Chapter 3

Sarcasm

Charlotte smiled as she called out name by name

"Karen", calling out she looked at a neatly combed, well buttoned, belt on his stomach, eyes on her face

walked out to her with a poker face, she smiled at him

"Your mark is 50/50, make sure to get the same score next time"

Saying so she handed him the paper as she went on calling each student name

"Balcon you got 19/50, you've failed your exams, I did ask you to concentrate right? This won't do sir"

"Okay, ma'am"

She heard him sighing at the paper, she handed him, for the past week or so while teaching them she took extra care to people who are quiet but noisy among themselves

Such a case is balcon, Harry and their group as she sighed

'the marks these children have in overall as a department far out-classes other departments still'

Thinking so she looked at balcon who went back and started to laugh among his peers as a frown formed on her face

"Balcon! From now on you would sit here!"

She pointed at the front row as balcon looked at her

"I will be quiet, i will be quiet!!"

"No! You sit here!!"

Saying so she stared at him long and looked at karen smiling slightly

"Please take care of him, these kids, while I repeatedly have been worried and asked them to concentrate they won't, atleast I hope that among you, amongst his peers he will listen

"Will you do that for me?"

"Ma'am, I don't mind teaching him"

"Yea good, these will ease me, you will be incharge!"

Saying so she looked back at the students

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Klein took a single gaze on his paper as he heard a voice

"How much mark did you get?"

Looking at the person who asked as he said

"26..."

"Ohh i see"

Saying so, daniel turned back as they collectively heard, what Charlotte was saying

'a headache'

Thinking so he had his ear pods on, listening to popular, weekend ft playboy carti

"Money on top of me,

Money on top of her

Uh-huh

"Money on top of me,

Money on top of her

Uh-huh

"Yeah, shawty fuck with me, cause she know I'm popular-"

Singing so he heard Rohan call out to him

"Bro what you listening to?"

"This"

He showed Rohan

"Nigga, I'm going to the gym"

"I see, then rest well, it will be hard the first few days"

"Aight, you bet, but still you a hockey player right?, then why don't we play?"

"Hmm? Where though"

"In clg grounds of course"

"Hmm okay, when?"

"Today?"

"Hmm okay"

The conversation ended as Klein switched to Instagram scrolling through reels

"Heh hee"

Occasionally, Rohan would show some from his phone as they snickered together

**********

"Sameer you said you were an Ukrainian topper right?, why is your mark so low?"

Charlotte asked looking at Sameer as Karen sighed

'i expected more to be honest'

"You got 22/50 what happened?"

"Ma'am that is... I was tired and had no rest-"

"Okay fine, i don't care but get good marks next time"

Saying so he looked at Sameer who sat down as he heard him and his friend speak

"Bro why you got less marks?"

"Bro I used to get good marks!, afterall in Ukraine and Qatar, I'm well known bro!

"My family as an well known oil business-

Hearing his ramblings Karen frowned while his ears perked as he stood up

"Thank you students!"

With that he took his bag along with him and slowly sat with a boy at the corner of the class as he heard Sameer ask him

"Where you going?"

"Some people are so annoying and won't shut up, it's getting me irritated so, I thought it would be quiet here why? what happened?"

Karen asked as he looked at the boy who was sitting with his head facing the window as Karen slowly took out his lunch with his ears dropping

"I'm Uday! Name?"

"Karen"

With a short greeting he sighed, time passed by as the lunch period came to an end

With his eyes wandering around he saw the first row filled with girls stand up

"There will be an seminar at the auditorium, so folks follow me!"

Margaret announced as Karen followed along with Uday

Along with Uday he could see Daniel who came behind followed by an Asian looking brown guy with a dark shade of black

"Hi he is Sam from India guys"

Daniel introduced as Karen could see a slight curly haired guy follow behind sam

'this asian guy seems to be a silent type... But pretty sure he is weird

'And he must be Klein, the one behind sam...'

Thinking so he nodded to himself as they claimed some stairs to reach the auditorium

Reaching the auditorium they quietly sat along the same line

As a middle aged man introduced himself

"I'm Dr. Benson, specialist in 3d printing and artificial organ-"

He looked keenly at the person wearing a tie and a suit as he heard him call out to random people

"Please introduce yourselves"

"Henry, from riverside-"

"I'm Sameer from los angeles, I was studying my mbbs degree at Ukraine but due to recent war, i was deported back to US

"I'm a topper at my university with a GPA of 9.8/10

"My native is Qatar and my family lives there, my father is with me now in US,"

Hearing him speak, Karen sighed

'Haa a headache'

"Then Sameer can you answer me, what is biomaterials?

"What is it's use and application?"

"Sir..."

When asked with a question Sameer became quiet as Benson smiled

"I hope you show your talents in speaking in studying, just fucking sit! Don't make me do some Gordan Ramsey shit"

*************

Klein looked at Uday who asked

"Do you listen to any audiobooks bro?"

"No bro"

"I do"

Hearing the answers Klein looked at Uday who was behind karen, karen was the one who replied with an affirmation

"Then i recommend Indelible memories, it's a good short story about a mysterious ghost and her background mysteries, guys, literally that story ate!"

"Yea i will see to it"

Klein replied promptly as he thought,' i will listen to it ', nodding to himself he looked back to see Harry and balcon come in group

Rohan who was tagging along with them tugged at him

"Come along let's go!"

"Where bro?"

"To play hockey of course"

Hearing so he sighed but still went along with them

'i want to play'

He was interested in playing but still his face showed a frown as Rohan asked

"What's up?"

"Nothing much"

'I want to play afterall'

Thinking so he followed him

*************

the striker with his hockey stick decisively went behind the ball Chased by his fellow players forming the team

He struck the ball as it got passed followed by a shot facing the post

The ball travelled slowly at the same time fast as it passed through the goalie

Whistleeee-

"Woooooo yeah baby!!!"

Klein screamed out as he looked at the score 6-5 with the game time over

Whistleeee-

The referee announced the end of the game, they were not playing professionally so there were only two people who acted as a referee and linesmen from both the department

As the on-ice official, there are no off ice official

Hearing the call klein lunged his fists out as his classmates cheered

They were playing between departments as Klein heard

"Bro! you a player?!!"

Rohan asked followed by people looking at him for answers

'well yea, no shit!, I'm a fucking club member afterall'

"Yes"

He replied shortly with a smile plastered on his face afterall he did score with his last shot

The game ended as they all were soaked wet, Klein looked at them as a guy bought over some water

Drinking from it he heard Rohan say

"Let's come tomorrow!"

"Yea sure"

"Do you go to official matches bro?"

"Yes"

"Do you play field hockey?"

Klein raised his eye brows

"Yea, scratch that, i will tag along with you"

"Yes, if I go to a turf, come along"

Hearing him nod Rohan went out, Klein looked at his phone and sighed it was 6:35pm and so he left

*************

Hearing his usual audio book on airpods, Karen nodded, he was already in his bus leaving Daniel at the entrance

'i will teach him that's it', thinking so he looked out of the moving bus

He was going back to his home,

'these past 2 weeks have been hectic and it has become tiring'

To prepare for his exams, karen spent day and night working out sums again and again until he memorizes them to a notch

'from what I have seen from that guy balcon, he is an unbearable fellow

'constantly nagging and shouting

'no respect for teachers nor an ounce of respect for others

'all he knows is to waste away his life meaninglessly

'from what I'm seeing from his face I'm pretty sure he is going to go on gang fights and become a nuisance

'well i don't care for such a self centred and selfish person and I don't owe him none

'my concentration would be on teaching him and minding my own business, that is studies at this moment

'well of course I can't judge a person but still I don't like the way he is, so I will give him the basic courtesy he deserves nothing more nothing less

'as per teaching him I will but I won't give a damn if he listens or not after all my work is to teach him not to babysit

'if he wants to listen, he listens, if not he doesn't and I don't give a shit

'afterall I'm teaching him because of her'

'we will know what kind of person he is tomorrow afterall'

Thinking so he listened to his audiobook with his eyes closing a bit