(It is now the day for the exams as Class D are now outside of the exam room.)
TIFFANY
I can't believe that it is time for the exams. Did anyone study for the exams?
TOP
Of course we did. The exams will be the same as the past papers that Juwon got for us. So we'll be in Class A soon enough, right Hanna?
HANNA
Yeah.
LISA
Let's revise some questions to see what if we're prepared for the exam.
KEVIN
I know that the mitochondria is the power house of the cell.
STEWART
I spent my days memorizing the reproductive system. Especially the female one.
CLIVE
Bro, that's not even in our 1st year syllabus.
JUWON
You're just weird, Stupid.
STEWART
What?! Then we're cooked. And it's Stewart… you guys will help me in getting the answers, right…
(They enter the classroom.)
STEWART
Come on guys. Can't you help a comrade?
(In the exam room, Maddie takes out her pouch. She starts to take put her pencils, pens, eraser, sharpener, electronic sharpener and so on.)
ABBY
Maddie, why do you have so many stationaries?
MADDIE
It's so that I can be prepared for the exams. That way if one pencil breaks I can use the other one.
(Juwon comes in and takes a pencil.)
JUWON
Thanks Maddie for the pencil. I was stressed on how I'll do the exams without one.
MADDIE
Juwon… you should ask first.
JUWON
Well, I did. Check your phone.
(Maddie checks her phone. Juwon had sent a text to her borrowing her a pencil.)
MADDIE
Oh right you did. I guess I forgot to check my phone.
JUWON
Yeah, right.
(Kevin is eating fish.)
BEN
Kevin, why are you eating fish in the morning? Did you not have breakfast?
KEVIN
I did. But I hear fish makes one smarter. So, I'll eat fish before exams to increase my IQ.
BEN
Okay. Can I have some?
KEVIN
No! Get your own fish! cough! I think I swallowed a bone.
MADDIE
Ben. It seems like you don't have a pencil. You can have this one.
(She gives one to Ben and smiles.)
BEN
Thanks Maddie. That's so sweet of you.
(Maddie turns back and blushes.)
MADDIE
[I think I'm in love now.]
STEWART
Hey, Justin. Let's sit together so that we can help each other out.
JUSTIN
I don't think that's a good idea…
STEWART
Come on. Can you help a friend out?
KHLOE
The answer is no. Who told you to look at inappropriate stuff instead of studying the exam? This is your loss. Justin, don't help him at all.
JUSTIN
Sorry, Stewart. But you're on your own.
STEWART
Fuck! Hey, Sukini, let's…
(Sukini is on his phone.)
SUKINI
Hehehehe! Ballerina Capuccina. Capuccino Assassino. Tung tung tung tung sahur.
STEWART
Never mind.
GRACE
Hey, Juhi. Did you study?
JUHI
Yeah I did. And I also watched One piece at the same time.
GRACE
So you watched anime and studied at the same time.
JUHI
Yup. It was like killing 2 birds in one stone.
GRACE
But did you grasp any content?
JUHI
Yes, I did. I learned that Mathematics is the science of numbers.
GRACE
I don't think that would be the 1st question in the math exam.
JUHI
Shit! I should've studied instead of catching up to One piece.
(Ms. Shelly enters the classroom.)
SHELLY
Settle down everyone. We're now going to start our Midterm exams. I hope everyone prepared well for the exams. And don't forget that the pass mark is 40. Failure to reach 40 and above will lead to expulsion.
(She starts to pass the exam papers around.)
SHELLY
Don't open the exam papers until I say so.
HANNA
[I hope it is what we studied for. We can't have wasted our credits on getting those past papers. But why does this paper have a different color than the past papers if the questions are the same. Or are the teachers testing us into thinking that this is a different paper. I've seen through your tricks. It won't work on me! This is the same paper as the one for last year.]
SHELLY
You might start.
(The students open the exam papers. It turns out it's not the same paper that the 2nd years had given them to revise and said the questions in every midterm exams repeat. It was a different paper.)
JUWON
We're cooked.
(He looks at Ms. Shelly.)
SHELLY
Juwon, stop looking at me and concentrate on the paper.
[To be continued]