JJ's POV
"I thought you said next week, Teach." Raye whined.
"He said the next day." Serena responded.
"Thank you, Ms. Danvers. I did say today. Now clear your tables, we're about to start." Mr. Charles ordered and the unprepared students were whining again.
"Just give us a few minutes to be prepared." Raye suggested and most students seemed to agree with her. I could hear a lot of pleases from them especially from Raye.
"I wasn't in this class for about ten minutes and you couldn't use that time to read." Mr. Charles said.
"Well, um. Like I said earlier, I thought you said next week. Please Mr. Charles, just five minutes." She pleaded.
"And how's that my problem, Ms. Anderson. It's obviously that your lack of attentiveness is the reason for your misfortune. Now, everyone clear your tables, we're about to start. We've wasted about five minutes now." Mr. Charles said and I could hear whines and groans.
I cleared my table and I looked back only to see Serena's beautiful face. She was also clearing her table and she looked good while doing it. Such a beauty, it's a shame that I don't have the courage to admit my feelings. While I was lost in thoughts, Mr. Charles dropped the question paper on my table and Ariana cleared her throat to wake me up. Once I was back to reality, I started answering the questions. I could hear some students whispering answers (wrong answers) to each other.
I finished in two minutes and I decided to use a minute to cross check my work. While I was busy, a student stood up to submit and I looked up as well as the others only to see Serena confidently submitting her work. I soon followed suite, then Ariana, Ray, Ginny, Jason and Kyle submitted.
It was a quiz of ten questions to be answered in five minutes and these students used a whole fifteen minutes. Mr. Charles collected their scripts and shuffled everything. He then shared the scripts to everyone, apparently we were to mark each other's work. I got Serena's script. I have to admit it, her handwriting is really beautiful and neat.
"Alright, we'll start reviewing the answers." Mr. Charles announced.
"Please help me with this." Nancy begged Vanessa.
"Nah! I won't 'cause you're mean to me." Vanessa responded.
"Hey bro, you got this?" Tim asked Will.
"Yeah." Will replied.
"Please!" Nancy begged.
"Aww! I like you begging." Vanessa said.
"Number one is A." Mr Charles said and I marked, she was obviously correct.
"Um. Mr. Charles. What if they forgot to put their name?" Raye announced.
"Deduct two points. Number two is C." Mr Charles said and I marked.
"You heard him." Raye scoffed.
"What! It's just a name. what is this, pre school?" Ava ranted.
"Exactly and you couldn't write it down." Mr. Charles said.
"Ooh! You got silenced." Nancy said.
"Number three is Prime minister." Mr. Charles said.
"Mr. Charles, Raye wrote Queen of England." Ava announced.
"How dare you!" Raye exclaimed.
"It's wrong." Mr Charles said.
"Two can play at that game." Ava whispered to Raye.
"Um. Olivia, I can't understand your handwriting." Rachael said.
"Well, understand it!" Olivia shouted.
"Number four is A." Mr Charles said.
"Hey bro. How's it going?" Tim asked Will.
"It's going great but it'll be obvious." Will replied.
"Oh, yeah. True." Tim said.
"Number five is E." Mr Charles said.
"Mr. Charles, Raye chose B." Ava announced.
"You don't have to announce it to the whole world." Raye barked.
"It's wrong. Number six is A." Mr Charles said.
"I just want everyone to know you're dumb." Ava whispered.
"Number seven is D." Mr. Charles said.
"Um. Mr. Charles, Lesley chose D." Nancy said.
"Yeah it's D as in you, dumb bitch!" Lesley ranted.
"Really?" Mr. Charles commented.
"It's not my fault her ears don't function well." Lesley said.
"Hey, Olivia how's it?" Jake asked.
"Don't worry babe, I got you covered." Olivia said and Jake blew a kiss at her. Mr. Charles cleared his throat.
"Number eight is also D." Mr. Charles announced.
"Um. Mr. Charles." Ava called.
"What now, Ava?" He responded.
"Raye chose E." She announced.
"Well, if it's E then it's wrong, right?" Mr. Charles asked.
"You!" Raye ranted.
"I was gonna change it but never mind." Ava whispered.
"You know Dick only likes you 'cause you do his homework." Raye said and Ava's jaws dropped.
"I don't need a man. I'm what a man needs." Nancy said as she was playing with her hair.
"Ladies, focus. Number nine is Abraham Lincoln." Mr. Charles said.
"Michael wrote Abraham Leen... I can't even say it." Rita announced.
"Michael, work on your vocabulary." Mr. Charles advised.
"Yeah. I will." Michael responded."And the last one is B. Calculate the total and return the scripts to its owners." Mr. Charles said. I finished grading Serena's scripts and I gave it back to her. And she gave me mine.
"I did not get a two out of ten." Ava said as she slapped Raye.
"Alright. You got seven right." Raye confessed.
"Hey, eight out of ten, how did you pull that off?" Jake asked Tim.
"I appreciate my bro." Tim replied as he shook hands with Will.
"You know I'm already failing this class, why couldn't you just change it?" Nancy asked Vanessa as she was looking at her paper.
"Well next time, be nice to me." Vanessa replied.
"Be nice to you? Oh! I'm done with this class." Nancy said as she tore her paper then she slapped Vanessa.
"Mr. Charles, Nancy slapped me." Vanessa cried.
"Have a slapping contest for all I care." Mr. Charles said then he left the class.
"Hey, bro. What did you score?" Ariana asked me.
"The usual." I replied.
"Sigh! Brother." Ariana commented.
"What? You got a ten too, right?" I asked.
"Nah! I got a nine." Ariana replied then she sighed.
"Nine is still an excellent score." I assured her.
"Yeah. I know." She responded.
"Ugh! Just 'cause you're smart doesn't mean you should brag." Raye said to Ariana.
"And just 'cause you're dumb doesn't mean you should be talking." Ariana retorted.
"Ooh!" The students exclaimed.
Raye just ran out of the class. All she ever does is to embarrass herself. She definitely needs a break. I gave Ariana a thumb up for her savage reply. Serena appeared and give her a fist bump.
"Thanks boo. She deserves it." Ariana said.
"It's about time that bitch learnt her lesson." Serena added.
"Yeah." I said.
"Um. Hey." Serena startled as she saw me.
"Hey." I said.
"You didn't know he was here all along? Didn't you come to give him his script minutes ago?" Ariana asked sarcastically.
"Sorry. Short term memory loss." Serena apologized then she left.
"You like her, don't you?" Ariana said as she observed.
"Yeah. Kinda like since the beginning," I paused as I noticed Melissa eavesdropping.
"Sorry to bother y'all but did you say you like Serena?" Melissa said as she realized that she had been discovered.
I remained silent.
"Why were you eavesdropping?" Ariana asked.
"I wasn't eavesdropping. I was passing by and I heard you. It wasn't what you were thinking." Melissa lied.
"You are a terrible liar, Melissa. You know that?" Ariana said.
"What?" She responded. "I'm telling the truth. I'm not lying."
"You, lying bitch!" Ariana shouted and it attracted attention. All eyes were focused on us.
"I'm not lying. Why would I lie?" Melissa denied.
Ariana was about to slap her but I held her hand.
"Ariana, stop. She's not worth it." I said.
"Thank you, JJ. You're a lifesaver." Melissa said and she left the class. The piercing eyes looked away, wondering what had happened.