My 17th Birthday

"Hope you are prepared for the exams?" I said to Khalifa

"Yes of course. But where have you been all this while? Your mom said you ran out of the House and since then you were missing." He said

"But did she tell you why I ran out of the House?" I replied to him

"You did something wrong and she corrected you, but you got offended and left the house and never returned. That was what she said." He said.

"Did you believe her or not?" I asked him

"I don't believe in one sided stories and the reason why I asked you." He said.

We cut the conversation when the invigilator came into the Hall sharing answer sheets and question papers.

Reaching my turn to have the sheets from the invigilator, he was on my face with an ill-fitting gaze handing over the sheets to me "I heard you were missing." He said, but I ignored him like his mental health.