Splash!
‘Hahahaha, open the door, loser.’
Aargh, someone hurled water from the outside in the bathroom.
I think I know who it is. Oof, my new friends really have a twisted sense of humor.
‘Guys, my clothes are all wet now!’, I retort, not opening the toilet door.
BAM, BAM!
Someone is kicking the door.
‘Open up, bitch. Where’s my sandwich?’ BAM! BAM!
I know you might be thinking they don’t like me, but it’s not like that. Actually, all the kids of this generation are filthy-mouthed. They don’t mean any harm by it.
‘Guys, I left it at your table before coming here!’, I shout, unlocking the door.
The trio was standing outside the toilet stall on the dirty yellow floor. I couldn’t read the expressions as some student broke 2 of the tube lights in the bathroom. Just the reflection of their back on the mirror above the sink received enough light because of the position of the third and only functional tube light. The middle one with the broad masculine back, who is..kinda quivering in the reflection (I hope she is not angry at me), and the tallest of them, is Sneha. She is the first friend I made after I came to school! The other two are Sakina and Anissa. They are my good friends too—AARGH!
Ouch! my face…it hurts.
‘What the---why did you kick me, Anissa?!’
She took a step back and grinned, ‘Because friends do that all the time, Noor! Aren’t we friends?’
‘Yes of course we are! But do friends really do that? it hurts… it wasn’t on purpose, right?’
Anissa started to say something, but Sneha put her big hand over her mouth.
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‘No! How can you even think that!’, Sneha’s voice sounded like a whimper, ’We only came because YOU were neglecting a friend’s duty! And you are blaming it on us?! Maybe you never saw us, friends, in reality…’
Is she sad…?
Okay, all right. I think I was really being too rude. I didn’t think it would hurt her so much. I didn’t want to hurt her….never! The problem is with me…I never really knew how to be a good friend. I should’ve brought them the snacks they wanted.
‘You could’ve said you didn’t want to be our friend, you know if you wanted. If you are our friend, you can't hurt us like that!’, even the usually quiet, short, and sweet Sakina chimed in,’ You are supposed to be on the duty of doing our chores for now. You agreed, didn’t you?’
Yeah, I did.
***
‘Listen, Noor, we have a system that each of us does the loser duty for a week.’, Anissa said.
‘Loser duty? It means…?’
‘Basically doing your other friends’ chores, like bringing their snacks and doing their homework.’
‘B-but, wouldn’t that be cheating?!’
‘Oh Noor, no way! It’s not cheating when you help out friends! It’s called morality. Haven’t you heard—a friend in need is a friend indeed.’
‘Y-yes, I guess so. Whose duty is it this week?’
‘Well, we always try to give the new member a chance to experience our friendship up close, so this week's lucky girl…is…YOU!’
‘I-I will try my best! Thank you for having me as your friend!’
‘All right, I'm going home. I was supposed to tend to the school garden today, but I'm kinda in a hurry, so I'm counting on you…friend’, she flashed a smile.
‘W-wait, hold on! I… have a… question…’
‘Hurry up. My time is not so cheap.’
‘Well, I wanted to ask…who will be on the duty next week?’
‘Of course, the one who will lose in the solitaires game.’
‘Wait, also—’, she was gone.
***
Well, the thing is… it’s been three weeks but I'm still the one on the duty. I mean, I lost every time I played the card game with them even though normally I'm good. I mean if one didn’t know any better, they might say the game is rigged. But well, that’s impossible, because whatever my friends might be, they aren’t cheaters.
‘—So you’d better do it. Hey, are you here?’
‘Huh? I guessed I spaced out. I should just say yes.
‘Yes!’
‘Good, then go and do it ASAP. Why are you lazing around?’, Sneha demanded.
Wait wait wait. What am I supposed to do? I haven’t heard what they were saying. Dang! What should I do??
SMACK!
‘Ow ow ow!’ I exclaimed. Anissa gets physical pretty often.
‘Go fast!’
‘Y-yes, I am going.’ Uttering the first words that came to my mind, I hurried out the wooden bathroom door.
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