Searching for Love, Found Wealth

“Read REDOX TITRATIONS well. It’ll show” Nancy stood up and said.

My mind was blank, of course but I just nodded.

Chloe and Sheena crawled out later.

“Hope you read for us?” Chloe groaned.

“For us?” I tilted my head.

“Not to cheat but at least one of us should pass Chemistry. Sheena might do well in Physics. I’ll do my best in Biology. Try acing Chemistry” she nudged.

I rolled my eyes. I rather with Biology.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

“Hey, you just came out? How was the test? Tough right?” Jasper walked to us.

I didn’t know who he was talking to, so I and the girls stood straight.

“Tough right?” he was now in front of Sheena. Her face flushed but she looked confused.

“Um… yeah. It was okay” she managed to say.

She was embarrassing.

“Did anyone give you a hard time?” he asked further.

It was new seeing Jasper trying to have a conversation with Sheena. With Chloe’s look, she saw it as weird.

Suddenly, Chloe punched Jasper’s shoulders while glaring at someone behind him.

“Ouch” he held his hand in pain and turned to her, “What?”.

I followed her eyesight and saw her glaring at Jennifer. Jennifer was now giggling with Jacob. Was Chloe jealous?

She wasn’t the type to be obvious. Wasn’t Reuben the one she had an eye for?

And then I remembered she had told Reuben to give me a flower back at the cafeteria. But she was drunk, does it count?

“Why’d you hit him?” Sheena was growing mad.

“Scoot over, Jasper. Don’t misunderstand but we have a test soon” she pointed that he should leave. Who wouldn’t misunderstanding when she landed that small but powerful punch on him?

I waited for Jasper’s reaction. He was surprised but just left.

Chloe didn’t even let Sheena speak and dragged her back into the class. The physics teacher had just left.

I was eager to hear Chloe’s explanation so I jumped into the class with them.

“Don’t you see? Jennifer must have told Jasper about your feelings for him and that’s why he’s trying to talk to you. It’s pity, you know he doesn’t feel the same” she muttered. Sheena gave me a cautious look.

“I knew you liked Jasper. No worries. Your secret is safe with me. But Chloe has a point. Jennifer had been with them since and she didn’t want me around, I noticed” I said to assure her.

She turned back to see Jennifer now playing around with Jasper hands, maybe claiming to be massaging them from Chloe’s punch.

“Smooching around with twin brothers, she’d get in a fix soon” Chloe shot dangers at her. Sheena didn’t seem to blame her sister.

“I’m ugly, she’s pretty. Maybe I’m the one who doesn’t have a right to like him” she looked like a hurt puppy.

That wasn’t right. Everyone had a right to like someone. Whether they liked back or not.

It would be good if everyone had requited love but then things could get complicated.

As someone who is looking for a chance to love and be loved, I wouldn’t constraining myself from feeling the most powerful thing in the universe. Love.

But surely, the guy would have to feel the same.

“Not so girl. Jennifer isn’t thoughtful. Maybe smart but not thoughtful enough” I told her.

“Yeah, and she should know” Chloe stood up to meet Jennifer but Sheena dragged her back and shook her head.

She didn’t want a drama. I didn’t too. It wouldn’t help Sheena. Chloe calmed down and we began studying for dreadful chemistry.

I tried impacting the little I’ve learnt in chemistry to them. Sheena caught on things faster.

She had potential to remember more. If only she didn’t look down on herself and expected more from herself.

“So in REDOX TITRATIONS, the solutions commonly used are usually the oxiding and reducing agents?” Chloe asked for the hundredth time.

I nodded for the hundredth time. If that was the only thing she caught, good. She looked content with herself, as well.

The Chemistry teacher walked in with a smile. The test started immediately. For a test that wasn’t told earlier, the teacher did seem bold to start it.

Groans began growing silently. While I was smiling. I was sure to hang out with Nancy again. REDOX TITRATIONS came out.

Some calculations beat me but I tried my best. The definition of Stoichiometry reactions also came out too.

Chloe was smiling as well. Sheena looked content. I had a feeling we’d do great.

I wanted us to leave the class together so I waited till they were all done.

“Done?” Sheena whispered to me. I nodded.

“Why didn’t you leave? If we leave together, the teacher would suspect if we did something?” she frowned.

I hadn’t thought of that. I stood up then and left. I was the sixth person to leave the class.

I was expecting Nancy out but she wasn’t. Chris, Jennifer and of course Reuben and Cousins were out. They weren’t toppers for nothing.

“You’re out?” Chris smiled at me.

“Yeah, I kinda prepared well enough. How was it for you?” I smiled back. Someone was gazing at me but I ignored it.

“It was bad. I just came out to retain my mental health” he shrugged.

“That’s quite carefree. Seems typical with you, right?”

“Very typical. I’m not like those kinda boys who study their butt off to please their dads” he glanced at Reuben and his cousins.

I turned to them. Reuben was watching us. I waved casually and looked away before he responded.

“I also, I want to make my mom proud. I secretly want to earn an award”, Jennifer was walking past me, “I really wanna gain top student award or nicest student. Far fetched dream or what?” I chuckled to Chris.

I knew she heard me as she paused in her walks before continuing them.

“You sure will be messing with a lot of *beeches* to get there” Chris scoffed.

I knew. After reading for chemistry and really seeing my hard work pay off, I don’t think reading is so hard.

It needed only determination and interest. And since I have interest in those awards, I’ll try going for it.