CHAPTER 4

It was third period, my best period so far, Clothing and Textile. Not because of because of what was after the period, or because of the people, I just like it. I like making things with my hands and this class gave me the privilege to, and the teacher, Dr. R, for short was the best teacher I've encounter.

"Hi, Dr. R" I greeted her before I went to my sewing spot

"Hi, Shannon. Gonna finish the stationary case you were working on yesterday?" she asked

"Yep" I said enthusiastically

"Good, you can start right away" she said

I got the unfinished work from my cubicle and went ahead to continue my work on it. I really wanted to finish it today. One thing I just found out about myself is that I don't want to leave an unfinished work for the next day even though we had only an hour and fifteen minutes on regular days. On Wednesdays, we have late start so, we have an hour per period while on the last Tuesdays of the Month along with any other special occasion day. we have forty five minutes per period

With a little bit of help from Dr. R, I was doing a good job.

"Hey" a female voice said. Reluctantly, I turned my head from the sewing machine

"Hi" I greeted the familiar face

"Shannon, right?" she asked

"Yes and you..?" I didn't want to complete the question

"Fatima" she said

Ah, the girl that is also in my English class along with Kim

"Right" I said

"What's that?" she asked

Can you please ask me questions later? I must finish this work today

"A pencil case" I said the first short word of stationary that came to my mind

"I see" she said

Without saying anything else, I took that chance to focus back on what I was working on, leaving her to perceive it as either rude or not

Finally finished, I said inside me

I looked at the time and smiled, it was thirty minutes before the end of the class

I went to Dr. R

"Dr. R" I called and showed her the case

"Wow, that's so good. Nice work, you" she said, inspecting it and my smile brightened

I really like this woman

"You like it?" she asked

"Yes"

Of course, it's the first fabric material I've made from beginning to end

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"Do you wanna donate it or keep it?" she asked

"I think I want to keep this one"

I would have said donate it but, this was my first product and girl had got to brag to any and everyone she could brag to

"No problem. So what do you wanna do now? There's still thirty minutes before class is over"

"I don't know"

"Do you wanna make a bag?"

"A bag?"

"Yeah, it's pretty simple" she said

"Would I be able to finish it today?" I asked

"No, probably not but, it'll be fun"

"Okay" I said

Better than doing nothing

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"Hey there" Kim called in front of her locker. I walked to my locker

"Hey"

"Why are you smiling? Is it part of your chosen behavior?"

I laughed

"I shouldn't have told you that but, that's not it"

"Then?"

Smiling, I brought out the case from my bag but, she just stared at it then looked at me with a blank smile. She looked at it again then at me

"Is this why you are smiling?" she asked and my smile that was already diminishing, vanished completely. I looked at her with a glare

"What?" she asked

"I made this" I told her

"It's the first fabric stuff I've made" I added

"Ah, I see" she said but I could clearly see that 'she isn't seeing'

"Let's just go eat" I told her and took my lunch from my locker while I was hearing her chuckling

I looked at her but after a while, I smiled

"Let's go to the dark room" I said

"Dark room? What of the cafeteria?" she asked

"Sure, let's go there and face another drama"

"No need but, I thought you were going to protect me. You are running away" she said

"I'm not, I just don't like going to trouble. I prefer them coming to me then I'm justified for whatever action I take" I told her

"Hooo" she made a sound with her mouth

"Shut up and let's go" I told her and we went to the dark room

But we couldn't eat in peace. Few minutes into eating our food, someone came and sat in front of us

"Running away?" the voice asked and I could instantly feel where people's attention was

I didn't need to look up to know the owner of the voice. Even with our short and few encounters, there were 'memorable' enough for his voice to be registered in my brain

"From what?" I asked still eating my food

Kim nudged me but, I ignored it

"Why aren't you eating" I asked her but, I knew that she would reply

"Eat on" I told her and was about to continue eating my food but, I couldn't. It was thrown to the floor

"Hey!" I shouted

"What? Did you beg for the food?" he asked with a smile that made me scoff inside

"And do you have a trauma with food? What's with you and throwing food?" I asked him but, I didn't want to hear anything from him

I took my bag and Kim's hand

"Let's go" I told her but before I could completely pass him, he held the wrist of the hand that was holding Kim's. I looked at the hand and then at him

"Let go" I told him in a warning tone, looking right at him

"And if I don't?" he asked

"Let go" I said and let go of Kim's hand

"I don't want to" he said

I took a deep breath and yanked my hand away from his. I stopped at the front of the door, signed and went back to where he was

"There's only one thing that I want from you and that is to apologize to Kim. Don't ever come to me if that's not what you are planning to do. I don't care if you are the Mayor's son or the President's brother, do not rile me up. I'm sincerely warning you" I told him and left

"Thank goddess we both have free period next" Kim said while we were walking

"Let's go to the rooftop" she said

I looked at her

"You guys have a rooftop?" I asked her

"Which school doesn't?"

"My former school"

"I see. Let's go" she said

Thanks to the rooftop, I managed the rest of the day

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"I'm home" I said as I entered my house

"Whatever" my brother said

"Welcome, sweetie" my mom replied

"Why are you here?" I asked him

"Have you lost your memory? I live here" he said

"Aren't you meant to be in college?"

"I am"

"So why are you here?"

"Because I want to" was what he said

I turned to my mom

"You are harboring a college run away and skipper. Such a mom you are" I told her

"Shh" she said and the of us burst out laughing

"I can never roll with you guys" my brother said

"I made something" I said

"You made something? What?" my mom asked

I could feel the excitement in her voice

"I think it's more of she tried making something but, it ended in a disaster"

"Get out" I told him and brought out the case

"Tada. I made a stationary case" I showed her

"Wow" she said and took the case

"This's so nice. I'm so proud of you" she said with a smile and hugged me

"Thanks mom" I told her

"Cut it out. It's not even a big deal"

I waved my tongue at him

"Try making one. You'll turn into a grandpa with no family of your own" I told him

He scoffed but, didn't say anything else, he just continued with his phone

"I'll go wash up" I told my mom

"Please do" he said

"Don't miss me too much, Eddie" I said emphasizing 'Eddie'

"Shut up"

Anytime I want to annoy him, I always call him that. It makes him feel as if he has a massive big head. That's why he tells people to call his full name, no nickname.

I laughed and skipped up the stairs, feeling achieved