Chapter 49

2019.03.14

We are done with our exams. I did not do the exams well this time also. Even Sally. I do not know what I am doing? I was stressed about the Science day and I was exhausted by Sally's admirer. I could not take it to consideration but then again, she is my best friend. A friend who fought beside me. I would not humane if I abandon her. I gave her hopes and judged others together.

Zarina is coming to the tuition classes but not to school because she fought with me. She attended the exams and she also was doing well. I think it is because she was over confident on herself. Anyways I worked my butt off for the science day that will be on next week.

2019.03.22

The files for the day arrived. My mother also came. When my mother showed the printed file Mr. J. J. Fortune was over the moon and was commenting on the file and on my mother. I saw through him. He made a problem. The school should be sponsoring for the sound system. But for some reason he played the game. He chose to sponsor the files because it was cheaper than the sound system. He was making a fuss at the end of the timeline. Thanks to mom, I got on the track. Once he saw the file that I designed, he took a copy to the principal and showed her.

2019.03.23

Today is the Science Day. I came in early morning to set up some vines. I stayed till six in the evening yesterday with my mother, sister, Sally and even Mr. J. J. Fortune stayed. It was the one of the days that Mr. J. J. Fortune worked. He only had decorations to work on. I had already done everything beforehand. As I predicted my class did not do the decoration good enough, most of the decoration was from the other science class but my class fellows took the credit for that. The deputy principal number 2 commented on how the hall looked as if coming in to a jungle. I am not sure if it was a compliment or was laughing at it. I had Editor to do another presentation for the day. I chose songs and even clips to be played during the interval. I thought of ordering five hundred food parcels but my mother said that they would not come so make it three hundred. But I was scared so we ended up ordering three hundred and fifty food parcels. Mrs. Beth and some of my classmates said that they will do the table arrangement for the guest's food table. I nodded thinking that they will do that one at least better. I did not go to check on it because Mrs. Beth would be there instead I sent Sally and I could tell she was not pleased by it. I chose some four graders to welcome the guests. It was my mother who talked with their parents. Out of three kids only two of them showed up, I forgot that I have to dress them up. I searched around and found Masha. I caught her by arm and took to the hall and handover the girls to her to get them dressed up.

The guests were at the entrance. I even made sure to ask the school band to welcome and I was the one who went back and forth to get the permission for the band. I panicked because the other schools who attended the competition did not arrive. I even remembered the boy who asked me if he would get a prize, he also was not present. They were all having the exams. All the bloody teachers had gone to welcome the chief guest and the guest of honor but they forgot to call the president to welcome them. I was running around to fill the hall. I asked the juniors and they said they were paper correcting or they had exams. I came back to the hall. The guest came in the whole hall was deserted. I was feeling guilty and embarrassed. I was boiling. I went to the in-charge teacher and told her, "Madam, the hall is empty. We have to fill them up." "Then go and ask the students to come." "I already did. They are having exams." She saw that I was really mad. I went of call in the commerce and the arts class. Some of the teachers also came in and sat to watch the day. I was out of the hall and my speech up next. I was sweating like a pig after running around.

I came in to the hall just ten minutes before my speech. I calmed down and Masha came up to me and asked what to do about the food parcels. I asked her to bring them up. What I only knew was that the day was going downhill, just because of Mr. J. J. Fortune. I was trying to keep my hopes up. Out of the seven schools only four of them came and from one school only one came with a representative teacher. I should at least do the speech correctly. I went up to the stage and gave my 'Welcome speech'. After I came down from the stage, the editor told me that o nailed it even better than the school captain who was the best speaker appointed by our school. I smiled at her and Sally patted my back. Next was the principal's speech. I stood there with high hopes that she will say my name and our hard work. Instead she talked about Mr. J. J. Fortune. I clenched my fists. Stared at them all. Sally looked at me in worry. We all knew that he did not do any of it. Any of it. I was spend my butt of to do all this and top of all my mother, she did so much and only he did was talking ill of her and pretending in front of her. No wonder he always never let me go to the principal and whenever I was about to visit her out of nowhere he would pop up and asks me why I was going and he would send me away. I felt my soul almost left my body.

It was interval. The principal, guests and the sponsors went to the place where the breakfast was arranged. My mother was present too. She said that the table had nothing on it and they tasted like rock. She even told that what would have the guests thought about the food. She even told me that the chief guest bought by Mr. J. J. Fortune and the principal were eating ugly even though the food was really bad. My heavens! My mother added that it was embarrassing for her to sit along her and feast on bad food.

The events of the day was mind blowing. One of the science class did an active experiment event with the present schools and they did in the native language. To be honest many were shocked that these girls were talented. But it is quite late now for them to roll in other activities because the final exams are nearing. And next the juniors, wholla! They were amazing. They did a drama under the theme; a fashion show that was directed by animal poaches because the day's theme was wildlife. The principal went out of the hall when the Chief Guest and the Guest of honor were giving speeches. I was boiling with embarrassment and I was mad at her. We finally gave away the prizes and the trophies were breathtaking. Okay, not breathtaking but they were awesome. I searched hard for the details and all. Many commented on them.

The total people present in the whole covered up to hundred and eighty. There were thirty members in the band. From the rest only twenty parcels remained at the end of the day. I did not know what happened to the rest. It turned out the band teacher stole another thirty and had taken home. Around fifty was smuggled by classmates who preach and are pious. And then the rest some of the students stole from the hall and had taken to the class. I was blacking out. I appointed some of them and they were running around and were enjoying the day. I do not know who to blame but just me? I went to mother and said what had happened. She advised me to give Mrs. Beth, in-charge teacher and Mr. J. J. Fortune two parcels each and I gave the rest to the people who had not taken. I slowly smuggled two, one for Sally and other Masha because she helped me even though I do not talk to her. She has to because I was not on the fault but then again I am not thick skinned.

And yes, Zarina did not come today. Because I did not give her the thank you speech instead I gave it to the vice secretary. She was not present the rest of the days and I have to give her the position. NO WAY! You got to be responsible for the position you take. I kept a sponsor trophy for her mother but she did not arrive. The in-charge teacher put the trophy to the floor making a crack on it. I quickly gave it to her and told her to give it to Zarina and I will not. I do not want to get in the misunderstanding. And I also gave the certificates that were not received by the students of our school and other schools to in-charge teacher and I left after cleaning the whole.

I am going to be honest. I cried that night and the nights followed by.