Joke(2)

"Welcome back, students, to our beloved and esteemed School. A school that emphasizes on education. Prestige. Hard work. Integrity."

"And off we go for a ride"

Alex said near me.

"We are a prestigious school, and we do not welcome trouble makers."

I paused for dramatic effect, as I took off my glasses and wiped them. I sighed loudly, as if I was thinking of something so serious and sad. So I put my glasses back on, and continued,

"Unfortunately, we now have in our midst, people who do not respect the rules of this prestigious school. A scourge of society.

Everyone was shocked, their breath caught in their throat. What the heck was the Vice principal Collins was talking about?

My face was impassive, as I continued to observe the Collins. Alexa was curious, and turned her head to look at me, but could not get anything from my expression.

*Xander? Do you know what's going on?*

*I may have an idea about it*

I confessed

*But don't worry. We'll just see how far she's going to go with this charade*

"Sex,"

I continue, and I shuddered visibly,

"We should evolve to be better, and not degrade ourselves to such base behaviour."

I said, banging my hand on the table,

"To think that anyone, let alone you children, be engaged in such dirty, immoral and unnatural behaviour means you are beyond redemption!

"Alexander and Miss Sara,"

I said, and the entire Hall gasped out loud as she looked at both of them with disdain,

" You Alexander, is an embarrassment. An embarrassment to society. A failure to your parents. A disgrace of this school. You have dirtied this hallowed halls of learning with your contemptuous behaviour. And the both of you are hypocrite.

"Are you quite done yet? Are you actually having fun, standing up there and maligning my character so freely?"

I asked slowly, but clearly.

"Hah? Your characters?"

Collins scoffed,

"You don't have characters to began, what's there to malign?"

"Seriously?"

I said, raising an eyebrow,

"You are a responsable educator and we are but students. Yet, you have been cursing me non-stop in front of everyone. Are you even an educator?"

"Of course I am!"

I spluttered. I was not used to the students talking back, as they had always turned turtle and kept quiet. I narrowed my eyes. This boy was just as outspoken as his mother, but this time I am ready for him. No matter what, I was the adult here. There was no way he could out-talk me.

"I am your superior! You are but a snotty teenager, while I have lived and experienced far more than your measly 15 years of life. Just look at you. Only 15 yet muscular, always wearing V-necks and tight shirts when you're not in school uniform. Even your haircut. It's not the typical male haircut at all!

"I have seen your kind countless of times and all of them. I can recognise you people easily. So useless. Dredge of society. Scum of the Earth. So brazen to commit such thing in the mist of the school. Just look at yourself. It's so obvious that you are a rapist. So blind to your faults!"

When she says this word, everyone was silent.

I hope that you have proofs of your accusations. Because if you don't I will let you know that you should have never cross my line. You've been happily standing there, flinging accusations to me, painting me to be a rapist.

Principal Dobbins waved her hand at him, exasperated as she shouted in near hysterics

"Did you hear that?"

I have to play my game too, if not how can I ridiculed her even more. So I turned to face everyone in the Hall. I was in the front row, and I bowed slightly to everyone.

"I do not know why Mrs Collins hates me, and why she has been targetting me from the moment I enrolled here. She had constantly been accusing me of many things and even called my mother to the office once. Now, she is saying all these hateful words to me, and calling me a rapist now. Is this what you want as an educator?

Collins spluttered, and banged the podium loudly, making almost everyone jump in shock.

"You, you!"

I turned to face her,

" I haven't even done anything yet you're telling everyone that I am a rapist. Just where did this hatred of yours come from?"

"It is hatred borne out of common sense and decency,"

I huffed, puffing out my chest. I pointed a finger at h and said with a sneer,

"Would anyone talk nicely to a murderer? That's what you are. A murderer of acceptable societal norms! You will corrupt the pure, innocent minds of my students. For that, you are expelled!!"

Gasps were heard throughout.

"Expelled? Based on what grounds?"

I demanded.

"Inappropriate behaviour!"

I stated, and started quoting the school rules,

"Anyone who is guilty of inappropriate behaviour which is unsuitable as a student, will be promptly expelled."

"So you can just accuse anyone of inappropriate behaviour and expel people? Just what sort of inappropriate behaviour that I have been guilty of? Where is your proof?"

"My proof? You want to see proof? I will show you proof!!"

I said smugly. I had been waiting for this moment. Did he think I was stupid? When I had failed to produce proof the last time when Atalea had demanded it, did he think that I wouldn't have been prepared this time around?

Clutching the envelope in my hands, I walked over to the projector, tore it open, took out a picture and slammed in face down onto the glass panel.

"This is your proof!!"

I face him smugly, my arms crossed across my chest as the picture was amplified and shown clearly behind me.

The entire hall was silent.