People didn’t know much about Cassandra. Sure she was the
smartest girl in class, the prettiest in college but still, there was more to
her than just her features and grades. She was truly a hard working student,
one of the finest the faculty had seen in years, with impeccable speaking and
writing skills. With fine brown hair, that weaved down her back, gorgeous hazel
colored eyes shadowed by thick eye lashes, a soft structured mouth and a pointy
chin, she was a sight, breathtaking one.
But Cassandra had a secret. Something if exposed would
probably ruin her reputation, and the image that had been constructed over
time. We’ll come back to the secret after a while, for now let’s just see what
happened at her birthday party.
Huddled between a crowd of 50 people, Cassandra cut her
cake; music blaring in the back ground. Her friends gathered close, elbows
touching and snatched pieces of cake from the table that was covered in
gorgeous red velvet. Ecstatic, she slid away from the crowd and crashed on the
carpet in her basement, high on the music and smiles and laughter. She was
happy really but there was another reason to it. Her boyfriend had just sent
her a text saying he would meet her later that night and give her a real
birthday present. So that might have been the real reason for the smiles that
Cassandra passed onto everyone. It was around 11 when her boyfriend came to
meet her. Let me mention here that he wasn’t part of the party; he met her
outside, in her back yard where no one would see them.
Her boyfriend was actually her chemistry teacher, and they
were mixing a lot more than just sodium nitrate (wink, wink). This could have created a big issue not only
for Cassandra but her teacher as well. So in her backyard, snuggling against
him, Cassandra asked for her gift, grinning like a goof. Her teacher/boyfriend
turned her around and pointed to a small package that was lying under her
swing. Quickly walking up to the swing she snatched the package off the ground
and opened it up. It was a small box containing a pendant. Feeling as if she
would swoon, Cassandra jumped into his arms and covered his face with kisses,
not even aware of the fact that her friend Rose was watching from the back
door.
One thing led to another and Rose confronted Cassandra about
her affair with the teacher. Cassandra was in total bliss; hence she did not
pay any attention to Rose. It was when she noticed the whole school talking
about her, did she finally realize that she had been proclaimed as an indecent
felon along with her teacher. He got kicked out with a threat of a lawsuit. And
Cassandra, well she didn’t have much to say after that. She was an excellent
student whose integrity was maintained because she was proclaimed as a minor
even though she was 18.
Things became quite interesting when the college appointed a
new chemistry teacher. ‘This one was even
more naïve than the last one,’ thought Cassandra as she passed a sweet
smile to her new teacher.
Author
Komal Nasir