Chapter Forty-Four – Nancy never tells.
Sheena and Chloe hugged me when they came out. Jennifer passed us with her head up.
“How was the test for you? Easy I bet” Sheena asked her, excited.
She stopped, “Yeah, you’re early. Easy for you too?”. She didn’t turn to her.
Sheena nodded but spoke out a “yes” since she wasn’t facing her. Jennifer made a short “hmm” and continued her way.
“Tell me Jennifer is the younger twin?” Chloe snarled.
“Sorry to disappoint but oldest” Sheena replied. Chloe was obviously so done with Jennifer.
Apart from her unkind and manipulating attitudes, I don’t think I had a reason to hate on Jennifer though.
Nancy came out with a sad face. Her face lit up when she saw me but it seemed like fake happiness.
“The places we talked about. It came out, right?” she waved and advanced to me.
“Yeah, thanks a ton for helping” I was really grateful.
Chloe and Sheena looked confused, I’d have explained that I read with Nancy but Sheena looked disgusted as well, and I didn’t know why.
Nancy left without sparing her a word, she did smile at Chloe and Chloe smiled back.
“Nancy was the one who gave you the places to read? If I had known I wouldn’t have read them” Sheena distastefully.
“Why?” I asked.
“Well,” Chloe responded, “People say she has the habit of giving people the opposites of what would come out. If you’re cute like Jasper and family, she could give you a hint not so big. She knows as she sometimes stays at her mom’s office and teachers talk about their plans”.
“But her hint to me was very helpful. I don’t understand why she looked like she had a hard time”.
I wasn’t understanding them. This was one time I was really glad I made a move to talk to someone. Why was it sounding like a wrong move?
“Maybe a Karma happened” Sheena scoffed, “Maybe, her guess was wrong and the places she told you were the right ones”.
Chloe nodded to that, “Unless that was what happened cos Nancy never helps people. She’s like that. I don’t hate her. She’s not wicked at least and minds her business”.
I was awestruck. She told me wrong answers? But she seemed so honest and straightforward. I turned to her and she was talking with a teacher, the English teacher.
“That girl is just a topper cos her mom is a teacher. Of course, she’d always pass English and the other teachers would give her a pass too” Sheena was highly upset with Nancy.
I didn’t get why. If it was she giving wrong answers then just don’t ask her for them. Easy as that. It’s not like it’s usually totally wrong. Some were right.
“Wait, Nancy's mom is the English teacher?” my brain processed that slowly.
Chloe nodded, “They’re so different but so alike”.
Okay, wasn’t that same as a lifelong enmity between Nancy and I cos the Martinez killed her grandmother. Things were getting really complicated.
“Nancy is smart though. Sheena don’t hate her cos she’s Jennifer’s competitor” Chloe said to Sheena.
“She can easily get top student but she didn’t compete. She’d even be more suitable for nicest student compared to Jennifer” she added.
Sheena shrugged and we moved back to the class when everyone was done with their tests.
The chemistry teacher still had one more period with us so used it to talk more on REDOX TITRATIONS.
And for the first time, I understood perfectly. It felt good and deserving. After the class, I made sure to pack my chemistry book in my bag.
I would do a few studying at home, for the first time in my lazy life.
Charles sent a message that’ll he’ll pick me up. Possibly to settle whatever dispute we were having. I was still in class when the message buzzed in.
Chloe had snatched my bag and said I wouldn’t be able to leave without her knowing. She so badly wanted to see her crush. Like couldn’t she get over him?
While we waited, it was said that two grade eleven boys had fought over a girl. Rumors had that one of them got really injured.
Sheena, Chloe and I sighed at their stupidity.
Like today wouldn’t get anymore dramatic, Cara stormed the school as well with some policemen. They went straight to grade seven and eight class.
Was this a joke?
We finished our last class, civic education, and the teacher even made a joke that Cara was missing his classes when she needed it the most.
Good thing she wasn’t around to hear him.
Outside grade seven students were crying.
Chloe had rushed to one of them she claimed was her cousin, “Hey, what happened? What did Cara do?”.
The girl began narrating how Cara had asked all the students who threw stones at her to stand up.
None of them did but she threatened to make sure they get expelled. A boy, out of fear, stood up.
Cara then dragged him out and handed him to the police for physical and mental abuse.
She said if grade eight didn’t write an apology letter to her with their full names, she’d fish them out and put them in jail.
Jail? Eleven to twelve year olds?
Chloe then told me Cara's uncle was a top police officer. Still, I doubt kids can go to jail.
“She's crazy!” I said and kicked at the police van. I just lost my cool. This was insane. How can that brat rule the school!
Chloe wanted to hold me but then the police men walked out of the school.
“You all are crazy!” I spat at them. They paused and began advancing to me but I didn’t move.
“You are disgracing your uniform cos of a sixteen year old brat” they stopped in their tracks and looked at me.
“A disgrace to your uniform and emblem. A disgrace to the police force. You fear power so act…” but I was shut up by a slap.
I was pained. It was Cara. I slapped her back with no hesitation.
A crowd had formed around us. Before she retaliated, I slapped her again.
“How dare you disgrace our police force huh?” my blood was boiling.
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