The Third Wheel

The Third Wheel - Part 6

Jordan entered the school grounds with a yawn. It was a cool Monday morning. Every student knows that every Monday there will be the school assembly. Jordanstraightened up his posture when he joined the crowd of students. He was looking forward to the assembly. He can’t wait to see HER. He was deep in his thoughts when he suddenly felt a slap on his back. He turned his head sharply, his face half-shocked and half-confused. Samuel gave out a chuckle and ruffled his hair.

 “Why didn’t you wait for us?” Samuel asked, the ‘us’ indicating him and the strawberry-blonde girl behind him, holding his hand.

“Yeah, why didn’t you? It’s rare for you to wake up so early for school. On a Monday too” Kimberley said, smiling cheekily.

Jordan let out a smile, and was about to say something when they heard an announcement from the PA system.

“Ah, ah, testing…testing. All students please assemble at the school hall immediately. The school assembly will be starting in 5 minutes”

 Jordan, Samuel and Kimberley followed the crowd that was heading towards the school hall. All around them, a few conversations could be heard, but the most frequent ones were: “The voice just now was Ken Powell, right?! Omigosh! That is so rare! He is such a cutie when he sleeps!!” obviously said by the student council secretary’s fan girls. Samuel and Kimberleywere giving each other romantic glances when Jordan spotted Robert. Without further ado, he caught up to his close friend and gave him a slap in the back. Robert let out a yelp and almost collided with a girl he was talking to. Jordan gasped, regretting his actions.

 “Ooops! My bad, Rob, Samantha” he said, apologizing Robert and the girl called Samantha.

“Seriously! When will you stop calling me Samantha! At least call me by a nickname or something! We’ve known each other since freshman year you know” said the girl.

“Well, Samantha Jennings, tell me what nickname should I give you? I can’t call you ‘Sam’ since that belongs to Samuel” he quipped back, waiting for her reaction.

As he expected, Samantha let out a growl when he mentioned Samuel’s name. They may have nothing against each other, but due to Samuel’s nickname, Samantha’s forced to keep her full name among her peers. Due to that, Samuel always keeps a distance from her, or Samantha will bite his head off with her sharp tongue.

 Samantha huffed when she saw Samuel’s head and walked away from Jordan and Robert. Robert let out a gentle smile and turned towards Jordan. “She’s not mad at you or Samuel. She’s just excited to see her ‘lovely Sophie’” Robert explained. When Robert said that, Jordan was reminded by the fact that Sophie and Samantha are close friends. How did that end up he didn’t know. Both people just have totally different personalities.

 Jordan, Samuel and Kimberley sat at the fourth row from the front, while Samantha and Robert were at the first row. Jordan could see Samantha bopping up and down, clearly excited to see her close friend. Everybody hushed up as the student council went up the stage. Jennifer Summers and Ken Powell went up first, followed by Peter Summers. Jordan’s heart skipped a beat as Sophie went up the stage, her face calm and serious. He could hear murmurs of admiration mostly from the male students. This made Jordan felt a twinge of annoyance in his heart. Sophie took the microphone and began the assembly. After giving out announcements and prizes, everybody was expecting to hear the usual: “Now, all students may go to their respective classes” when Sophie handed the microphone to Jennifer Summers.

 “Allow me to apologize to all my fellow teacher and peers, but there is another important announcement to make. As you all may know, the school memorial day will start in five days!” this speech was then followed by a bustle of cheers from the students. On their school memorial day, there will be a couple of events organized by the student council where all students and even teachers could participate with promising prizes. There is also a Golden Event, a very special event that everybody loves. Each year, the Golden Event gets more and more interesting and fun with its crazy rules and great prize.