Chapter 9

On Thursday and Friday, we'll take the third quarter's exams. Those two days will sure be fiery. I have to study well since academically good impression matters to tertiary schools. After the Friday exams, all students are invited to participate in aesthetically managing the gymnasium because, O God, it's seniors' ball already on Saturday. I'm sure everybody, especially ladies, will be busy roaming malls and visiting tailors to hunt down such ostentatiously dazzling outfits. I know, right? This is a one-time experience in high school. Why not spend some cabbages? I'll do it as well.

It's already lunch at school. My brain cells are tired because there were two pop quizzes earlier — Chemistry and Mathematics. I get myself a tray of hotdogs, warm pastries, fresh strawberries, and a bottle of water. I go to a vacant table and enjoy my solitude.

I find Colton seated among his varsity teammates and Reign talking to her girlfriends. I successfully ignore the urge down in my guts to think abo