"Why is the class named 13A, it's a weird name" Elaine asked June who walked beside her.
"Because it's the first class in the thirteenth block "
"Oh" she said nodding her head as if understanding.
Getting to the class, June took her seat which was surprisingly not next to Gwen, she looked around the large classroom, noticing it was two in a seat, and there wasn't the same sex on a seat, every seat was a male and a female.
"Weird" she said to herself.
Walking to the first vacant seat she saw, she was about to seat down when he rudely said.
"Already taken" Elaine looked at him and thought to herself that even if the seat wasn't already taken, she would never seat with such a thug like creature.
She walked to the next and politely asked if she could seat there but the boy gave her the same reply, the next one also said the same thing.
"Were they playing with her" she thought to herself, as she noticed them looking at her.
She went to the next seat which was next to the window almost at the back of the class, this time she didn't bother asking, she just sat down and hung her bag on the side of the locker table. She was waiting for him to say something, but he didn't, that was when she looked up and saw him reading a book, he finally looked up at her but didn't say anything, he just casually went back to reading the book he was holding.
She sat idly for minutes watching others laze about, where was the teacher she thought to herself?, she noticed Allan wasn't in class and so was Gwen who said she had something to do.
"13A, she said releasing a long tired sigh" which made her new seatmate look at her.
"Sorry"she said quietly.
Then finally the first class of the morning started. Throughout the classes, Elaine tried to keep up, she had never been a bright student, but all the classes that felt endless were really tiring her out and in no time she was already exhausted.
"Wake up" she heard Kyle who was her seatmate say as he had noticed her dozing off.
"It's still morning class and you're already dozing" he said with a condescending tone that made her embarrassed.
"It's the last class of the morning " he said which brought immense joy to her.
"Really, I was already praying for it to be over"
"Lazy" he said
"No I'm no-
She was suddenly cut short when she heard the teacher call someone's name.
"Mr Dominic, and Kyle faced the teacher, you and your seat partner, Elaine hadn't heard what the teacher had to say but she felt her heart skip a beat.
"Both of you, stand up" Kyle stood up composed while Elaine stood up gingerly, she noticed June looking at her as if she was holding in laughter.
"You deem fit it right to converse in my class, it's the last two equations before the class ends, both of you he said signalling to them and then to the board and Elaine paled as a ghost.
She didn't know how she would explain that she hadn't even been listening to what was being taught as sh kept dozing a d waking up, this wasn't how she wanted her first day to be like.
She was slightly behind Kyle as they walked towards the board, Kyle's steps were graced with congiy, while has was all jittery.
"I'm so done" she said to herself, as she took a marker, her hands kept hovering across the board without touching it, she could already feel a sheen of sweat form on her forehead, and to make things worse, Kyle was done and back at his seat. She immediately began feeling naked as she stood before the class facing the board. She kept on fumbling for some time before the teacher finally collected the marker from her, he probably realized she was just wasting hers and everybody's time.
As if in sync the bell rang and everyone began packing their things and exiting the class, she was about to walk away from the board to where June was waiting for her, when Mr Steven told her to stay back.
"What is it Mr Steven she asked in a polite tone not liking the idea of her break being shortened.
"You're a new student, aren't you?" He asked,
"Yes sir"
"Then I must say it's a shame that you can't even listen on your first day"
"Was this some kind of lecture " she thought to not knowing where he was going with this.
"I was feeling sick, so I couldn't really understand " she lied trying to save her image before the Math teacher, because she believed that"A good relationship with the teacher equals a good grade".
"How does that has to do with you speaking with Kyle" he said dropping formalities.
"Uhh..., he was just checking on me" she lied for the second time in a minute. Mr Steven stared at her, without saying anything, before he passed some printed sheets to her.
"What is this sir?" She asked
"Open it"
Elaine went through the sheets only to see Math questions, so many Math questions.
"I don't understand?" She said waiting for him to say more.
"Solve all of them and submit it to my office after our next class,you must get at least two hundred questions correct and if you fail to get all of them done, you'll fail your first and second C.A test, he said leaving the classroom.
She didn't know when the papers fell from her hands.
"Uhhhh... Is he joking? She asked herself, there was a total of two hundred and fifty questions there, she was allowed to fail only fifty and to submit it at the next class, that wasn't even a week from now, in fact, even if she was given a month, she wouldn't be through, and her first and second C.A test, that was all the tests! She would have only her exams to save her!
"I'm done" she concluded with the sheets still on the floor.