It All Started With A Bet

And the winner is...

"Yes so Adabelle and Randall please come ahead and take your buzzers." Mrs.Gonsalves said as she called us to the front of the class.Then she called up few students sitting in the front to place two chairs and desks. She handed us our buzzers and sat us down .

"Human Health and Disease Quiz no.1 " She announced.
" Ready Students? " She asked .
"Yes ma'am." Came a voice beside me whilst I just nodded and smiled .

"Okay as you'll know round one you can take help if the question is passed. Only once I point you will answer . My call will be final and no debates will take place on who pressed the buzzer first."She always went over her standard rules before starting the quiz.

"Question One : Which Immunoglobin is passed through Colostrum? " I buzzed and so did he. "Adabelle."
"Immunoglobulin A." I said confidently. "Correct."

"Question Two: Name of the cancerous genes present in the body which can be activated by carcinogens? " Again we both buzzed . "Randall."
"Proto-Onco genes." He said and I knew he was right.
"Correct!"
The first round had 6 question and ended with the score being 4-2 in my favour.

"Round 2 ; Question One: What is the Widal test ?" We both buzzed but he was faster. "Its a test to test for typhoid."
"Correct Randall, that's 2 points. "

"Question Three: Pathogens that cause malaria?" I won the buzz. " Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium falciparum "
"Adabelle you are forgetting one , you have 10 seconds to think or you have to pass"

10.... what's the third .....9 vivax , falciparum and and and...8....7....6.... Oh God help me.... 5 .... 4.... "Plasmodium malariae!" I screamed.
"Great ... Correct .. 2 points to Adabelle."

"Nice !" He commented with a sweet smile . What an ass.
As the second round of 4 questions ended the score was 4-4.

"Okay students round three. One question worth three points. And the the question is : Describe the difference between primary and secondary lymphoid organs?" Mrs.Gonsalves asked slowly.

Before I could process the question I heard my competitors buzzer. That shocked me and I buzzed . "Randall!" And he started answering I knew that he knew the answer and that he knew it well but still the last second I was hoping he wouldn't know something and would pass.

But he knew it well. " Okay students .... so according to the scores the winner is..... Randall . " My head was down , my mind not being able to grasp what just happened.

Then I felt the teachers hand on my shoulder. " No worries honey , you lost by just one mark and anyways this isn't graded so you aren't losing anything." As she was comforting me all I could think about was the stupid bet .

As soon as Mrs.Gonsalves moved Patrick and Liya were by my side. " Adabelle.. Bet ..Randall .. Slave.. Three weeks .." muttered Prat all flustered. Liya looked at him like he was crazy but then saw my concerned face and knew something was wrong.

As she began to ask, the bell rang and I started to swiftly move to my stuff. I did not wanna see his face. I quickly packed my stuff , Pat and Liya following suit without a word.

As I reached the door there he was leaning on the frame , obviously waiting for me to get out of the class so he could shove his victory in my face.

When I reached him very openly he said, " My house at 3 o'clock Slave. And listen ,I don't like impunctual slaves."
"Oh shut up " I retorted. " I am not you slave. It was a silly little bet." I said looking straight at him.

"Patrick ?" Randall said slowly causing Prat to look up. He looked at Randall begging him with his eyes to not bring him in this.

"Patrick please tell me whether or not your friend agreed to my bet ." Randall asked still looking in my eyes, a very playful yet evil smirk plastered on his face.

"She did. " Patrick muttered quietly . " So Adabelle , there's my witness. You know in all honesty I didn't think you'd be such a coward, you looked pretty confident trying to insult me back there. I thought you were a good sport. But you are just a rude ass person with no personality."

"It was a dare okay . I am sorry if I hurt you but it was a dare. I am not a coward. I lost and I will stay good to my side of the bet. Happy ?" I said

"Very. Now give me your number so I can text you the address." He said with a huge smile.I gave him my number and hurried to class. I had Maths whilst Patrick and Liya had Economics .

The day went on and it was soon time to go home . While I waited for Pat I saw Randall leaving and when he noticed me he screamed loudly " See you later Slave. " Making my eyes roll in annoyance.

I waited for Pat . He was late . I waited, and waited, and waited. He showed up about 25 minutes late . Which was very unusual. As soon as he came I started my rant about how late he was . But he didn't seem to be responding .

I realised he was not okay . So I hurried him to his car. Took the keys from his pocket, unlocked the car and put him in the drivers seat. He just went with whatever I was doing . His face blank of emotions .

"Pat ? Patrick ? Are you okay ?" I asked gently not wanting to push him or make him shut off.

"I...I ..I ..." And he fainted on the seat .