Find your faith

Chapter 105: While everyone gets better

Anika's POV
Mrs Nur: So how did the presentation go?

Anika: It was so good, we have fired Mr Sam successfully.

Mrs Nur: Really?! I can't express how happy I am for all of you. All of you have worked so hard for this moment, I'm sure everyone has saved 3 Faith.

Ethan: Thank you Mrs Nur!

Mrs Nur: Well, I think this isn't the end of the good news. Shay wanted me to tell you Crystal is going to perform at the Teacher's Day concert. So maybe failing your WA was worth it, to a certain extent...

Shay: And as an exception among exceptions, Ethan would be performing his solo too! Ethan has shown a lot of technical skill, but Crystal's motives and story behind her performance showed a lot of maturity and that she wasn't doing the performance for the sake of getting in. 2 solos!

All: What?!

Ethan: Oh my goodness! This can't be real!

Shay: It's real. Now, go have fun with your best friend!
Ethan drags Crystal's hand home, the other members of 8 point compass trying to catch up with them.
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While I watched Ethan and Crystal run their way home, I couldn't help but feel a sense of emptiness. Xingqiu and Crystal are finally doing better despite having failed subjects they usually did so well in. Despite failing, they were able to bounce back, meaning there is hope they'll redeem themselves come EOY. Even Chloe was finally becoming comfortable in her own skin, but at the same time, becoming a better person than when I first met her. Even her grades grew with her personality!

Me? I've been struggling to keep my head above the water. Yes, NDP is over and that means I can let loose on the footdrills. But what about my studies? They're going to be a constant until late next year. The Germany exchange? It's a responsibility I must fulfil until the end of October. And if that's not bad enough, I had to host 1 school, 2 divisions—elementary and middle school divisions. Two weeks of lessons gone. Will I ever be able to catch up?
Later that night
8 Point Compass chat
Ethan: @/Anika imma send all the notes that you've missed out on, ok?
(Forwarded) Blank revision worksheet: excretion
Speech writing worksheets
A Math homework: Chapter 8B Q2, 4, 6, 8
Math homework: Chapter 9C Q1, 3, 4a, 4c, 5, 6, 7
Chemistry: Overall revision worksheet 1

John: It's a lot, but Mdm Yeo says you have until next Friday for all the homework. Besides, you're not in the official NDP this year. You have the whole weekend to catch up on everything you need to.
Anika's room
Great, two days of lessons missed and I've been presented with an avalanche of homework. Thankfully, my Hindi lessons are on a Saturday so that was one burden relieved. Printing all the worksheets Ethan had sent me, I decided to buy myself time and opened my math textbook and get some foolscap paper ready. I started working on the math sums immediately, but trying to do something about my situation didn't help much. It can only lessen my burden, and yet, I had to force a smile on for the next few days until the end of the exchange programme. Hopefully Chloe would be able to help me now...