When Sarah arrived there, she was immediately invited to sit quietly. Seen in the room there were several other people besides the principal and also the deputy principal, namely the Student Guidance Teacher.
The three of them seemed to be watching Sarah intently and after a while, their faces changed to those of disappointed people staring at Sarah.
"Good morning, sir, teacher?" Sarah greeted respectfully. The three nodded in response to Sarah's greeting.
"Sarah, do you know what we all called you here for?" the headmaster asked Sarah.
"I don't know, sir," Sarah replied curtly and concisely.
"The reason why you were summoned here was that there was a complaint directed at you, and if what is being reported to you is the truth, then the reputation of the school will be tarnished because of you!" The student supervising teacher spoke harshly to Sarah.
It was very clear from her tone of voice and her gaze that showed her dislike for Sarah.
Considering the teacher is already like enemies with Sarah. She was tired of Sarah's behavior who was always fighting or causing trouble by often fighting with fellow students.
Listening to such a firm and serious sentence made Sarah's heart beat a little faster at that moment.
'What do they want to talk about me? What have I done to possibly tarnish the good name of this school?' Sarah wondered.
'I haven't fought with fellow students in a long time. I'm also not fighting the tutor anymore, Alex forbade me to do that. So what's the problem this time?' She kept asking herself about it all.
"May I know the reason, Madam? And who filed your complaint against me?" Sarah asked a little anxiously.
"You don't need to know who is complaining about you. I hope you can explain to us, whether this news is true or not!" The student-supervisor spoke again with a slightly louder tone and seemed urgent.
However, Sarah still tried to show a calm attitude, because she did not feel that she had done anything wrong to tarnish the good name of her school.
"Then what accusations were leveled at me that led to me being summoned here and interrogated like this. I hope the reason is not that you grudge me, Instructor Madam," Sarah asked again and slightly confirmed that her summoning was not due to the Instructor's one-sided grudge against her.
"You are a brave child, aren't you! Even if you are cornered like this, you can still raise your head and ask questions. No wonder you don't have the slightest sense of guilt for committing such an uncivilized act!"
"Okay, go ahead. Please answer honestly, are you pregnant? According to the complaint I received, you're also quite free to associate with a lot of male friends at this school, I want you to admit what I'm asking now!"
The supervising teacher cornered Sarah with very painful accusations. Meanwhile, the Principal and his deputy were silent and listened to Sarah being questioned about the accusations.
Perhaps, because the discipline and behavior of students at school is the responsibility of the supervising teacher, she seems to be able to speak fluently to Sarah because it is still in the realm of her power.
"Before answering your question, may I ask you, do you have any evidence that my association is too free? How do you know all this? Do you follow me wherever I go?" Sarah asked as she clenched her fists tightly in anger.
Sarah was already furious with accusations like this, but she was still very in her right mind not to violently fight back against the teachers' callous accusations against her.
"How about I tell you that I didn't do what you accuse me of?" Sarah asked back firmly.
"Oh, you still want to deny it? I guessed before, surely you will deny as usual!"
"Okay. You said you didn't do what you're accused of. Do you have any evidence? Look at how you look now, Sarah! Aren't you ashamed to show your big belly to your friends, huh?!"
The tutor teacher's scream sounded loud in Sarah's ears.
"You're going to embarrass this school, Sarah!" The teacher kept on cornering Sarah.
"But you can't accuse me carelessly like this, Madam! Regardless of what you tell me now, you or anyone else has no right to talk and corner me with mistakes I didn't commit. You and others will never know what I went through until now!"
"Why don't you try asking me nicely? Why was I immediately asked to answer an accusation that I didn't understand myself and in fact, you had misjudged me? Why did you immediately corner me without knowing anything?"
This time Sarah couldn't take it anymore. Sarah turned the scathing remark from the tutor to her.
"You!?" The supervising teacher looks very angry with Sarah's bold rebuttal.
"Sarah, please keep your attitude in front of the teacher. Remember, Sarah, you are a student. You are indeed a privileged student in this school because of your excellent performance. But, in this case, we cannot tolerate it anymore, Sarah. I must take firm action and sanction you so that things don't happen that harm anyone in the future," this time the headmaster raised his voice to Sarah.
"But, sir, this-"
"If you don't want to admit what you did now, please bring your parents here tomorrow. We will all find the best solution to your problem! You can go out and apologize to the tutor before leaving this room, Sarah!" The headmaster's words that stopped Sarah's words sounded one-sided.
Sarah was very angry because of the painful accusation and was finally ordered to apologize for her defense which was considered wrong.
Without answering or obeying the headmaster's orders, Sarah left after glancing disappointedly at all the teachers who had cornered her earlier.
***
Instead of going back into her classroom, Sarah trudged out of the Principal's office toward the cafeteria. There, Sarah tried to calm her mind first.
The pressure of anger that Sarah continued to hold in her heart tight made the baby in her womb move more than before.
Sarah stroked her stomach which was big and could no longer be covered while calming the sadness and anger in her mind.
'Alex, the day has finally come. The day I used to fear that I would get pregnant when I was still in school is like today. What should I do?' Sarah spoke quietly to herself as if she was talking to an invisible Alex.
Sarah continued to sit quietly in the cafeteria regardless of like what happened in her class when she remained sitting alone in her school cafeteria.
Until class was over and break time arrived, Sarah remained silent there. She didn't pay any attention to the glances of the students that turned at her. Sarah was just busy chewing because it felt like every food eaten and drink that came in, gave a comfortable reaction to her hungry stomach.
Amid the many students in the school canteen, Julie, Tina, Tommy, and Johnson flocked to Sarah, who was relaxing playing on her cellphone in the cafeteria.
"Sarah, what are you doing here? Why aren't you coming to class anymore? The teacher has been asking for you," Tommy asked Sarah.
"What else do they want from me?" Sarah answered with a casual question.
"I do not know. She asked you when she also came back from the principal's office. See her, so she doesn't worry. She's worried about you, Sarah," Tommy
Without answering or nodding her head, Sarah confirmed Tommy's words by raising her eyebrows with a small smile. Then, Sarah looks to look at the two friends who are on her right at this time.
Julie and Tina had worried and strange expressions as they looked at Sarah, and it made Sarah wonder.
"Why are you guys? Why are you looking at me with that look?" Sarah asked confused.
"I don't know what happened to you, but when my class teacher said something weird about one of the girls here, I immediately thought of you. What happened, Sarah?" Julie asked Sarah.
"What did you hear?" Sarah asked casually.
"We were told to keep our association so that we don't fall into bad things like one of the students in your class did," Tina answered this time.
"Even though I haven't explained anything yet but they are already making news like that," Sarah responded with a sad expression while stirring the orange ice in front of her.
"Why didn't you tell the principal directly that you weren't doing the promiscuity they accused you of? Why are you still being so casual, Sarah?" Julie spoke a little loudly to her best friend.
"Yeah, maybe. I also don't know what to do if things are like this," replied Sarah, who still looked calm. However, Sarah's annoyed expression could not escape the gaze of her friends.
Tina who saw Sarah's hand gripping her ice glass tightly, then touched Sarah's hand until their gazes now met.