Final ranking

The day off passed quietly and we would soon receive the results.

Some of our classmates would most likely leave our class and there was nothing they could do, they could only blame themselves for not trying hard enough and having missed this opportunity.

The next day's sunrise came slowly and everyone headed towards the family buildings worried, this could be the last time they would cross those gates.

Entering the class and taking my usual seat, I closed my eyes slightly as I waited for Professor Breno to arrive.

A lot of things went through my mind, I wasn't worried about the results but I felt a little restless in the last few days, I felt that something could happen in the next few months but I couldn't understand what it was I could only sigh in resignation.

It didn't take long for Breno to come in and bring the results with him.

"Good morning everyone! I hope you are prepared and before I start I would like to congratulate those who manage to keep their place and to the top 10 of the final ranking. We are a total of 600 new students and of these 600, about 200 were eliminated in this first evaluation by don't hit the cutoff score"

*Inhale deeply*

Sounds of held breathing could be heard throughout the hall, some faces already had slight signs of sadness, despair and helplessness.

Others crossed their fingers and prayed softly to the Gods, hoping it wasn't them.

"Going back to the results, I will list the names of those who will leave us today, you can try again to enter the external test and if you can get back to our classes, don't make the same mistakes again. Those who were expelled were: Allan, Zilda, Renan, Kelvin, Elvira, ... and Denzel, please leave the room"

Sounds of sighs and low cries reverberated in the room and for a few minutes you could only hear the sounds of chairs being pushed aside and footsteps heading towards the exit with a helpless look.

Silence prevailed for a while before the teacher spoke again. "Now I will announce the top 10 starting from 10th place with the last being the 1st, the lucky ones who received the merit points are: Joyce, Luan, Briana, Marlon, Artur, Merida, Lana, Lewis, Brittany, Brayan and Elora"

Everyone remained silent until one of the students raised his hand and asked. "Teacher, you mentioned 11 names and not 10, were there any mistakes?"

"*laughs* No, there wasn't a mistake, what happened is that both Brayan and Elora got a maximum score in the exams tying for first place, so we had one more student in the top 10"

*Murmur*

The hall became noisy once more and it took a little longer for everyone to calm down again,

After everyone calmed down the morning classes continued without interruption and when I was about to get up the teacher called me again.

"Elora!" Approaching my wallet, he asked the question that had been haunting him all week. "So, have you decided on the proposal I made?"