After It Happened novel Chapter 11

The teacher starts asking from the front as usual and since I'm on the third row, I zone out.

"Miss Denise, can you answer the question?"

The sound of my name draws me from my almost slumber.

How did the man jump from the front now?

I think as I hiss.

"Are you hissing? Why are you hissing, this girl? I can see that you do not have respect.", the man all but screams sending spit flying.

I pity the people in front.

Not feeling like arguing with a teacher, I try to calm him down.

"Sorry sir. I was thinking of something and that's why I hissed. It wasn't meant for you. Please can you repeat your question?"

Maybe the man is in a good mood because he just narrows his eyes at me and repeats the question without any hassle.

"What are the non-metals that form hydrogen bonds and why?"

"Huh?", I blurt as I stare blankly at him.

Which one is hydrogen bond now?

I open and close my mouth like a fish totally at a loss for words. This man is mean; it wasn't even my turn. I glare at the people snickering at me.

Answer it now. You're here laughing.

"So you don't know the answer. How will you know it? You that doesn't know what you come to school to do. Dummy."

I bite my lip to avoid snapping at the stupid man.

"Please who can answer? Good. Kelechi please tell this dumb girl the answer."

I glare at my teacher then at Kelechi barely listening as he spills the answer like a Chemistry professor. I'd always envied his intelligence; he never failed to show me that he was smarter than me. He is still doing the same now, just in a more annoying way.

"Why can't you just look where you're going? Is someone after you or what? Why were you looking back?", I rant, but quickly shut up when I notice it's Kelechi.

Ever since he came to this school, we've never talked to each other apart from the usual pleasantries and our first conversation.

"I...I Sorry, I wasn't..."

He was flustered I could tell. Why though?

His demeanor suddenly changes and he's now snapping at me like it was my fault.

"You're blocking my way, ni(shows emphasis). Excuse me, please."

I hiss loudly fighting the urge to argue with him because I'm too tired to cause trouble. He's just a waste of time.

Opening the door to my room few minutes later, I don't bother to remove my uniform as I jump on my bed. I quickly fall asleep, but not before setting my alarm at five.

When the noisy alarm wakes me up from my slumber, my huge mistake dawns on me. I am going to Camille's house for her stepmom's birthday. Her stepmom who is Kelechi's mother. Kelechi lives in that house with his mother. I am dead.