THREE MONTHS LATER
Three months later:
” Psst..”
” What?” I slightly turned my head towards the backbench to see Ryder’s trying to get my attention. Do you know where we are? In the exam hall.
” Give me your answer sheet,” he commandingly asked. He also has the hope that I will help him.
” You haven’t studied anything and now you are…”
” No advice, Emily. I could hear all day just to watch your face, but not now. Paper, please…” He told and pleaded in the end with all hope. How could I say no?
” Take it. But promise me, we won’t get caught,”
” I will make sure of it,” He smiled and got the paper while the teacher was distracted by eating something which she took from her handbag. I highly doubt that her handbag is a Doraemon pocket. She eats a lot as an invigilator.
……
Finally, we all headed out of the classroom, giving the answer sheets. Ryder easily copied and he gave it without grabbing the teachers attention.
” So, how do you wrote? I hope you didn’t copy my name in the front sheet.” I questioned Ryder.
” That’s the only thing I didn’t do. Anyways, we both won the bet. Didn’t we? I definitely know I will pass in all the exams.” He said proudly, while all he did was copying my paper. Dylan and Jacob started this bet and we won by cheating.
” Actually, we didn’t…” I started but then someone patted by the shoulder.
” Hello, sister. How did Ryder write? I know he’s going to fail.” Jacob told as Dylan walked towards us.
” No. He’s not. He did pretty well on his own. You are going to watch his achievements soon.” I proudly said. Or Lied.
” On his own… Ohhh but I say someone passed their paper to him. Do you know who it is?” Dylan asked. Oh, no. He caught me.
” I did. Anyways, he’s gonna pass. That’s all it matters. I can’t hand over my friend Pearl as your girlfriend.” I told before he asked anything about the bet.
” I didn’t ask that. Pearl and I are good friends. We are spending a lot of time together. More than you are spending with her. Someday it can be much more than that. I hope so. So, no problem. But I won’t be giving you the two hundred dollars.” He clearly said. He expects good things. I hope something works out between him and Pearl. After that, I left the group, saying bye to all. Since today’s the last exam, I’m getting a holiday for a week.
” Hey, how do you wrote? Well, leave it. I know you did well.” I told Jason when I spotted him near the entrance.
” You are probably right, Milly. So, what are you up too? This holiday? If you are free, we could hang out,” Jason asked.
” Yeah, sure. And I know where the place it should be. Your private library. The key you gave me.” I said as his face brightened. In these three months, we already went there and we spend a lot of time together. I guess we are going to do that again and again. He used to read out some beautiful lines from the books. We hear songs. We explored the whole library books. Finally, we stare at the sky inside the dome. I like to do that a million times with Jason.
If I could talk about Pearl, she’s being super busy for more than a month. She auditioned and got the best friend role. She’s been practising for it sincerely. The drama is only a week away. After the holiday, the play will be held on the reopening day of our school.
Then, I said I will decide to choose my true love. I decided to do it after this holiday. No matter what, I would not let any one of them out of my life. I don’t want to lose their friendship. I would stay in touch even if I went to any other country.
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A week later:
You know what? Time goes away so fast that you won’t even realize it. After a nice break from school, I’m back in school to watch the roleplay. Mostly, I concentrated on Pearl’s part even though she’s not the main character. But when it’s all done. There’s a lot of claps and cheers. Mine was louder than the others.
” Do you really liked the storyline? It was pretty boring. I almost slept.” Ryder complained. To be honest, he’s right. I didn’t like the plot too. But I like to see Pearl acting in it. And Dylan’s acting was good too. I don’t know any other students in the play.
” I know. You slept on my shoulder. More than an hour.” I said as he grinned.
” I’m glad that I haven’t auditioned for it. Atleast, I saved my time from this play.” Jason told. He’s agreeing with Ryder too.
” Right. I guess this school always do a boring play every year,”
” No, not every year but this year was boring,” Jason replied. Everyone started leaving their seats. I should probably see Pearl. Some part of me wants to see the place behind the scene.
” So, are you leaving now? I have some works to do. Can I drop you home?” Jason asked.
” No, I’m going to see Pearl, Jason. You have some modelling works right? I guess it’s not the school works.”
” It’s modelling. Do you think I would be studying when we didn’t have one class after the first semester ends?”
” I thought you would,” I smiled and waved to him when he was leaving. Then Ryder and I went behind the stage to look for Dylan and Pearl.
” Em, How did I do? Did you like it? Not the whole story but my part.” She excited talked and tried to walk faster with her full gown on. It must be hard to breathe.
” I only like your part and Dylan’s too. I even took a photo from my seat. Do you want to see it?” I took my phone and she sneaked a peak with excitement.
” You should be a photographer, Em. All the photos are Crystal clear.” She told.
” It was my phone’s talent. Not mine. So, are you gonna stay in this dress and the heavy makeup. I like to see your original face.”
” Yeah, I will change. I need to change. It feels like someone tied up my body so I can’t even move any of my limbs.” She told and went next to a table to get her own clothes. There are a lot of girls and boys who are getting their things and about to leave the stage and get into a dressing room to change.
I watched her taking her things but something dangerous caught my eyes. Then I freaked out.
” What the heck? Is this a real gun?”