Not Your Usual Highschool Life

Chapter 2 "Confusion"

DING DONG DING DONG

Finally, the "Go home" bell has rang, now i can go home and just spend the rest of today playing video games, since tomorrow is Saturday, and i don't have school on Saturday.

"Thomas!" Suddenly a woman with a tall figure glances at me as i walk past the classroom door.

"Ms. Jenna??!?"

"Oh, did i surprise you?" She said with a half clumsy half guilty face

No you didn't. Like at all. You went here, stood in front of my class, and then shouted my name right in front of my face, totally didn't just made my heart stop beating for a second.

"Uhh.. what are you doing here, Ms?"

"I just wanted to tell you that since the competition is getting closer and closer, i want you to come to school tomorrow. You need some intensive attention in learning if you want to be at least in the top 3."

"B...but Ms?!"

"No buts, you have to come to school tomorrow. You have to be already in school by 7.30 AM" She stared at me with a commanding face, and then she left me. I can finally go home.

No.... no.... My dear Saturday.... That means i can't stay up late tonight. If i stay up late then i'm gonna be late for tomorrow since i can't sleep less than 5 hours, i tried it once and literally my brain stopped working and put me in the sleep mode, in other words, i passed out.

"HOAAAAHHHHMMMMM" I spilled out a huge yawn waking up from my beauty sleep. I looked at the clock and it's still 5 AM. I can still play some video games for 1 hour and then get ready for school.

But then suddenly...

"Tommy!! Wake up!! You said you were gonna go to school today right? Your breakfast is ready by the way."

Wait, why is mom up so early? And then i looked at my phone clock and realized..... MY GOD DAMN CLOCK IS BROKEN AND IT'S ACTUALLY 7 AM.

"Okaay!!! I'll be down there soon!"

Again, i rushed into the bathroom and splashed more ice cold water onto my body. Man why did i stay up until 11 pm last night??

DING DONG DING DONG

I finally arrived at school, looking around and there was literally no one here.

"Oh you're here! Come, let me show you the way to the English Course room" Ms. Jenna shouted at me

"O..okay"

And then i followed her into the room, and then i see two other people in there. One is the English teacher for the 11th grade, his name is Mr. Chandra and the other is..... A girl, who is by the looks of it, an 11th grader. I was so confused, i thought i was the only one who was chosen for the competition. Apparently not.

"So Tommy, you'll be competing in the competition with this girl here, her name is—" Mr. Chandra was politely interrupted by the girl that i spoke about.

"Hi, my name is Stefi Felicia, you can call me Stefi." She smiled at me. Looks like a fake smile in my opinion. You're asking me why? Because i've 'dated' some girls on junior high school and trust me. I deeply regret that decision.

"Oh.. I'm Thomas, nice to meet you" I tried to give a smile at her as well but my brain just didn't want to cooperate and instead i gave her a 'sigh' looking face while saying that.

"SO YOU SEE." Ms. Jenna shouted at us trying to get our attention to her. "Stefi here, is the English Club President. She also got a perfect score on her English test when she was on junior high school just like you, and her knowledge in the English language is really good so the two of us has decided to put you guys together in a team, and try to get at least the top 5 spot. We just hope that one of you get the first place on the competition." Said Ms. Jenna

Teaming? With a girl? Who isn't even my age? Hell naw.

"Uhh... are you sure about your decision, Ms? Because i'm sure i can do this all by myself" Said Stefi with a disappointment in her face. I'm sure she didn't know that Ms. Jenna chose me to be in the competition as well. And i'm a hundred percent sure that she doesn't want to be in the same team, hell even in the same room with me. And neither do I.

"Yes! This is called a strategy. With both of your English in the same team, we'd be hard to be beat." Said Mr. Chandra

Gulp. "Uhh... Stefi?" I stared at her.

"Yes?" She stared back at me with the fake smile that she used before.

"I really don't want to say this but.."

"Hmm?" She looked so nervous, i know that deep in her mind, she's thinking about me confessing my love or shizz, and she's trying to find a way to reject me politely in front of the teachers.

"Please, stay out of my way in the competition."

"W..WHAT?!" She shouted at me, i think my eardrums just broke into pieces. "How dare you say that?! I am the Club President of the English Club in this school! I am way smarter than you in English! I have better grades than you! In a way, you are the one who is supposed to stay out of my way when i win that competition! You are just a disgusting, rude, heartless, shallow human being that doesn't deserve to live in this world. Your very presence is a disgrace to the world" She blew out her anger on me

What did i do? All i did was just spit out a line. I am not a fan of debates, but i always have a comeback when things like this happen. But that moment i didn't have to think out a way to comeback from this, i pulled my eyes off her, and pointed at the teachers. They look half surprised, half angry after hearing what Stefi just said.

"STEFI! You shouldn't say that to someone that you just met!" Ms. Jenna shouted at her.

"S...sorry, Ms." Stefi looked so embarrased after blowing out her anger on me and it was all watched by the teachers. I'm not sure why that happened, i never knew her in my life. What the heck does she know about me?? I was so confused.

"Thomas, next time try to be more polite to a student that is older than you. It won't hurt will it?" Said Mr. Chandra

"Hmph." I didn't even bother to say a word. I didn't sign up for this crap.

"Alright! 15 minutes has passed, we shouldn't waste time. Let's get straight into the subject!"

The day ended as i finally got home on 12 pm, i spent the rest of the day playing video games while thinking about Stefi. Why would she say such thing to me? A guy who never even talked to her. And besides, she's one year older than me which means that i never got in the same class with her. Man i'm tired!

I guess i'll just have to find out myself... Meh. I can't be asked to do it.