The Mediums Help

19

All students of class XI IPA 4 walked out of the room, they went to the school swimming pool which was not far from the class. Together with an old male PE teacher. His hair was white, and the front was bald.

Silva walked ahead of Adi - her sports teacher. She opened the glass door so wide that all of her classmates could enter without opening the door. The blue chair she saw was used immediately without waiting for Adi to give the order.

The middle-aged man was standing by the pool with a red whistle ready in his left hand. He counted one by one his students who took part in sports then walked towards the teacher's table at the end of the room. Lockers are kept along with chairs for students who are exercising.

He reached for the red ledger with a pen, he began to take absences. There were only five students who did not attend, mostly the student council who had an obligation to attend meetings. He got back on his feet, forming small groups, four for each group. Boys don't mix with girls because of their different strengths.

"First group Riyan, Tio, Danang, and Rizal first!" said Adi. He took the green chair to a lighter place, near the swimming pool so he could give a perfect score. In accordance with his vision of the students.

Silva was still sitting where she was, even though other the girls had already taken off their shoes and socks. Even their long hair is in a bun so as not to make anything unwanted.

Silva was busy watching her class mates swim, they went from the starting point to the deepest place at the end. The distance is quite far, and it takes a long time for people who can not swim. The four boys were able to arrive quickly, and were sure to get good grades as additional grades for the first semester exams later.

"How much do I get, sir?" Riyan asked when he got close to Adi.

Adi gave a flat look, and then said, "You'll find out later, now no one can know about grades."

"Yah! You can not just look at mine, Sir? I promise I won't see anything else."

"That's a school rule, you can't break it." Adi changed his sitting position to be more comfortable. "Come on, group two start getting ready!"

Groups two, three, four, and five are called sequentially. Now the last group of Silva is still waiting for their turn, the last group whose contents are outcasts according to Silva's statement this morning to Tama.

Tiara, Andini, and Iva are not popular in class, nor do they have any interesting talents. Not as smart as the other friends, even like Silva herself. They are happy in their own way, but occasionally disturb other people by making hoaxes. Not infrequently Silva became their target, and they often received reprimands from the class president, but there was never a deterrent word for the three girls. Still doing activities to make hoaxes to this day.

"Silva, Tiara, Andini, and Iva can start!" Adi shouted, he turned to Silva who was busy taking off his shoes. "You should have opened it earlier, Silva."

"I'm sorry, Sir." Silva started to move, stood on the edge of the pool while doing some light exercise before getting into the water. She was aware of Adi's unpleasant expression, but was ignorant of this middle-aged man who was always angry for no reason.

The third count, with the addition of a whistle, made the four girls jump in. Silva swims freestyle, but fast. Sh was able to touch the edge of the pool with her left hand after Tiara. Soon she came out without swimming back, her hair very wet. Exactly the same as the clothes.

The dry chair was also wet, the water came out so fast. Luckily her white shoes were kept in a locker, so they would never touch the water she was carrying.

Almost all the students sat near Adi, they were listening to something that Silva couldn't hear. She wasn't interested in the chatter, preferring to look at the lively atmosphere of the pool.

""Sir, are the scores this time better than last week?" Dewi asked while raising her hand.

"Not necessarily, there are some who get quite good marks. You all are not allowed to know!"

Suddenly all the students who were there complained, and some whined. However, Adi persisted in his stance never to leak values.

Silva was still sitting, she began fiddling with the hem of hef shirt in thought. She did no't care at all about her classmates who were talking to Adi, and some of her friends who were no longer swimming in the pool.

"Help! Help me, I'm almost drowning!"

The deep voice broke Silva's reverie, she turned towards the pool. Someone drowned, but no one saw. Silva hurriedly ran, she entered without saying anything. However, strangely there was no one in the pool. Silva went to the surface, and there was no one when she looked. Her brows knit together then she thought, but suddenly her leg was pulled from inside.

Something grabbed her long legs roughly, not allowing her to take a breath for several minutes. Even though there was no one there, it felt like someone was holding her body so she couldn't move and her legs were being pulled to the bottom.

Silva kept trying to move, but her strength was running low. She can see her classmate and Adi starting to move, they left without ever knowing that Silva was drowning. She tried to scream from inside.

Silva was no longer strong enough to hold back her breath, her eyes began to close as her body went limp. She began to surrender, no one would help her this time, and she was ready to meet God.

"Mama, Papa, I'm sorry because I have sinned a lot with you," Silva said to herself.