Mona touched her hair, this can't be her hair clip and if it was, how did it end up on Mr Ken's table. She rubbed her hair before glancing at Mr Ken who was watching her like she was a movie.
Mona showed a sign that she was about to let out some words but before she proceeded, she picked up the clip and showed it to Mr Ken.
"How. . .did you get. . .t-this?" She was still sick from the water poured on her earlier.
"On the floor." He replied with a blank expression. "So now Miss Mona has turned careless." He took the books she had dropped on the table.
Mona stared at the clip. "Can I have it back? It is mine. I-I really don't know how it went off my hair." She didn't tear her gaze from the object.
Mr Ken, who was scanning the books in his hand shrugged. "If it's yours you can have it back." He replied and wrote down some questions from the textbook.
"Thank you, Mr Ken." She dropped the clip in the pocket of the wear she had and studied what Mr Ken was doing. "Those questions look simple." She uttered. "I can solve them." She smiled when Mr Ken lifted his shocked gaze. He blinked his eyes and studied her to finally realized he wanted to ask her about her attire. He did ask and she shut her mouth, looking at his table.
"Everything just happened. Can you please not ask me about what happened? I really don't want to talk about it." She offered her response. It hurts to assume that Gina was behind this and it hurts too to know that she had an enemy in the school. So, she set those thoughts about who did that to her behind and live the day.
"Mona, Gina. . ." She didn't let him speak through her gaze and for some weird reason, he didn't set out his opinion. He went back to select questions. "You know how to solve these questions?" He was surprised.
"Should I prove it?"
He lifted his gaze only to stare at her for a while. What does he see in this girl? Her obsidian eyes were a traitor to her as they expose her emotions easily or maybe only he could view them. He smiled and arranged for her a solve the equation.
Mona collected the pencil from him and began to work on the question. He watched her for a while before continuing with his task. After a while, she showed to him her workings.
Mr Ken stared at the book and then at her face, she was supposed to have a confident smile on her face but she looked pale and her smile looked forced. He knew why but he didn't want to bring the topic up because she had pleaded.
"Tell me, Mona, did you travel somewhere while sleeping? Or are you not my Mona?" He asked.
Mona chuckled. "Mr Ken, you are flirting with me." She stated.
The man smiled and cocked his head to one side. "It was a mistake, I'm sorry Miss Mona." He shouldn't have called her my Mona and that wasn't really flirting but it was close to flirting. He selected another question and told her to solve the mystery.
Mona did so in five minutes, the man tried to maintain his expression and he succeeded. He smiled and asked. "What happened?"
"Mummy talked to me last night and I wasn't able to sleep with my parents so I spent the whole night studying. Mummy begged me by giving this clip to me, I can't let my mummy down so, I studied and I've decided to become a good mathematics student." She enunciated. But the truth was that not only did her mummy's words convince her but the insult she received from her friend pushed her to study more. She'd prove to everyone that she wasn't as dumb as they think she was.
Mr Ken rumbled her hair as he was impressed. "I'm glad." He turned back to what he was doing. "Well, you are going to help me with something." He announced and glanced at her face that was showing interest.
He continued. "I won't be coming to school tomorrow and I have two classes to teach, they are on the topic, Surds and since you know that topic so well. You'll tutor those classes for me while I'm gone and I'll be expecting feedback from you. Don't worry, I'll have a word about it with the school's principal." He told her. Mona didn't utter a comment, she only nodded as a gesture that she didn't refuse. "And if you do well, I'll get you a gift." He persuaded her fine.
Mona's face lit up. "What will you give me?"
"After the job is done." He answered.
"I wonder what gift you'll give me. I'll work hard Mr Ken."
"I know." He flashed her a smile before giving her the scripts she had to grade.
Mona proceeded with it and spent almost the whole day in school with Mr Ken.
Meanwhile, her class was Gina waiting for her to serve her more punishment. Well, she wasn't in that alone, Deborah, Victoria and Stephanie were in that with her. Those three were against her because she had more of Mr Ken's attention and she was closer to him because they share the same estate.
So, all this earned Mona enemies. Never had she thought she'd experience such in high school. Yes. Mona was rich but what she couldn't do was use her stratum to discomfort others so she act as normal children would in school. She eats the school's dishes, she serves the punishment served to every other student. She wasn't considered that special in school because her parents taught her much about self-esteem. And she loved her life that way but now, wouldn't she have to use her stratum?
Mona fell her head to the table while grading and stared at her teacher dizzily. "Are you okay?" He moved the mouse to his system. He didn't stare at her and she didn't reply.
After earning no response from her, he gazed at her face and she looked paler. "Why don't you tell me why you are this way?" He turned to her fully but she closed her eyes as if falling unconscious.
"Do you have some of. . .even just a bottle of that energy drink?" She requested.
Mr Ken was hesitant to touch her body but he did and placed the back of his hand on her neck. After feeling her body, he turned his hand and his palm touched her skin. She was burning up.
"Get up Mona." He stood up but the girl was too reluctant to get on her feet. He leaned in. "Should I tell other teachers what happened?" He whispered and cupped her shoulders in his hand. After hearing his threat she pushed her weak body up into gear. With that, she walked with Mr Ken back to the school clinic.