Chapter 39: CHAPTER # 39

"Are you ready?" I asked Anne, who was sitting behind me.

"I guess so? Even if I'm not ready, I can't back down now." She said as I nodded while agreeing with her statement.

We are now sitting in a huge classroom, waiting for our test papers to arrive.

Thank god, we aren't sitting at the front or else I would have been blank during our test due to my anxiety. Well, a student's anxiety never dies, right?.

"Aidi? Are you not nervous?" Anne asked Aiden who was sitting behind her, calmly with a straight face, without any worry or anything, like always.

"What is there to be nervous about? It all depends on how much you prepared. The less you prepare the more nervous you are...And don't call me that." Aiden said as Anne pouted and turned back to her original position.

"So indirectly you're calling me dumb, Hah? Mr. Smarty pants." Anne mumbled to herself but I heard it causing me to let out a giggle.

"Well, I heard a few kids talking earlier that this year's test is going to be quite difficult. More hard than those previous ones. That's not fair!" I whined as I turned around.

"What?!" Anne exclaimed with a shock of terror on her face as I flinched on her sudden outburst.

"I'll fail…I'll definitely fail…they are too much, how can they be so cruel? I'm not that smart, only God can help me. I'll let down everyone, why is this world cruel, Why me? Why me God? why me?" Anne kept mumbling like a soulless person while sitting with a blank expression, looking in a specific direction.

"A-Ann? A-Are you ok-ay?" I asked as I waved my hand in front of her, earning no reaction from her.

"Your reaction is quite excessive, which indicates that you really didn't study properly" Aiden added as Anne snapped out of her grief as she looked at Aiden with a not so happy expression.

'Gosh, I didn't know she could be such a drama queen' I thought while looking at Anne.

"Yeah, so what? I was born as an ordinary child...well not ordinary but not a genius like you. I am a normal human being with a normal brain capacity while you, Your Highness, have quite the knowledge about almost everything due to your extraordinary brain...Humph!"

Anne snapped at him as he again went silent due to her sudden behavioural change. Whereas I was laughing my ass off but I felt a little bad for Aiden too.

'Poor Aiden, today is not your day. Today is definitely not your day'

I thought while trying to hold in my laughter. I then looked outside the huge window which made the hallway visible and where our escorts were standing as well.

Due to the Academy's rules, no escorts or guardians were allowed inside but since Anne and I are of high nobility with special abilities and Aiden is from royalty, they stood in front of our class since our safety is the priority, in the words of our families.

When our knights came into my vision, I saw Sir Zen trying to hold in his laughter...again, making me a little shocked.

'Is he laughing at Aiden? How the hell did he get what's going on in here? Is he really on Aiden's side? I don't think so by the way he is constantly laughing at him and Aiden also seems to notice his behaviour but doesn't say anything' I thought, wondering about Sir Zen's unusual behaviour towards Aiden, a 'Royal'.

"Haizz....Are you both really my friends? Both of you have been constantly mocking ever since I arrived." Aiden sighed and said while getting a little offended as me and Anne laughed at him since he 'finally' showed some reaction.

We teased him the whole time and if Knox were to be here? Oh boy, he would've never let Aiden live at peace.

"Sabi?" Anne called me as I turned to face her.

"Yes?" I replied.

She opened her mouth but closed it again as if she was hesitating or was she...shy?

"Um...Here!" After hesitating a bit she suddenly pulled out a small pouch and shoved it at my face, startling me a bit.

"W-What's this?" I asked, looking at the pink embroidered pouch. She was looking down and saying something but I wasn't able to hear it.

"What?" I asked.

She looked at me, closed her eyes and suddenly spoke in a loud voice,

"I made these cookies for you as good luck! Please eat it before the exam starts since I put my heart, liver, bones, sweat, soul, everything in it!", startling me and Aiden.

I shushed her down while everyone's attention diverted to us. I apologized to everyone before turning to Anne.

"Calm down. Why are you shouting?" I whispered to her as she looked down. Soon I started to hear sniffles, making my panic metre rise up.

"Anne? You're crying?" I panicked as I tried to calm her down.

"*sob*I'm sorry, you had to apologize to everyone because of me. I'm sorry I caused you trouble" She said as I panicked even more.

"No, you did not. I am never troubled because of you. Look, you made these for me? I'll eat it, every single one of it, if that makes you happy! huh?" I said and took out a cookie before shoving the whole cookie into my mouth.

"Look, I'm eating it. I'm...oh? It's delicious" I said as the flavour reached my taste buds, the cookie melted in my mouth.

"Really? You like it?" Anne asked with sparkles in her eyes as I genuinely nodded, making her jump on her seat.

"Where's mine?" Aiden asked as Anne looked at him for a while before throwing a blue pouch at his face.

"I'm not that cold hearted so, here you go" she said with a straight face.

"Why is mine so small?" he complained, with a calm face, obviously.

"Because you are not my Sabi! And all my love and effort is for her" she said while watching me eat.

"Canks Ann. I lub uw (Thanks Ann. I love you)" I said as my mouth was filled with cookies while Anne passed a heart warming smile whereas Aiden was a little sad. Poor kid.

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*Creak*

The classroom's door opened as everyone went silent. A female walked in as her heel's sound echoed in the room.

"Who's she?"

Anne whispered to Aiden as he stayed silent, probably mad because of earlier. Anne looked at him in disbelief as she tapped on my shoulder causing me to lean back since I couldn't turn.

"Who is she?" she whispered to me.

"Our invigilator, maybe?" I whispered back as the awkward silence from her made me sigh.

'She really didn't study, did she?' I thought as I leaned back again.

"Our teacher, who will take the exam," I whispered.

"Ohhh...you should have said that earlier" she exclaimed as she sat back in her seat. I just smiled awkwardly before returning to my original position.

'How will this girl pass the exam? But didn't we study together? She was always drowned in the book, making me feel dumb, so how is she not prepared' I wondered.

'How do I tell everyone that when they thought I was studying, I was actually reading recipe books to find the perfect recipe for the cookies I would make for Sabi!...But I don't regret a bit since Sabi liked it so much' Anne thought, not feeling an ounce of guilt for not studying.

"Okay Students. I'm Ambern Rayis, your invigilator for today's test. I'll pass on these question sheets to all of you so get your pens ready and be prepared. You only have one hour. I wish you good luck."

The lady said and started to hand out the papers as we waited for them to reach us. The girl sitting in front of me passed me the papers as I took my question sheet and passed the rest behind and it went on. I looked at the question paper as my jaw dropped.

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