Friday, September 14, 2007
(Chapter 5)
Aries returned carrying two bags of sausages and threw one of the bags to Karl.
"This is?" Karl looked at Aries.
"China sausages. They're delicious." Aries popped one into her mouth contentedly. "Delicious!".
"But where...?" Karl hurried beside Aries who continued walking towards the Activities Centre.
"There..." Aries turned and pointed into a side corridor which hid some stalls. The stalls are lined up and they lead all the way to the parade square. Karl had not realised there were stalls there. He lifted the bag of sausages and threw one into his mouth. Delicious.
"How was it?" Aries asked seeing his expression.
"They're good." Karl replied.
"There was a really really long queue. I had to plead someone infront to buy two for us." Aries said while popping some more of the sausages into her mouth.
"Oh." Karl popped another one into his mouth as they walked to the activity centre.
It was already evening when Karl and Aries finish touring the activity centre. There were many activities which they can take part in besides the normal school life. Karl had participated in most of the sports activities' try-outs and basically wowed the students there with his skills. The only thing he had been good at in school was probably his sports. Aries however, was even better. Not only was she on par in sports with Karl, she was skilled in the arts and sciences as well, which made all the clubs wanting her to join. Karl was being forced to try out every sport too and every sports club wanted him in. It was tough trying to get away from them.
They finally were able to escape from the people and both of them plopped down on the soft grass on the riverside exhausted.
"I didnt know you were so good at sports." Aries said out-of-breath.
"You were too." replied Karl, " No, you were even better. You were good at practically everything."
Suddenly, out of no where, three people from different directions dashed in and apparently they were hiding from something. One of them was the girl who was sitting beside Karl. All of them where from Karl's class.
"Hey!" Aries whispered loudly at all of them. "Leo!" She turned and called for the only boy in the three as well. He was the boy with grey eyes and long silver highlighted hair. All three turned to face Aries.
"Over here!" Aries waved for all of them to come over and so they did. They hid behind a double layered bush for a while and they heard a bunch of people ran pass. They were activities club members.
All of them popped out of their hiding place once the people had passed. All of them heaved a sigh of relief as Aries started to speak.
"All of you are being chased by the club members as well?"
"Yeah." Leo spoke.
"Oh yeah. Karl this is Leo, my previous school mate." Aries introduced Leo to Karl.
"I see. Hi Leo..." Karl put out his hand for a shake but Leo apparently just ignored him. "So, who are the other two?" Leo asked sternly.
"Im Kharrie. I believe we're all from the same class?" one of the two new girls spoke. She had brown hair tied up in two twirly ponytails and wearing big round spectacles.
"Kimberly." The blond girl said and looked towards Aries.
"And Im Aries."
"Erm..." Karl started speaking, "Why are all of you also being chased by club members?" Karl asked innocently.
"Well actually, " Aries replied, "its sort of a tradition..."
"Huh...?"
"Well you see," Kharrie continued, "the people from class 1-1 are being targeted and always being stlked for their talents throughtout history. That is because class 1-1 is always the best class and the students are prodigees, the best, if not most talented. So having someone from this class in their club would boost their reputation."
"...O...Oh...." Karl did not know that... He's in the best class?
"So Karl is good in sports and Aries is an all rounder?" Kharrie said after listening to their story.
"Heh, I believe Leo too?" Aries looked at Leo who looked away almost instantly and irritatedly. "So what about Kharrie and Kimberly?" Aries asked.
"Hmm... I could join the clubs like probably Science club or maybe information gathering club or probably robotics club or something, since the only thing Im good in is studying..." Kharrie gave a low sigh and looked towards Kimberly.
" ... " Kimberly looked away instantly.
" Kimberly what about you?" Aries asked. "Come on! Tell us. We're interested."
" ... " Kimberly was silent.
"Humph..." Leo said mockingly. "She's a musician. She's from a family of Chinese musicians."
"Chi... Chinese?!" exclaimed Karl who thought she was a westerner. "But she has blond hair...!"
Kimberly heard this remark and looked irritated. " Why does everyone think that way? It doesnt mean I cannot be Chinese even if I have blond hair!"
"...Im really sorry... I was just..." Karl tried to apologise but Kimberly just dashed off alone.
"Don't worry about it. She'll be fine. She's always like this." Kharrie tried to calm down the panicking Karl.
"Kimberly Siang. Her father was Chinese but her mother was from California." Leo said.
"Yeah. She's sort of 'mixed blood' thats why she has blond hair. I heard she does not like her mother much." Kharrie added.
"The Siang family was known in history for their talent in music." Leo carried on. "If you are to be the best class, know your history better and polish up and broaden your general knowlegde." Leo mocked. Aries stuck out her tongue at Leo as he turned his back to face them. Karl was not sure he had learnt about it in history and even if he did he would not have remembered. Anyway, he just realised that the people in his class are actually talents from all over the world! Does it mean that he was admitted to the best class purely on luck and his talent for sports? Nobody spoke for a while.
"Come on, lets get back to our dorms." Aries broke the appending silence after a while. "Its going to be night fall soon."
They bid goodbye and went their separate ways. Aries however, still followed Karl.
"Erm, Aries." Karl spoke calmly to Aries.
"Yeah?" Aries responded.
"Why are you still following me?"
"Heheh... you see... " Aries sniggered abit, "My dorm is in the building next to yours!"
"Huh...?!" Karl was taken by surprise.
"Yep! So I'll be in your care for very long!" Aries laughed cheekily. "Since you're the only one living close to me, we'll be really good buddies soon!" Aries skipped cheerfully beside Karl who apparently seemed to have been overcomed by what Aries had said...
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