Chapter 11: Chapter 11

Chapter Ten

Sonya

After Sonya was done with her part time job she realised that she didn't prepare for the test at all. She mostly spent her time preparing for presentation. It's going to be tough for her. 'I'll do something about it after reaching home.' Sonya thought to herself.

She started walking towards the bus stop. It was around six - thirty in the evening. Apart from her there was an old woman and a guy with hoodie covering his face. Weird. The bus arrived just as Sonya was looking at him. She entered the bus with rest of the two people. She took a seat. She saw her stop came into view, she left the bus. As she was walking she heard voices of footstep crushing leaves. She looked over her shoulder and saw that same guy with hoodie was walking behind her. She felt uneasy. So she pretended to call Kara. Sonya increased her speed and reached her door. When she turned and saw that guy turned his face in different direction like he was looking at her. Sonya saw him moving to her next door house.

"What in the freaking hell." Sonya said while pressing doorbell button over and over again. Kara opens the door. It will get Kara's attention quickly without wasting her time with keys.

"What happened?" Kara asks.

"Uhh.. Nothing. I… I just need to pee bad."

"God! You scared me. Go on." Kara gestured her to bathroom.

After Sonya came out of bathroom Kara turned to her.

"Don't do that again." she said.

"Yeah. Alright." Sonya said.

Sonya walked straight to her room. She looked at her window and opened the curtains just a little to peek outside. No one was there. It's getting too much. Suddenly Sonya realised that she has a test to study for. Sonya tried to forget about that incident. She will think about that later.

Sonya opened her books and found that she was reading wrong chapters! She was preparing the chapters that she marked to self study. She mistakes them from chapters for test.

Shit. What is going to happen. She was really tired. Sonya thought that she will study them tomorrow. She pushed her bag away and went to sleep. Next day she tried to be a little late so that she can avoid any small talk with that group. But this plan backfired her when she saw that she was almost ten minutes late. She ran straight to the class. She opened the door of her classroom.

"May I come uh… in?" Sonya stammered when she saw a male with a fat belly, around the age of fifty looking at her.

"And who are you?" He asked.

"Uhh…. I'm Sonya. Sonya Allison."

"Well Sonya I'm letting it pass today because it's my first day as your history teacher but I won't tolerate it again. So you better be on time from next time. Come in and take a seat." He said. Sonya was looking at him in shock but when he asked her to take a seat she snapped out of her shock. She takes her seat.

"Now what was I saying. Yeah. Mrs. Kristy has left this job for some personal issues. So I've been asked to replace her. She told me about your test and presentation. You will give your test tomorrow."

"Oh man." Sonya said her voice less than a whisper.

Sonya suddenly realise that she didn't look in the direction of that group but she has an important problem than worrying about them. New history professor was not at all what she was expecting. He was rude and somehow he seemed like he prefers boys over girls. He was cool with guys and 'tried' to show he didn't resent the presence of girls. 'Well thank you God! This is what I need in my goddamn life.' Sonya thought.

When the bell rang Sonya hurried and got out of the class. She tried to study but she found out that she won't be able to perform good in her test. She couldn't concentrate on her study. She just can hope that a miracle happens and this test gets postponed. Which she knows that it won't.

Later that day, at home she tried to just have an idea of the topic that was about to come in her test. She thought about her teacher and her test then her parents. She is soo dead. She sleep thinking about what's going to happen tomorrow.

Next day Sonya reached her school. She was worried and scared. This marks would be added in main exams. It's not gonna be good. She entered the room and saw that everyone has formed their own group. Sonya overhead some of them.

"Hey, we should just write on the desk. Then it will easy to cheat."

"No… he will definitely find that out."

Sonya was now regretting, not making friends. Some students have books in their hands, reading them. Sonya watched as the 'old boys' group was chilling in their seats. They were behaving like they were in the canteen and just chatting. They didn't pay her any attention as Sonya took her normal seat and just then the bell rang as professor entered the room.

"Everyone please take their seats." Professor told everyone.

Everyone got into their decided seat. Sonya saw Jessica winked at another girl. Who winked in return. Maybe because they were seated in their decided seats for cheating.

"Now, I'm going to call everyone's name one by one and then you all will take seats by order. I won't take any complaints about it. I will return your answer sheets tomorrow." Professor called out.

As some students started to raise their hands to protest. This professor was no fool and obviously not an easy going person. Sonya admit she was a little glad that she, at least, will be going down with everyone. It hurts thinking someone else going to get good marks because they cheated. Finally her name was called and she gets on her seat.

"Next Shane." Professor called out.

'Oh no.' Sonya thought.

She didn't look up. She knew Shane settled just behind her. Finally they were given question papers and answer sheets. When Sonya looked at her paper, she saw that she hardly knew the answers to any of those questions. However, she started to write. She stopped in middle sometimes thinking about how she should frame the answer. She just wrote whatever comes in her mind. At the bell, she gave her test paper to the professor and walked out. She totally forgot that Shane was sitting behind her and slipped her bag on her shoulders. And then out of the class.Sonya done her daily routine and went straight to bed. Tomorrow's going to be horrible.

Next day Sonya reached the school. Her professor arrived just in time with answer sheets.

"So, I must admit guys from this class done so much better than girls." Professor said. Hearing this guys roared around with happiness.

"Shane, get up. Highest score in class with ninety-five out of hundred. Well done, my boy. I expect you to be top this year in whole school in all subjects." Professor said with pride in his voice.

"I'll try my best sir." Shane said. Professor nodded his head with a smile and motioned for him to sit down.

"Alright, I'm going to call your name. Come and take your answer sheets then go back to your seats."

"Jessica, Fifty-five out of hundred. Shelly Sixty-seven out of hundred….."

"Who's Sonya?" Sonya stood up and walked to take her answer but Professor pulled it back away from her reach.

"You are the one who was late for class." he said it as a statement.

"Everyone, She has the lowest marks in not just in girls but in whole class. Fifteen out of one hundred. We need this type of students to make other students feel good about themselves. Well done. Keep it up. Ms. Allison."

Professor said in front of everyone. Sonya didn't give any expression just stood there. Weird thing was that everyone else was also silent. No one laughed, chuckled or even mocked her. Maybe because how silent she was. They probably thought that she was going to cry.

"Here." he said handing back the answer sheets back to her. If he was expecting any reaction from Sonya then he didn't get any.

"It's a fact that girls are stupid than guys but at the very least they can try. They don't even try to do that. I can vow that not a single one of these girls will be able to make it to first, second or even a third place in this year's topper's list." He said.

No one said anything. Not in favour or against. Everyone was just silent.

Sonya sat in her seat with utter silence. She looked out of the window, not paying attention to anybody. Finally the class was over. She started to leave when she heard Shane's voice.

"He's right you know." He was talking to one of his friends. "Girls never achieve anything. I don't think anyone from this class will be able to take any position in topper's list."

Sonya listened to everything with her back turned to them but didn't respond to any of it. She just grabbed her bag and walk straight out of the door. Sonya attended her rest of the classes with silence. When she left the school she went straight to her part time job. Truth to be told she was hurt, humiliated and most of all her pride was hurt. She actually would have cried badly therefore she didn't speak. She controlled her emotions. She just kept calm. Finally when she reached her home she opened the door with keys.

"Hi Kara." Sonya said to Kara who working in the kitchen.

"Hi, how was your test? You nailed it right?"

"No, I failed the test." Sonya said as she took off her shoes and socks and wears normal slippers. She walked to her then turned her face to see Shane and his friends sitting on the couch looking at her.