She had to do it

She had to do it


Karen sat in the class, stared down at the chemistry paper at her desk. She abruptly skimmed through the assortment of question but couldn’t remedy any of them. She was getting panicky, she glimpsed at the wall clock but she didn’t look at the time. She dropped her gaze to the proctor who was just below.

She had to excel in this exam; or else she is not getting that car her father promised for her sweet sixteen. She gawked once again at the proctor who was rather absorbed in reading her novel. She then glanced over to her friend Katie sitting next to her.
Katie, contrasting Karen, had already completed her paper and was only revising her answers. Karen plainly stared at Katie’s paper but all she could see were lengthy horizontal lines of ink. She gave Katie a trivial nudge on her arm and shook her paper. Katie knew too well what she wanted, this wasn’t the first time. Katie’s heart raced up, she knew this was dodgy; she speedily ran her eyes round the class then exchanged her paper with Karen’s. She quickly started filling the blanks in Karen’s paper, she was cautious though, to ape her handwriting. Katie was brightest in her class, she was aware that her good grades were her only shot at college because Katie’s parents were all things but wealthy. She answered the questions to the best of ability then looked around the class once more, content that no one saw them; they exchanged their papers once again. Karen could not hide her overstated grin even if she wanted to.

Karen and her best friend Katie submitted their papers to the proctor and walked off to the hallway and headed home.
“Thank you Katie…I don’t know what I’d ever do without you.” she whispered to her ear as they hugged.
“You’re welcome.” Katie returned as she broke off the hug. Her fingers were crossed as they separated, hoping that all would go well.

Karen was in a gay mood when she got home, she greeted everyone, including her neighbors. She told her father to keep his money ready. She readily waited for the next day of school, something which she has never done.

Her father dropped her off at school; she inferred how it would fell to drive herself to school like the elder kids did. She hurried through the hallway to her class. She greeted Katie who was already settled then waited for the chemistry teacher. If she got anything higher than a B+ in the paper, she would meet her father’s prospect.

Their chemistry teacher, Mr. Hoffman, ultimately walked into the class with a bunch of papers hard-pressed to his chest. He walked around the class issuing the papers to the respective owners. Only the squealing of his shoes could be heard. Karen and Katie felt a pang of worry when the bunch of papers was exhausted and they still haven’t got theirs.

“Katie Page and Karen Wood, I’ll see you in my office.” Mr. Hoffman said then left for his office. Most of the students didn’t even hear what he said since they were either too shocked or too surprised by what they got on their papers.