62 Relay Competition (1/2)

Nolen School C, Student Council Room

After getting enough rest during the weekend because work in the office didn't require her to come on Saturday, Kanae felt more energetic. She knew that it would be impossible for her to sleep in the class today, so she came to the Student Council Room instead.

”Good morning, President, Mike, and Neo,” Kanae greeted politely. She noticed someone unexpected, ”Ah, you're here too, Tommy?”

Tommy turned his head. ”I come to get permission to not join the Student Council because I have a competition.”

”The relay competition is held today?” Kanae asked.

”Yes and I'm not sure at what time I return to school, that is if I return at all,” Tommy laughed.

”You don't have to ask for permission to leave, the Student Council members are all going to go there now,” Kevin interrupted.

”Eh?” both Kanae and Tommy were stunned. Why hadn't they heard about this before? Seeing Kevin serious face, they were sure that he didn't try to fool them, but they really didn't know anything about it before.

Neo coughed up. ”We have just decided on it today. Just prepare yourself. Don't forget to tell the other two too.”

”I got it. I call Jay,” Tommy waved before going outside.

Kanae walked to the coffee machine. ”President, do you need one?”

”The usual one,” Kevin answered.

”I understand.”

Kanae made the coffee for Kevin as she recalled something. Misae and Alice must have wanted to come and watch the competition too.

”President, can I ask Misae and Alice to come along?”

Kevin nodded his head. ”Yes, you can.”

”Thank you, President.”

Neo handed a paper to Kanae. ”Don't forget to fill in the permission form for them.”

”I understand,” Kanae took the paper and walked out to tell her friends about this news.

As she had expected, Misae and Alice were overjoyed that they could skip the classes. Although they still needed to learn more for their test, they were not really worried.

On the opposite, Jay was full of complaint.

”Why should we come to your competition?” Jay looked towards Tommy with an annoyed look. This morning, the teacher suddenly told him that the Student Council would go to Nolen School B with all of their members. The reason: one of their members is participating in the relay competition at Nolen School and the Student Council President wanted the other members to support him.

In Jay opinion, the reason given to the teacher was highly stupid. Nevertheless, they still allowed them to come here and didn't attend the class. This made him really curious just what the teachers thought about the lesson in the class.

”Most of the students in Nolen School C only attended to get the certificate. So, what do you think the attitude of most teachers would be?”

That was the answer he got when he complained to Kevin and the others during the journey. He couldn't say that it was not true though since he too, only joined the school because it was necessary for his image and he needed the certificate.

Tommy laughed dryly. ”I'm not the one making the decision, if you want to ask, you should just ask the President instead of me.”

”I have, but they don't give me any satisfying answer,” Jay said. ”Anyway, if you lose, you have to treat me.”

”Why am I feeling that you're still blaming me?”

Misae giggled seeing the two of them bantering. During the entire journey, Jay kept on protesting about them coming here. It seemed that he really didn't like them going outside the school.

Alice kept quiet most of the time, but she too felt amused by the banter between Jay and Kevin. It seemed that Jay still couldn't accept the reason for the sudden decision of Kevin.