C2 Fear

"about yesterday...do you think we have one among us?"

"Marbel"

"yeah?"

"you have been calm all this while"kate said and everyone turned their heads to her

"why?,what do you want me to do.Cry?,laugh ? or kill myself "Mabel said with an eye roll

"heard your mum is a specialist in this field"kate said

"thanks for reminding me that and if I tell you who the ghost is,will,you believe?"Mabel said with an eye roll

"guys how many times do I have to tell you that its nothing ...our register here says we are complete and besides our home room teacher can see everyone of us ,so no ghost"Toria said with an eye roll

"dummy"Mabel said

"did you just call me that?"

"did I say it out loud?"Mabel asked as stared at everyone

"watch your tongue young lady or else"

"stop it guys, we can't fight because of a ghost we should get a solution"Nora said stopping the both from exchanging words

"yeah she's right,fighting ourselves will lead us to no good "

"are you guys done talking cos I'm off to the library"Christable said as she stood up with her books

"yeah we have a class now,let's go Claria"Kate said as she stood up with her books and claria followed suit

"this class is freaking cold"sonia from grade 4b said

"cold?"Toria asked

"yeah like 0°,cant you see the smoke coming out of my mouth?"She said as she tapped Mabel

"shut it,your breathe stinks"Mabel said and everyone laughed

"how can you say that to your best friend"Sonia said as she made a sad face

"Your friends with this lunatic?"Toria,said not believing her ears

"maybe you guys should turn off the Ac or something"Sonia said ignoring Toria

"No Ac is on dummy now shut and let me think in peace"Flourish said as she threw daggers at Sonia

"sorry"Sonia mouthed a sorry and turned to Mabel who in turn smiled at her

"good news guys"kate said as she entered the classroom

"what"came a chorus answer

"Miss Nita our home room teacher wont be available from today"

"why?"

"didn't you hear the news?"

"what news"

"she lost her dad and she was,given a week off"

"sounds good"

"you mean no class with her for one week?"

"yes"

"gosh my wish has finally come to pass"Nora said as she smiled at nothing in particular

"happy anniversary baby"They heard something say

"are you kidding me rite now Ruth"

"it's a gift"Ruth said with an eye roll

"from who to who"

"me to my boyfriend"

"boyfriend ?"

"yes"

"for real?"

"yeah"

"doesn't sound real"Nora said

"hey Anabel,wanna grap some snacks?"

"Nah,I'll pass"

"Toria,you are need in the staff room"

"alright"

.......

"Good morning Mam"

"Morning"

"was,told you called me"

"yes,as,you know ,I,wont be available from tomorrow, would have gone today but I really need to take care of something, so I want you to handle things properly, who know if you will be recommended, that if you handle things well when I'm gone"Her home room teacher said with a smile

"I will mam"

"that's all for now,you can go"

'Toria"

"Yes,sir Martins"

"Can you help me with this,just drop it over there"

"alright sir"Toria said as she carefully took the arranged book and placed on the table but something caught her attention.On the wall was a paper where all the number of students per class were written, going through the paper the found out that there were only 35 students in her class

"what is this"She asked herself as she stared at what is in front of her

........

"officially in this class there should only be 35 of us"Toria said as she entered the class drawing attention to herself

"what do you mean by that"Nora asked

"then why are we 36 in this class"

"I dont know about that,somebody that is not supposed to be among us is here.Us and someone only our homeroom teacher can see"Toria said staring at everyone

"you mean a ghost?Ruth asked with a shaky voice

"she is here someone that doesn't belong to our class.if you say it's a ghost then it's a ghost

"then who is the ghost"flourish asked staring at everyone and then their door closed and opend qmd,and Flourish teddy bear started singing scaring the hell out of them