After helping her bringing all her materials, she started the class even if around half of them weren't here yet.
"I know all of you are thinking that I am very lenient with you, which is kinda true…" and all of them laughed.
"This might sound unfair, but it's the truth: Students who are late gets punished, while teachers who are late are pardoned. Most of the time, I am late during class hours, but did I miss any lessons? Did I skip parts just to make up for the time? If yes, kindly raise your hands."
None of them raised their hands, because their teacher is one of the best teachers in their school. It's true that she was late most of the time, but she had her reasons. There were even rumors that she might get promoted.
"Well, thank you for believing me, and I will just assume that those are your honest answers." the serious atmosphere in the class was disrupted and they laughed again.
"All right, enough with long chit-chats, I am planning to have an activity for this day. No lessons yet, just a fun activity." And the class started to cheer.
"Please settle down first. This activity requires your cooperation. Since half of the class isn't here yet, they will be the players. All you need to do is think of some questions to be answered by yes or no, or some dare. Those will be considered as 'punishments' for the late, but make sure it isn't offensive, okay? Just for fun since I want to relax, and I want your relationships as classmates to deepen."
The door suddenly opened and two boys entered the class.
"Holy Sh**! Did that really happen?"
"Of course, motherf---"
And they stopped immediately when they noticed their teacher in front. All of them can see that they were in cold sweat.
"And here's for our first 'victim'! You the one who said holy-something, come here. The other one, just stay at the side for now."
He looked at his friend first before approaching their teacher.
"Relax, I won't bite. I just want to play rock-scissors-paper with you for just one round, are you ready?"
Their classmate nodded and raised his hand even if he was still confused by what's happening. After the round, their classmate lost. Their teacher grabbed a fish bowl and drew something, then she called a number.
"Okay who's in seat number 9 here? Late? Okay." Then she drew another number and announced it.
"Now, say what you want to say. And you, do whatever he asks you to do or answer any question he asks."
The student whose number was chosen asked our late classmate in a joking manner if him and his friend, since they are always together, if they have feelings with each other.
The two classmates who were late looked at each other for a few seconds, then they acted like they were puking. They denied it so strongly that it felt suspicious that was why the whole class bursts into laughter.
The teacher then asked the second late to play rock-scissors-paper with her but this time, the teacher lost so she picked up a number and called the student sitting there. They only asked the teacher if she would continue to teach even if she gets promoted. Se answered yes which made the whole class cheer in happiness because she was really good at teaching.
A bunch of students then arrived and like the first two, they did the game with the teacher. Due to the activity, the whole class was very lively.
By the time that Ann arrived, she noticed the noise coming out from the classroom as she saw students who formed a line outside. She heard some words like 'late' and 'punishment' that's why she got a bit nervous, but calmed down immediately when she observed that none of the late students like her were worrying about it.
While she was waiting, she understood what the teacher wanted from the late comers. When it was her turn, the teacher readied her hand for the rock-scissors-paper challenge. Unfortunately, she lost.
"Okay, there are only two of the papers left since you are the last one to come here. Pick between the two, one of them would be me and the other one would be from a classmate whose number isn't picked yet." The teacher held the two papers. Ann just chose whatever paper she would first touch, and gave it to the teacher. She called the number and looked at the student, while Ann was surprised about who the student was. When Ann heard what he said, she felt her brain stopped functioning.
"Can I court you?"
After silence, sudden burst of squeals and cheers were heard inside the classroom.