School continues

Three weeks pass. You and Danielle haven’t talked to each other, except for the usual ‘morning’ when entering the classroom. Kim has bothered you a lot by sitting next to you and trying to get your attention. You’ve told her that you’re not interested, but she keeps coming back to you.

It’s only a week until school’s over and the summer break starts. You’re not going on vacation, so you hope that you and your friends can hang out a lot.

It’s Monday and the teachers are preparing you for the last test of your study. If you pass this test, you will finally get the paper that will give you the chance to build a career. The future still doesn’t appeal to you, since you’ll probably have to do without Danielle. When the teachers are repeating something learned earlier this year, Danielle says she doesn’t understand the subject. The teacher explains it again, but again to no avail.

“I’m not going to explain it again, Danielle.” The teacher says.

“But I can’t pass the test if I don’t understand this part,” Danielle calmly answers, knowing that the teacher will have to find a solution.

“Michael!” she suddenly says. “Come sit next to Danielle end explain it to her.”

You do as your told and as all students start to fill in some exercises, you sit next to Danielle to explain the part that she doesn’t understand. She’s not faking it and it takes you until the end of class to explain it to her. It was a long day and it’s almost dinner time. You’re hungry and you know that, when you leave school now, you’ll miss the bus and it will take at least two hours to get home.

“Michael,” Danielle says. “You can eat at my place.”

“I don’t know,” you answer.

“Please,” Danielle says as tears fill her eyes. She wants to add something but doesn’t.

You nod at her and she smiles a little, still trying to contain her emotions. As the two of you leave the classroom and walk through the building, you don’t say anything. When you arrive on the deserted parking lot, however, it’s impossible for you to stay quiet.

“What do you want?” you mumble.