Chapter 117: Chapter 117

Ethan's POV

" Ethan ! Where are you taking me ? Our exam will s..start in twenty minutes. And we need to f..find our halls before that.", Michael yells as I run through the hallway holding his hands. I badly need to kiss him now. We were in the dorm's study hall revising our portions until now. There were lot of people there today and we couldn't have enough privacy. Between today is our first exam Biology.

Soon we reach the Janitor's closet and I push open the door, pulling him inside with me. I close the door and pin him to the wall in between my arms. Then I lean forward and crash my lips on him, kissing his softly. He kisses me back passionately, our lips moves against each other in sync. We kiss untill our kisses starts to become really sloppy. Then we pull away panting, foreheads still touching.

" S..satisfied ?", he asks me smiling.

" Yeah..", I nod against his forehead, tapping our noses together. He giggles a little. Then he suddenly gasps.

" Oh Ethan ! Exam ! ", he grabs my hands and swiftly opens the door, pulling me out of the closet. Then we together run towards the main notice board to check our exam halls.

" Show me your hall ticket.", I tell him panting once we reach there. There is a big crowd in front of the notice board.

" It's our r..register number itself. My number is 19010849.", he says. I nod and quickly push in through the crowd, looking at the board for our halls. I soon find our classrooms and come out pushing the people away.

" You are at room number 302, Geography class room and I'm at 218, Physics.", I tell him.

" Okay, then let's l..leave. Here's your hall ticket.", he says taking out my hall ticket from his bag and stretching it to me. He has put it in a transparent plastic cover and all. I take it from him, smiling.

" All the best Ethan. You have e..enough pens, right ?", he asks.

" Yeah..I've.", I laugh at him, touching my pocket. My pens are safely tucked in there. I haven't carried a Goddamn bag like him.

" Where is your hall ticket. You haven't forgotten it, right?", I ask him.

" Mine is s..safe with me.", he says.

" Okay. All the best. Do well, my genius teacher.", I smile.

He smiles back. " Fighting my brilliant student ! "

We laugh a little and then part our ways to our classrooms.

I reach my hall and soon find my desk. I sit down placing my hall ticket and pens on the table. I need to perform well in this semester's exam. My baby has taken a lot of efforts to teach me. So I will definitely do well.

Soon the bell rings and Mr Henry enters with the question papers. Usually when I see Mr Henry, I curse in my mind. Cause he is very strict and it's really hard to cheat when he is the invigilator. But today I don't curse. I haven't brought any bits and I'm confident I've studied everything and I can do well.

Mr Henry glares at me strictly as he hands me the file containing question and answer sheet. I smile at him and he walks away muttering ' No cheating'. Soon another bell rings and Mr Henry asks us to tear open our question papers. I find myself doing it fast and I chuckle at how eager I'm to write exam.

And for the first time in my life, I feel happy on reading through the question paper. All the questions are what we revised yesterday. I'm sure I can score above 90. I quickly open my pen's top and starts writing the answers.

When I look up once during the exam, Mr Henry is sitting at the teacher's desk, looking at me in surprise. And he is beyond surprised when I ask for additional sheet after finishing the twelve page booklet. " I hope you will perform like this in Geography too.", he tells me as I give him the answer sheet after the last bell rings. It is for the first time I'm using the whole three hours.

" Yes sir.", I tell him and walk out of the hall feeling a strange kind of satisfaction.

I hurriedly walk towards the canteen to meet with Michael. But we meet in the corridor itself and he runs towards me smiling. From the look on his face, I can say he did really well and he will score full marks.

" Ethan ! How was the exam ?", he squeals at me excitedly.

I pretend sad for a moment and his bright smile fades. " It wasn't e..easy ?", he asks confused.

" Yes it was very easy baby.", I laugh ruffling his hair.

His smile quickly returns. " Everything was we r..revised yesterday, hmm ?", he asks.

" Yeah..", I smile. " C'mon..let's have something. I'm hungry after writing 14 pages."

" You'll have to write at least 18 p..pages in tomorrow's English.", he laughs.

" Ahh..my hand is gonna hurt badly.", I sigh. " Oh ! Look at it.", I say showing my palm to him. The tips of my fore finger and thumb are swollen and covered with ink.

" Just think about how h..happy your Mom will be on seeing your r..results.", he says rubbing my hands as we walk. I tilt my face and smile at him.

We meet with Gavin and Grace at the canteen. Milan and Dulce has already left after the exam. Exam was easy for Grace while it was okay for Gavin. We quickly finish our lunch and leave for our dorm to study for tomorrow.

I and Michael meet in the study hall soon. We can't study together in room. Cause twice Mr Garvey caught me in 69 and gave me warning that I shouldn't enter the room again and if we want to study together, we should use study hall. But the funny fact is that, he don't have any problem in Gavin and Grace studying together in my and Grace's room.

Study hall is a bit too noisy today but there is no other option for us to sit and study together. It's really cold and almost snowing outside. So, ignoring the sounds, I and Michael open our text books and starts quietly reading through it.

Days passes quickly with exam and it's preparation. Finally our last exam History also ends. I can't believe I wrote 18 pages in History. I think in last semester, I just wrote 8 pages. I did every exam well. Only Calculus was a bit difficult.

But I'm sad for one fact. Michael is leaving home today for the ten days sem break. I don't know how I'm gonna pass these ten days without seeing him. I told him to stay at my home for two or three days before heading to his home but his Dad already booked him flight ticket for today evening. He is currently packing his stuff in 69. And I'm waiting for him here in the canteen. I'm dropping him at the airport before heading home.

He told me, maybe he will invite me to his home. But I don't think he would. He hasn't even told his parents yet that I look like his brother. But I really want to go to his home and meet his parents. He came to my home already four times.

Suddenly my phone rings in my pocket and I fish it out, thinking it's Michael. But it's some unknown landline number. Anyway I answer the call and places the phone near my ear.

" Hello, is this Ethan Vance ?", a lady asks from the other side of the line.

" Yes..who is this calling ?", I ask.

" It's from the captech of school. Ethan, you have attendance shortage. You need to come here at captech to solve the issue. ", she says.

" Oh..but I had already submitted my certificate from hospital prooving I was at rest for one week at home after suffering a concussion and wound on head.", I say in panic.

" Yeah yeah...don't worry. You don't need to pay fine or anything. Your teacher called me to edit your attendance details. But I can't login to your profile without your register number and password. Also your sign is missing in the attendance application you submitted. So please can you come now ? Are you still here at school ?", she asks.

" Yeah..I'm here. I'll come in five minutes.", I say. How come I didn't sign the application ??

" Okay.", the miss says and ends the call. I quickly text Michael and then rush to Captech.

When I reach there, our secretary lady is sitting in front of the computer. I step in and greet her. " I'm Ethan Vance. Are you the one who called me ?", I ask.

" Yeah..Ethan. Please sign here.", she says giving me my application for attendance. I quickly sign it and give it to her. " Okay you register number?", she asks.

" 19010849", I say.

" Password ?"

I tell her my date of birth whilst checking whether Michael has replied to my text. Yes he has.

'It's okay Ethan. I still need time to pack. Don't need to rush back.'

I smile and place the phone in my pocket to see the secretary glaring at me.

" What's wrong ??", I ask.

" I told you to say your register number and password. Not your boyfriend's.", she says.

" Uhm..What ? No, I told my register number and date of birth itself.", I say confused.

" Then how come Michael Nate Clark's profile appears ? See..", she asks sighing. I lean over and look through the sides. It's Michael's profile itself. Did I really say his register number and date of birth ??

" Sorry, I'm really sorry. I was thinking about something else I guess.", I say.

" Okay, say your correct register number.", She says. I carefully tell her my register number and then date of birth. I really think earlier also I told my number and date of birth itself. Even if I accidentally told his register number, how come I correctly said his date of birth in numbers. He is in august. August is which month ?? 8th ?

" Ethan, you can go now. I'll do the rest.", the secretary says.

" Okay Thanks Ma'am.", I say and walk out of the Captech office.

I'm still thinking about the date of birth as I walk towards the canteen. Anyway let me check and make it clear.

I fish out my phone and enter into our school site. Then I go to students login and enter Michael's number and then his date of birth. But to my surprise, his profile doesn't open. I erase the password and type my date of birth there and click on login. And it opens.

What ?? How come his password is my date of birth ? Is his date of birth actually same as mine ?

I scroll down on his profile to see his date of birth under his name. And to my shock, it’s same as mine !