"Perfect!" Juniper exclaimed happily, clapping her hands together. "
Do let md know what you find. I'm sure it will be very insightful." She stood up, stretching her arms behind her back. "Now, his name was Erwin, yes?"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Anybody could have gotten that."
Susie stared at her feet, what little relief she'd gained from answering the question vanishing. Martyn was right- she'd only been able to get it with the teacher's help. A pit formed in her stomach as Professor Ferch-Rhys began to hand out the results of last week's test, and she silently prayed to Myyla for miracle...
Kana's voice snapped Susie out of her haze, and the girl shook her head defiantly. "Right." she said, a forced confidence in her voice as she rifled through the stack of test results. Her heart skipped at beat as she found the one with her name on it, swallowing nervously before pulling it out...
11/15
Susie sighed in relief, passing the rest of the papers to her right. She'd been stressing over this test for an entire week- she was
convinced she had failed it. Eleven out of fifteen may not have been perfect, but it was a pass! The redhead smiled, allowing her shoulders to relax.
"I guess I had nothing to worry about after all..."*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Beatrix stared at her test results, looking nearly on the verge of tears. Her score had been a perfect 15/15, but she couldn't think about it now. She glared across the room at Susie, who'd begun chatting happily with the two-headed boy.
"But... my hand was up!" she thought, black irises swirling violently.
"I knew the answer! Why did... why did she help you?" The girl looked back to her paper, the professor's voice echoing through her mind.
"Can anyone tell me why that is? Anyone but Beatrix."Beatrix clenched her fists, eyes watering. Had she done something wrong?
"Anyone but Beatrix. Anyone but Beatrix. Anyone but Beatrix. Anyone but Beatrix. Anyone but Beatrix. Anyone but Beatrix. Anyone but Beatrix. Anyone but Beatrix. Anyone but Beatrix."No. This was how it'd always been, hadn't it? She could do everything right- answer all the questions, pass all her exams perfectly, follow all the rules, and people would
still pick the other kids over her. That was just how things
worked.
Beatrix wiped her eyes with her sleeve, leaving an inky stain on her robe.
"Whatever. It's fine." she thought bitterly, an ugly scowl on her face.
"I don't need you. Who cares?" She buried her face in her hands, clenching her teeth.
"Who cares... Who cares...