And just like that, a group of people came forward and apologized to Nicole. Among them were boys and
girls with guilt plastered all over their faces. With one look at their guilty faces, Nicole decided to forgive
them.
None of them expected that Nicole would forgive them so quickly. All of them rushed toward Jimmy’s
class like a swarm of bees.
Many students from Class B saw this, and some even started to step forward as they had also
cyberbullied Nicole before. They were bound to bump into Nicole at some point, so they decided that it
was best to apologize. As embarrassing as it was, they were glad that Nicole did not take the situation to
heart. Students were crowding the doorway as the school bell rang. Soon, Ms. Emerson walked in and
was shocked at the scene in front of her eyes.
“What is the meaning of this?”
Students started to leave at the sight of a teacher All of them were thinking the same thing, ‘I won’t do
that to Nicole anymore. What if she decides not to forgive me next time?’ Nicole’s facial expression was
the same throughout this scenario. As the crowd dispersed, she took out a book from her drawer and
picked up where she left off.
A few of the students were already explaining the ins and outs of the matter to Ms. Emerson. A faint
smile appeared on her face as she thought, ‘Well, they did owe Nicole an apology.’ She then decided to
let it go as the students did not do it during class. The students started to quiet down as she cleared her
throat and began the class. Upon noticing Ms. Emerson’s manner, Vivian clumped her hands together
under her desk with a distorted expression on her face. ‘Who does Nicole think she is?!’ At the same
time, Nicole was flipping through the book in her hands with a face full of indifference.
Vivian did not want to see Nicole being surrounded by the crowd during recess. Then, asif a light bulb
went off in her head, she walked in the direction where the twelve graders were at.
She was thinking and rehearsing what to say in case she bumped into someone on the way there. As
she reached Ms. Thompson’s office, she met Harvey, who was there to get the result papers.
He knocked on the door three times. When he heard a voice say, “come in,” he walked in slowly.
Vivian blushed as he held the door open for her.
She held onto her skirt bashfully as she whispered, “Thank you.”
Harvey nodded slightly and went into the office.
Ms. Thompson’s face lit up as soon as she saw Harvey come in. She waved her hands and said, ”
Harvey, you’re here. Take this and distribute it to your classmates.”
After saying that, she deliberately increased her volume and said, “Harvey, you scored the highest on
this math test!”
Harvey nodded politely as he reached out to take the stack of papers on the table. He then counted the
number of papers out of habit.
As he was on the side counting the papers, Vivian slowly walked toward Ms. Thompson. There was a
hint of hesitation in her eyes, but she straightened her face and said, “Ms. Nicole is causing trouble
again.”
Ms. Thompson was startled at her words. She was not in school often when she had no classes.
Thus, she did not hear about what had happened. Intrigued by the situation, she tilted her head upwards
to push Vivian for more details.
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