(Author's POV)
"Why don't you say something about your achievement to your classmates?" Janet Doull was over the moon. Her student has not only topped the school but the entire city. That was huge.
Denver, for once, didn't decline. He seemed interested, genuinely.
After giving a quick look around, his eyes zeroed in on none other than Amelia, whose mouth involuntarily twitched when their eyes met. She was left speechless, but inside, she was getting bombarded with thought after thought, filled with perplexity, 'How can this be? Is this a prank, a joke? How can he become the topper? Didn't Ms. Doull say, 'except one'? Wasn't he the one? For a whole month, I helped him whenever he needed it, cutting off my own time to study. He came to me for problem-solving, so how? Just H~O~W?' Her mind was in a baffling state.
Denver started, his tone was as nonchalant as ever, "Uhhh~ …. I don't know what to say."
"WOAH! …. modesty …. Hey~ Denver, why don't you start from telling how many marks you score?" Perry inquired, her pitch high, a notch or two.
Janet patted his back from behind and spoke on his behalf, "Denver got a hundred in all subjects."
A lot of gasps followed by a few whistles filled the entirety of the class's atmosphere. Amelia felt as if she was struck by lightning. 'Hundred? A perfect score? I thought that was impossible?'
Denver played it cool and said, "It was partially pure luck and~ …." then for a while longer, his eyes lingered on Amelia as he added, "because of our class rep's tutoring lessons, I guess."
His words drew all the attention to Amelia. This was strike one as he added, "The class rep., she gave 'a poor guy' like me her valuable time."
Then came strike two, "Only because of her help, could I get that number one position."
Lastly, it was the third strike. He bent down, tapped on her desk with his knuckles, and said, "Isn't that right, class rep? You took care of me~ …. my studies so well. So, of course, I had to make my tutor proud. Are you happy for me?"
Amelia's clear browns met his ink blacks, and once again, sparks flew. But this time, they weren't for any war's battle cry. They were more like fireworks, beautiful, radiant and magnificent. In that moment, it felt like time had stopped and only those two were in the room. Others were just air.
The moment was broken by Perry, who seemed to have sensed some tension between the other two. She patted Amelia's back and called her name, her voice soft, "Lia~ …."


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