Becoming Adult - "But I'm just a baby!"

I learned a lesson.

Cloudy's POV:

I recollected myself after I graduated from 6th grade.

"Maybe being number 2 can still make me an adult," I thought to myself.

But high school?

Those times brought me rock bottom.

I never knew I could be more down than being just the number 2.

High school for me was like...... a war.

Everyone was grade conscious. All of them fought for the best grade.

It was overwhelming.

Friends are few, true friends are only two.

You can never ask to copy an assignment you forgot to answer at home.

There was one time, I had this seatmate who I thought was my friend, Mikaela.

We had an assignment about Geometry and I totally forgot it.

It was our second subject so there's still a little time to answer it. But it requires a lot of computation so if I do compute, I won't make it in time.

So I ask Mikaela if I can copy her work.

I was confident that she would help me because whenever we had quiz in Social Sciences which I excelled and she didn't, I will let her copy my answers and she would get higher scores.

But to my disappointment, you know what she said??

Ughh, my blood pressure is rising thinking about this.

She said, "Is it my fault that you neglected your homework? Why would you copy mine when I worked hard on this?" Then rolled her eyes on me.

Ohh I really felt the need to pluck those eyeballs of hers that time.

But I restrained myself cause that wouldn't be adult-like.

I was so shocked hearing this.

I was too stunned to speak.

I got zero score on my homework back then, realized that I only got my back.

Shouldn't have trusted anyone my own welfare in the school.

Myself, my grades.

I shouldn't have let her copy my answers on Social Sciences quizzes. That's stupid of me.

And that day, I learned a lesson.

"Mind your own business."

A lesson that soon after would affect my life as a social being.

Mikaela? Where is she now?

Is she successful?

The answer is....

Yes. She's a successful human being today. A businesswoman with a net worth of 29 million USD.

How did I know?

She's on the news every time for God's sake!.

Am I jealous?

A little bit.

There are what ifs.

What if I answered my assignment on Geometry? Would I also be a millionaire today?

What if I didn't let her copy my answers on our quizzes? Would she be just like I am?

Another lesson I learned.

"DO NOT FORGET YOUR ASSIGNMENT."