Chapter 4: The Sweet Salt
Alice and Elena were sitting in the classroom, listening to the lecture of their English teacher. Alice looked at Elena and asked, "Did you had some quarrel with Trisha?" Elena said, "No. Why?" Alice smiled, "Nothing. She was kind of angry on you yesterday and also talked rubbish with me." Elena smiled, "You know about her frequent mood swings, right? Don't worry, she is fine." Alice said, "Okay. But, I think I have said too much to her yesterday." Elena said, "No, she should have the courage to listen to the truth." Alice locked at Trisha, who was sitting silently two desks before her and was listening to songs on her phone. Alice crumbled a piece of paper and threw it on Trisha's head. Trisha ignored her and kept listening to music and Alice sighed. She rose and went outside of the classroom and entered the washroom. She took out a cigarette from her pocket and lit it. She took a large drag and exhaled a large amount of smoke in the air. "Can I have a cigarette?" Alice turned and saw Rocky was standing there. Alice asked, "What the fuck are you doing in girls washroom?" Rocky smiled, "I can go wherever I want. Will you give me a cigarette?" Alice gave him a cigarette and said, "Whatever you did with Ryder that day was wrong. He is currently absent from the college because of your beating." Rocky exhaled some smoke and chuckled, "It is quite strange that apart from Trisha, everyone has said the same thing as you, even Cindy."
Alice said, "If you can't fix it, don't break it any further. Ryder knows about Trisha, but he hopes that one day Trisha will understand his love and mend her ways." Rocky laughed, "People like Trisha never changes." He threw the cigarette in the sink and went away. Alice went towards the canteen and stopped near the counter. She said, "I would like a cup of coffee." Kevin turned and said, "I didn't know you smoke." Alice replied, "Sometimes." Kevin said, "You cannot smoke in the canteen. It is against the rules and regulations." Alice smiled, "No one gives a damn about the rules and regulations." Kevin said, "But, I do." Alice sighed, "Fine." Shw threw the cigarette in the dustbin and said, "Please, make the coffee fast. I have a class in twenty minutes." Kevin said, "Our coffee machine is currently under repair. How about a cold juice?" Alice said, "No thanks." Kevin asked, "Did you liked my cake?" Alice smiled, "Yes. It was very delicious." Kevin smiled, "My pleasure." Alice looked at her watch and quickly turned around and started to sprint, but as she turned she banged into Cindy and she fell on the ground and hurt her back. Alice said, "Sorry." Alice quickly ran towards her classroom as Cindy and her friends looked at her.
Alice quickly entered the classroom and sat alongside Maya, the brightest student in the classroom. Alice looked at her and said, "I hope that I'm not disturbing you." Maya said, "You are late." Alice smiled, "Yes. But, please don't hide the answers today. You know that I'm quite weak in history." Maya said, "Cheating in exams is unethical. You should have studied for the test."
Alice said, "I find history boring. What's the point of studying about the deeds of people who have no impact on your life?" Maya smiled, "It's quite ironical coming from the mouth of a girl whose both fathers are archeologists and one have lost his life in it." Alice said sadly, "That's why I hate it so much. It took away the happiness from our family. Ethan is a good man, but no one can replace my papa. I cannot forgive archeology." Maya smiled, "Drama queen." Ms. Cynthia, their history teacher entered the classroom and said, "I hope you all have revised the script that I have given you yesterday." All said yes in harmony. Cynthia looked at Alice and asked, "Alice, tell me about the Mayan civilization?" Alice stood up and said, "Mayan civilization was established by Aztec people in 295 A.D." Cynthia threw a chalk on her head and said angrily, "You are going to fail the class again. Don't you have any shame? Your father's findings are still considered a valuable asset for the Archeology department and you don't even know a single fact about history let alone archeology and paleontology." Alice started crying and ran outside of the classroom, while Maya ran after her to console her.
Alice stopped near a railing and said sadly, "That bitch Cynthia always asks me the hardest questions and when I answer them wrong, she insults me in the dirtiest way." Maya said, "It's okay. She is just angry than your father married your mother, instead of her. But, you are a strong woman and I know you won't get offended by such small things." Alice said sadly, "I truly hate history by the deep of my heart. I cannot even see a history book on my table and have burned down all the books of my father just days after his death." Maya said, "Then, I think you won't like a trip to the Museum tomorrow." Alice asked, "We are going to the Museum?"
Maya smiled, "Yes. Cynthia has talked with Principal Shepherd and made arrangements to take us to the Museum tomorrow and she will be expecting you specially." Alice said, "I'm telling you that one day I'm going to make Cynthia history." Maya smiled, "Okay. But, now let's go out and eat some ice cream." Alice and Maya went outside the campus and stopped near the ice cream parlor. Alice ordered two blueberry cream and then they started to gulp it down their throat. Alice said, "I know that you will get quite excited on seeing those naked dinosaurs and dusty paintings." Maya smiled, "Actually my interest is on something else." Alice asked, "What?" Maya pointed towards a poster hanging near the college gate. It reads, "After years of vigorous research and hard work, we finally found the lost treasure of the Manacan tribe. The Blood Spear. Come to the Museum and see the age old wonder of the Manacan people." Alice looked at the picture of the spear and a strange current ran inside her body. Maya asked, "What happened? Isn't the spear beautiful?" Alice came to her senses and said, "Nah. It's just some wooden stick with a red diamond on its end." Maya smiled, "You are saying this because you haven't heard of the legend associated with this spear." Alice said, "And I don't even want to know. Goodbye." Maya asked, "What about the money?" Alice smiled, "You are not that poor." Alice quickly went inside a cab and soon vanished out of the sight. Maya glanced on the poster once more and went away, as the sun started to hid behind the horizon...
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