Chapter 69: Awkward Silence
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"…" It was a strange silence. They can't believe that it's their fault, but they also can't deny it. Those who attempted to expel me earlier are in a dilemma, but that doesn't bother me one bit. I couldn't care less about them.
What comes around goes around, is what I would like to describe this situation. I wonder how is the President feeling right now, he should be the one most pissed. Observing him I believe that he has some inferiority complex with a huge ego. I bet he gained that through suppressing the weaker ones. BUt he didn't knew I wasn't the who can be suppressed easily.
All the while I was being pinned down, not a single teacher stood up. I guess even they want me leave this school, but you know what I won't leave the school no matter what. Not until I clear my name.
*Step-Step*
A certain figure was noticed on the sideline of the Auditorium, normally the teachers would have stepped in but instead they all were just staring at that figure silently. The person stepped on stage moments later. As the person stepped up I noticed a slight smug on her face.
"Hand over the mic," she said to me. Yes, it was the Principal, that's the reason no one stopped her from coming up here. I can't completely make out what it was but the only thing that I can think of was that she was amazed.
"Here you go," I said as I handed over the mic to her. She did told me to 'Don't back down', so I think I did a pretty good job in doing that.
"E-excuse me," I heard a shaky voice and it turned out to be, Harvey. I wonder what's making him lose his ground. Seeing his expression I could easily make out that he isn't okay at all, right now.
"What is it, school President?" she asked him. She looked a bit pleased but she still tried to hide it using her usual stern expression.
*Ahem*
"Are you going to expel Allen…?" In an instant, he was back to its old self.
"What I'm going to do is none of your concern," she said that flat out to him, "And I have seen enough to know what's happening here. So, why don't you just stand still there and don't move till I say you to."
"…" he was petrified. I guess even the President wasn't much different from the other masses. I mean to say is that he is also afraid of the Principal like others. Seeing him like this, confirms that he is also afraid like the other students even after considering his standing position in school, it doesn't matter when it comes to the Principal.
"Do you understand?" she said to him.
"… Y-Yes…"
{SO, YOU MUST BE KNOWING ME SO I WON'T WASTE ANY MORE TIME IN ITNRODUCING MYSELF AGAIN.}
"…" all the gazes were locked at her while she locked her gaze at a certain figure. Amongst the crowd, she was looking at someone but I couldn't deduce who it was.
{I USED TO BELIEVE THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION WAS STUPID.} What? Did she just now say that in front of them? She sure doesn't care about them or their opinion.
"…" everyone was dumbstruck after hearing this.
{BUT SEEING THIS, I MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE THAT.} I don't get it, is she praising them or not? I don't get it. It's just not me, it's all the students here.
{YOU ALL ARE MUCH WORSE.} Okay, I didn't see that one coming.
"…" all I can see on each one of the students face was that they all were dumfounded. I guess it's natural since she said that to them unexpectedly.
{YOU ALL INCLUDING THE SCHOOL PRESIDENT WEREN'T ABLE TO TAKE DOWN A SINGLE STUDENT. LOOK I KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT WHAT JUST HAPPENED WAS SHAMEFUL NOT FOR ME BUT FOR YOU ALL. IF WORD GET'S OUT ABOUT THIS INCIDENT WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN?}
"…" not a single sole in the entire school was able to answer to it.
{LET ME TELL YOU, THE RUMORS WILL SPREAD LIKE THIS:-THE WHOLE STUDENT BODY WASN'T ABLE TO WIN AN ARGUMENT. IN CASE THIS RUMOR SPREADS, I DON'T THINK THIS SCHOOL WILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE MUCH LONGER.}
"…" she sure doesn't mince her words at all.
{I DIDN'T INTERUPT IN BETWEEN BECAUSE I THOUGHT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS ALLEN WILL BE EXPELLED TODAY, SINCE ALMOST WHOLE SCHOOL SEEMED TO BE IN AGREEMENT TO THAT BUT…} she paused for a moment to take a look around and see everyone's expression and then continued again.
{HE COUNTER ATTACKED YOUR EVERY SINGLE STATEMENT. SEEING THIS I THOUGHT FOR A SECOND THAT IS ALLEN THAT SMART OR IT'S JUST THAT OUR SCHOOL IS QUITE DUMB.}
"B-but ma'am b-because of hi-" the President tried to say something but was stopped in between by the Principal.
"Did I give you the permission to speak?" she glared at him.
"N-no…" his voice became feebly.
"Then shut up."
{OKAY, AS OF NOW, ALL EXCEPT ALLEN, HARVEY, AND MISS JASMINE, AS WELL AS MISTER HENDRICKSON, HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.}
…
Literally the entire Auditorium was emptied within minutes soon after the Principal ordered the remaining students to leave. There was not a single soul left behind.
"My Office now," she said to all of us and I instantly began following her, not just me but all the other also did as instructed.
While we were walking down the hallway I caught a glimpse at Miss Jasmine, he expression clearly showed that she was anxious about something.
"What do we do now?" Harvey whispered to Mister Hendrickson.
"I'll handle it don't worry," he replied. While I was listening to their chat, I tried to sneak a quick glimpse at them, but our gazes met. To avoid being suspected, I kept staring in that way, but not exactly at them; instead, I diverted my eyes outside the window.
Harvey still continued to look at me but I didn't show a slightest bit of interest and continued to look outside the window.
For a brief period, I was taken aback by the scene outside. It's approximately one o'clock in the afternoon. It's the most peaceful time of the day or as I would like to say the quietest hour of the day, in my opinion. Around this time, practically everyone is preoccupied with themselves or is not as energetic as they are during the day or night. If it were up to me, I would set out an hour for the students to unwind. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
The swaying of the leaves on a tree revealed a gentle breeze was flowing outside the window. I wish I could just relax beside a tree, its shadow covering my whole body while a gentle breeze passing by… making all the stress piled up go away like it was nothing. But, it's just my fantasy that I believe won't come true any time soon.
"Alright, get inside."
I thought of entering the room first but then I thought about it and decided not to. I waited for everyone to enter except the Principal. Since, she was the one who opened the door she was the last person. I motioned for her to go first, but instead she took a little step forward and muttered something to me.
"You don't need to pretend that," she said. She knows me pretty well, she knew from the beginning that what I was doing was just a formality and nothing else.
"…" I stepped in without any further delay.
"So, Mister Hendrickson, what do you have to say now?" the Principal asked him. Why do I think I have missed something?
"… I don't have words right now…" he seemed pale.
"And what about Miss Jasmine? I don't think it went as planned as you thought."
"…" she didn't reply and silently stared at the mattress on the floor.
"…" the president silently moved and hid behind Mister Hendrickson, but he doesn't know that the Principal isn't someone he could escape from. He doesn't have a slightest bit of a chance. Seeing her shoot 3 people in one go isn't someone even I could fool easily.
"And our school President," she said, "What did you say at that time to me? I don't see how you handled this 'small task'?"
"I-I…" he couldn't even face her properly. Now I'm certain that I'm really missing something important here but what exactly is it?
"Look at him," the Principal pointed at me and said, "He don't even have a single clue what happened to him just now but he is trying his best to keep his cool."
She stepped forward and came towards me. She stood beside me placed her hand beside my shoulder and something funny.
"I'm not letting you have your way with this boy," she said with a straight face. How did she manage to do that? Like I'm not anyone's property and this sentence looked like it was taken from some movie or television series.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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"…" It was a strange silence. They can't believe that it's their fault, but they also can't deny it. Those who attempted to expel me earlier are in a dilemma, but that doesn't bother me one bit. I couldn't care less about them.
What comes around goes around, is what I would like to describe this situation. I wonder how is the President feeling right now, he should be the one most pissed. Observing him I believe that he has some inferiority complex with a huge ego. I bet he gained that through suppressing the weaker ones. BUt he didn't knew I wasn't the who can be suppressed easily.
All the while I was being pinned down, not a single teacher stood up. I guess even they want me leave this school, but you know what I won't leave the school no matter what. Not until I clear my name.
*Step-Step*
A certain figure was noticed on the sideline of the Auditorium, normally the teachers would have stepped in but instead they all were just staring at that figure silently. The person stepped on stage moments later. As the person stepped up I noticed a slight smug on her face.
"Hand over the mic," she said to me. Yes, it was the Principal, that's the reason no one stopped her from coming up here. I can't completely make out what it was but the only thing that I can think of was that she was amazed.
"Here you go," I said as I handed over the mic to her. She did told me to 'Don't back down', so I think I did a pretty good job in doing that.
"E-excuse me," I heard a shaky voice and it turned out to be, Harvey. I wonder what's making him lose his ground. Seeing his expression I could easily make out that he isn't okay at all, right now.
"What is it, school President?" she asked him. She looked a bit pleased but she still tried to hide it using her usual stern expression.
*Ahem*
"Are you going to expel Allen…?" In an instant, he was back to its old self.
"What I'm going to do is none of your concern," she said that flat out to him, "And I have seen enough to know what's happening here. So, why don't you just stand still there and don't move till I say you to."
"…" he was petrified. I guess even the President wasn't much different from the other masses. I mean to say is that he is also afraid of the Principal like others. Seeing him like this, confirms that he is also afraid like the other students even after considering his standing position in school, it doesn't matter when it comes to the Principal.
"Do you understand?" she said to him.
"… Y-Yes…"
{SO, YOU MUST BE KNOWING ME SO I WON'T WASTE ANY MORE TIME IN ITNRODUCING MYSELF AGAIN.}
"…" all the gazes were locked at her while she locked her gaze at a certain figure. Amongst the crowd, she was looking at someone but I couldn't deduce who it was.
{I USED TO BELIEVE THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION WAS STUPID.} What? Did she just now say that in front of them? She sure doesn't care about them or their opinion.
"…" everyone was dumbstruck after hearing this.
{BUT SEEING THIS, I MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE THAT.} I don't get it, is she praising them or not? I don't get it. It's just not me, it's all the students here.
{YOU ALL ARE MUCH WORSE.} Okay, I didn't see that one coming.
"…" all I can see on each one of the students face was that they all were dumfounded. I guess it's natural since she said that to them unexpectedly.
{YOU ALL INCLUDING THE SCHOOL PRESIDENT WEREN'T ABLE TO TAKE DOWN A SINGLE STUDENT. LOOK I KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT WHAT JUST HAPPENED WAS SHAMEFUL NOT FOR ME BUT FOR YOU ALL. IF WORD GET'S OUT ABOUT THIS INCIDENT WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN?}
"…" not a single sole in the entire school was able to answer to it.
{LET ME TELL YOU, THE RUMORS WILL SPREAD LIKE THIS:-THE WHOLE STUDENT BODY WASN'T ABLE TO WIN AN ARGUMENT. IN CASE THIS RUMOR SPREADS, I DON'T THINK THIS SCHOOL WILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE MUCH LONGER.}
"…" she sure doesn't mince her words at all.
{I DIDN'T INTERUPT IN BETWEEN BECAUSE I THOUGHT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS ALLEN WILL BE EXPELLED TODAY, SINCE ALMOST WHOLE SCHOOL SEEMED TO BE IN AGREEMENT TO THAT BUT…} she paused for a moment to take a look around and see everyone's expression and then continued again.
{HE COUNTER ATTACKED YOUR EVERY SINGLE STATEMENT. SEEING THIS I THOUGHT FOR A SECOND THAT IS ALLEN THAT SMART OR IT'S JUST THAT OUR SCHOOL IS QUITE DUMB.}
"B-but ma'am b-because of hi-" the President tried to say something but was stopped in between by the Principal.
"Did I give you the permission to speak?" she glared at him.
"N-no…" his voice became feebly.
"Then shut up."
{OKAY, AS OF NOW, ALL EXCEPT ALLEN, HARVEY, AND MISS JASMINE, AS WELL AS MISTER HENDRICKSON, HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.}
…
Literally the entire Auditorium was emptied within minutes soon after the Principal ordered the remaining students to leave. There was not a single soul left behind.
"My Office now," she said to all of us and I instantly began following her, not just me but all the other also did as instructed.
While we were walking down the hallway I caught a glimpse at Miss Jasmine, he expression clearly showed that she was anxious about something.
"What do we do now?" Harvey whispered to Mister Hendrickson.
"I'll handle it don't worry," he replied. While I was listening to their chat, I tried to sneak a quick glimpse at them, but our gazes met. To avoid being suspected, I kept staring in that way, but not exactly at them; instead, I diverted my eyes outside the window.
Harvey still continued to look at me but I didn't show a slightest bit of interest and continued to look outside the window.
For a brief period, I was taken aback by the scene outside. It's approximately one o'clock in the afternoon. It's the most peaceful time of the day or as I would like to say the quietest hour of the day, in my opinion. Around this time, practically everyone is preoccupied with themselves or is not as energetic as they are during the day or night. If it were up to me, I would set out an hour for the students to unwind. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
The swaying of the leaves on a tree revealed a gentle breeze was flowing outside the window. I wish I could just relax beside a tree, its shadow covering my whole body while a gentle breeze passing by… making all the stress piled up go away like it was nothing. But, it's just my fantasy that I believe won't come true any time soon.
"Alright, get inside."
I thought of entering the room first but then I thought about it and decided not to. I waited for everyone to enter except the Principal. Since, she was the one who opened the door she was the last person. I motioned for her to go first, but instead she took a little step forward and muttered something to me.
"You don't need to pretend that," she said. She knows me pretty well, she knew from the beginning that what I was doing was just a formality and nothing else.
"…" I stepped in without any further delay.
"So, Mister Hendrickson, what do you have to say now?" the Principal asked him. Why do I think I have missed something?
"… I don't have words right now…" he seemed pale.
"And what about Miss Jasmine? I don't think it went as planned as you thought."
"…" she didn't reply and silently stared at the mattress on the floor.
"…" the president silently moved and hid behind Mister Hendrickson, but he doesn't know that the Principal isn't someone he could escape from. He doesn't have a slightest bit of a chance. Seeing her shoot 3 people in one go isn't someone even I could fool easily.
"And our school President," she said, "What did you say at that time to me? I don't see how you handled this 'small task'?"
"I-I…" he couldn't even face her properly. Now I'm certain that I'm really missing something important here but what exactly is it?
"Look at him," the Principal pointed at me and said, "He don't even have a single clue what happened to him just now but he is trying his best to keep his cool."
She stepped forward and came towards me. She stood beside me placed her hand beside my shoulder and something funny.
"I'm not letting you have your way with this boy," she said with a straight face. How did she manage to do that? Like I'm not anyone's property and this sentence looked like it was taken from some movie or television series.
TO BE CONTINUED…
"" It was a strange silence. They can't believe that it's their fault, but they also can't deny it. Those who attempted to expel me earlier are in a dilemma, but that doesn't bother me one bit. I couldn't care less about them.What comes around goes around, is what I would like to describe this situation. I wonder how is the President feeling right now, he should be the one most pissed. Observing him I believe that he has some inferiority complex with a huge ego. I bet he gained that through suppressing the weaker ones. BUt he didn't knew I wasn't the who can be suppressed easily.All the while I was being pinned down, not a single teacher stood up. I guess even they want me leave this school, but you know what I won't leave the school no matter what. Not until I clear my name. *Step-Step*A certain figure was noticed on the sideline of the Auditorium, normally the teachers would have stepped in but instead they all were just staring at that figure silently. The person stepped on stage moments later. As the person stepped up I noticed a slight smug on her face."Hand over the mic," she said to me. Yes, it was the Principal, that's the reason no one stopped her from coming up here. I can't completely make out what it was but the only thing that I can think of was that she was amazed."Here you go," I said as I handed over the mic to her. She did told me to 'Don't back down', so I think I did a pretty good job in doing that."E-excuse me," I heard a shaky voice and it turned out to be, Harvey. I wonder what's making him lose his ground. Seeing his expression I could easily make out that he isn't okay at all, right now."What is it, school President?" she asked him. She looked a bit pleased but she still tried to hide it using her usual stern expression.*Ahem*"Are you going to expel Allen?" In an instant, he was back to its old self."What I'm going to do is none of your concern," she said that flat out to him, "And I have seen enough to know what's happening here. So, why don't you just stand still there and don't move till I say you to.""" he was petrified. I guess even the President wasn't much different from the other masses. I mean to say is that he is also afraid of the Principal like others. Seeing him like this, confirms that he is also afraid like the other students even after considering his standing position in school, it doesn't matter when it comes to the Principal."Do you understand?" she said to him." Y-Yes"{SO, YOU MUST BE KNOWING ME SO I WON'T WASTE ANY MORE TIME IN ITNRODUCING MYSELF AGAIN.}"" all the gazes were locked at her while she locked her gaze at a certain figure. Amongst the crowd, she was looking at someone but I couldn't deduce who it was.{I USED TO BELIEVE THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION WAS STUPID.} What? Did she just now say that in front of them? She sure doesn't care about them or their opinion."" everyone was dumbstruck after hearing this.{BUT SEEING THIS, I MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE THAT.} I don't get it, is she praising them or not? I don't get it. It's just not me, it's all the students here.{YOU ALL ARE MUCH WORSE.} Okay, I didn't see that one coming."" all I can see on each one of the students face was that they all were dumfounded. I guess it's natural since she said that to them unexpectedly. {YOU ALL INCLUDING THE SCHOOL PRESIDENT WEREN'T ABLE TO TAKE DOWN A SINGLE STUDENT. LOOK I KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT WHAT JUST HAPPENED WAS SHAMEFUL NOT FOR ME BUT FOR YOU ALL. IF WORD GET'S OUT ABOUT THIS INCIDENT WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN?}"" not a single sole in the entire school was able to answer to it.{LET ME TELL YOU, THE RUMORS WILL SPREAD LIKE THIS:-THE WHOLE STUDENT BODY WASN'T ABLE TO WIN AN ARGUMENT. IN CASE THIS RUMOR SPREADS, I DON'T THINK THIS SCHOOL WILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE MUCH LONGER.}"" she sure doesn't mince her words at all.{I DIDN'T INTERUPT IN BETWEEN BECAUSE I THOUGHT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS ALLEN WILL BE EXPELLED TODAY, SINCE ALMOST WHOLE SCHOOL SEEMED TO BE IN AGREEMENT TO THAT BUT} she paused for a moment to take a look around and see everyone's expression and then continued again.{HE COUNTER ATTACKED YOUR EVERY SINGLE STATEMENT. SEEING THIS I THOUGHT FOR A SECOND THAT IS ALLEN THAT SMART OR IT'S JUST THAT OUR SCHOOL IS QUITE DUMB.}"B-but ma'am b-because of hi-" the President tried to say something but was stopped in between by the Principal."Did I give you the permission to speak?" she glared at him."N-no" his voice became feebly."Then shut up."{OKAY, AS OF NOW, ALL EXCEPT ALLEN, HARVEY, AND MISS JASMINE, AS WELL AS MISTER HENDRICKSON, HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.}Literally the entire Auditorium was emptied within minutes soon after the Principal ordered the remaining students to leave. There was not a single soul left behind."My Office now," she said to all of us and I instantly began following her, not just me but all the other also did as instructed.While we were walking down the hallway I caught a glimpse at Miss Jasmine, he expression clearly showed that she was anxious about something."What do we do now?" Harvey whispered to Mister Hendrickson."I'll handle it don't worry," he replied. While I was listening to their chat, I tried to sneak a quick glimpse at them, but our gazes met. To avoid being suspected, I kept staring in that way, but not exactly at them; instead, I diverted my eyes outside the window.Harvey still continued to look at me but I didn't show a slightest bit of interest and continued to look outside the window.For a brief period, I was taken aback by the scene outside. It's approximately one o'clock in the afternoon. It's the most peaceful time of the day or as I would like to say the quietest hour of the day, in my opinion. Around this time, practically everyone is preoccupied with themselves or is not as energetic as they are during the day or night. If it were up to me, I would set out an hour for the students to unwind. Unfortunately, this is not the case.The swaying of the leaves on a tree revealed a gentle breeze was flowing outside the window. I wish I could just relax beside a tree, its shadow covering my whole body while a gentle breeze passing by making all the stress piled up go away like it was nothing. But, it's just my fantasy that I believe won't come true any time soon."Alright, get inside."I thought of entering the room first but then I thought about it and decided not to. I waited for everyone to enter except the Principal. Since, she was the one who opened the door she was the last person. I motioned for her to go first, but instead she took a little step forward and muttered something to me."You don't need to pretend that," she said. She knows me pretty well, she knew from the beginning that what I was doing was just a formality and nothing else."" I stepped in without any further delay."So, Mister Hendrickson, what do you have to say now?" the Principal asked him. Why do I think I have missed something?" I don't have words right now" he seemed pale."And what about Miss Jasmine? I don't think it went as planned as you thought.""" she didn't reply and silently stared at the mattress on the floor."" the president silently moved and hid behind Mister Hendrickson, but he doesn't know that the Principal isn't someone he could escape from. He doesn't have a slightest bit of a chance. Seeing her shoot 3 people in one go isn't someone even I could fool easily."And our school President," she said, "What did you say at that time to me? I don't see how you handled this 'small task'?""I-I" he couldn't even face her properly. Now I'm certain that I'm really missing something important here but what exactly is it?"Look at him," the Principal pointed at me and said, "He don't even have a single clue what happened to him just now but he is trying his best to keep his cool."She stepped forward and came towards me. She stood beside me placed her hand beside my shoulder and something funny."I'm not letting you have your way with this boy," she said with a straight face. How did she manage to do that? Like I'm not anyone's property and this sentence looked like it was taken from some movie or television series. TO BE CONTINUED
