Friendship Cause Heartbreaks Too

Chapter - 12

After the contest, everything was back to normal. My academic performance was improving day by day.

All of us were busy studying and preparing for the upcoming tests. They were very important for me. That was my chance to rise again.

And while we were preparing, science teacher told us about science exhibition. The interested students were supposed to make a working model on any topic of their choice.

I wasn't. I was solely focusing on tests. Since everybody was ignoring her, the teacher asked Vickie to do it. She agreed.

Vickie's mother is a chemistry teacher. So, with the help of her mother, she prepared it. And it was good.
She went to the exhibition and did what she was supposed to do, which is something I don't know because I didn't go.

Anyway, after she came back, she was asked to put the model in the science lab. So, she left it there.

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I took the tests, and passed with flying colors! I was again on top and very happy.
It was A+ in every subject. I was back on the right track.

After the tests, the annual fest was announced. All the toppers were to be felicitated by giving the mementos.
And other performances were allowed too.

We were tired of all the singing and dancing. So we denied to do anything.
But then, Ms. Josie and an another teacher, Ms. Lacey came up with a play.

Play about the 'earth'!

The play was about the two scenarios, old beautiful but undeveloped earth; and new ugly but developed earth.

Yeah, similar to my monologue.

Girls were auditioned for the role. Two girls were to be chosen. One for old earth, other for new one.

Vickie and I were chosen. Maybe we were good, that's why.

So, I was the old and she was the new one.
Then, came the air, old and new.
Alice was the old air, in my group and Sanya was the new air, in Vickie's group.

Just like air, there was soil and water. All the elements were taken.
It was like, the old folks were fighting for their rights, and for the earth to be back to it's beautiful self.

But the new folks were against it and instead were showing off all the development that was done.
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Basically, all four of us were together in it. All the time. There were others for the rest of the roles too.

We were having fun while doing it. All of us were getting along very well.
 
But I wasn't having as much fun as the others. All four of us were together all the time. It was kind of... Suffocating. But I kept going.

After a week or so, Ms. Josie called me. There were some boys. I knew them, from my classes.
She told me that a mime was to be prepared. On the topic, domestic violence and women empowerment.

I wasn't really interested in it. I was already doing something that I had done before. The same topic, earth.

And this wasn't anything new. Arianna already did that. I wanted to do something different.