Are you done with them? I mean, the exams.”
“Sure, we’re done.” Rose clears her throat, and gnashes her teeth.
“We were done since the twenty fifth day of the previous month.” He adds.
“Can’t we retake the exams?” He says, softly. Rose pouts her lips, and winks at him. He doesn’t give any response, he only shakes his head and opens his drawers, shuts them again, and searches the sheets while sighing.
Just then, a student rings the doorbell.
“Open this door! Right now!” A voice shrieks, and the person knocks hard on the door after getting no response as regards the doorbell.
“Who the hell is that?” Robert hits his table with a fist he’s formed with his palm.
“Please, open the door! Right now!!” He shrieks again, and Robert opens it with a remote. Maxwell enters immediately, and hugs me tightly.
“Who.. who is it?” I try to free myself from his grip but he holds me closer.
“It’s Maxwell. Sophia, you are finally back!” He sobs, and pats my back. He runs his fingers through my hair and sniffles.
“Where did you go to?” His voice breaks.
“It’s fine.” This is only what I can say. Rose taps me as coldly as usual, and i look back immediately. My eyes catch hold of Robert and i see him penning down scribbles on a sheet of paper.
“Here is your punishment for being rascal. Bumping into my office, and cutting me dead.” He flings the sheet of paper at him. I pick it up instead, and roll my eyes at him.
“No. I apologize on his behalf.” I bow my head a bit, and squeeze the paper in my palm.
“I agree with you, Robert but you can be lenient if just for this one..” she sighs. “… one and only time.” Robert fumes, and furrows his forehead. I pout my lips and throw kisses at him. He stares at Rose and she nods. Maxwell scratches the back of his neck, and his eyes only gaze at me. My face. Till I’m feeling embarrassed.
“Lenient with who? Do you know he’s acting this way for the umpteenth time in his stupid grade!” He shouts, and Maxwell changes his gaze; he directs it to Robert.
About to speak, but Robert raises his palm up and shushes him.
“Don’t say anything. You’re going to serve this punishment.” He lowers his face to his desk, and lifts it up again.
“Have you thought it over?” Rose asks, and Maxwell squats.
“See him!” He screams at Maxwell, and he shivers, not knowing when he stands up. “The peabrain can’t even stand for three fucking minutes!”
“Take it easy, Mister Robert.” I place my hands on my chest, and I rub it. He sighs after stealing few glances at me, and gulps.
“Do you know what?” He speaks up.
“What?” We chorus.
“He’s gonna serve the punishment. There are no two words for it.” He pushes back his desk, and stands up. He claps his palms together, and leave the office, shutting the door with force. He soon comes back again, and shouts at Maxwell.
“Dickhead, follow me behind!” He shouts. “Right now!”
“Why’s he so angry?” Maxwell silently says to me. I shut his lips with my fingers, and chuckle softly to pretend he didn’t say that. His look tells me that, “but I only mutter, I didn’t even talk not to talk of shout”, I think he doesn’t know that vampires’ ears are very active. Mum’s, Rose’s, Robert’s, Ben’s, maybe him, I do not know. Robert opens the door again, and grabs his arms with force.
“Leave him alone!” Rose shouts on top of her voice and her vampire takes control.