Chapter sixteen
It was Monday morning, and the sun was so bright. Clark grinned as the sun poured in through the window bind
The door of his bedroom fling opened, and Mike emerged, his childhood friend
"Wake up sleepy head!"Mike snapped hitting him so hard at the shoulder, "Are you stupid?"
"Get lost," Clark mumbled, rolling on his left side to avoid Mike.
Mike punched him in the back, "It's almost eight!" He slapped Clark at his back side, "You don't want Desmond and Linda to win this week too, loser! "
Clark's eyes went wide," what says the time? "
Mike sighed and yelled," we are going to be late to school and we would lose. I'm sure Desmond and Linda are on their way to school!"
Clark swore under his breath as he fumbled out of bed
"I'm not going to forgive you if we loss"
*******
Desmond got hold of Linda's hand and began pulling her along. She was his girlfriend, his best friend. He had been friends with her even before he got to know Clark and Mike and they had been the best team ever
Every weekend they do bet on who would be the first to get to school on Monday, the losers will be the winners' slaves for two weeks. It normally goes that way with them every two weeks
Linda and Desmond had always been the winners so they knew Clark and Mike would be determined to win that day.
Linda laughed, "we will win again."
"Hey!!" A yell came from behind
Desmond and Linda craned their necks to look at the path from where the voice came from. It was Clark and Mike running toward them
"Well, I don't know," he chuckled, "let's run!"
With Linda's hand in his grip, he runs, pulling her along
They ran a mile before they realized Clark and Mike weren't running behind anymore
"Where are they?" Linda asked panting
Desmond tried to steady his hard breath, "Maybe_," He broke off, " I guess they want to avoid the traffic. They are taking the shortcuts!" He exclaimed
"Oh, no! Let's hurry! "
They ran and got into the traffic, they stopped
"Let's take the bus," Desmond began, "they cheated so, we can cheat too."
"That isn't a bad idea," Linda said," let's take the bus then," she said and pointed at the bus.
Desmond looked at the bus too, and they waited expecting it to stop at the bus stop for them but it didn't. It was being driven in a very reckless way, toward some cars parked
Just at the roadside, a boy was there, he stood there not doing anything with his head bowed
"The boy!" Desmond made a run toward the boy, but it was too late, "Hey!! Get out of the way!!"
The boy got hit and the bus crashed into the cars parked accordingly.
Linda and Desmond ran to him. The boy lay there helplessly
"Hey!!" Linda bent beside the boy"Desmond, are you with your phone?"
"Yes"
"Call emergency services, now!"
Desmond nodded and went ahead to do what Linda requested
" Hey, wake up.," Linda tried to wake the boy up.
Then, she noticed how he began to shake violently
"Are you okay?"
The boy opened his eyes wide, his eyes balls now red in color; Linda hardly noticed.
"Are you alright?"
When the boy spoke his voice wasn't steady" we were attacked, my mom_," He broke off, eyes closed just as ambulances arrived
The boy sat bolt upright and grabbed Linda at the sleeves, roughly
Desmond came around," Linda..."
Now noticing how strangely the boy transformed, she struggled out of his grips, babbled
"What_," Desmond broke off just as a student hit him, he glared at him, "hey watch it."
It was Samuel, one of the arrogant losers; he frowned at Desmond, "You watch it!"
Linda got hold of Desmond's hand that was held in a fist now," let him go"
" Will you beat me?"He chuckled, "Heavens knows I will kill you here, if not that am running late, I will disgrace you before your girlfriend."
" How_, "Desmond began.
" Desmond, "Linda called in a mumbled.
Samuel hissed and shoved Linda out of the way, so she would fall reeling back against the boy who was now standing.
"Hey!" Yelled Desmond
The boy walked before him
"Spoil boy!" Samuel knocked him on the head
The boy shouted and in a twinkle of an eye, he got Samuel's wrist caught in between his teeth
Screaming, Samuel kicked the boy off and he collapsed, shaking violently on the ground, screaming
"Son of a bitch!" Samuel ran off, swearing
Just as Desmond intended to move closer to the boy, Linda stopped him, at that moment the emergency services were moving closer
"Let's get out of here," Linda said, getting hold of Desmond's hand.
They ran off to the school even before anyone could come closer
*******
Linda and Desmond got into the school by nine o'clock and they saw both Clark and Mike laughing as the mathematics teacher stopped them at the gate.
"Write your names down, you have a a lot of work to do during the break time!" Said he teacher
Desmond sighed.
They were ten in numbers, after writing their names down, they were told to go to their classes, the odd work would be after class
"You lose this time," Clark grinned, "Desmond, you will regret losing today," he said bantering.
Mike chuckled," I will go easy on you Linda"
Linda kicked Mike in the leg," I hate you."
Mike laughed, "Did you wanna start from press-up? "
Linda glanced at Desmond.
" Okay, now, to the class, take our bags to the class, first order this week," Clark said
Mike and Clark threw their bags at Desmond and Linda, then they walked off to class.
"They are so mean," Desmond said
Linda laughed, "You have always been the arrogant winner," she said and she walked to the class
" This is cheating," Desmond muttered and walked behind her.
******
Miss Cindy walked in for the first period, she was their English class teacher.
Hurriedly, the students went to their seats and remained silent.
"Morning class."
"Morning, Miss Cindy!"
Miss Cindy smiled, "Okay, Let's be good today, submit your handsets."
The class exchanged glances, mumbling
" im counting ten, if you don't submit then, you are losing twenty marks," she grinned," one... Two... Three.... "
The class hurried up to submit the handsets with them.
"Eighteen....," Miss Cindy looked at Desmon, "Desmond, I know you are with your phone."
Desmond groaned and stood to submit his hand set.
" Nineteen_," She hesitated and looked at Samuel sitting at the end of the class, his head lowered, "Samuel_."
Samuel looked up, and said dryly," I forget my phone at home."
Miss Cindy nodded," twenty, "she glanced around the class, "Guess we are good now?"
" Yes!" They all chorused.
" So, now," Her eyes caught Samuel grunting, a hand on his right wrist, "Are you sick, Sam?!"
Samuel looked up, "I guess," he answered faintly.
" Then go to the clinic, I don't want a sick student in my class," she said, bossy.
Samuel managed to stand, he looked so weak" yes, ma."
" Jones, help him to the clinic."
Jones stood, "Yes, ma"
Everybody's eyes were on Samuel as Jones helped him out of the class.
"Now, Let's get down to business,"