Margo Fawn & the Contagious Missing Delirium - 1

8. MAYFLOWERS AND MISTAKES

CHAPTER 8

MAYFLOWERS AND MISTAKES

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It was morning and the sun was shining. Oh! My God! I was going to get my freedom today and the weather made me hum and sing. I had so much energy that I wouldn't miss one word of Mrs. Lin in my notes.

I called Irsia to ask her to pick me up.

"Hey... can you come and pick me up? Elec's going to see Miles."

"I am sorry, Margo. I am at the school already to use the printer. My printer's broke."

"Oh! It's okay. I can walk," I declared and I took my bag and checked for the pepper spray, since I was about to walk alone and took my raincoat just in case. Elec and Irsia didn't believe in pepper spray. As for me, I had already used pepper spray once and I didn't want to think about it. It would break my rage meter. I told my mom that I was leaving for school.

"Are you walking alone today?" Again, with the interrogation.

"Yes, mom."

"Wait. Stay put. Your father's almost ready. He'll drop you at school."

Now, that didn't happen very often. I either walked to school with my friends or I rode shotgun with Elec most days, and when she couldn't, Irsia was my ride or I walked alone. These were my options and my dad dropping me at school was a miracle.

I listened to the class so keenly that for the first time Mrs. Lin didn't stare at me for once for the whole hour. At the programming lab, I watched Aiden code like a pro, sitting beside me. Irsia was sitting in another row of computers. She seemed too occupied with the logic that was given to us by our teacher, Mrs. Devina Davis.

I couldn't keep my curiosity at bay looking at Aiden's zippy attitude. "Why are you so happy in the programming lab? Everyone else hates it."

A smooth breathy chuckle with his eyes still tenacious on the screen. "I feel like I am building something. Like... I have power over something to build it as I want and then when I finish, I get a feeling of accomplishment." His hands were still typing, hitting all the letters on the keyboard. He put his hand up in indication that he had finished programming on the logic Mrs. Davis assigned us.

Mrs. Davis walked to his computer. "That's great." She gave an appreciative, dainty pat on his shoulder and walked away.

"Hey Aiden, can you help me out with this logic? It's confusing." That Fiona was who was sitting in the opposite row, involving her hair in a causeless twirl which was coloured to match Elec's natural hair colour.

"Uhh... I have one more program to finish."

Giggling, I elbowed him. He raised his eyebrow in a gleeful warning. Irsia, in the same row as Fiona, cleared her throat to tell us that she saw that.

"Go help her with the program," I whispered to him, letting my giggles flow.

"I am not sure it's with the programming that she wants help." Again, he flashed that same cocky smile.

I shook my head in disbelief that I just witnessed Fiona ogling all over Aiden. At lunch, Irsia again went on and on about the person in Auroville Villa.

"After you guys left last night, I saw that person looking straight at me through the window."

"What?" That was me and Aiden in unison.