CHESS CLUB
1300 Words
"Hi," I said immediately I reached George and walking with him with the same pace, but he just gave me a scrutinizing look and walked away.
"Uh, what did I ever do to him to hate me this much," I said whilst looking at him walking in a rush, he left me so confused.
"Dude, why are you not walking to the class, and what's up with that look?" Pat said immediately he arrived to me.
"I don't even know where to start! My classmate hates me so much," I said with a disbelief.
"Hahaha, who could've hated you this much? On your first days?" Pat asked with small laughter between his words.
Pat he's super neat same as George, but George he's extremely neat, he has no hair on his face and head. He tucks in his pure white shirt in and knot his tie well with his shiny black school shoes, it shows that he's a neat freak, but it also suits him well as he has a handsome face and perfect height with a medium perfect body.
"I did nothing, I swear," I said as we begun to walk.
"One thing I know about George he doesn't do well with competitions, first he's a genius, he's a top learner of this school, and he do things, accordingly, so are you a genius perhaps?" Pat asked but I didn't answer that and yes, I am a genius, but I am certain George doesn't know that.
We continued our walk to our classes and Pat he's class is next to mine indeed, and I found George on his chair reading. Then I just sat down quietly, I took out my book also same as his to read also, then I saw a frown appearing on his face, it made me chuckle in my head.
"Sam, is everyone welcoming you well? I mean no one is bullying you?" Sir. William asked immediately he walked inside the class.
"No, they gave me a warm welcome," I said while I stood up.
Sir. William looked at George before saying, "George, didn't I give you a task to show him how we dress our school uniform?"
Why me again? Can't he see for himself how everyone wore their uniforms.
I cleared my throat before saying, "I will tell him, sorry Sir." I said as I stood up also with Sam.
"Okay, you can both seat down," Sir. William said while turning to face chalkboard that was behind him.
Did George talk to me? No! I was waiting to hear him telling me to wear the school uniform proper then that's when I knew that he actually hates me.
Sir. William was writing something on the chalkboard I couldn't see clearly until he removes his large body. Sir. William, he looks like a mix of black and white. Then I saw calculus on the chalkboard.
"Work in individuals to solve these three problems here on the chalkboard, I will give you ten minutes," Sir. William said as he sits on his seat.
After three minutes I stood up from my seat and walked to Sir. William who was also surprised.
"Are you done?" Sir. William asked with a surprised face and tone.
"Yes, Sir." I answered him with a straight face.
Sir. William laughs was colored with excitement when he was busy scrutinizing Sam's paper with his eyes glass.
"Another genius, the school is blessed with another genius," Sir William said shouting and laughing making the whole class to look at me, then I looked at George and he was definitely not happy.
I hissed so bad. Why is this happening to me! Why does it have to be him to be my competitor, but I will work hard to be a top as always and maybe he just knows those questions only, I should not worry much about that, and anyway it doesn't affect me. I finished mine second and Sir. William showed us our papers and our answers were just the same no mistake, we used same strategies to solve them.
"Can you please lend me your bottle? I need some water," I said, and asking George who just finished drinking his water at the tap water side.
"I don't allow anyone to touch my things," George said it with a straight face.
"Why?" I asked him simply and he just walked away, then I had to cup my hand to drink the water.
"I hate him, so much," I said in a low voice after leaving Sam drinking water with his hands, but he looked cute drinking like that.
I am the captain of chess club opposing the Red Ant club, mine is called White Lion club, I named it after my grandfather because he's the one who taught me chess and he loved white lions and that I am the founder of chess club. My school is public, so we have few activities and most of them are sports and not all of us wants to be in active sports. We are very few in both of our clubs. The captain of REC is Pat, he's a really cool person, very down to earth, I like him so much because he doesn't annoy me, even when we compete with each other he would make sure he leaves thins between us settled.
"This is heavy," I said as I walk inside our chess club room, dragging a big desk alone.
"Let me help you," I heard a deep low voice behind me and when I turned it was Sam with a big smile, I hissed so bad.
"What are you doing here?" I asked scrutinizing him.
"This is the chess club room, so Pat asked me to join them, and I did, are you happy for me?" I asked him with my happy face while jumping that I made Pat to chuckle.
I took a long deep breath before I could answer him, "Why would I be happy? We are not friends just classmates," I said and drag my desk making a noise, I can't bare unnecessary noises but today I did.
"You are pressing his nerves dude, please take it easy," Pat said while he pats my shoulder.
We practiced first before we could compete with REC, and that is part of our practice also. I challenged everyone excluding Pat and Sam, then Sam volunteered to challenge me, I felt happiness in my heart, my heart was actually dancing with joy this time.
"Be easy on him George, he is still learning," Pat said with a pleading voice.
And I just gave him a small smile then looked at Sam who looked scared, I was enjoying his face. We played and the mess he was making made me to let out a loud laughter. I won against him, and he looked like a lost puppy.
"I told you to go easy on him George," Pat said, and I was just so happy, I didn't care about his words.
"Can we play again?" I asked George who was so enjoying me lost.
"Oh! You're not satisfied from being beaten like that?" I asked with a chuckle.
I played against George again and I saw him wiping off his sweating that was dripping down from his forehead. He was so frustrated, his face changed from the excited to a frustrated face in few minutes and I just let small smiles to escape my lips.
"Dude, why you didn't tell me that you can play like that?" Pat said with a bright smile on his face. "Now, George he's really pissed, this time you pressed his last nerve."
"This is just his first nerve," I said it but not out loud, seeing George stormed out like that it made me a bit happy.
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