Famously single

The test

After about twenty minutes into the test,I simply give up.My mind's blank

Fuck,I can't fail this test.My life's riding on this.

okay,I think I know what to do."hope this works"

I raise my hand to get the attention of the teacher."yes,Mr Martinelli".He says as he comes to my desk

"uhmm sir,is there anything that can make you postpone the test".I whisper to him

My goal is to make him postpone the test and possibly reduce the effect it will have on our overall mark

"No sir".He answers sternly. well,so much for that

"sorry guys".I mouth off to the class

We're going to flunk this test so badly

After another twenty minutes,the teacher shouts the one phrase we were all dreading

"Time's up".But surprisingly my classmates were not down in the dumps as usual, perhaps they were prepared for this .

I cross-check my work and then submit and return to my desk.If I had just a little more time,I would've passed but what's gone is gone.

Thankfully,my next period is self study which in my case means a trip to the library.The one place that feels like home other than my real home

I leave the class and climb the stairs.

"Hello,Mrs Gloria".I greet her cheerfully.she is the only friend I have in this school,well I guess you can't call her a friend cos she's was born in like the 1800s but whatever, a friend's a friend

"Dan,how's it going today".she says as she pours herself a cup of coffee and for some reason she calls me Dan but I've lived long enough not to question my elders especially the female ones