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Rose was not able to sleep till late mid night. Maria knew it and she didnot wake her up. She knows her daughter very well and let Rose sleep and left for work. Rose slept till 10 am in the morning. She got up checked the time its sill 2 hours for the declaration of results on the Internet. She went to washroom for cleaning up. Then too her breakfast and cleaned the house. After that she finishing cleaning the house she took shower, had change of clothes. It was still half an hour for results. She again went to kitchen and made a cup of tea for herself. After tea she went to her room and took her bag, grabed her house keys after locking the house she left. She directly went to Ruby's house and called her. Ruby was also ready as it was her result day also. Both went to nearby cyber cafe. Its was 12 : 10 pm and the result would have been declared by this time. Both asked the cafe owner if there is any free computer as they have to check their results. Cyber owner knew the girls as they used to come there sometimes and belong to the same neighborhood. He let them in and asked them to use computer no 4. They both got inside and took two chairs, sat on them infront of the computer. Rose entered the website address on which results would be availble. She quickly entered the address but the site was slow as lot of people were seeing the results at same time. Both girls were watching the computer screen in great distress. Anyone who see them at taht moment would have though they are in some kind of life and death situation. The site was loaded after few minutes, Rose enteres the test enrollment number of Ruby first. Ruby asked her why she entered her numbet first. Hearts of both the girls were beating very fast. And after few seconds the result of Rose was downloaded. Ruby saw the result and felt as if she was dreaming. She have got 80 percent and is eligible for fee weaver scholarship. She has applied for graduation course as she wanted to become a teacher. For that she needed to get 75 percent. Only that she will be able to get admission in a good college. They downloaded the e - certificate of Ruby3 result quickly and entered Rose's enrollment number. They both looked at the computer screen with wide eyes, slowly the result was downloading. As the result was downloading the heart beat of Rose was growing faster. She feel as if others would be hearing the sound of her heart beat. And finally the result coukd be seen on computer screen. They both turned towards each other and suddenly started to scream. The Cafe owner along with the others present got shocked and was thinking what happened to both the girls. Owner quickly got up from his seat and rushed towards the girls. He began to console them and said to them not to worry. They will qualify next time, they are young and can appear in the test again. Both the girls looked towards him and burst out into laughter. All the people in the cafe were surprised at the turn of events. After a minute or so Girls controlled their laughter and tell the owner that they had qualified the test. Not only have they qualifief but got the fee weaver scholarships. They joy knew no bounds. They paid the cafe owner happily and get the prinout of e-certificate of tbeir qualfying test as the have to attach that to other documents needed to submit at the time of admission. They both left the cafe and went back to home. Ruby didnt go to her house rather accompanied Rose to her house because they dont have any phone to call their parents and let them know about the results. They have to wait till evening whem parents would return from work. So they decided to go to Rose's house to have some chit chat and lunch. They also have to decide about clothes , footwear, bags etc for the college. They can also choose same college for six months as tbey have to study everything first. Only after they complete these six months they can join the professional universities or colleges. But how did they manage to get the dresses and other things? Ruby asked Rose with a conflicting expression on her face. Rose was thinking the same but something need to be done. They can manage with same bag but they need few new dresses and new footwear atleast. Rose was using the same sandle, her mother bought few years back. This sandle was given to her by the daughter of household she works at and because the sandle was of good quality and little expensive Rose was able to use it for few years now. Ruby condition was not much different. Both girls got upset. Rose was feeling bitter inside at the tought how people like them can't even enjoy their happiness even for a single day. One problem is solved and many more arises. Suddenly Ruby asked Rose, what if we had not qualified for scholarships? Rose replied that her mother had saved some money in case she had to pay the fee. Rose understood waht Ruby meant. But she thought for a moment and said to Ruby, she had also save some money. Ruby also said that she also have some money at home given to her uncle many times and she saved that. Now they were again happy on the thought that atleast tbey have some money with them. They decided to ask for some little more money from parents and go for shopping tomorrow. With this Ruby left for home. And Rose desperately began to waitfor her mother to return from home so that she can share her happiness with her mother.