I ignored him and turned to look for other empty seats. But Carol shook her head. That there were no other empty seats in the cafeteria. So we sat at our original seat. Brian did many things to capture my attention. He even went as far as to, try pouring the water from his glass over my head. I just slapped his hand away. And since he wasn’t vigilant, his hand got slapped and the water instead fell on his uniform. I couldn’t help shaking my head and mutter in a low voice, “What a fool. “ And he heard my words.It wasn’t like I was even trying to hide my words from him. It was just that I didn’t want unnecessary troubles. But like the last time, it was he who provoked me first. He obviously got angry when the water was splashed on him, instead of me. But my words just stimulated more of his anger. He sneered as one of his girlfriends passed him a tissue while secretly hiding their smiles. But obviously they weren’t
Vanessa sat beside me this time, because there was no Christy with me. I still had my face covered, so no one knew about who I was. But just like before, everyone was curious about my identity. I had sat in my usual place, but still none of them recognised me. That felt weird to me. I mean, can’t people guess it could be me, since I sat there yesterday? But probably this was the IQ I had. The others didn’t have the same IQ as me. Even the teachers paid little attention in the class, so my identity wasn’t revealed, and I didn’t have to remove the mask from my face, even in the cafeteria. I just hid my face, to eat.It wasn’t because I didn’t like the way I looked, or I was shy. But it was because I felt that if I were to show my face to everyone. It won’t be good for me, because my face value should be around 9.8 out of 10, which meant only one thing. I might always be the talk of the girls wherever I go. And if thi
Weirdly enough, Christy agreed to Vanessa’s idea. I just stared at both of them, when I saw them getting along with each other for the first time. And I wasn’t the only one looking at both of them in disbelief. There were even others. I still had a mask on my face, so no one had seen my face. They probably didn’t even know who I was. Everyone in the school had seen me only in shoulder length hair. And now when they see someone in trimmed hair, they wouldn’t guess it to be me. The girls noticed the gazes they received, but both of them just shrugged their shoulders and ignored the disbelieving gazes of the others.I sat down, with my bag on the lap, waiting to reach school to stop hearing the things they had planned to do, once they start with their plan. They wanted to meet Kathy specially, and for this purpose, Vanessa even wanted to hire some guys to harass Kathy, and both Christy and Vanessa herself would step forward to save her
Ignoring my words, Christy sat on the seat, a little away from the one where I had to sit. The middle-aged woman, started with cutting my long hairs. I watched as my hair was being cut by those scissors. But there was nothing I could do to stop her from cutting them. Whenever I tried to do something, two glares would stop me. One was from the woman cutting my hair, and the other one was from Christine. In the end, I could just sit there, trying nothing to stop my hair from getting cut. Almost an hour later, my hair cut was done, and I looked at the mirror. With a sigh, I couldn’t help shaking my head, while thinking, ‘I shouldn’t have agreed to Christy’s words. I lost my beloved hair, that I took a lot of time to nurture it to its majesty. ‘Just as I was in depression, I suddenly caught a figure jumping at my back. I braced myself for that, and gracefully held Christine, who had jumped on my back, with an excited look. I coul
But Christy wasn’t near the door. She had opened the door and returned to the bed, lying down writing her homework on her bed. The way she wrote was enough for me to understand how furious she was. But I thought it was better to wait instead of directly explaining it to her. Finally, she asked expressionlessly, “How was your walk back home?” I understood what she was trying to do. She was acting as if she did not know about Vanessa coming with me. But obviously I saw her. I played along and replied, “It was eventful. I learnt many things. “Christy just raised her head to look at me for a moment and then went back to writing her homework. She then asked, “Did you feel bored walking alone?” I caught her expression, which made me guess her intentions. Smiling at her antics, I casually replied, “I wasn’t alone. “ I didn’t explain her further. It was simply because I wanted to see what she might
We were thrown out of the cafeteria. The remaining time of our lunch break was instantly taken away by Arnold, and because of this, many of the students were angry on me, the girls, Vanessa and her group of foolish friends. I did not care till the others just hated me or the girls. I don't care if it's just us being hated. I don't know what I will do when they target us. It is possible that this can make me incomprehensible for others, and help me create an identity of being a mysterious person. I ignored the mob of students and entered my class with the girls. Vanessa and her group entered their class without paying attention to the crowd.The classes were held early after the lunch break was “over”. The teachers had to arrive early, because even their lunch break ended early. They were angry as they entered the class, and their anger continued until the end of school. And this wasn’t it. Since I and the two girls, who had pushed Carol a
But the next moment, to my surprise, Juan asked me something I had least expected him to ask. He asked, “What do you think of Dex?” I was puzzled by his question, so I replied, “That would be hard. It depends on what you want to hear. The truth or the lie?” Juan looked at me curiously and asked, “Why?” I smiled and said, “I can tell you something that is completely a lie, just to please you. Or, I can tell you the truth, which wouldn’t be quite pleasing to hear, if Dex is someone close to you. So, it’s your call in the end. “Juan nodded and said, “What if I want to hear both the truth and lie? How about you first speak the lie, and then the truth?” I smiled as I nodded and replied, while resting my elbow on the table, looking at Juan, sitting beside me, “The lie is that, I think Dex is a good-natured person. He is exactly the opposite of what he shows. He is a kind soul, who wou
When I reached the door of the class, I heard Dex’s voice. “Shet, the class has already started. “, I cursed under my breath. When I stood in front of the door, Dex looked at me. Obviously, it was normal for a person to do so. And because of Dex, the entire class looked at me. Thanks to the weird human psychology, I stood there a little embarrassedly. Dex asked cocking his eyebrows, “Why are you late kid? Just because you could solve a problem and could study under me doesn’t make you someone great. “ I tried explaining my situation to him, but it was as if he didn’t want to listen to my words. He instead said, “You.. Go directly to the staff room, and clean it. This is your punishment for being late in the class. Next time you won’t dare to do the same mistake. “Unable to explain myself, I could just walk towards the staff room to clean it. I could have said no to Dex, but I didn’t. It was