Chapter 51 Future Plans (1/2)
Kay groaned. She loved the Elite Five, she did but to have them by her side all the time? It was too much!
”Don't you think that's kinda overdoing it, brother?” she asked, looking at him with pleading eyes.
Kyle wasn't moved, ”It's okay at the school grounds, but you're not to walk back to the dorms alone. If outside, one of us will always be with you.”
”B-but ..”
”No ifs, ands or buts,” said Kyle firmly, ”These pesky bugs are only going to get worse. We have to nip it in the bud!”
Kay poked at her spaghetti angrily. ”Then how the heck am I going to even get a boyfriend? You'll scare them all away!”
”If they could be scared off by us, then he doesn't deserve to be your boyfriend,” said Sam quietly.
Kay sighed, ”Do you honestly think anyone could actually hold up against any of you?”
They all looked at her and grinned. ”Of course not,” they all chorused together.
”That's why they're not worthy,” said Xing Han firmly.
”I'll never find a boyfriend at this rate,” Kay muttered darkly under her breath. Then she looked at all of them. She should be mad, but she couldn't be. They were all acting out of concern for her, and she couldn't really blame them for it. They were overprotective over her, particularly after the kidnapping incident during their primary school life.
Though it was much better now than it was the first year after the incident, Kay is getting the feeling that it's going to be much worse after this. Kyle, being Kyle, tended to smother her sometimes. She didn't really mind it, but she noticed that she was slowly starting to feel dissatisfied with it. It wasn't much, but she wasn't as carefree about it as before. Still, she didn't voice anything out as they weren't doing anything wrong and she felt guilty for not properly appreciating their concern.
”Did you hear about what happened to Principal Dobbins?” asked Sam, ”Oh wait. No, it should be Ms Dobbins. She isn't a Principal anymore.”
”No,” replied Xing Han, ”What happened?”
”Apparently, she got arrested,”
”What?! No way!” Ali exclaimed.
”Yes way,” replied Sam seriously.
”For what? Was she doing drugs or something?” asked Xing Han curiously.
”From what I heard, there were a whole lot of things. Misappropriation of public funds, for one. The police are still investigating, but they apparently have enough for at least one charge to stick. That's why she has been arrested now. They didn't want her escaping or something,” said Sam.
”How do you know all this? It's not in the papers, is it?” asked Ali.
Sam looked at him and scoffed, ”You know that I plan to specialise in media communications after this. Gathering news and information is just a basic skill.”
”True, true,” agreed Xing Han, nodding. ”What about the rest of you guys? Decided yet?”
”We're only in Form 1, Xing Han,” said Ali, ”We're only required to decide in our third year, before going into either the Pure science route, or the arts route.”
Xing Han just looked at him, and waved his fork about, ”Don't try and fool me, Ali. You have your path paved already for you.” Then, taking a deep sigh, ”Like me.”
”Then why ask?” questioned Ali.
”Who knows? Some miracle happened and something changed?” Xing Han said wistfully, ”One can dream, right?”
”Yeah, well, I'm definitely taking the Pure science route,” said Ali.
Xing Han almost dropped his fork, ”What? WHY? I thought you had to take over your family's business? So why isn't it arts route, then into business?”