24

Later that day, only I and Yash were left in the class. Truth be told, he was probably mad at me but I couldn't care less. I was overjoyed with the recent news that I forgot to read much into his thoughts. As soon as he was close enough, I went in for a hug.

Big steps!

He'd initially froze but I hugged him even tighter. I was probably rubbing myself against him, nothing intended till he gave in.

He hugged me back. Just the did I pull away but not out of his hold.

I paused, looked into his eyes, then to his chest, back at his eyes, and smiled.

"I hope he forgives me though"

I finally released him and was about to walk away when he pulled me in for a quick peck. My eyeballs bulged out of their socket. I was startled, I wasn't expecting it.

As soon as I realized my mood, I relaxed. I didn't want to send the wrong signals. I was very happy that he did so. Else I would have thought he patted me just to celebrate with me.

***

Mum was already home by the time I got in. I'd greeted her and went straight to my room. After freshening up a bit, I went back downstairs with my results in my hand. To be honest I wasn't that eager to hand it to her. I'd got a 6.0 in both Maths and English but a 4.7 in Science. So I was quite sure she wasn't even going to see the excellent ones. She's got this bond with bad results and this wasn't going to be different.

I handed over my result and turned to leave. Like I thought, she didn't even reach for it. She just dropped it there and had her head buried in her phone. '

I get it, I mean she probably thought I failed and wasn't about to ruin her mood again. I sighed and went back to my room.

I hit the sack immediately and fell into a dreamless sleep.

***

The next day, I got up early, threw my clothes on, and grabbed a coffee for breakfast. The less time I spent in the house, the more I spend at school. It's not like I had anywhere else to be anyway.

I got on a bike and soon reached my school, yesterday's news hadn't died down and so many students were whispering about it. Well, I guess that's expected.

It was a Wednesday, and we had chemistry for the first period. Not what you're thinking, I meant the Hydrochloric acid type of chemistry. I'd normally be eager for the class but not this term. We had a new teacher and I wasn't able to understand his complex ways of teaching.

He'd always refer to how Indians knew how to write textbooks and how many of them he had read. Yah! I guess. None of these mattered to me. All I knew was whatever he said wasn't adding up to what we wrote. It was like treating two different topics at the same time and today was no different.

The topic today was Gas Laws. Yah!

We started the topic the week before and the only thing I couldn't remember were these names; Charles and Boyle.

I didn't know what happened to my comprehension skills but all I knew was I wasn't understanding the bullshit. I didn't allow any of that to distract me though. I listened fr 2 hours straight and soon enough, the class was over.

I learned something new this time, 'STP' guess you'll have to find that out yourself. and if you already know it, Kudos for listening as I did.

Later in the day, we had Math. We were in the last phase of the topic Quadratic which we've been treating for quite a while now. Anyone past Grade 12 would agree with me that this damn topic always found a way to squeeze itself into different other topics, which made him quite important I guess.

"Any question,... No" Mr. Dales, answered, replying to his question.

'Yash, I need a system' Scar, Yash's little sis walked in.

"It's not with me" Yash replied lowkey, but she didn't hear.

"Is it the reproductive, respiratory, digestive, which one?" Mr. Dales replied.

I smiled, she hissed.

"What nonsense, how could you barge into the class and behave like that to a teacher" Liam dished out angrily.

"I don't have time for your nonsense" Scar replied.

Okay, now I was getting angry. What had gotten into her?

As if to answer my question, she said some hateful words and left us speechless, before you know it, I swore I'd send her out of my class if she comes to insult us again.

Mr. Dales on the other hand stood there laughing.

As soon as school closed, Scar comes into our class again. While Aba and Yash stood there trying to send her out, Mr. Dales was once again laughing. I stood up and went in search of Mrs. Sonya. Wrong move!

"What!" Mrs. Sonya exclaimed as she got in.

Mr. Dales looked at me and said scornfully, "So what you mean is I can't handle the situation"

That's when you know you just created a mess.

All wanted her to do was send her out of my class but the plan kind of backfired.

So as not to make matters worse, I'd shorten the incident.

Firstly, I was insulted. secondly, I was insulted. Thirdly, she just had to make mention of my Brother which is also an insult to him therefore another insult. Fourthly, she blamed Yash for it. Fifthly, she left and still came back again to insult me. Lastly, she asked if she had insulted me.

Well, I wouldn't have been bothered, but she said I was trying to build hatred between siblings and stuff like that, she also said we were bullying. Heck, I didn't even know why I reported again. Anyway, matters ended there. Well, not exactly but my narration ends there. I am still hurting and I do not want to make matters worse for myself.

The next day, Yash lets me know his mum didn't mean to insult me, which is what most of her speech is about by the way. And she also reported him to his dad saying he's using his younger sister to become stars in front of his peers. which personally is very wrong since she wasn't even there in the first place and Yash did not even say anything the whole time. He also said he wasn't happy about the way she was talking to me and stuffs like that.

Like I cared. She embarrassed me in front of everyone there and that was it for me. I don't need a sorry nor do I need to tell anyone anything. I am just going to keep smiling till I leave the damned school anyway.