" Could someone give me a solution to this problem?" Mrs. Raines asked the class.
" Have you gotten the solution?" Chelsea asked me.
" I am done, wait. I am almost done." I replied cancelling the wrong calculation i had written down.
" What exactly is the question?" I was getting confused over a simple word problem.
" A motorist travels for 30km at xkm/h and for 90km at ykm/h and takes 2 and a half hours for his journey. If the speeds are interchanged, the journey takes 2 and one over six hours, so you would have to find x and y."
" 2 and one over six?" I frowned at her as she just shrugged.
" um, wait a minute. I think i got it. X ...... 62 and y is 45." I said checking my calculations to see if i was wrong somewhere.
" Are you sure?" Chelsea was more concerned about being the first person to shout out the answer.
" No. X is 60 and y is 45." I said after correcting my work.
" 60 and 45. 45 and 60." Chelsea and Jamal said at the same time.
" Both of you are right but next time, be more definite. X is 60 and y is 45." Mrs. Raines said as the bell rang.
" You should try to work on that thing we just did. It is not difficult." I said to Chelsea after a while as we walked out of the class.
" I know but i have not found time to figure that out."
" I can teach you if you want me to."
" Nope. Thank you. I kind of have a tutor." She replied. That was shocking. And i didn't know about it. I dragged her out of the hall to the big tree beside the school.
" A what? When was that and who. Why didn't you tell me."
" I didn't need to tell you. You would freak out." She turned to me.
" Oh come on. Spit it out already and how long has this been happening."
" Mrs. Raines told Jamal to teach me math since my grades are not good enough and you are preparing for that math quiz in a few weeks. You are meant to practice with Aiden, remember?"
" What math quiz." I was so confused.
" So you don't know about the math quiz. How would you be selected for a quiz you don't know about."
" Wow. Now i have to study with Aiden. Isn't this getting worse daily?"
" You might have been too focused on the dance universe. Don't you know you are an extraordinary kid?" Chelsea tried to change the topic.
" Oh please, spare me the sermon. Why did you hide it from me. Why did you think i would freak out because you like Jamal. I am not your mum."
" I never said i liked Jamal."
" Oh please. I am very sure you gladly accepted the offer and do you think i forgot about how you were looking at him the other day at the cafeteria. When did it all start." I said.
" Now, you have gone crazy." She said and looked at her novel.
" You really don't want to tell me. How about Mrs. McClain hears her daughter has a boyfriend and even her best friend didn't know about it. You know she would believe me and you would be in so much trouble. I admire how over protective she can be some times."
" Okay! Okay."
" I am listening." I sounded so petty.
" We do have chemistry practicals together so we talk once in a while."
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Ariana's diary
Teen FictionAriana is a friendly girl and a dancer for her school, shell wood school. She is happy with her life until she reunites with an old time obsessive friend who changes her life to something she had not imagined.
