Not for you

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Classes are over so I'm heading to Mrs. Jana's office just as she asked of me. As soon as I walk in, she drops a call and gives me a satisfied look. I bound the door behind me and walk further where she gestures for me to sit. I please take the sit and uprightly position my gaze on her waiting patiently for her to take over.

"I'm happy you came," she says

I give her an unsettled smile still unsure of where she is heading to "By the way, I just dropped a call with your mom and she sends greetings. She is worried about you and she hopes you're doing ok in every aspect. Which is why you being here. I want you to open up to me, maybe not as your birth mother, but as a friend"

My heartbeat stops for a while, not because of the nervousness alone but because of my mom's health. I know older people turn to get a lot of diseases like heart attack, stroke, etc. and I do not want my mom suffering from that.

She continues "I do not know if it's just me seeing this but I've been really suspicious about you and Evan. From the day he carried you to the infirmary and your very strange attitude towards him, which till now I don't know why, again seeing both of you at the school corridor when lectures are going on, and not just that but you both seem lost in your world when hugging each other. I believe you are by now, very much aware of situations like that and how strictly it is forbidden for you"

I do not understand why I? I say to myself and as though she heard she responded "Because you are very brilliant. Brilliant more than you know it"

I look at her blankly Brilliant is the last word I'll ever think of using to describe myself at school because I know how weak I am in almost every subject except for biology and chemistry which help me. I manage mathematics because of the teacher which was given to us. She is one of the best teachers in this school along with her co-worker who also teaches Math.

I completely disagree with her in that, but maybe someday, I will break records. I believe in myself as far as progress is concerned though it will be a very slow process.

And as for Evan, I don't doubt she feels that way towards us, it was so obvious with how emotional I was and how I stuck myself to him like a horst-parasite. So, I'm not surprise she thinks that way. I knew this was coming somehow though I didn't want to hear it.

"Nice" she wakes me up from my thoughts and I blink "Are you with me?"

I nod "Yes ma'am"

"So what can you say about what I just said?"

What does she want me to say!? Well my answer is "Nothing"

"Nothing! You mean you have nothing to say about the accusations?"

Ok…this is something else. I know we're talking about what she saw so what accusation is she talking about now?

"I don't get it" I let out

"Apart from my observations, a footage was taken in the boy's quarter at about 1 am containing a girl which was reported to have won the same clothes as yours earlier that night." She pauses studying my expression and to hell with my hormones as my heart raised and the rhythmic movement of my chest was very visible. The more I tried controlling my breath, the more my impulses were conducted to my brain, and the more my hormones reacted. My adrenaline rose so quickly that I felt my bladder full. Just when I thought today was not bad, but this moment completely ruined the rest of my evening prompting my worse day in school.

"So tell me Nice, did you by any means head to the boy's quarter that night?"

Yes

"No" I responded. Still not satisfied, she insists "I know teens turn to do crazy things and violet principles and we knew that night party was the perfect opportunity for that so we inputted extra camera's in the boy's quarter. Now I'm going to ask you for the last time, were you in the boy's dorm that night?"

My mind runs back to the night I met Evan out of his dorm and his crazy roommate who almost stripped my clothes off. I start weighing the embarrassment that will show forth if I accept this though nothing happened between us or his friend. How could I even accept or explain something I do not know how it came about? Will I start by *sigh* 'Yes I did but I don't know how' or 'An unspeakable force carried me there and that force has been the one hunting me since then, which is also why I've been feeling so dizzy and went short of breath the last time', NO, they will look at me as crazy and that will only worsen the matter if my mom finds out her daughter has gone Knots?

My words stand "No I didn't Mrs. Jana"

She gives me a weary look and I keep my head upright not panicking though I felt a drop of sweat on my forehead. Shirt!!!

"It's noted. I won't be the one taking caution for who so ever was in that footage but the proprietress who will be visiting tomorrow will give more highlights on the sanctions towards the lady involved."

I gulp hearing that but still don't change my mind "Anything else?"

"No, that's all I wanted to tell you"

"Can I go now?"

"Sure…"

I nod standing up and walking towards the door but recall something and stop turning around to face her "Did you report this to my mom?"

"Nope. I do not intend to. She'll be devastated if she finds out"

I am very much aware of Mrs. Jana, that's why I'm asking you this.

"Thank you" I appreciate about to head back when she adds "You could still meet me later when you change your mind because I'm certain you were the only one dressed like that at the party and they'll certainly pull you out if they discover that"

I just rendered her soft grin then moved out of her office. When I was out of her side, my heartbeat decelerated to normal and a slight breath of relief came forth from my mouth as I moved along the school corridors to my room. Once I got in, no one was around. I guess they went for dinner.

I took off my uniform and changed to my compound ware, wore my sandals, and as I was tiding my cloths I heard a 'clinch' sound. I paused glaring around but didn't get exactly where the noise came from since it wasn't that loud though I heard it right.

Ignoring the sound, I move gently towards our door and out heading for the hall.

As usual, after dinner, we had a short nap, and all the while, when my roommate was asleep, I kept thinking of what Mrs. Jana said.

I've never gotten myself into trouble the way I am now. However, I know I am innocent because I didn't find myself there in my subconscious state which to date I haven't gotten a clue of who is behind this and why that person is in my pursuit.

I shouldn't think about things like spirits and all the like because I do not believe in them and I'm not scared at all. I've watched many films that scare more than hell so, this won't be a problem. I'm certain a student is behind this…maybe they arranged to put something in my meal or whatever I take that is giving me nightmare and wild imaginations. I will try to be more vigilant as my mom advised.

Sooner enough nap time is over and we are woken up for preps. I didn't even get to take proper rest after all the things my mind wandered into.

Did I have a choice? No. no one was allowed to stay back during preps except he/she is sick. I couldn't lie because it would only add my sanctions upon the one I was caught on camera…I can't still believe this is happening to me. I'm so doomed and if they really caught the footage right, means I will be called at the assembly tomorrow by the proprietress.

We are now in the prep hall and SV. Annette doesn't stop scolding the student as though they murdered someone.

I can't even concentrate on a simple assignment. She keeps moving up and down closer to my table and peeking her fat eyes on my works, causing me to lose concentration. I'm completely blank now. Strolling my eyes around my table I notice my physics book is absent and we have him tomorrow. I must have forgotten it in my dorm. Shit!! I doubt SV. Annette will permit me without making it hard for me. I can't risk getting insulted again after what he did today, I need to get it ASAP, we have limited time and the assignments are future history.

I turn to my left towards Abigale who has her eyes scrolling her biology note with one hand on the table supporting her jaw and the other hand tapping its meta-carpals on the same table.

"Abi…" I call and she fixes her attention towards me instantly.

"Can you help me out with something?"

"Sure" she replies sweetly

"I left my book in our room and…I'm having a bad impression SV. Annette will let me go. What should I do?"

She passes her eyes from me to SV. Annette who is presently on her phone browsing which is strictly forbidden to do when supervising us.

"I think we already have a solution placed right before our eyes. if she tries playing-wise with us we won't hesitate to take action"

I give her a side look… "Girl…what are you talking about?"

"Don��t tell me you don't see what I'm seeing?" she gives me a shocking expression causing my brows to lit in understanding "No no…we aren't doing that"

She looks at me unbelievably "Are you sure you want to get your book?"

I nod slightly and she says "I'm not sure you do. When you change your mind, we could talk" Turning her attention back to her book while I stare at her helplessly

"Are you for real right now?" I say but she doesn't respond or make a move to.

Breathing out heavily I permit "Ok fine! Let's go for it"

Her brows instantly lit up with joy on her face though she tried suppressing it gracefully.

I understood perfectly well what she wanted us to do. We have to walk towards SV. Annette and ask her permission to head to our dorm but if she declines, we'll take the required strategy which is also the only option we are left with by proposing something she will never be able to deny, and guess what? It worked quite alright. After she tried scolding us just as she's the fun of doing, we gave her a shock that almost propelled a blood clot on the arteries heading to her brain leading to stroke. She couldn't even let out a single word before nodding, permitting us to drive away. Since Abigale was just boosting me and had nothing to take back, I left alone to the dorm.

I got my things swiftly but the moment I was about heading out, Evan rushed in and grew pale when our eyes met. I was already holding my breath during this period, and my muscles had erected my hair causing me to feel extremely cold and heated at the same time. I mouthed "Evan!"

He instantly locked the door behind him and I didn't care because I wasn't scared of him anymore. He looked anxious and his chest kept bouncing up and down and there was a document on his hand. When I saw that, my heart sank to what my thoughts were interpreted.

"Is that what I think it is?" I inquire looking between him and the file and he walks towards me gently "Are you…"

"I'm not" he cuts in

I breathe out a sigh of relief but that leaves me with more tormenting questions agitating my steal reaction before him.

"What did you do?" He doesn't say anything but his stare alone speaks a thousand words and within seconds I grip the message with a "No way!"

"I had no choice! The proprietress will be here tomorrow and you won't want to imagine what will happen to you if I didn't wipe off every clip of you in that footage"

Trust me, when he said that, I wanted to fall in his arms but I was scared he'll end up getting caught or something. That's why I held back my reaction staring at him amazingly.

"So…what's that you're holding?"

He looks at his hand raising the file about to speak when a sound feels the silent atmosphere from behind the locked door. We shrug for a while and the sound becomes intense. Evan quickly runs towards the switch and turns off the light, coming back and pulling me under the bed. Before I realized it, we're pilled together underneath my bed while the 'people' who I supposed was making the noise stepped in, turned on the light, and scanned the room, they walked right close to my bed and I couldn't stop praying.

To be continued…