Chaoter 10 Fake

Past

Our paper gets started, and as soon as I got the question paper, the teacher rolled her eyes at me

I know everyone here hates me except Faith

Finally, when I saw the questions, I sighed in relief, actually, it's our social studies paper and I know the answers, and I will easily get passing marks on these

After writing those answers which I remember when I revise last night, I glance at their questions which I don't know

I don't want to cheat on this paper

"Shh," someone makes a little voice making me lookup

I looked up at Faith, she was gesturing me something, I followed her eyes, oh she wants to know an answer

I keep my head down and slowly nodded to her and slowly took my answer sheet and pass it to her carefully

Thank God, the teacher is still busy with her phone chatting with I didn't know with whom and not interested

She took my answer sheet and quickly open the papers of question booklet, trying to cover my desk so that no one can notice that my answer sheet is not at my desk

Faith and me, I both make a promise to each other, that we will help each other in exams

After some time she returned my answer sheet

After two days, I come again to the exam hall, we get two days holiday for  preparation of our mathematics exam

What if I get fail, I try to study but can't be able to study the full syllabus, what's going to happen now, I scrapped my hand through my hair while eyeing the door

I suddenly get bumped into the bench,

"Ouch," I rubble my knee and pouted looking around

I sat on my bench, waiting for the exam to start

I passed thumbs up to Faith who just sat at a second last bench above my bench

She smiled and turned away

I leaned on my desk, looking at her back

did best friends behave like this

I looked at another row of students, a group of girls and boys, well they all are my classmates sitting together gossiping and laughing, a smile appears on my lips when I looked at them they all are looking so exciting and very very happy with each other, looking lost in their own world, well I can understand too

why they all are so happy

Because they all are very good at Studies unlike average student like me

I looked at Faith to talk to me like they all are talking and enjoying, but she is busy in talking to another group of girls

Seems like I'm alone here, I rubbed my arms and soon the bell rang making everyone quiet and the teacher comes to a class

As soon as the teacher puts the question paper at my desk my stomach flicks when I saw the question paper, sweat prickles over my skin, I didn't dare to look at questions

My luck when it comes to exams especially when it's maths is historically bad

I looked at the ceiling beside me, but then I looked around everyone was started writing the answers

I frowned  at all of them, why the hell they all are so good in studies that they can be able to give exams without any nervousness and fear

I looked at my desk and took the paper in my hands

Shit, I skip this chapter as it was very tough and most of the questions come from this one, I blinked excessively glancing around, not focusing on anything

I tried to read other questions, my toes curled and my stomach churned forming cramps

"God why me every time," I looked at Faith she was writing and then I looked at the teacher, Mrs.Davis she is looking at everyone and before she can watch me, I quickly averted my eyes away from her

She is also one of those teachers who hate me and cannot bear my presence

The same goes for me too, I also don't like her and any other teacher here they're a bunch of fucking egoistic creatures which can spoil your mood with your day

I shook my head and started writing the answers which I can able to write because I choose to study the easy chapters

After writing the answers I know, I looked around, the teacher is busy so I quickly nudged Faith

She looked back and I gestured her to tell me an answer to give me an answer sheet of hers

She shook her head and turned away, my hands started to stutter my legs started bouncing around

"Stop it, stop disturbing me," the girl sitting beside me narrowed her eyes at me

I looked at her answer sheet because my legs were bouncing in nervousness, I think due to that when she was writing her hands got bumped with shaking bench making he disturb

"I'm so sorry," I kept my eyes down and looked at my answer sheet it final

I'm officially failed now

I tried to solve the questions by myself but damm, maths seems foreign to me

My hands are shivering, and I grasp the sides of my head to try and regain control

My vision got blurred, I don't even know why

I quickly put my head down over the desk and closed my eyes, my  eyes that fill with tears

"Hurry up students only last ten minutes are left," the teacher announced throughout the class

I leaned forward and nudged Faith again last time to see will she help me

How can she do this to me, I also helped her in the social studies exam then why she is doing this to me

She looked back, her face tightened with her skin stretched into a snarl

"If you need me again, I will complain to the teacher," she said and turned away

My eyes widened as I kept looking at her back, is this is happening in real, did she do this to me

"Time over class," the teacher announced and soon bell also rang, teacher, took the answer sheets of us all and exited from the class

Soon the silent environment of our class filled with sounds of students taking discussing the answers

But, I do t have anything to discuss because I want my answers from Faith

I looked around to find her but she is nowhere in my sight

I come on my feet and walk around to find her

"We're glad that we're friends now, welcome to our group," Abigail, she is a girl I have the most, popular girl of our school and also my bully

Even, I think she is the reason, I got hurt that day

It was an incident of last month when I was walking on the corridor of the school, suddenly the mirror graced on the wall, falls over my head, making me bleed profusely, even no one knows except doctors that I was in a coma for two days due to head injury

When that incident happen, I think even with a blurry vision but I think I definitely saw Abigail with her group in the corridor

That's the reason I was not able to study well for my maths exam and I asked Faith to help me even I also helped her in the social science exam by giving her my answer sheet to copy from me the question she don't know  but here she betrayed me

After Abigail and her group went away Faith turned around cheekily but she stops immediately when her eyes stops at me, her smile faded and she started looking around at walls like they were more interesting than a living human like me

"Why you did this, how can you do this, I also helped you, then why you didn't help me today," I asked her

"Because I also don't know the answers trust me, I'm also gonna fail in maths exam," she shrugged and passed away from me

I didn't say anything to her because I know there is no meaning to say anything now, everything is over, I think

Who knows Faith was also right, maybe she really doesn't know the answers well

I sighed and turned away, coming on my hostel

Just waiting for results day, God, please save me and my best friend Faith, please let us both get passed in our exams.