Chapter 11 Presentation (D's & B's POV)

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A/N: I guess the music fits this chapter.
Chapter 11: Presentation
David's POV (point of view)

Today is Wednesday the 6th of January of 2019.
It was the day to present our science project.
I was at the yard talking with my two best friends, Peter and Finn.
"So how's the project going between you and Blake" Finn said.
"It's going alright I guess. Me and Blake did some writing and Blake did most of the art work on the project" I told him.

Finn was my very first friend I made in primary school. He is sometimes described as the second tallest in the class. He has I guess, light brown hair and is the most friendliest friend of mine. Finn would always be there to support me, help me figure things out if I needed help and would just always be there for me.
Peter was my second best friend. He has brown hair and is about half an inch smaller than me. I first met Peter in primary school. He is the son of my Mom's best friend. Peter is sometimes shy but he is a very good friend of mine. We would always play sports together, specifically soccer.

"So, what about you Finn? How's the project going with Alex?" I asked him.
"The project is okay but Alex, he can be sometimes annoying" he told me and sighted.
"Huh, why?" I wondered
"He's always talking to me " he said. I don't really find taking that annoying.
"Oh well okay, what about you Peter?" I asked Peter
"The project is going alright with John" Peter said.

"Cool. So anyways you two, do you remember what day on Friday next week will be?" I told them both.
"Oh yeah, sorry I nearly forgotten. It's going to be your birthday David right?" Finn said.
"Yeah. I'm turning 14 soon and you guys are invited" I announced to them in a happy tone.
"Yay, so who's coming?" Finn asked me.
"Well you two guys, John, James...."
"James?" Peter said
"He's my friend"  I told him.
"Ok, well go on. Finish your sentence" Peter said.
"Yeah, there will be John, James, Mohammad, Liam, Callum..."
Mohammad, Liam and Callum are also good friends of mine.
"Max and Blake" I finished my sentence.

"Blake?" Finn said.
"Finn he's coming. Blake is nice and I like him as a friend cause he help me did the project and yeah he is a good friend of mine so what?" I told him.
"Okay, just asking" Finn said as he put up his hands.

The bell rang and the first class was maths. I'm
We all walked in the narrow hallway to our first class.
"Hurry up boys. Don't be late for class!!!" said the principal, shouting at the boys who are slowly walking in the hallway.
"Hey Dave" James said while walking pass me.
"Hi James"
James is a friend of mine. He can be sometimes be very annoying or rude but hey, he's nice to me.
"How's the project with Ryan?" I asked him.
"Bad! I hate Ryan so much!" He said to me, with an angrily tone.
"But you guys are like the same people" I joked at him.
"Yeah I know but he's... he's just... worst" he blurted out.

Yeah, Ryan and James are like the same people. Both of them can be rude, annoying, sometimes jealous, misbehaving in class and many other words I can think of that describe them. But James is not a bad person, but he's kinda better and a little bit nicer than Ryan. I only knew him for three months.
"Anyways, you won't be working with Ryan anymore since the project will be over today" I told him.
He paused for a few seconds and continued talking.
"I know" James said. He looked a bit upset. I wanted to tell him what's wrong

Maths was the first class of the day.
"Okay lads, today we have a maths test" Ms O Shea announced excitedly.
"I thought we don't have a test" I whispered to Peter on my left.
"Probably a surprise test" he whispered back to my ear.
The teacher walked around the class, handing out the sheets of paper which were the maths test.
She handed me the test and I said 'Thank you'.
I examined at the test for a minute.

"Shit" I whispered to myself.
"David. Language!" Peter whispered a bit loudly next to me. Some boys looked at me... suspiciously.
I was mad that it was a surprise algebra maths test. God I hate algebra.
I studied at the question carefully before answering them. The test was thirty minutes long.
I struggle on the test, therefore I answered the questions I only knew and I had to guess the answer

After the test, I handed up my test to the teachers desk and we all, as a class left the classroom when the bell rang.
The next class was science which was presenting the project.
We walked inside the science classroom and sat at our seats.
I saw Blake sitting down, talking to his best friend Jacob. Blake has shaking. He looked nervous right there.
Like I said, he is not the type of person who would speak out loud in the class.

Blake's POV (point of view)
"So.. um.. how's your project going with Mohammad" I asked Jacob.
"Terrible. I don't like Mohammad. He can be an ass" he answered back.
"Okay?"
I didn't want to ask anymore questions about Mohammad.
"You nervous? Blake?" Jacob questioned.
"Heck yeah, I'm nervous. You see me shake alright" I said as I rub my two hands together.
"Blake, this is going to be the first presentation in first year so don't worry. Everyone is not a great speaker, same as me. Also Blake, there will be more presentations in the future you must do" Jacob said to me calmly.
That does not help.
"That does not help Jacob by telling me there's more presentation in the future" I said to him.

The teacher walked inside the class.
"Okay class, are you ready?" She announced
"Hindi" I whispered quietly to myself.
"What?!" Jacob said.
"Nothing" I said quietly.
'Hindi' in Tagalog means 'no'.
"I will both call you up here in different orders okay? Liam and Max"
Liam and Max were first to do theirs. Their project was Energy.
Next was Ryan and James up next. They both did the habitats.
Their project was okay.
Next was Alex and Finn. Their project was great. Not a lot of pictures on their project but great writing and layout.

Next was Mohammad and Jacob. Jacob and Mohammad don't like each other, just like when Ryan and James don't like each other. Jacob was the type of person who doesn't really put effort in his project. There was effort but, he did not put a lot on the project.
Mohammad was the type of person who does the hardest work. He can be a risk taker. He is a good student but sometimes nerdy though. He loves science, French, English, maths and a few more subjects, I'm tired to say.
So yeah, Jacob and Mohammad don't like each other. Both people are basically the opposite.
Their project looked okay but not the worst in the class. I did felt bad for Mohammad that he did most of the work in the project.

"David and Blake your next" the teacher yelled.
The blonde haired boy walked up in front of the class. I got up from my seat and slowly walked to the front of the class with our project in my hands.
I stood up the class facing everyone along with David on my right side. I hold up the project with my two hands.
"Hello everyone" I said aloud in the class.
I took deep breathes, trying to calm myself.
"So me and David did a project on the Solar System..." I stopped.
I took a pause and stood still. I felt frozen on the spot.
This was embarrassing. I needed help. I felt like dying in the inside.

The boys looked at me... suspiciously. David carried on.
"So um... the Solar System contains one star, asteroids and eight planes. The star is our sun. The eight plants are called Mercury, which is the closes to the sun. Then there is Venus and Earth. Earth is our home planet obviously. After that, we have Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. All these eight planets orbit the sun. Pluto is also not a planet since its a dwarf planet..." David said briefly to the class.
David spoke up for me and I thanked him for that. He was very good at speaking.
I felt bad that he had to speak up for me.
After small minutes of talking, our presentation is finished.
We were graded 80%.

Thank God it's over!
David and I, walked back to our seats.
"Thanks you two" the teacher said to both of us.
The class had ended just like any class would do.
We all, as a class went to the yard to eat our lunch.
The sunlight hit against my face while the cold air also hit against my face.

"Blake!" I heard somebody.
I turned around to see David approaching towards me.
"Yeah, what's up?" I asked him.
"I just want to say that I'll be having my birthday next week on Friday"
Is he saying that he's going to invite me. To his birthday!?
"So what I'm saying is that your invited Blake" he said as he scratch his head.
"Wait really!?" I said with a happy tone.
"Yeah. I'll send you the address to my house" he said.
He's going to send me his address!!!
"Cool. And by the way, David you did good at the speech. I'm proud of you" I hear myself say.
"Oh well thank you and Blake, thanks for working on the project" he said,
"Your welcome" I said happily.

"So remember Blake! Birthday next week Friday your coming" he said to me one last time.
"I won't forget" I told him.
"Great" he said with a smile and left.
I was invited to his birthday! His birthday!!!
But I have to wait a week until that day comes.
End of chapter 11

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