It All Started With A Bet

The Challenge

"Dare." I said confidently.

"Are you sure ?" Liya asked . "You think I'd be scared of his dares" I asked mockingly.

Patrick gave me a fake glare and said "Now I'll make you wish you never said that.Okay.... see that newbie standing at the door.." I nodded . "Go up to him and insult him and.... You have to keep it going till you get a reaction ."

I smiled . This would be easy. I slowly walked towards the door. Since all the students at the door were my classmates it wasn't tough to join the conversation.

A group of about 6 students were gathered by the door including me and the newbie. "....there was no punch line."He finished . Everyone around me started laughing. Two girls out of the group ,Raven and Picca, who were probably trying to charm him, were giggling while subtly touching his arms.I noticed this because he gently brushed of their arms and the look on their faces was priceless.

" Thank God you're funny, atleast that might compensate for your lack in other fields " I said very loudly . Everyone in the group quietened down and looked at him , me and then him again , waiting for a reaction from him.

"Have I met you before ?" he looked at me with pure confusion etched on his face. And as he said that I felt bad... Bad that he was gonna get insulted as a part of this game .

"Hmmmm.... comeback game is also weak.." I looked him up and down , very evidently making him uncomfortable. But still no sign of retaliation from him.

"I think you've mistaken me for someone else. I just came to this school a few weeks back . "

"The glorified Newbie , not an ounce of brain , just a huge mouth and a small ... you know what. "

"Excuse me , what the.. " he spoke almost ready to give me a piece of his mind.

Sadly the teacher entered ... brushing us all out of the way as she entered the class.

"Sorry for the lateness students .Please open up to page 215." Said Mrs. Gonsalves.

Mrs.Gonsalves taught us Science .She was a sweet lady and a great teacher.

" Students today is ....."

" Buzzer day" we screamed In unison.
Mrs.Gonsalves had a few teaching methods that some other teachers might call useless, unproductive or timepass.

Buzzer Day was when Mrs.Gonsalves would bring two buzzers and hold a quiz between any two students .

She gave us two weeks to prepare and picked the students with the help of a bowl with the names of the all the students . No student would take part twice, but each student could help in the first round of the quiz .

She said that she would hold Buzzer Day in the later half of the class but would pick the students now .

She picked up the bowl and shook it , a huge smile animated her face .
Our whole class looked at the bowl filled with anticipation and excitement .

"Okay.... so first student to take part will be ..... Adabelle." She announced loudly.
The whole class looked at me and I started smiling .I was waiting for this.

Now I was excited to hear my competitor's name. I hope she chose Patrick or Liya, they were great sports and were always ready for a fun game.

"And our second student will be.... Randall." She said with an encouraging smile as she looked at the Newbie .

Randall .... RanDoll..... RandAlll..... RanDallll.....what a weird name .

Randall smiled wide . As I turned to look at him, he gave me a wide smirk. He mouthed " Game on ."

I looked at him and said in very matter-of-factly way , "You are gonna lose Newbie". My dare was incomplete and so I was gonna keep trying to get a reaction .

He got up and came and took the seat next to me .I raised an eyebrow at him . " Let's raise the bets a bit ?"he asked . A lopsided smirk playing on his face .

" Cash ? " I asked . Patrick who was seated on my left looked at me conveying his concern through his look.

"I don't play in cash, but let's make a deal . If I win you become my slave for three weeks."

I stared at him in disbelief.
"What ?" Then he looked at me and said "I thought you were sure I was gonna lose, right ?"

"Yes ,you are gonna lose." I said in straight tone. " Then it shouldn't matter, right ?

Patrick from behind was telling me to not agree , that the whole thing was stupid and I shouldn't be betting so much on something as unreliable and trivial as this quiz.

But I ignored him . All I could see was a challenge and a challenger.

" I agree . But what if I win ?" I asked. " The same, I will be your loyal slave for three weeks . " I smiled and said "Be ready to slave around Mr.RaiseTheStakes."

He got up and went back to his seat . As I looked up, I realised this whole conversation took place while Mrs.Gonsalves was teaching.
She had finished quite a bit .

She taught for another 20 minutes . Then she closed her book , looked at us and said " Who is ready for the quiz ?"
Causing an eruption of excited murmurs from the class.

"So let's begin...."