Diary of a Sociopath

Chapter 7

"Congratulations Nanaaaa!" I say clapping my hands as Rosie brings in a cake. We are back at the dorm celebrating Nana's win. And eventhough I had no room in my stomach, I somehow end up eating a huge chunk for Nana's sake.

"This is my favorite cake! How'd you know Ro? Nana says munching on a piece.

"I dont know, maybe because someone has been mentioning it every single day for the past week?" Rosie says.

I chuckle. Nana was so confident about her win since the beginning. She's usually very confident about herself. I appreciate that about her, since I'm always so indecisive and unsure of myself.

"Is it true then? The bully finally met a worthy opponent?" Rose jokes, cutting herself a big slice of the cake.

"It was totally unexpected. She got what she deserved." Nana rolls her eyes.

"About that, guys, I think I might have witnessed something important." I say slowly.

Both Rosie and Nana look up. "What do you mean?"

I lean in closer to them. "When I was minding my business in the washroom earlier today, I heard two girls arguing with each other. So I open the door of the stall slightly, enough to have a glimpse of what was going on, without being detected. That's when I saw this girl, really small and dainty take a hit from Lara."

"No way-" Rosie cups her mouth with her hands. Nana looks blank and confused.

"After that a group of girls entered the washroom, so they left. I'm guessing whatever happened to Lara was after that." I say.

"So the little girl wants to get her revenge. And since she's little and can't punch back, fiddling with Lara's drink was her way of getting back." Rosie states her theory.

"This girl that you saw, was she wearing a hoodie and not an evening dress like the rest of us?" Nana questions me.

"She did actually." I reply her. "Omg how'd you know? "

"I think I saw her at the hall.." Nana says shaking her in confusion. "But it could be anyone"

Rosie gets up and stretches herself. "I say let's wrap up for tonight and get some sleep."

"Yeah guys, I got some major work to do tomorrow." I yawn.

"You guys can sleep in here if you want" Nana says pointing to her bunk bed. "I'll sleep on this warm fuzzy couch"

"I don't know about you, Mel but I'm out in 3 seconds.." Rosie collapses on the bottom bunk bed.

"Oh well, so that leaves me with the bunk bed on the top." I sigh. "G,night Nana"

"G,night sweetie"

...

I jog down from the main campus to the biology lab. Max looks up as I enter the lab. "Look who's finally here to check on her eggs."

"Not the best choice of words, Max" I scoff, slipping on plastic gloves and a face mask. Max is the lab assistant, currently working on his thesis on Forensic Medicine. I've known him for two years now. He is as tall as me, Im 5'6, he might be 5'7-ish. His buff body is covered with a labcoat and his black hair fall back in a bun. He is arched over the microscope, working.

I observe the growing maggots. Maybe I should ask him regarding the letter of approval? What if I get him into trouble and then he would never be able to get to finish his thesis? Or maybe this case might be a good opportunity for him too. After all, he has helped me a lot.

"A penny for your thoughts ?" Max waves at me.

"Oh, sorry."

"You haven't told me yet." His brown eyes inquiring mine.