As Ahmad walked through the open aired hallway in low spirits, he couldn't keep his mind at rest as various possible scenarios kept playing through his mind. He would occasionally glance at the surrounding scenery, something which never cease to amaze him. The open aired hallway connecting the upper and lower floors, the vibrant green coloured roof, the yellow painted poles and the smoothly cemented walk all was too much to take in at once. While he was marveling at the scenery, he heard rushed footsteps approaching him, compelling him to turn back to have a look.
"Ahmad!, Wait!!", a sweet but husky shout was heard followed by the view of a tall, slender and vivacious brunette. She wore the normal uniform jacket with a few buttons opened at the chest area coupled with the skirt and skin toned socks hugging her legs. She had this wild and fiery aura on her which added more points to her charm. 'She came', he thought. She always did. Even though he had once told her not to bother, she never listened. "Megan!!, don't you have classes now?", he asked her while staring at her eyes. She gave him an impish smile and then said, "Yes, how do you know?".
He rolled his eyes at her and then said," I know you heard about it and thanks for coming but i can handle this one". "Okay!!", she replied knowing there was nothing she could say to change his mind. She knew he was just trying to comfort her as they both couldn't do anything and he didn't want to drag her into this mess. As Ahmad saw the worry in her eyes, he smiled and thought, 'at least someone cares'. Seeing his smile she just sighed and then stared at him with a gleam in her eyes. "Guess What!", she asked him. "Oh, What do you have for me", he replied knowing she was just trying to make him feel better.
" I saw your missing Koran, you have been looking for it for quite sometime now", she told him, staring at his face to see his expression. "Are you serious!!, Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen!!!", Ahmad basically screamed grasping her hand tightly in the process. After a while, he felt a soft and boneless sensation in his hands and saw that she was giving him a teasing smile. Looking down and seeing what he was holding, he freed his grasp with embarrassment. Although, he was blushing, it wasn't obvious to Megan but seeing his embarrassment she just felt like teasing him more. Seeing that she was still giving him that same look, he glared at her and asked, "What!!, it was a mistake and besides who would want to touch you. Yuck!!".
" Take, I will be going, Best of luck", she said giving him his Qur'an and then walking back to her class not minding his statement. She told the teacher she was going to the restroom and 15 minutes have passed now. Feeling the smooth texture of the Qur'an in his hands, Ahmad felt more at ease. "Bye!!, i will see you later", he replied back to Megan and watched as her silhouette walking away. The theft of his Qur'an was planned, he knew it. But there was no evidence or whatsoever. This is a Christian School and who would have the need to use a Qur'an. He knew Charles would have a hand in this also. In fact he is a prime suspect.
As he continued walking to the Miss Olivia's Office, he thought to himself,'i hope things doesn't get nasty'. "You will be punished again, Blockhead!!!", it was Charles he just came down the stairs by the side and said this with a sneer on his face. Hearing his annoying voice , Ahmad felt like punching his face but he knew he couldn't so he just ignored him and continued walking. The taunting smile and 'What can you do' expression on his face irritated Ahmad. Before Charles said anything else, Ahmad decided to start recited the Qur'an to himself so as to distract himself from Charles.
Time passed by and before he knew it, he was already in front of the Head Mistress' office. Yes!, Miss Olivia was the head mistress. She was always fond of walking around the school premises just to check on things from time to time. And this time around she caught them personally, as they were once brought to her by a teacher. Ahmad opened the door and entered the familiar looking office for it hadn't been that long that they were brought here. The first thing he noticed when he entered was the new smell and the huge stack of documents on the table.
The air conditioner was working and the office was cool and cozy. The golden plated name tag on her desk was shining and her name were engraved on it with a silvery sheen. Before he could take a closer look at the documents on her table, Charles swaggered in and rudely sat on the sofa meant for guest that was opposite Miss Olivia's table. Just as Ahmad wanted to rebuke him for his rude behaviour, Miss Olivia entered the office.
As she entered, her predator like gaze swept the room and fixated on Charles who was already making himself comfy. Suddenly, the six by four metre office felt stuffy and gunpowder could be felt in the air. Charles who was originally sitting down couldn't help but stand up under her stern gaze. This was the first time she was giving him this kind of look and now he felt that maybe he had gone too far this time around. After seeing that everything was in order and nothing was out of place, she went to her chair sat down, adjusted her glasses and then looked at them.
"You!, sit down and you!, keep standing", she said gesturing towards Ahmad and Charles respectively. He gladly sat down while Charles kept standing by the side while mumbling something under his breath. Miss Olivia didn't bother herself with him, she just looked at Ahmad squarely in the eye and said, "Now lets begin!".