C1 The Bully and The Goodgirl

"Mom, Dad, I'm leaving."

I fixed my things before giving them a kiss on their cheeks. I waved at them before running to the gate and closing it. Gosh! It's already 7:45 and I might get late. That school is still strict because it is private. I don't have a bike so I was just forced to walk. Well, I'm used to walk in going to school ever since I entered highschool or even when I'm still a preschooler. We are poor so we can’t afford cars. It's not important, though.

What's the use of our feet if we don't use them too, right?

"Shara! What took you so long ?! Look, we're late!" Maureen sighed when she saw me running towards her.

I scratched my head lightly and smiled hard. "I'm sorry, I woke up late. I finished our History assignments first so I fell asleep around one o'clock."

"Whatever. Come on, just let me copy in Math. You promised me yesterday, no buts." He walked ahead without even waiting for me.

Argh! She didn't study again.

We're already late when we entered the gate. Good thing the SSG Councils were having a meeting in the session hall that's why we're safe. We immediately ran to the second floor of our building to reach before our subject teacher arrived. We will have a minus in attendance when we are late.

"Salvador, Maureen. Have you attended the flag ceremony?" Mrs. Forth asked as she raised her right eyebrow.

He turned to me for a moment before answering."Yes, ma'am. I made it somehow."

It made me laugh because of what she said. Seems like she's going to pee anytime from now. That was our teacher's terror case so we were all afraid of her.

"Lindzberg, Shantal Farah. Have you attended the flag ceremony?"

I got up immediately when he suddenly called my name. "Y-Yes. Maureen and I went in together."

She stared at me for a few more minutes before calling my next on the attendance sheet. I let out a deep sigh when I finally sat back on my chair. Shocks! I though she's going to eat me because of her expression.

"Hey, wait. We haven't seen you in line before," Jelo, our class president asked.

My eyes widened and gestured him to keep quiet."We're late, pres. But don't worry, Maureen's going to treat you if you won't tell anyone."

"What? Why me, Shara ?!" Her eyebrows rose at what I said.

"Just do it as a favor, Mau. It's more than you want to belittle us, isn't it ?!" I kicked him so he didn't do anything and just struggled.

We looked at Jelo when he put his hands on our shoulder. "Girls, just chill. I won't tell maam. Just promise that you won't be late next time. Okay?"

We took a deep breath at what he said and just focused on maam's discussion. It's not hard for me since I reviewed some of it last night before going to bed. When we had 30 quiz items, maam left for a while to get a book in the faculty room. I just rolled my eyes when our classroom started to make a noise. They're always like this whenever our teacher wasn't around. You know what's worse than that ?! When we are vacant or all teachers have an urgent meeting. This school will probably such a mess.

"Guys, what letter is number 2?"

"Hey! Share your answers. Don't be selfish"

"What kind of handwriting is that ?! What do you think in my eyes, as big as an ant?!"

I shook my head because of irritation. They are annoying. Didn't they see me being nice here ?! It's Mau, I'm constantly carving. She's just going to copy my answers, argh. I don't even know why is she depending on me if she's smart. Like duh ?! He is a second honor here in our section, I am the first.

"Shar, can I se ---"

"What's now?! You want to copy again? Didn't you guys listen to our teachers discussion earlier?! Ugh." I handed them a copy of my answers but of course because I'm very smart, I changed the answer to other numbers. It came from my own hardwork so it's up to me. Besides, thet wouldn't know if it was right or wrong.

"Time is up!"

Our teacher suddenly arrived that made them shut up. They were acting as if they didn't copy each others answers. Haist. They're just moving, obviously. If I know, I'm just the only student in this section who didn't cheat. Even our class officers are accomplices.

"Hey, that's my food! Where's your manners, Allison?! Just buy your own food if you want." I was about to stand up when Mau stopped me so I annoyingly went back to my seat.

"Sorry! Your snacks are so delicious, Shara. I told you, give me too so I don't take your lunch," she shouted after me.

She's always like that during recess time. She even went to our bakery once to buy a plastic of bread from mama.

What else can I do ?! She already ate my snacks and it's disgusting if I get it back. It already have a saliva so I might get a virus when I eat it. Aish.

“I’m buying blueberry cheesecake,” I told the vendor here in our cafeteria.

There was a guy who was standing meters away from me but I didn't bother to look at him. His scent was familiar.

"Get the blueberry cheesecake for me. Put it on my table, asap!" The man next to me immediately turned around and started walking away.

"I'm sorry Ms. but it's already reserved for Mr. Monteserio," the woman replied and smiled sparingly at me.

Argh. It's still my favorite. Annoying. He really pisses me off. I know he heard what I said so he imitated me. Everyone knows him, so as me.

"It's okay, that's just a cake, though. Just give me a burger." I paid her and accepted the burger before leaving.

I even caught him looking at me but immediately rolled his eyes when he saw me looking at him. Snobber, tsk. When I got back to my seat I was annoyed and bit the burger I bought. Maureen gave me something but I didn't bother to look at her because I'm busy killing that Cahleen or should I say Caseth in my mind. He's really thrilling, damn

!

"Oh, drink it. Seems like you're going to choke because of swallowing without chewing," he said and someone handed me something.

I immediately drank it because I thought it was juice but I suddenly coughed because it was sauce. It was freaking embarrassing, I swear. Almost all of the students here in the cafeteria were looking at me. It's like I want to disappear suddenly because of the embarrassment I caused. Wow!

"Fuck it! What's your trip, Mau? It's so embarrassing. People might think that I'm sickening." I covered my mouth with a tissue as well as the little sauce that was spread on the table.

"Hello?! I've been able to say the word before but you're not even listening. Are you fantasizing Caseth?!"

I immediately covered her mouth and slapped her lightly. "Shut up! What are you talking about?! I'm not fantasizing about that man. He's not even my type, lol."

"Really?! It's up to you, maybe someone else will be ahead of you. You know, girls are drooling over him. Maybe you're one of them." She even poked my waist so I beat him.

"I'm not ... and I would never be. Hello too! He's not in my chemistry and we also don't have the same level," I replied and then adjusted myself. Good thing I didn't spill any sauce on my uniform.

After the recess we are vacant because it is always like that. I don't know if our teacher was really busy or she's just flirting with the professor in the other section. There was a time when we caught him simply taking a picture of Mr. Salazar so it looks like there is something in her. It's not bad since she's single and in year 20's but she still have students for goodness sake. If my classmates almost party because she's always away, I'm the one who gets stressed.

Everytime that she'll enter our subject, she's going to give us a quiz. Duh? what are we going to answer if he hasn't discussed a single topic. And the worst is ... they will ask me for an answer because I am supposed to be the first honor. See? They don't feel any shame on me!

"Ask me for paper, Shara. I'm just going to make a paper boat." Daniela held out her hand in front of me so I reluctantly took it and gave it to her.

They don't act like highschool students, for real. They have childish minds even though we are graduating. Maybe they were just spoiled too much by their parents that's why they were acting like that.

"I'll borrow powder and liptint. I should be the most beautiful girl in this section," Fiona the star in our section suddenly said. Chos!

"Ew! You stab your liver until it's pierced. You're not even pretty when you don't wear any makeup," replied one of my classmates who loves teasing her, Roses.

"Dude, let's cut. It's so boring here. It's annoying to look at these ugly people," said the great insulter in this section, Josh.

"Who wants to braid hair? I'm free, it's easy." Maureen took a comb and city girls from her bag so our female classmates approached.

I massaged the bridge of my nose because of stress. I no longer knew what to do with them. Our class officers are even acting like kids, also interacting with others. If I would scold them and will ask them to keep quiet, they wouldn't listen to me. It's like I'm just wind to them.

Argh! This is the worst section ever!